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Alton Kelley Artist Created Psychedelic Posters for Rock Dies
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Michael Ricci
Alton Kelley, a San Francisco graphic artist whose psychedelic posters and album covers captured the mood and music of the Grateful Dead, the Steve Miller Band, Journey and other top rock 'n' roll groups of the '60s and '70s, has died. He was 67.
Kelley died Sunday at his home in Petaluma, Calif., according to publicist Jennifer Gross. The cause was complications from osteoporosis. With his creative partner Stanley Mouse, Kelley helped launch a poster art revolution in the mid-1960s, ...
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'60s Psychedelia Artist Alton Kelley Passes Away
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All About Jazz
Alton Kelly 1940 - 2008
[Petaluma, CA - Sunday, June 1, 2008] Legendary artist Alton Kelley created a graphic style that rocked the world beginning in the psychedelic Sixties. His concert posters, logo designs, LP album covers, and fine art have forevermore defined that time. Kelley, born June 17, 1940, passed away peacefully at home June 1st of complications from a long illness.
He is survived by the true love of his life, Marguerite Trousdale Kelley. He also leaves his ...
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