{"id":30134,"date":"2024-08-14T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T12:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/grateful-deads-equipment-truck-the-dred-hitting-the-auction-block\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T12:07:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T12:07:31","slug":"grateful-deads-equipment-truck-the-dred-hitting-the-auction-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/grateful-deads-equipment-truck-the-dred-hitting-the-auction-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Grateful Dead\u2019s equipment truck \u201cThe Dred\u201d hitting the auction block"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-08-13\/Getty_GratefulDead_081324.jpg\" alt><figcaption> Jorgen Angel\/Redferns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An iconic piece of <strong>Grateful Dead<\/strong> history is set to go up for auction as part of\u00a0Indiana&#8217;s 54th Annual Auburn Auction and Show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Among the 400 cars up for auction is The Dead\u2019s personal equipment truck, known as \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/listings.worldwideauctioneers.com\/product\/1949-studebaker-m5-grateful-dead-the-dred-truck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>The Dred<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">.\u201d The 1949 Studebaker M5 was\u00a0originally owned by the band\u2019s\u00a0legendary sound man, <strong>Owsley &#8220;Bear&#8221; Stanley<\/strong>, and was used to haul\u00a0The Dead&#8217;s equipment in the 1960s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Often seen parked outside The Dead&#8217;s studio in Novato, California, the truck is painted, as you\u2019d expect from the band, with a psychedelic design. It was retired from use once\u00a0The Dead introduced their legendary Wall of Sound system in the &#8217;70s, as it was too big to be carried in The Dred.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 54th Annual Auburn Auction and Show will take place Aug. 29-31, with The Dred auction set to happen on Aug. 30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">More info on the auction can be found at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldwideauctioneers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>worldwideauctioneers.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorgen Angel\/Redferns An iconic piece of Grateful Dead history is set to go up for auction as part of\u00a0Indiana&#8217;s 54th Annual Auburn Auction and Show. Among the 400 cars up for auction is The Dead\u2019s personal equipment truck, known as \u201cThe Dred.\u201d The 1949 Studebaker M5 was\u00a0originally owned by the<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/grateful-deads-equipment-truck-the-dred-hitting-the-auction-block\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}