Grateful Dead Tattoos: found pics

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GD Tattoo #47 Blues For Allah Number One

Found Pic, I think it's by Ozzie Perez In Brooklyn. First of a few Blues For Allah

"Blues For Allah"
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing
Lyrics clipped from The Annotated Grateful Dead

Arabian wind
The Needle's Eye is thin
The Ships of State sail on mirage
but drown in sand
in No-Man's Land
where ALLAH does command

What good is spilling
blood? It will not
grow a thing

"TASTE ETERNITY"
the sword sings Blues for ALLAH
In'sh'ALLAH

They lie where they fall
There's nothing more to say
The desert stars are bright tonight,
let's meet as friends
The flower of Islam
The fruit of Abraham

The thousand stories have
come round to one again
Arabian Night
our gods pursue their fight
What fatal flowers of
darkness spring from
seeds of light

Bird of Paradise - Fly
In white sky
Blues for ALLAH
In'sh'ALLAH

Let's see with our heart
these things our eyes have seen
and know the truth will still lie
somewhere in between

Under eternity
Under eternity
Under eternity
Blue
Bird of Paradise
Fly
In white sky
Under eternity
Blues
for ALLAH
In'sh'ALLAH

And just because, here's a link to the archive listings for Blues For Allah. A few studio recordings in there.

GD Tattoo #46 Luke Walton - Because Bill is cool

{"bill walton smiling on a cloudy day" - keyword search result from google i saw today. Just had to share, one of my favorites!}

Found pic of Luke Walton, Los Angeles Laker Forward and son of Bill Walton - (you know him)! Yeah, the pic sucks for our purposes here, but He does have 4 dancing skeletons on his shoulder. Maybe someone out there knows Luke or Bill and can have them send a better picture.

GD Tattoo #45 Cosmic Charlie how do ya do?

Very nice found tattoo. Dancing Bear with nice detail. Found at BME.com

Cosmic Charlie how do you do? Truckin' in style along the avenue.
Dum de dum de doodley do. Go on home your mama's calling you.
Kalico, Kahlia, come tell me the news.
Calamity's waiting for a way to get to her.
Rosy red and electric blue I bought you a paddle for your paper canoe.

Say you'll come back when you can Whenever your airplane happens to land.
Maybe I'll be back here too It all depends on what's with you.
Hung up waiting for a windy day kite one ice since the first of February.
Mama keeps saying that the wind might blow ,
But standing here I say I just don't know.

New ones comin' as the old ones go,
Everything's moving here but much too slow now,
A little bit quicker and we might have time,
To say "How do you do?" before we're left behind.
Calliope wail like a seaside zoo. The very last Grape inquired about you,
It's really very one or two. The first you wanted, the last I knew.

I just wonder if you shouldn't feel,
Less concerned about the deep unreal.
The very first word is "How do you do?",
The last "Go home your mama's callin' you."

Calling you, calling you, calling you, calling you,
Go on home your mama's calling you.

Here's the first cosmic charlie - kind of raw, but done by Mickey and the Hartbeats

GD Tattoo #44 She lays on me this rose

Found Tattoo, from tattoo now. Credited to Jeff Raiano all star body art

GD Tattoo #43 Well I was Drinking last night with a Biker

This found tattoo is from about.com
Collector: Marc Gegner
Artist: Kelly (Kelli?) Tipton - 2nd Chance Tattoo
Hendersonville, Tennessee

Well I was drinkin' last night with a biker
And I showed him a picture of you
I said, "Pal get to know her, you'll like her!"
Seemed like the least I could do.

Cause when he's chargin' his chopper
Up and down your carpeted halls
You will think me by contrast quite proper
Never mind how I stumble and fall.
Never mind how I stumble and fall.

You imagine me sipping champagne from your boot
For a taste of your elegant pride
I may be going to hell in a bucket, babe
But at least I'm enjoyin' the ride
At least I'm enjoyin' the ride
Yeah, at least I'm enjoyin' the ride
Yeah

Now you're a sweet little softcore pretender
Somehow baby got as hard as it gets
With her black leather cruel-spiked suspenders
Her chair, and her whip, and her pet.

Well we know you're the reincarnation
Of the ravenous Catherine the Great
And we know how you love your ovations
From the Z-rated scenes you create
Yeah, Z-rated scenes you create

You imagine me sipping champagne from your boot
For a taste of your elegant pride
I may be going to hell in a bucket, babe
But at least I'm enjoyin' the ride
at least I'm enjoyin' the ride
Yeah, at least I'm enjoyin' the ride

You analyze me, attempt to despise me
You laugh when I stumble and fall
There may come a day I will dance on your grave
If unable to dance I will crawl across it
Or unable to dance I will crawl
Yeah, if unable to dance I'll crawl
Yeah

You must really consider the circus
It just might be your kind of zoo
I can't think of a place that's more perfect
For a person as perfect as you.

And it's not like I'm leaving you lonely
Cause I wouldn't know where to begin
Well I know that you'll think of me only
When the snakes come marching in
Yeah, when the snakes come marching in

You imagine me sipping champagne from your boot
For a taste of your elegant pride
I may be going to hell in a bucket, babe
But at least I'm enjoying the ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
Ride, ride, ride-ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride ...

And if you read this far, here's a treat (or torture depending on your POV) . the studio rehearsal of the development of the song, along with some jammage.

GD Tattoo #42 Life, The Universe, and Everything

Great Googly Moogly that's one heck of a tattoo! This one was found over at http://hartfordpartystartersunion.blogspot.com. I'm not sure yet who it belongs to.

GD Tattoo #41 Jerry conjures up some magic

Found tattoo done by Patti Jo - One Eyed Jack's Tattoos

GD Tattoo # 40 For a real good time

Found tattoo, Artist: Jacki Randall

GD Tattoo # 39 Dose Me Jerry

Found tattoo from Rate My Ink, posted by Chris Greenan

GD Tattoo #38 J. Garcia with cross

Found tattoo from Rate My Ink, posted by fantasma
This one is homemade.

GD Tattoo #37 Jerry Garcia in Black and White

Found tattoo from Rate My Ink,Tattoo by Ron Antonick genxtattoos.com

GD Tattoo #36 Melt Your Face right offa your head

Found tattoo from Rate My Ink, posted by skillz.
work done by Fip of Avalon Tattoo in San Diego, California

GD Tattoo #35 I'm Uncle Sam, That's Who I Am...

Found tattoo at Rate My Ink. Uncle Sam and Dancing Terrapins done by Dee Dee Seruga

GD Tattoo #34 Pink Floyd and Rosie Dead

Found at Rate My Ink.

Posted by Sunshine. Here's what she had to say:
"This tattoo is in memory of the love of my life. he passed away in june of 06. i got this on what would of been his 19th birthday, march 17, in 07. its the grateful dead skeleton holding the necklace he got me. wish you were here was our favorite song and we would listen to it all the time. it covers pretty much my whole side.
matthew at freaks is my tattoo artist and hes pretty much the shit man. peace"

Swing by and tell her you like it! (click the pic)