![]() It was a tribute to Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, who’d passed away that spring. The bears that you know first appeared in July 1973 on the Grateful Dead live album, The History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One: Bear’s Choice. But, as you may have noticed, there sure are a lot of them. That’s a lot for some little cuddly bears. In addition to being the Grateful Dead’s first in-house audio engineer and a pioneer who helped transform live concert sound, Owsley was also the most legendary underground LSD chemist in history, a story inseparable from the history of the Dead - and, for that matter, perhaps the entirety of Western culture over the past half-century. And they’re some excellent tracks to leave behind. Owsley Stanley, also known as the Bear, or just Bear, made many tapes. He was born Augustus Owsley Stanley III in 1935, though he hated the “Augustus” and had it legally changed later on. The Bear in question is also the person responsible for that recording and many more, by the Grateful Dead and others. JESSE: That was the Grateful Dead on June 28th, 1969 in Santa Rosa, California, covering Porter Wagoner’s “Ol’ Slew Foot” and answering the musical question: “Does a bear drop in the woods?” JERRY GARCIA : Only if there’s someone there to hear it. Does a bear drop in the woods? That is the question. PHIL LESH : This song is about bear drops. These bears might look cuddly and cute, but there’s a bit more to the story. But they’re everywhere, an iconography permanently associated with the Grateful Dead.īut why bears? And why are they dancing? It’s kind of like asking what egg-laying rabbits have to do with Easter, but there’s a lot more LSD involved. ![]() Maybe you love them, maybe you hate them. When there are baseball games, people wear them as costumes and dance on top of the dugout. They’re on sweatshirts and scarves and golf balls and pretty much anything you can put a dancing bear on. They’re on license plate holders and stickers that get stuck on bathroom mirrors in bars. Maybe you’ve never even heard of the Grateful Dead before and you accidentally clicked on this somehow - you’ve still seen these bears, trust me. From the menu options, choose “set as wallpaper.” Now decide whether you want to to use your new wallpaper as your home screen background, lock screen or both, and choose the appropriate option.JESSE: You know the dancing bears. Click on the image, then look to the upper right corner and click on the menu button (three vertical dots). Then open your gallery/photos app and from there open the “download” folder, where you will see the image you just downloaded. Now you will able to crop or arrange the image to your liking when it looks perfect, tap “set.” The only thing left to do is select whether you want the image to be your lock screen, home screen or both.and enjoy! Android: Choose one of our many exquisite wallpapers and download it by clicking on the yellow “download” button just below the image. Use the “share” button (looks like an arrow curving out of a box) and then select the “use as a wallpaper” button. Next choose “save image” from the options below, go to your Photos and find the image you just downloaded. Then tap on the image and hold for a few seconds. Now go back to your desktop and admire your new wallpaper! iPhone/iPad: Select a beautiful wallpaper and click the yellow download button below the image. On your computer, find the downloaded image and click on the photo. Then click Apple Menu > System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Desktop. Find the image on your computer, right-click it and then click “set as desktop background.” Now the only thing left to do is enjoy your new wallpaper! Mac: Find a wallpaper you love and click the blue “download” button just below. When you click the “download” button, the wallpaper image will be saved, most likely in your “downloads” folder. ![]() Just below the image you’ll see a button that says “Download.” You will also see your screen’s resolution, which we have figured out for you.
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