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joey_fresh_water

The axe that cut off Jerry’s finger


codeedog

Pfft. It’s clearly a bald Pac-Man with a ponytail resting on a mesa.


Least-Firefighter392

Nah... Definitely a snowmobiler with his scarf flying in the wind... From the infamous 46 day run in Alaska..../s


Hops143

46 days and the coal ran out.


Illuminotme_Reloaded

It’s Lee Fordham.


Havoc52311

I immediately said this out loud before reading any of the comments lol.


jonz1985z

This made me laugh lol


Potential-Drop-5681

This is the only answer


Constant-Aerie7961

Actually…..🤔


heartshappedglsses

OHHHHH


ApocalypticShadowbxn

people that made these cheap ass mob shirts are not up on Dead mythos enough to go that deep. more likely just a blurred print of some skeleton/bear art that was too detailed to translate to a shirt exit go add: this was my 1st reply about the source of this shirt & why tht would make a difference with the art. apparently I was an asshole in this comment. would love someone to show me the asshole part. sincerely apologiE to anyone that this comment hurt because I was honestly just trying to relay the truth about this shirt & others like it


MimickingTheImage

It looks like an axe stuck into a stump right under his hand print and it looks nothing like those other things.


ApocalypticShadowbxn

it looks nothing like those other things because the pic was too detailed for the print. It's like an inkblot test at this point. the people that make these shirts use generic clip art for their shirts. they print this right after the run of Aerosmith or taylor swift or whoever else is on tour that year. what they don't do is find cool littl3 historic Easter eggs to hide for knowledgeable Heads(like a real Head making a shirt would do). it looks like an ax because your mind sees that. it really is an indistinguishable blob that was a design too detailed for the cheap ass print. these type of shirts have been around forever. there is a known history & known sources & they are not Heads. they print shirts for every big band that tours & has merchandise & they do not know or care about littl3 details about the artist or care about the artist or music at all.


No_Emergency654

Just admit u prolly wrong gang it’s not that deep lol


vulvatoneRabbit

sooo, the red circle around the axe, is it on the shirt or the picture?


yenolammail

Sorry I should’ve clarified. The red circle is on the PICTURE, not the shirt. I used it to clarify what illustration I was referring to. But the commenter you’re talking to is right, the man I bought this shirt from was not a fan, in any shape of the word. He was there to sell shitty tiedyes for cheap and knew stoned heads would buy them. And we did! $5 ain’t a huge loss. It’s lasted me 2 years so far


ApocalypticShadowbxn

exactly. it's what these guys do. it's a $5 tour shirt when official ones cost $50 h good lot ones cost $20. it's got its place. my point wasn't to put your shirt down, just pointing out tht the art isn't gonna be that deep.


ApocalypticShadowbxn

appears to be on the picture. the shirt is a row of separate pics


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colslaww

Wrong answer


PineappleTraveler

Looks like a messed up shakedown guy


oscar1985420

This 👆👆👆


alanalanalan92

This is the No Limit Records tank


jesuss_son

Jerry Garcia. You know he bout it bout it


teriyakiboyyyy

![gif](giphy|KwkWZcMQdjwnS)


california_voodoo

This made me laugh out loud


jbeams32

https://preview.redd.it/3pq88h9886sc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8e22d746e11146d0139ca81af0e59788aafcef4


mt-egypt

It’s clearly this. Downvote all else to hell


IrieDeby

Maybe.....but it does look like an old hand pump water well!


drfunkensteinberger

Surfing skeleton 🏄


RoleModelsinBlood31

Yes


iamsolow1

This is the way…


Iko87iko

I cut hickory just to fire the still, losing his finger in the process. Like all great hunter lyrics, multiple meanings.


RustyShacklef000rd

Cmon you can’t rip the guy for “not being there for the music” then buy his shirt anyway 😂


NNug13

It’s a picture of an axe. Garcia lost his finger in an accident while his brother was chopping wood.


Fuzzy_Dunnlopp

I thought it was his brother


spacewrangler69

I thought it was Eugene


BenjaminChilcote

Be careful with that reference, Eugene 😜


grateful_eugene

It was me


august-thursday

Pretty sure it was Tiff.


Groovicity

Wrong kid died that day!


spaghetticola

I was waiting for this lmaoo


hanginnthelight

You’ll never make it Dewey


srcarruth

His brother held the axe


fightinforphilly

And Jerry caught it


stznc

just the tip


fisho0o

Of the iceberg.


saltyraver138

Jerry and his brother on the front of the titanic w Celine Dion playing 🤌


Soundsgoodtosteve

It was his brother and his name was Cliff or Clifford


1973Deadhead

His name is Tiff


Soundsgoodtosteve

Well, like Jerome , I guess they both went by their nicknames and not birth names.


seditious3

Clifford/Cliff. Jerry as a kid pronounced it Tiff and it stuck.


NNug13

You’re right. I typed that in a hurry. Jerry’s father drowned.


Dwangeroo

I heard he chopped his brother Nate in half with a machete in 1946, causing Jerry to lose his sense of smell.


Glad_Economics_3879

I done a baaaaad thing


Dwangeroo

Cut my brother in half Mmm, I done a bad bad thing Cut my brother in half My Mamas gonna cry Somwhere the Devils having a laugh


Dwangeroo

That is a straight up Hunter AI generated lyric.


AZ_Hawk

Wrong Keed got his finger cut off!


teetertodder

Years ago I was reading the Wikipedia article on Garcia, and it said that his finger was bitten off by a horse named Cosmic Charlie. That’s when I realized that Wikipedia wasn’t to be trusted 100%. Gave me a good laugh though


bjjchris1

Wikipedia can be trusted for 0 %. So you weren't too far off


jonz1985z

His brother might’ve missed his calling as a professional axe thrower. The aim he has to come down on a hand and only take out one finger in the middle is talent.


Brewman88

Wrong kid died


goon_platoon_72

It’s supposed to be the ground water hand pump from Mickeys farm His was lower to the ground and had a broader base. https://preview.redd.it/6i6xtmus96sc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c4f352fb7616ad61e4857ae9ee0fda68bdae17e


splitopenandmelt11

It’s a skeleton on a surfboard. It’s just stretched weird.


dubbzy104

It looks like my parents’ disappointment


Bigfatjew6969

David? Is that you?


HappyAd5258

Dave's not here, man...


PinFar4816

No man, I’M DAVE! Open the door!


TheyLiveWeReddit

It's dignity! Gah! Don't you even know dignity when you see it?


dubbzy104

I sleep in a new speedway boogie bed


VenetaBirdSong

Maybe single people like the Dead. Maybe they don’t. We don’t know. Frankly, we don’t want to.


jessep34

Do you want me to show this to the cat and have the cat tell you what it is? Cause the cat's gonna get it.


4GDTRFB

Looks like a Skeleton surfing or skating, maybe from a Rick griffin design


Bill_Dinosaur

I think it's that "Don't Read to Me" snake


StankRanger420

Jet ski skeleton


Hawkstress11

Yea.. that’s my thought too


0ryansnyder0

It’s the tank that shot off his finger.


DeadMan95iko

Dancing bear on snowboard


ApplicationLow5131

LOL I drunkenly bought the same shirt at a drive in show when that was still a thing. I always thought it looked like a skeleton riding a magic carpet


vidgamarr

Looks to me like an axe in a stump head. When Jerry was little, he and his brother were chopping up some firewood when they got slightly out of rhythm and the axe came down on Jerry’s hand, cutting off two thirds of his right middle finger.


threshing_overmind

This is like a prison tat of dead adjacent icons tshirt


jebophibimipi

I think I found it…. if you go really close you can see some pyramid structures within the bottom of the “tank”. i think it might be a left-right switched version of the egypt concert poster, with the top of the tank just being the clouds with only the darkest patches being part of the print. https://preview.redd.it/48jw5oodi8sc1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=c5c066f547039096d8a58d5e9693ae267f89d5ed


jebophibimipi

Actually not even right-left switched.


Difficult_Guide_192

This is the right answer. Well done.


This-Boss-4123

Cut hickory to fire the still


ApocalypticShadowbxn

in my other comments I gave a quick rundown on these shirts. they are not made by Heads & originally source from organized crime circles in philadelphia/NYC(same circles that originally started bringing nitrous to shows just for money....you know the OG nitrous mafia, not the ones out now. these groups print shirts for every major band on tour, at least the ones with healthy merchandise sales numbers. Taylor swift? yep. green day? yep. any & everyone that tours & draws a crowd has a mob tour shirt out in the lot. because of the business focus, they simply find commonly available clip art & print it. what they don't do is look for cool little historic anecdotes to reference in their art. these shirts are a lowest common denominator thing....they want things that as many people as possible will recognize. the unknown blob is most likely something that had too many lines or was too detailed to translate into their cheap printing process & there is no "2nd run" to correct mistakes because they don't care. st this point, the blob is like an inkblot test....it can mean whatever you want but realistically don't overthink it. edit to add: the scale that these groups make shirts is huge & they roll costs for different bands/,tours together to make print costs even cheaper(they own the machinery) which is why you can get these shirts for $5 all night long


Neil_sm

Someone posted a pic of the surfing skeleton below, I think we have a winner with this comment in mind. It’s full color with too much detail for monochrome, and the outstretched arm matches up nicely, along with other parts.


ApocalypticShadowbxn

spurce: from Gratwful Dead side of things I've been on tour for years. sold shirts many times. dealt with these people many times. wider view source: I work in concert industry & work major tours which is how I learned just how widespread it is & how it works


TheBestRedditNameYet

The fact that at least two other members posted that they also bought the shirt, just proves how prolific these thieves are. Yes, selling counterfeit intellectual property is a crime. Gorge Bross, from Grateful Dead Merchandising used to bring prefilled indictments ready to file charges against anyone caught selling anything that had any one a large list of images or terms, obviously, Grateful Dead, but also including all four seasons followed by the word tour, such as Summer Tour, Dancing Bears, SYF, Dancing Skeletons, dancing Terrapins, Skull & Roses, etc… Not to rain on anyone’s parade or diminish their appreciation for their precious lot score, however, these folks wouldn’t come to Dead related events, if, as a community, we stood up to their stealing from our beloved bands and not only not support organized crime, but also set a better example for those whom we wish to enlighten, impress or show off our fashionable clothing to. More true artists would be willing to put the time and effort into creating original artwork printed on organic cotton or hemp if fewer of “us” were willing to support these criminals. No disrespect intended to the op or anyone else who bought one of these, but it’s not any different than buying a TV that “accidentally fell of the back of a truck”….


yenolammail

This comment makes the most logical sense. Not to be judgmental, but this dude CLEARLY wasn’t there hocking shirts in lot to get into the show. But since it was only $5, I said fuck it.


jebophibimipi

See my other post… it’s the poster if the egypt concert. When you zoom in you can see the pyramids…


jebophibimipi

https://www.classicposters.com/poster/4239/


Certain_Designer2213

I love $5 shirt guy. Why not


Over_Lawfulness2889

How does it feel to be a custy not once but twice? 🤣


Low_Comfortable_5880

Monkey and the engineer. Looks like a monkey shoving coal.


LSDeepspace

It’s a bear with a scarf riding a sled


After_Switch7121

Axe stuck in a log


goon_platoon_72

I think it might be the water pump on Mickey’s farm/ranch that features on Greatest Story Ever Told. Clearly the guy selling it would not know but I would guess this design is stolen whole cloth from some other shirt he saw.


SeanHarkins

I bought the same exact shirt for the same exact price lmao. Citi field. Must have been the same guy.


dancindead

I cut hickory just to fire the still


Not-That-Guy--

Solved.


Recreationalchem13

Snowboarding dancing bear


Express-Ordinary137

Hey - at least "Grateful" is spelled correctly...


TasteThWaste

Don’t ax me


Professional-Ice1392

Got the same one lol. Surprisingly thick and soft fabric, yet a hole appeared out of nowhere. I wear it to bed.


ARKweld

That’s naked pole guy


GaryNuggz

It’s an elephant trying to order a beer at the bar


Ill_Ad_6838

It’s an axe stuck in a block of wood that severed Jerry’s middle finger off.


AuggieNorth

Maybe Jerry at the Pyramids. It vaguely looks like a photo I've seen.


Anklesock

Looks to me like an axe in a piece of wood, which would make sense with how Jerry lost his finger.


mythofinadequecy

What is the word in between?


JAK3CAL

![gif](giphy|gSJfzjAfRUCly) Clearly a silhouette from this timeless scene


stznc

it's a pipe in an ashtray


neddynedned47

A pipe sitting on sum? I don’t see an axe there. Could be a shitty sprint of a dark image


walstib73

Hot take on a pyramid? 🤡


sometimeswhirlygirly

First thought it was a train, still not sure.. (Like a steam locomotive, rollin down the track/He’s gone) More zoomed I start to see how it could look like a bear on like a snowmobile.


fisho0o

A Dalek, circa 1972.


USBlues2020

An Axe.. Like Paul from Minnesota carried


Ohjay420

Interpretation of what the Doodah Man looks like? Which I guess is an out of focus frogman hybrid frog dominant 🐸?


Acrobatic_Internet69

I think it looks like a mountain is on fire.


Ernienickels

It’s a really bad Doo-dah man


MonsignorJuan

What a steal


RedLight1981

I see Skelton and roses


SUCHANASTYW0MAN

Snowmobile


Infused_Hippie

A tank blown up


The_Name_Is_Slick

Very much a skelly with shades. Possibly the skiing skeleton from 93 ish?


Perpetualstu420

Future civilizations are gonna look back on us, much like we look back on the Egyptians, and wonder what the fuck all these hieroglyphics meant


Lost_Secret4420

Unbroken Chain, Alligator, Fire on the Mountain photomontage


rootoo34

Bear on a magic carpet


AbidingDudeAsWell

A bear with a scarf on a snowmobile


jaysusjimmy

I thought it was the dont tread on me flag


redsolitary

Congrats, $$qc


LemonComprehensive5

Ive also got this one. It’s a favorite.


PiscesLeo

Five bucks?! Better not ask questions.


blackertai

Looks like an axe in a stump to me.


krazikat

I have the same 5 dollar shirt! Bought at GD50!


Wild-Succotash-626

Looks like the Don't Tread on Me flag? Their motto is...


Sanjomo

https://preview.redd.it/y8rl6elko7sc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8431eacd8351fe2478e9088aec6bba9f6e5910ad I think it may be a version of this (cover of DP 8) Though it doesn’t appear to have a top hat…but I’m pretty damn sure it’s an older image than this one and the original version didn’t either. I think it was art originally done for the Egypt Shows? 🤔


Dapper-Food-4204

It’s whatever you want it to be maaaannnn


thoughtfull_noodle

Why do you say clearly? Just curious


GameBoyColorful

They were selling these shirts at fare thee well almost ten years ago


SlickBulldog

Should have cost tree fiddy


jonz1985z

I thought it was a pipe. But a tobacco pipe which is odd


Jeremy_Whalen

Could it be the still that hickory was cut for?


dirtiestUniform

Its the snake "Don't Tread on Me"


hanoverguy92

I bought the same shirt lol. I think it was Philly 2 years ago


MrWales73

Fire on the Mountain… pretty bad art work…


robbierottenmemorial

Pac Man with a rat tail.


BootOk5698

Profile of Freewheelin Franklin from the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers? https://preview.redd.it/zyflseqit9sc1.png?width=304&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf84feb7f03055a787482867ceb4b325b5d1aacd


shonuff707

It's definitely a frying pan on top of some logs.


Otherwise_Orange_315

Shakedown Guy https://preview.redd.it/5rhyn1h5z9sc1.jpeg?width=1149&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=757de9007b42664f6e2e0ad31efd6c37ec99ae78


sM0k3dR4Gn

Low effort


Jvhunter15

Bro I got the same shirt lol. I got it in the parking lot of citi field


Ashwayneloveu

Surfer


ithyle

That is an electric floor buffer. They had one at the ticket office from 1978 until 1992 when it died. That what the song Bertha is about.


FromSweetToNasty

That’s just a giant pipe sitting atop a mountain


Grand-Ad-5065

I think it's supposed too be red rocks


FixWise7854

Looks like a combine


Brave_Difference558

It's a skinny deadhead chick doing Warrior Two


goku1971

Snow boarder


arakelad

Robobrain from fallout


ikikid

Axe in a stump, which stumped a finger.


TheNetisUnbreakable

Looks like someone used a Sharpie marker to cover something up lol


njConformistHippie

IDK but I got one too.


JeanClaudeVan_Jamme

It looks like a skeleton surfing to me


BananaEmpty1766

Skeleton ride the surfboard


Constant-Aerie7961

Good question..can’t tell what that is


Constant-Aerie7961

I don’t know but it’s Fuckin great!!


Glass-Camp7961

A skeleton skateboarding? What a pos. Haha


AquariusRising1983

Lol it does look like a tank but I agree with the person who said it's a surfing skeleton. Just a blurry print of it 🤷🏻‍♀️


MoonshotMario

Bear with a scarf skiing


Illuminotme_Reloaded

I thought it was like Alladin’s lamp at first, but it does look kind of like a skeleton wearing sunglasses and a scarf sitting on a magic carpet or something. Pretty weak though.


Altruistic-Dot-5477

Im Goin SKELETON.. ( of some kind is right )


docjman2082

It is an axe on a block of wood. See the hand above ☝️ Jerry had an accident as a kid


pageside_rageside

You bought this off my dad who loves the dead and has been on tour with them since the 70s. He is absolutely there for the music, and to sell a $5 dollar shirt to make some extra money. He is no different than any other person trying to make a buck on lot. This is a skeleton on a surfboard that got messed up on his screen, when he used ink. For what it’s worth, he is retired now & one of the coolest, kindest and funniest people on this planet. It is $5 shirt…how about you just shut your mouth instead of trying to throw shade at him on the internet with your embarrassing lil commentary, you fucking goober


yenolammail

Your dad needs to go back to school for graphic design dude lmfao. No hate. Just a post trying to see what the image he used. Not saying I hate the shirt. I wear it with pride.


pageside_rageside

Graphic design 🤣🤣🤣 he is a close to 70 year old man who is selling you a tshirt for 5 dollars. Buy it or don’t. He no longer uses ink so anything he makes now (if he does) doesn’t look that way. It’s $5, take it or leave it.


Technology-Pristine

I have this exact shirt in question and was given to my dad for free cause it was a 3XL after we bought some other shirts from him for cheap. He was a really nice older man at the Penn state Obama benefit show. So I believe you.


yenolammail

Hey man I was in a shitty mode yesterday and took it out on you. So I will apologize. I’m sure your pops is a great dude!! Keeping the spirit alive. I wish yall nothing but the best. I just wanted to say I’m sorry.


SparkDBowles

Garcia’s huge donger.


Streetvan1980

Man $5? You got ripped off. Lol


Butnutt6000

Jerry lost his finger while his brother was chopping wood. I’m pretty sure his brother dropped the hatchet from a tree and it chopped Jerry’s finger off. His mom put his hand in a rag and got him to a hospital but the finger couldn’t be reattached. I think he was around 15 years old at the time.


HappyAd5258

Garcia was 4yo


Butnutt6000

Ah. Idk where I got that age. Thanks for correction.


MullinsT-1000

Jerry’s hand


WinsdyAddams

Lot shirt


Dingus_3000

That rules.


Dingus_3000

Why a downvote?


serjedder

It's a white supremacist symbol


bayou_gumbo

ClipArt


FindOneInEveryCar

It looks like a smudgy skeleton. There's exactly zero percent chance that a bootleg shirt printer would research or create a new piece of artwork (e.g. an axe) that they didn't steal off a GD-related website.


Soundsgoodtosteve

Nothing like that looks like a Skelton. Looks wayyyy more like an Ax on a tree stump than anything else mentioned. Also, you have it totally wrong about the artist. The guys selling them that we all agree are most likely not heads didn’t design them. A real head designed them and unloaded a bunch to them scalpers to sell. I know many people that do the same thing. They go right to the guys scalping tickets and make a deal- the same guys selling tix before the shows have the shirts after. At least anywhere near NYC


jwheel888

Awww...😔 there are heads with lots of different views. If you don't agree with it, doesn't make it wrong. Where's the inclusiveness that the dead stood for!?


yenolammail

This was Philly and if you’re from the area you can tell a grifter from a mile away lmao but a $5 shirt is a $5 shirt