Grateful Dead Shirt T Shirt Vintage 1997 China > Rider Bear Train Tie Dye GDM XL

Description

Grateful Dead Shirt : Vintage Original ( Genuine / Authentic ) : 1997 : " China > Rider !!! " ... " China Cat Sunflower ! > I Know You Rider ! " ... Chinese G.D. Dancin' Bear ! & ' Northbound ' Train !! : Richard Biffle Art Design ! : '97 Grateful Dead Merchandising, Inc. ( 1997 GDM, Inc. ) : Tie Dye : X Large ( XL ) : Rare !! ... & Amazing !!!
The " Original ! " ... & Ultimate !! " China > Rider " Grateful Dead Tie-Dye Shirt !!!!!  Beautiful ' Picture-esque ' design-images of " China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider " !! - G.D. Song Lyrics !!! ... featuring a Chinese G.D. Dancin' Bear ! & ' Northbound ' Train !! ... Wow !!!!!
Fall-in for this one fellow Dead Fans ! ... and especially those who always Lived-For ! those opening Garcia-infused " China > Rider !!! " patented-rifts to kick-off Set II !!!!!  What an Amazingly-Clever ! G.D. Tie-Dye Shirt here folks, as all the credit in the world on This-Beauty ! of a design(s)... goes to Richard Biffle ! - and naturally ... to ' Garcia / Hunter ' too !!  Have you ever seen this one ??  1997 GDM, Inc. design, so just shortly " post " the Glorious G.D. Touring Days.  Just check it out in the photos, as the songs China Cat Sunflower & I Know You Rider almost entirely-describes this Magical & Amazing scene !  China Cat Sunflower :  " Look for a while at the China Cat Sunflower, proud walking jingle in the midnight sun." -- " Crazy Cat peekin' through a lace bandana, Like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack. " -- " I rang a silent bell beneath a shower of pearls, in the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee. "  Wow !!!  And ... for I Know You Rider : " I wish I was a headlight, on a northbound Train !!! "  Wow !!!  See, look into this Art Masterpiece of a Dead Shirt ... and there you go !!  Pretty-Amazing ! for sure ... and naturally too - as it goes without saying ... big props to Biffle ! on this one.  Very-nice, and really - a G.D. Instant Classic ! ... from way-back in 1997 !  Just-excellent ... Excellent !!! Hunter & Garcia ... simply, at their collective Best !  As far as any G.D. Shirts specifically designed to create " Song-Images " of the Brilliant & Genius Songs of the Grateful Dead -- this here, is indeed one of the Very-Very Best Ever !  Heck, I'll let the Photos ! do all of the talking with this one - just a few pleasant ' lyrics ' reminders for you, which - you probably didn't need anyways ... as there's good chance a tasty China > Rider ( and maybe ( hopefully ! ) from Alpine Valley on 8/7/82 ?! ) might have just graced your speaker-cones earlier today, some Red-Hot version, from somewhere in between 1969 and 1995 !  Enjoy !!!!!!!  Hey, I mean wearing this Hot-Shirt !? - it might even just protect you from that " Cool Colorado Rain " !!!  Ha !  And the fun game too, of course - of seeing if all the other Dead Fans out there can ' Get ' these images right-away !?!  With of course, the " China > Rider " printed in Bright Red on the Shirt back being quite a bit more than a ... Dead-Giveaway !!!  A modern-vintage Classic ! indeed, clocking in at well-over 20-Years ! here today !!?  Wow, does time-fly ...  Enjoy !!!!!!!!
This is a Used Vintage Original Collectible-clothing item from 1997 in overall Very Good condition - please read all of the following information below before bidding/buying - Thank You >>>
Tag Size / Brand : Extra Large ( X-Large / XL ) / Liquid Blue ( 100% Cotton / Made in U.S.A. )
Pit-to-Pit = 24"
Length  = 29"
As this is a used vintage collectible shirt - here are the issues that stand out to my eye upon very close inspection :
>>> tiny pinhole on right front shoulder - located directly next to shoulder seam area (please see photos/close-up photo #8).
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some small stain spots (dots/specs) on shirt front - located mostly on shirt middle/bottom area (please see photos/close-up photo #9).
>>> fading/cracking of design image emblems (please see photos/close-up photos).
>>> fading of shirt material fabric dyes (please see photos/close-up photos).
Please see all photos provided ... & Enjoy !!!
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