For Alton Kelley, What a Long, Strange Trip It Was
Graphic artist Alton Kelley, best known for the trippy concert posters and album covers he designed with creative partner Stanley “Mouse” Miller for bands such as the Grateful Dead, died on Sunday at the age of 67 (although The Washington Post insists he was 68). “Kelley had the unique ability to translate the music being played into amazing images that capture the spirit of who we were and what the music was all about,” noted the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart in a statement released this week.
With influences ranging from the Zig-Zag rolling papers logo to The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Kelley and Mouse created such memorable rock imagery as the Dead’s skull and roses motif (and oodles
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