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The Quick And The Dead

The Quick And The Dead Concert poster, This is a psychedelic concert poster from 1966 for a performance at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The poster is known as "The Quick and the Dead" and was designed by artist Wes Wilson. Bands: The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and The New Tweedy Brothers. Venue: The Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, California. Dates: June 10 & 11, 1966. The central image of a skeleton wearing a cowboy hat and smoking a cigar was adapted by Wilson from an old woodcut by Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada. This poster is historically significant as it is one of the earliest uses of a skeleton to promote the Grateful Dead.