Ten classic posters by Michigan artists were generously loaned to the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame exhibit for the past three years by Ann Arbor collector S. H. Kahn. The MRRL HOF will be returning the posters in June. Please visit the Historical Museum of Bay County, located at 321 Washington Avenue in downtown Bay City, to view this valuable collection listed below. Museum hours are 10:00 to 4:00, Tuesday – Saturday.
Stanley Mouse’s stunning poster for the Human Be-In, held at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on January 12, 1967. With an attendance estimated to be as high as 30,000, the event was a prelude to San Francisco’s “Summer of Love,” which made the Haight-Ashbury district a symbol of American counterculture. 
The San Francisco concert poster for the Straight Theater, a hippie-run alternative to the commercially operated Fillmore Auditorium and Avalon Ballroom. It was the only poster Gary Grimshaw created while living in the city, and it promoted a 1969 headlining appearance by his hometown rock band, the MC5.
Gary Grimshaw’s poster for the opening weekend of the Grande Ballroom - October 7 and 8, 1966. Just sixty people showed up that first night to hear the MC5 kick out the jams as the headliner. Aside from the music, the audience was treated to a psychedelic light show.
David Singer’s poster for the Fillmore West in July of 1969 is significant in Michigan rock and roll history because it marked the first appearance on the West Coast of The Frost. The Michigan band was in San Francisco to promote its new “Frost Music” album on the Vanguard label.
Gary Grimshaw’s famous poster for the Grateful Dead concert at the Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. His designs during the early 1970s are among his most imaginative.
The Gary Grimshaw-designed poster to promote the First Annual Detroit Rock & Roll Revival. It was held at the Michigan State Fairgrounds on May 30th and 31st in 1969 and was produced by Russ Gibb. 
The rare Gary Grimshaw and David Carlin poster created for two February shows at the Grande in 1967. It was the second appearance at the venue for the newly formed Scot Richard Case, but the band’s name was misspelled on the poster.
The Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival started in 1972, and its first poster was created by Gary Grimshaw. It grew out of the Ann Arbor Blues Festival in 1969, which was the first North American festival where blues was the main attraction, particularly modern electric blues.
The Gary Grimshaw designed the poster for the January 20, 1974, concert at the Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor that featured Jr. Walker and the All Stars, Bobby “Blue” Bland, and Luther Allison.
The poster celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival in 1992 was designed by Gary Grimshaw. It featured photos of popular artists including Bonnie Raitt and Al Green along with jazz greats Archie Shepp and Sonny Rollins.
