Under the professional name Bear, he was the sound engineer for the Grateful Dead, recording many of the band's live performances. Stanley also developed the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound , one of the largest mobile sound reinforcement systems ever constructed.

Nov 29, 2020 · Initially designed by artist Bob Thomas to appear on the back cover of the band’s 1973 release, The History of the Grateful Dead, Volume 1 (Bear’s Choice), the bears have become deeply ingrained in the culture surrounding the Grateful Dead, and have taken on layers of symbolic meaning over the years.

Nov 13, 2016 · When Bear heard the Grateful Dead perform for the first time in 1966, he knew they were going to be bigger than the Beatles. He became their sound guy, their benefactor, and he paid to take...

Dec 7, 2016 · Owsley left behind an extensive Grateful Dead material – still used to this day – and died as a singular counterculture figure. “There was virtually nothing that Bear could not do,” says ...

Mar 14, 2011 · On December 11th, 1965, the Dead played at the Muir Beach Acid Test in a lodge by the sea in Marin County. The sound of Jerry Garcia’s guitar grabbed hold of Owsley, and he freaked out on...

Nov 14, 2016 · Owsley Stanley, better known as the Bear, was the acid hero the 60s never knew it had. In a new biography, find out more about the life of this LSD preacher than ever before. His friends just knew him as The Bear.

Owsley Stanley, known as Bear to his friends, was a diversely talented, iconic figure of the 1960s. While perhaps most widely known as the “Acid King” for his early role manufacturing the highest quality LSD to help fuel the psychedelic revolution of the 1960s, he was a self-educated innovator, scientist, artist, and patron of the arts with ...

Mar 13, 2011 · Imagine a world without Bear or the Grateful Dead! Unimaginable! Come on Obama, let's remember him for who he was: One of the main figures in modern American culture and one of the most influential post WWII characters in world history. he should be on a stamp, have a national holiday and have streets named after him!

Apr 15, 2011 · Whether he was crawling around with wire or chemicals trying to put things together, or selling silver hand-made Dead motif belt buckles during the early 80s at Dead shows, Augustus Owsley Stanley III was a critical ingredient in the Dead's success.

Under the professional name of Bear he is known around the world as the music producer, engineer and artist to psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. Bear was the road manager for The Grateful Dead. He met the band when Kesey had them come to an Owsley Acid test party to try a new batch of LSD.