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Grateful Dead Bean Bear Ashbury -
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67,584 Retired 10/5/00 Born 3/3/68
at Haight Street Tour Memory: I was fortunate enough to make it
all the way to Egypt to see my favorite band in the whole world. I had never
even left the country before & I got my first passport just because of the
Grateful Dead. The energy at those shows seemed almost not of this world.
Something bigger than all of us was going on there, with The Pyramids and
Ther Sphinx. The local people really seemed psyched we were there. I still
get chills when ever I think about it. |
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Grateful Dead Bean Bear August West -
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67,584 Retired 10/5/00 Born 5/16/93
at Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Tour Memory: I was in Louisville at
Freedom Hall. I ended up ticketless and stayed around waiting for friends
who had tickets. As the show was going on I started picking up trash to help
keep the scene clean. Some other people noticed and started to help. We
ended up as a group of people dancing around and picking up trash together
and we had a great time! |
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Grateful Dead Bean Bear Blues Man -Blues
Man was named after Ronald "Pigpen" McKernan who died on March 8th 1973 at
the age of 27. quantity produced
67,584 Retired 10/5/00 Tour Memory:
A strong blues influence runs deep in the Grateful Dead and dates back to
their formative days as The Warlocks. The Dead was blessed early on with one
of the country's premier blues performers. He was known for his powerful
vocals, and intense keyboard and harmonica playing. A crowd favorite, he
could energize an entire show with his strong stage presence and his love of
the music. |
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Grateful Dead Bean Bear China Cat -
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67,680 Retired 10/5/00 Born 3/2/92
at The Omni Tour Memory: I was at The Compton Terrace
Amphitheatre in Arizona right before the show, waiting for it to start, when
people started guessing what they might open with. I spoke up and said "I
feel something special about to happen." Everyone laughed (I guess I've said
this before) just as the opening notes of 'Here Comes Sunshine' started to
fill the air. They hadn't played it in 18 years! |
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Grateful Dead Bean Bear Daisy -
quantity produced 67,584 Retired 1/1/00
Born 8/16/69 Max Yasgur's farm Tour
Memory: It's really not MY memory but my parents'. I was born at
Woodstock while the Grateful Dead were onstage. The boys considered it their
worst show but it will always be my folks' favorite. My mom was clad in
nothing but mud and flowers. Given the options, I'm glad they chose the name
Daisy! |
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Grateful Dead Bean Bear Doodah Man -
quantity produced 67,584 Retired 1/1/00
Born 8/18/70 at Fillmore West
Tour Memory: I was at a show in Hartford, when I saw what I thought
was a Cop giving someone selling stickers a hard time. I went up to see what
was going on just in time to see the police officer giving the guy money for
the stickers he had just bought. He said, if he wasn't on duty, he'd be in
the show. He unbuttoned a couple of buttons on his uniform and he had a tie
dye on underneath. How cool! |
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Grateful Dead Bean Bear Esau -
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67,592 Retired 10/5/00 Born
04/20/1984 at Civic Convention Hall Auditorium Tour Memory: My
favorite thing in the world to do was listen to Brent. With that voice of
his and the way he could play the organ, it just blew me away. He really
brought lots of life into the band. 'Dear Mr. Fantasy' into 'Hey Jude' was a
show stopper for me every time I was lucky enough to catch it. I really miss
Brent. |
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Grateful Dead Bean Bear Haight -
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67,584 Retired 10/5/00 Born 3/3/68
at Haight Street Tour Memory: I was at Shoreline when I came
upon a little girl all alone and in tears. I stopped and asked where her
parents were and she said "lost." She stopped crying and told me where she
had seen her parents last. After a short search, we were lucky enough to
find her parents. They were so grateful that they took all of us to their
house after the show and cooked a feast for all. Another tragedy narrowly
averted! |
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Grateful Dead Bean Bear Pearly Baker -
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67,584 Retired 10/5/00 Born
05/16/1993 at Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Tour Memory: I was at an
outdoor venue, actually I don't remember where, when I saw the coolest
thing. I saw THE MOST shooting stars ever. It seemed like every time Jerry
hit a different note another star shot across the sky. Whenever I tried to
have someone else see them, they were gone. Nobody could confirm the night
of the shooting stars but it was beautiful. |
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Grateful Dead Bean Bear Uncle Sam -
quantity produced 67,584 Retired 1/1/00
Born 7/4/84 at Five Seasons Center
Tour Memory: I think my coolest Dead memory wasn't even at a Dead
show, it was at Saturday Night Live. My friend and I scored tickets to SNL
the night the boys were on and played 'Alabama Getaway' and 'Saint of
Circumstance'. I had never seen SNL live before and add to that the Grateful
Dead. It was a once-in-a-lifetime event that I'll never forget. |
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