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Sometimes called the "Doo-Dah Man" (after a lyric in "Truckin'"), it was originally drawn as a skeleton, but then rendered bodyless, except for smiling teeth and a pair of eyes. [13] It became one of the many icons associated with the Grateful Dead, appearing in all manner of official and fan-produced art.
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Refer to the subject "Keep on Truckin' (comic)" elsewhere in Wikipedia. The "DooDah Man" was a character drawn by the underground comic artist R Crumb. A picture of the DooDah man is shown to the right side, but not identified as such. R Crumb's DooDah man was a popular counter-cultural icon in the late 60s and early 70s.
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. [1] [2] Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psychedelia, [3] [4] the band is famous for improvisation during their live performances, [5] [6] and for their devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads".
Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA 11/10/1967 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. A three-disc vinyl LP, it contains the complete concert recorded on November 10, 1967 at the Shrine Exposition Hall in Los Angeles, California. It was released by Rhino Records in January 2016, in a limited edition of 6,700 copies.
The Grateful Dead later revived the song in the early 1980s with Bob Weir singing, and it has occasionally popped up in later post-Dead group performances. An edited version of the Live/Dead performance (6:30) can be found on pre-2004 releases of Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead .
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Dig! named it the 12th best Grateful Dead song, calling Weir's lyrics "an early example of the Dead's flair for self-mythology". [5] " The Other One" topped Far Out ' s list of the 10 best Grateful Dead songs written and sung by Weir, calling it a "legendary psychedelic tale".