Grateful Dead Shirt : Vintage Original (Genuine / Authentic) : 1989 : Halloween Pumpkin! John’ Mikio’ Kennedy Art Design! 1989 Grateful Dead Merchandise, Inc. (’89 GDM) : Medium (M) : The 1989 Fall Tour Built To Last! – Mikio Art Designed! Skull & Roses Halloween Pumpkin Shirt! – for the 1989 Grateful Dead’ Built To Last! – in conjunction with the The’ Last & Final’ G. Vintage Rock Shirt Collector’s! – and all Loyal Fans of’ Real-Deal’ Live Rock & Roll!!! Of an’89 Tour Grateful Dead Shirt – and, quite frankly, I’m not even sure you have to be a Deadhead to Love this one.. But, of course – it certainly does help! Gosh, I mean the’ meaning’ of this Shirt, and the Amazing Graphics Images! On this Shirt are so incredibly amazing in it’s history & background, that I could go on, and on… Well, initially – the Grateful Dead had the ultra-talented G. Design this one, with the intention of using it – in conjunction with Arista records for a promotional launch release of the Grateful Dead’s latest Album… And, in very-fine G. Prankster-eque fashion – in hindsight, though obviously not knowing at all then… This Album would indeed become the Last & Final Grateful Dead studio Album! All’60’s &’70’s G. Purists likely disagreeing – but, there is certainly a valid side to that story! But that-conversation, is for another later day indeed… So – Arista developed a nice little marketing campaign for this’ Built To Last’ Album which included all kinds of cool stuff, with’ Built To Last’ Playing Cards being one of the very-cool parts of the launch! During the’89 Fall Tour – these neat little promo cards were handed out to Fans inside Shows, in the Breezeways, Marketing Booths, and such – and, they were a Playing Card on one side, and on the other side? Yep, you guessed it… This here Mikio Design!!! The Halloween Pumpkin Skull & Roses Logo! — with, a cool little slogan on the cards below the image that read ” On Halloween The Dead Rise Again “!!! The reason in this, is because’ Built To Last’ had a scheduled official release date by GDP & Arista – of 10/31/89! Right smack dab on the day of Halloween!!! So, along with much other cool stuff too… And, as the photos very-well show – you could argue that it is truly once of the Neatest! Grateful Dead Shirt designs of all time. So, on the initial surface – this is already just about as cool, as cool can get! On the front of the Shirt, and ” Grateful Dead ” printed in a very Fall-meets-Halloweenie Font! On the back of the Shirt. Then, you can just leave it to the Good Ol’ Grateful Dead – making it even Cooler! Too — since they played one of the most’ Welcomed’ little trick in the History of Rock & Roll! They booked the East Coast leg Tour Openers at the Hampton Coliseum in Virginia – as their ” 1st ” Band name… And from that point on… This Tour was Beyond-Explosive!!!!! Was happening as they dug way-way deep in that Good Ol’ Song Vault, and began delivering Dead Fan-staggering! > Franklin’s Tower… And, not only did these Fan-favorites & Band-favorites too get delivered all throughout this’89 Fall Tour… But, they were for the most part kept in the G. Live song-rotation all the way through the Early / Mid’90’s! So, you could have been on Tour religiously! With the Dead in the’70’s &’80’s, and… There was still a real good chance that you never caught any of these tunes live. But, in’89 – Everyone! Could change that – by getting themselves a ticket & going to see the Band! So, in other words… As it goes without even saying – this was indeed beyond! For the Grateful Dead, and a way more then welcomed one too – as this material was played with Passion, Fire, and Attack! And they were so Incredibly-Hot! In this period, and were really re-defining what being in-the-groove really means. So, in a nutshell… Is what this Shirt represents, to say the very-least. The Miko-designed Halloween Pumpkin – Skull & Roses! One that is still! Definitely ” Built To Last “!!! Much-much more than just your average, yet Excellent! Enjoy this one, and wear it with some Festive-Fall & Spooky Deadhead Pride!!!! Grateful Dead : The Legendary! : >>> 9/29/1989 : Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, California (CA). 9/30/1989 : Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, California (CA). 10/1/1989 : Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, California (CA) 10/8/1989 : Hampton Coliseum – Hampton, Virginia (VA) – Show billed as “The Warlocks”!!! 10/9/1989 : Hampton Coliseum – Hamtpon, Virginia (VA). Show billed as “The Warlocks”!!! 10/11/1989 : Brendan Byrne Arena (Meadowlands Arena) – East Rutherford, New Jersey (NJ). 10/12/1989 : Brendan Byrne Arena (Meadowlands Arena) – East Rutherford, New Jersey (NJ). 10/13/1989 : Brendan Byrne Arena (Meadowlands Arena) – East Rutherford, New Jersey (NJ). 10/14/1989 : Brendan Byrne Arena (Meadowlands Arena) – East Rutherford, New Jersey (NJ). 10/15/1989 : Brendan Byrne Arena (Meadowlands Arena) – East Rutherford, New Jersey (NJ). 10/16/1989 : Brendan Byrne Arena (Meadowlands Arena) – East Rutherford, New Jersey (NJ) 10/18/1989 : The Spectrum – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA). 10/19/1989 : The Spectrum – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA). 10/20/1989 : The Spectrum – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA) 10/22/1989 : Charlotte Coliseum – Charlotte, North Carolina (NC). 10/23/1989 : Charlotte Coliseum – Charlotte, North Carolina (NC) 10/25/1989 : Miami Arena – Miami, Florida (FL) 10/26/1989 : Miami Arena – Miami, Florida (FL) 10/31/1989 : ” Built To Last ” LP is Released!! Pit-to-Pit = 19″ Length = 28″ As this is a used clothing item that has been well taken care of – here are the only issues that stand out to my eye upon very close inspection : >>> vintage cracking of the design images on the front & back of shirt (please see photos/close-up photos). >>> fading of the black shirt material fabric (please see photos/close-up photos). Please see all photos provided…