As any denizen of the San Francisco ‘60s music scene knows, it was never only about what was happening onstage. Along with the bands, there was a vibrant, exciting new world of the visual arts: pulsating liquid light shows, startlingly original fashion and new eye-opening, mind-blowing poster art that captured and reflected the lysergic essence of the music. A number of young artists quickly came to dominate the field, producing posters for Bill Graham’s concerts at the Fillmores, Chet Helms’ Avalon Ballroom shows and other events, as well as many landmark album covers. Among them, Stanley Mouse was one of the most important and beloved; his work today is considered seminal. This 224-page hardcover collection reproduces all of Mouse’s most famous works of the era, often created in tandem with Alton Kelley: the Grateful Dead’s iconic 1966 “Skeleton & Roses” Avalon poster; the same year’s Big Brother/Quicksilver “Zig-Zag” piece; others for Jefferson Airplane, Cream and even Howlin’ Wolf; 1970s album art for the Dead, Journey and The Steve Miller Band. But the book, with text by Blair Jackson, goes beyond that era, charting Mouse’s growth from the pre-ballroom days into the ‘70s, ‘80s and the present, his talent now often funneled into more traditional but no less striking and intriguing oil paintings.