Are the Dead’s iconic dancing bears actually dancing? | Grateful Dead

“After every show, we’d gather in the hotel and play back the night’s gigs. That’s why I was recording all the time. That’s how Bear’s Choice got made. It got made because we were always taping. There was always a tape. If it wasn’t a reel-to-reel, it was a cassette. There was always a tape being made… That was how I was learning. They were telling me when the balance was right, when the balance was wrong...They were critiquing their own performances, and so forth and so on.” - Owsley “Bear” Sta