Zack picked up the guitar at around age 12 and was largely self-taught. He was an exceptional acoustic and electric bass player and is credited on more than a dozen albums. Zack grew up in upper Manhattan and attended Fieldston High School and Wesleyan University, where he earned a BA in philosophy in 2011. He died by suicide May 18, 2019, at the age of 30. Zachary Golub Rosen suffered with schizophrenia and the effects of medications meant to treat the illness during the last years of his life. When you listen to them I know you’ll feel lucky too. I feel lucky to be a part of bringing these songs out into the world. In a way that could be said about any of us I guess, so in that sense his music speaks for everyone. Zack’s story is as wonderful as it is horrendous, as terrible as it is joyful. I can tell you from personal experience that life has a way of blending beauty and tragedy together into a kind of pain-love continuum you never get much of one without the other.
He left behind an incredible catalogue of music, much of which was unknown to even his closest friends and family. I don’t know what was going on with Zack, but for whatever reason he wasn’t able to remain in this world, and tragically chose to leave it. The brain of another human being is perhaps the most inaccessible place there is. I think Einstein said something about genius and insanity and there being a fine line between them… The only artists I can even loosely compare him to are Syd Barrett, and Tamerlane Phillips, (son of John Phillips), both of whom, like Zack, struggled with mental illness. His music is infused with fantasy and surrealism, yet it is always grounded by genuine emotion and real life experience. His chords and words never let you settle for long-taking a surprise turn here, an about-face there, yet it never feels jarring you’re always left pleasantly surprised.
He had a peculiar, poetic, and playful mind. Zack’s songs are astonishing and original. I wish I had because looking back I realize it would’ve been a rare chance to speak with a truly brilliant artist. I even met Zack once at a show but hadn’t heard any of his songs so I didn’t have much to say. People gas up their friends all the time so at first I didn’t pay much mind. He had a peculiar, poetic, and playful mind." - Sean Ono Lennonįor years, my friend Connor (aka Tongues Unknown) would tell me about a musician he knew named Zack Rosen, who wrote what he said were some of the best songs he’d ever heard. Continue below to learn more about each new design, proudly presented by Alvarez." A truly brilliant artist.
#GRATEFUL DEAD STEAL YOUR FACE SERIES#
In that spirit, we have 5 new designs for our series of concert ukes that we believe you will love, beautifully presented on carefully chosen sitka spruce tops to not only look great, but offer a spectacular playing experience as well. From the early minimalist logos of Owesley Stanley, like the Steal Your Face logo and Dancing Bears, to the detailed conceptual story-telling of Tim Truman and Tim McDonagh, the Grateful Dead artwork never crystalized, but was in a perpetual state of imaginative transformation which continues to this day. One of the truly fascinating aspects of the Grateful Dead is how much they evolved over the years, both sonically and visually. This year we are honored to have the opportunity to work with the Grateful Dead’s imagery once again, and we are thrilled to be expanding the sonic spectrum of Grateful Dead instruments with newly designed concert ukuleles. In 2018 our first series of concert ukuleles featuring the Grateful Dead’s iconic imagery were released to great acclaim. The artwork of the Grateful Dead stands among the most recognizable and celebrated in the entire history of modern music, as cherished by fans and as characterful and varied as the music itself.
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