Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present Rock 'n' Roll Memorabilia from a Roadie on Saturday, June 27, 2020, featuring over 130 posters and memorabilia from a man who worked with renowned musicians like the Grateful Dead for many years. With items from the 1960s to 2000s, but mostly from the 1970s, the posters include famous rock groups such as the Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, Jerry Garcia, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Neon Rose, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver, Country Joe and the Fish, Phil Lesh & Friends, Incubus and others. Other posters of Motown, soul and blues musicians include Sam and Dave, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, Smokey Robinson, the Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Ray Charles, Reverend Horton Heat, and others.
Event posters include the Hookers Ball, Joint Show, TRPS Festival, Avalon Ballroom, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. A wide range of memorabilia includes a 1965 Beatles concert ticket; Grateful Dead tickets, magazines, calendars and paraphernalia; show and backstage passes; concert and promotional photos; Bill Graham Presents and other vintage handbills; Antone's (Austin, Texas) R&B calendars; vintage Playboy and Mad magazines; the first issue of Mother Jones; and more. A signed photo of Jackson Browne and Grateful Dead signatures and an Al Capp drawing of Earthquake McGoon are also included in the sale. An auction highlight is a painting of a skull band by Stanley Mouse, (Stanley George Miller, also known as Mouse), an American artist, renowned for his 1960s psychedelic rock concert poster designs.
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