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    On the cover of the Grateful Dead's album titled "The Grateful Dead" what is the strange creature in the middle of the album supposed to be?

    Question #89453. Asked by star_gazer. (Dec 05 07 7:20 PM)


    star_gazer

    		This is the "thing" I speak of.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GratefulDead1967LP.jpg

    Dec 05 07, 9:21 PM
    myrab51

    		That would be the Swamp Thing or The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
    Here are pictures of the album and the creatures for comparison.

    Album: http://cdn.last.fm/coverart/300x300/2672300.jpg
    Swamp Thing: http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/swamp-thing/44-1.jpg
    Black Lagoon: http://thethunderchild.com/Reviews/Music/Monstrous/CreatureBlackLagoon.jpg

    Dec 05 07, 9:24 PM
    star_gazer

    		Never knew that guy was a hippie.

    Dec 06 07, 9:20 AM
    zbeckabee

    		The Swamp Thing was a hippy at heart -- Ken Kesey, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, founded a group called the Merry Pranksters and a band called The Warlocks which later became the Grateful Dead. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was also the title of Swamp Thing #66.

    The Merry Pranksters sometimes lived communally at Kesey's homes in California and Oregon. One noteable member: Carolyn Adams but best known as Mrs. Jerry Garcia.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Pranksters


    http://www.angelfire.com/pop/bay55/SwampThing/SwampBookA05.html

    Dec 06 07, 3:16 PM
    zbeckabee

    		I didn't have time to check out the accuracy of all of that history -- namely the Warlocks becoming the dead -- but, here you do have the connection.

    Dec 06 07, 3:20 PM
    star_gazer

    		Yes, before they were named the Grateful Dead they called themselves The Warlocks:

    http://www.theydeserveit.com/music/greatful-dead-history.html

    Dec 06 07, 11:12 PM

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