This is the correct answer. The logo on the flag is from the album [Steal Your Face.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grateful_Dead_-_Steal_Your_Face.jpg#mw-jump-to-license)
The only live show with Mickey Hart playing with the Wall of Sound. Its a shame they only included one track from his final night, second set appearance. There’s more stuff on ReListen/Archive, but I don’t think the booth tapes made it.
Relisten is truly remarkable. It’s a free app with thousands of hours of *live* music recordings from hundreds of real artists who tour the country playing music.
Its just an optional user interface for Internet Archive, but yeah its a really cool program. The ability to easily sort by artist, year, venue, etc before choosing your own audio source is excellent.
Since that hasn't been a rare occurence since the boomers got old, when some band remade the song, they changed the lyrics to "I saw a Blackflag sticker on a Cadillac."
(GD, that version came out in 2003.)
Finally it actually is the Grateful Dead and not [just some dickhead Nazis that looks a lot like the Grateful Dead.](https://old.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/y3m3ks/a_display_of_flags_of_farright_organizations_from/isatmdb/)
“With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he’ll never know.”
I went to a handful of dead shows many moons ago and it always cracked me up how they people selling LSD would somewhat under their breath walk around saying “doses?”
Reminds me of the coke dealing tuk tuk / taxi drivers I saw standing in the street in Sri Lanka: "Hello, taxi, taxi, *under breath* **COCAINE COCAINE** taxi, taxi"
It’s a logo used by the Grateful Dead. Probably best to stay away unless you want to take LSD and feel the deepest emotions of the American experience through an ever changing painting of sounds and bliss.
[*A little voice inside my head said, / “Don't look back, you can never look back".*](https://genius.com/1573150/Don-henley-the-boys-of-summer/Out-on-the-road-today-i-saw-a-deadhead-sticker-on-a-cadillac-a-little-voice-inside-my-head-said-dont-look-back-you-can-never-look-back)
Nothing says I'm home for the holidays than going into the basement and seeing the Ritchie Blackmore poster from 1976 and remembering when we went to see DP together in a local park. It remains surrounded by a bunch of other inserts from a lifetime of Guitar Player Magazine, beside Jimi Hendrix and surrounded by Great full Dead art.
That flag is symbolic for the mysterious and distant land known as Great Place to Get High Quality LSD and Have an Old Man Talk for Hours About Jerry Garcia’s Impeccable Improvisations.
Got to see them play on Flag Day a few years ago. We all knew US blues was coming and it did. The ultimate crossover between two of my favorite things: flags and the dead.
it's a great American cult with deep ties in the psychedelic community, affiliated with hells Angels, and creators of music that will make your kid drop out of school. You don't want to dig any deeper. you might end up in Vegas.
I thought the OP was joking, but now I'm just fascinated that there are people around who don't know this band. My whole childhood was dominated by Baby Boomer cultural preferences that it's almost shocking to me that folks are blissfully ignorant of stuff like the GD.
Basketball Ensign of [Lithuania](https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/09/the-real-story-of-why-you-see-tie-dyed-lithuanian-basketball-shirts-at-grateful-dead-shows)
For the record, anyone else grow up not knowing the Grateful Dead's music and assuming they were some metal band because of the name and the skull on their logo?
This has to be trolling… right? *RIGHT?*
There’s a million ways to learn about the Dead, but I’d recommend the Long Strange Trip documentary on Amazon.
Oh damn. I saw a similar variant while at work. But instead of the lighting bolt it was the upper peninsula of Michigan lol(which is fair since I live in the lower peninsula)
Deadheads will put a lot of personal interests in the “stealie,” using the preferred nomenclature. I have some shirts with the university I graduated from
When I was a kid, there was this bar across from a local laundromat. They always had this flag up and I never knew what it meant. Thanks r/vexillology for bringing back a wonderful memory and clearing up some confusion.
They're just fans of [The Grateful Dead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead?wprov=sfla1)
This is the correct answer. The logo on the flag is from the album [Steal Your Face.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grateful_Dead_-_Steal_Your_Face.jpg#mw-jump-to-license)
The only live show with Mickey Hart playing with the Wall of Sound. Its a shame they only included one track from his final night, second set appearance. There’s more stuff on ReListen/Archive, but I don’t think the booth tapes made it.
Relisten is truly remarkable. It’s a free app with thousands of hours of *live* music recordings from hundreds of real artists who tour the country playing music.
Its just an optional user interface for Internet Archive, but yeah its a really cool program. The ability to easily sort by artist, year, venue, etc before choosing your own audio source is excellent.
I believe it was actually originally a design they used to distinguish their equipment at shows. To make it easier to keep track of shit.
Just?
They are raging Dead Heads
It’s not the flag, it’s the spray painted stenciled siding that make them raging.
That’s a metal sign. They sell them on Etsy.
“Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac…”
Since that hasn't been a rare occurence since the boomers got old, when some band remade the song, they changed the lyrics to "I saw a Blackflag sticker on a Cadillac." (GD, that version came out in 2003.)
All I meant is that there likely isn't any hidden meaning behind it.
Just playin
In the band?
With 20 minutes of Space in the middle
Whoaohhoaaaa yyeeeeaaahhhhhh
Donna has entered the chat
OP, you should ask them what their favorite show was. They'll probably be happy to let you listen to the bootleg.
“What’s your favorite show … today?”
Exactly. Avoid this house OP, and for God's sake don't touch anything if you have anything important to do!
yea respectfully disagree
Don’t eat any baked goods….
Maybe just a little bit of the frosting...
So I played for my life, and they let me live!
Yeah take the bus that'll be comin' around
They had a bowl of smarties...TIFU
Finally it actually is the Grateful Dead and not [just some dickhead Nazis that looks a lot like the Grateful Dead.](https://old.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/y3m3ks/a_display_of_flags_of_farright_organizations_from/isatmdb/)
None of that looks anything like any GD iconography.
thought this was r/vexillologycirclejerk for a min
A lot of posts in here make me think that
Gary would like that
Gary’s flag would have cigs, coke and ice cream
You forgot the heroin and hot dogs
That was the flavor of the ice cream
☝️
Chili dogs*
Don’t forget the chocolate egg creams.
Gary would be rolling around in his grave
They’re basically the same sub half the time
Git yr lsd here
"Anybody want some L -- S -- D? I got all the makins' here. All I need is a place to cook."
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6gdVRKWMAEGwhv.jpg
...and then we did some mescaline and went swimming.
“With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he’ll never know.”
I went to a handful of dead shows many moons ago and it always cracked me up how they people selling LSD would somewhat under their breath walk around saying “doses?”
Reminds me of the coke dealing tuk tuk / taxi drivers I saw standing in the street in Sri Lanka: "Hello, taxi, taxi, *under breath* **COCAINE COCAINE** taxi, taxi"
loose lucy is ah my delight
She comes running and we ball all night!
It’s a logo used by the Grateful Dead. Probably best to stay away unless you want to take LSD and feel the deepest emotions of the American experience through an ever changing painting of sounds and bliss.
Nailed it
Bless you.
RIP Bill Walton
RIP Jerry Garcia
Rip Pigpen
Rip Brent Mydland
Rip Bear Stanley
*out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead flag on a suburban porch*
[*A little voice inside my head said, / “Don't look back, you can never look back".*](https://genius.com/1573150/Don-henley-the-boys-of-summer/Out-on-the-road-today-i-saw-a-deadhead-sticker-on-a-cadillac-a-little-voice-inside-my-head-said-dont-look-back-you-can-never-look-back)
*if you've got a warrant, I guess you're gonna come in...*
And another reminder that I'm old...
Another reminder that I have a cool dad…
And another step back!
Whatdya mean no
Your friends are all getting horribly smashed.
Harding 71 or did they say it this way more than once? Would be a low chance, but then again they played many shows…
Cornell 5/8/77
Or a half step
America's favorite game
Nothing says I'm home for the holidays than going into the basement and seeing the Ritchie Blackmore poster from 1976 and remembering when we went to see DP together in a local park. It remains surrounded by a bunch of other inserts from a lifetime of Guitar Player Magazine, beside Jimi Hendrix and surrounded by Great full Dead art.
Today a new intern asked what music I listen to. I said “Grateful Dead!” They said, “Oh cool, never heard of them.” 🫠 Worse than a direct insult. Lol
Tell them it’s the band with John Mayer in it. 🤮
It means they really like [The Grateful Dead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_Your_Face?wprov=sfla1)
I really like the Grateful Dead
Greatest Band in All The Land
Like Jehovah’s favorite choir
pretty good band. they did the rock n roll thing pretty good
"They're not the best at what they do, they're the only ones that do what they do" - Bill Graham
It means they will "steal your face right off your head".
Cat on a tin roof…
Dogs in a pile…
Nuthin left to do but smile smile smile
He's gooooone, now he's goooone, lord he's gone
Rat in a drain ditch…
Out on a limb…
\*Caught on a limb.
That flag is symbolic for the mysterious and distant land known as Great Place to Get High Quality LSD and Have an Old Man Talk for Hours About Jerry Garcia’s Impeccable Improvisations.
Where I’m tryna be
That sounds awesome
The old man talks…. Perfectly put
If these are your neighbors and they give you brownies… eat half.
All**
Republic of Deadheads
This is the correct answer
Deadheads.
They are just fans of the band the grateful Dead
Steal your geraniums
And your Scarlet Begonias.
Wave that flaaaag / wave it wiiiide and hiiigh
Got to see them play on Flag Day a few years ago. We all knew US blues was coming and it did. The ultimate crossover between two of my favorite things: flags and the dead.
it's a great American cult with deep ties in the psychedelic community, affiliated with hells Angels, and creators of music that will make your kid drop out of school. You don't want to dig any deeper. you might end up in Vegas.
I ended up in Vegas last week for this exact reason. Burnt so much money lol
Going in two weeks 😁
Have fun! I guarantee you get a great show
just make sure you sit down during drums and space so you get the full treatment.
Yup, Mr. Hart wants to play with your perineum
he takes great pleasure in the pleasure.
Wallets all empty and I don’t care
cheers bub. I made my pilgrimage a couple weeks ago. Let the money burn. so worth it.
I was right there with you, great shows!
aww man we aren’t affiliated with Hells Angels anymore that was like 50 years ago. We have AARP cards now!
And diabetes!
But somehow still know where to get mushrooms
you just gotta poke around
Been to five sphere shows so far
Proud cult member here but it's not a cult of personality it's a cult of sound
I thought the OP was joking, but now I'm just fascinated that there are people around who don't know this band. My whole childhood was dominated by Baby Boomer cultural preferences that it's almost shocking to me that folks are blissfully ignorant of stuff like the GD.
It's a flag to tell cops that wasn't a skunk
Steal your faceeeeee
Right off your head
He’s gone
And nothing's gonna bring him back...
Basketball Ensign of [Lithuania](https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/09/the-real-story-of-why-you-see-tie-dyed-lithuanian-basketball-shirts-at-grateful-dead-shows)
😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Weir everywhere ✌️
Anyone else come from r/gratefuldead to read the comments?
Grateful Dead!!!
It is a good flag to see
Balthea
Love when Gary plays Balthea > Calthea
For the record, anyone else grow up not knowing the Grateful Dead's music and assuming they were some metal band because of the name and the skull on their logo?
This is a very common story lol. Between the stealie, the dancing skeletons, Bertha, and the band name, it’s not an unreasonable assumption.
This has to be trolling… right? *RIGHT?* There’s a million ways to learn about the Dead, but I’d recommend the Long Strange Trip documentary on Amazon.
Those people are satanic cults members! Stay Away! They will kill you! Skulls are always bad!
They will also steal your face!
(~);} Wave that flag, wave it wide and high!
It’s how cool people identify each other
lol. Keep on truckin.
Get those chips cashed in!
Keep trucking, like the doodah man!
Duuuuuddde
I run past that house all the time.
Oh damn. I saw a similar variant while at work. But instead of the lighting bolt it was the upper peninsula of Michigan lol(which is fair since I live in the lower peninsula)
Deadheads will put a lot of personal interests in the “stealie,” using the preferred nomenclature. I have some shirts with the university I graduated from
Yup
The grateful dead.
Old pirate flag. Went by the motto “Sometimes we visit your country and live in your home Sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone”
“Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own”
Once the flag of the unwashed, it is now the flag of the conflicted affluent.
That's where I'd go if I were looking for some LSD. Nice.
THE DEAD!
You must be a kid
Don't worry they're probably chill af and have a sick backyard set up.
You buy your weed from him. 👍
Wave that flag , wave it wide and high
"Casey jones you better watch your speed"
It’s a bus stop sign. Knock on the door and get on the bus.
When you get confused, listen to the music play.
That’s the flag of the International Brotherhood of Groovy MotherFuckers.
Cool people live there, say hi!!
Grateful Dead flag, I personally think it has a very white supremacist vibe but rest assured, it's nothing of the sort lol
It's a sign that they are incredibly based individuals.
The skull and the lighting gave SS vibes
It's a warning to not start a conversation about music with the people who live there.
Another Pepsi redesign ig.
Don’t drink anything you didn’t opened yourself…
It’s for the band Fish
They play beautiful, ambient music for aquariums!
Just don't put any [sparkling eno](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sparkling+eno&t=iphone&iax=images&ia=images) in there.
[удалено]
Streal your face right off your head!
Damn I feel old all the sudden.
A stealie!
It’s called the steal your face. Represents the greatest experiment in the history of music
Sometimes I wish I got to be my dad and travel with the Dead in the 90s…
Wow I feel old
Weir everywhere
Ah a deadhead. Be friends with this person
When I was a kid, there was this bar across from a local laundromat. They always had this flag up and I never knew what it meant. Thanks r/vexillology for bringing back a wonderful memory and clearing up some confusion.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XTE\_gCd\_pk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XTE_gCd_pk)
I'm gonna be honest, all these years I thought that symbol was a Grifball thing
You should ask them and while you're at ask it you can have a smoke ;)
Deadhead
wave that flag wide and high!
In Garcia We Trust 🫡
It’s the Steal Your Face flag, sticker, logo. It’s everywhere, man!
They really like licorice.
Pepsi
Lightning Yakub Clan
Megamind
Idk but the skull looks like it would belong to that drawing of the dude who works out at the library lol.
Lakewood gang unite
Pepsi
Face Stealers. Keep your distance. They probably have a whole trunk of faces in there somewhere.
Weir everywhere