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The fourth and final installment in the JamBase Concert Poster Primer series in partnership with Psychedelic Art Exchange examines Concert Posters As Collectibles & Investments.
Sometimes from within the musical world the cosmos comes together in just such a way, at just such a time that it produces something truly special. In this case, two historic characters, Johnny Cash and Owsley “Bear” Stanley collide with Haight-Ashbury’s famously historic venue, The Carousel, in one of the most historic times in music history, 1968.
While Johnny Cash had covered Bob Dylan throughout the 1960s leading up to his 4/24/68 show at San Francisco’s Carousel Ballroom, his performance of “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” from that evening takes on a special level of significance due to the show’s audio engineer: Grateful Dead sonic innovator and “Wall Of Sound” architect Owsley “Bear” Stanley.
Aidin Vaziri June 24, 2021Updated: June 25, 2021, 5:07 pm Johnny Cash Photo: Associated Press / 1969 A never-heard Johnny Cash live album from 1968 recorded by longtime Grateful Dead associate Owsley “Bear” Stanley in San Francisco is set for release on Sept. 24, the late country icon’s label announced on Thursday, June 24. Cash’s “At the Carousel Ballroom, April 24, 1968” was recorded at a venue operated by members of the Dead and Jefferson Airplane days before the release of his best-selling live album, “At Folsom Prison,” and six months before the arrival of its sto...
The Johnny Cash live album, 'At The Carousel Ballroom,' captured by Owsley Stanley will arrive this fall.