FounderGreg Martens
FounderFirst Concert Attended:
My first concert was KISS in Augusta, ME in 1976. I was 13. I went with Scott Pike, who had a car and was old enough to buy me beer.
Favorite Concert Memory:
Best story — and I’ll make it short. I was taken to Vince Welnick’s dressing room with the Grateful Dead in 1992 in Oakland. Someone suggested that this was where I could come every night to roll joints, so I did.
It wasn’t enough for me just to be in the dressing room. Vince was playing a bunch of Beatles songs, and I kept nagging him and nagging him: ‘You’ve gotta play “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”’
I’d bring friends back at set break to meet Vince, and my friends were like, ‘Man, ease up on him.’ And I’d say, ‘That’s not how you get anything done — by easing up.’
So one night Vince said, ‘Well, I don’t have the sheet MUSIC.’ So I went and got it the next day and gave it to him. I said, ‘Now you have to play it.’
And on St. Patrick’s Day 1993 in Landover, Maryland, they brought out a music stand for Jerry. and I always wondered if that was my sheet music on it — that's the first time they ever played “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”
So yes, I got the Grateful Dead to play “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” LSD.
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Visions Of Grateful Dead Tour ’89. One of our favorite years of Live Dead! Hand drawn from scratch & then adapted for direct embroidery. Highly detailed needling. Over 150,000 stitches inlaid directly into […]
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Save Your Face! Levi’s premium denim trucker jacket. We carefully embroider 135,000+ stitches directly into the fabric, one at a time at our local (California studio). Super vibrant colors with rich […]
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
The everlasting Skeleton & Roses! Hand drawn from scratch by our very own Rainwater. This one’s been a long time coming. Deeply inspired by Jerry’s Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors suit {1972} and Live Dead from the […]
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Dressed ourselves in green! Custom Shop Limited Edition. Levi’s Deadstock Vintage Army Olive Twill Shirt Jacket. 100% Cotton. Standard Fit. Sherpa lined interior that’s invisible from the outside.
The […]Blogs
Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
The Fiddler! As originally coined by Mister Garris in the Summer of ’74. Such a fruitful time period for Live Grateful Dead.
*Pictured in Rinsed Charcoal Denim. Levi’s premium trucker jacket. Standard Fit. […]Blogs
Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Dreadlocked Wolfie. Let it grow! It was long overdue for the Wolf to grow his locks. So we adapted this art from Jerry’s infamous Wolf sticker and eventual inlay by Irwin. Embroidered directly into the jacket […]
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Turtle Skeletons In The Dezzy! Original Art. Tying our love of rare & different textiles and fabric embroidery with our neverending love for Lady With A Fan and the entire Terrapin Suite, we found ourselves in […]
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Top Hat! Embroidery tribute to Mr. Steve Cripe, who masterfully crossed the river of craft from boat interior woodworking into Lutherie, seamlessly landing 2 stage guitars into Jerry’s hands. Check the photo […]
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Wovenfree Custom Shop. Chapter 2 in the Healy Stealie GD Family Deadstock textile series has arrived…
Each jacket in this series features at least 3 original pieces of the 1980’s Grateful Dead Family Steal […]Blogs
Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Turtle Skeletons! Original Art. Tying our love of rare & different textiles and fabric embroidery with our neverending love for Lady With A Fan and the entire Terrapin Suite, we found ourselves in a […]
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Wovenfree Custom Shop. Chapter 4 in the Healy Stealie GD Family Deadstock textile series has arrived…
Each jacket in this series features at least 3 original pieces of the 1980’s Grateful Dead Family Steal […]Blogs
Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Wovenfree Custom Shop. Chapter 3 in the Healy Stealie GD Family Deadstock textile series has arrived…
Each jacket in this series features at least 3 original pieces of the 1980’s Grateful Dead Family Steal […]Blogs
Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Wovenfree Custom Shop. The first chapter in the Healy Stealie GD Family Deadstock textile series has arrived…
Each jacket in this series features at least 3 original pieces of the 1980’s Grateful Dead Family […]Blogs
Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Wovenfree Custom Shop. Everything begins with a Levi’s premium denim trucker jacket. We use all cotton white denim so that the dye takes richly. If you prefer different dye colors, please […]
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Wovenfree Custom Shop. Healy Stealie GD Family Deadstock textile series. Each jacket in this series features at least 3 original pieces of the 1980’s Grateful Dead Family Steal Your Face prototype fabric […]
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
CUSTOM SHOP LIMITED. Only making a few of these. Levi’s premium trucker jacket. 100% Cotton. Standard Fit.
Homage to the Mouse classic that defined the closing of the American institution, Winterland. San […]Blogs
Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
Flying Skull! Hand drawn by Rainwater. Inspired by Grateful Dead Tour ’91. Levi’s premium trucker jacket. 100% Cotton. Standard Fit. Over 100,000 stitches embroidered directly into the denim. Locally, and one at […]
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
The Thunderbird Deadstock. Levi’s vintage copper brown corduroy trucker. Standard fit. Large size back embroidery homage to Wes Lang and one of our favorite Estimated Prophets of all time! Highly […]
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
The Skeleton Saint! Rosebud embroidered directly into the fabric. 100% stitch. Crisp layered detail with 140,000+ stitches inlaid directly into the jacket. All embroidery is done in our California studio. One at […]
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Greg Martens posted a new post. a year ago
New Art Release! This one’s for our fellow Terrapin Suite lovers…we call this art Turtle Skeletons In The Dezzy. Tying our love of rare & different textiles and fabric embroidery with our neverending love […]
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