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[Skhy], Creedence Clearwater Revival, May 31 - June 2, Avalon Ballroom, "The Sorcerer," Steppenwolf, Charley Musselwhite, 4th Way, Indian Head Band, April 19 - 21, Avalon Ballroom, "One Hundred Six," Youngbloods, Mount Rushmore, Phoenix, February 16-18, Avalon Ballroom, "Charlie Chaplin," Siegal Schwall, Kaleidoscope, Savage Resurrection, March 22 - 24, Avalon Ballroom, "Rorschach Test," Blues Project, It's A Beautiful Day, Nazz-Are Blues Band, April 5 - 7, Avalon Ballroom, "Peyote Bud," Blues Project, Genesis, Taj Mahal & the Blue Flames, March 1-3, Avalon Ballroom, "Lovelady," Love, Congress of Wonders, Sons of Champlin, March 8 - 10, Avalon Ballroom, "The Circus in Common," Quicksilver Messenger Service, Buddy Guy, Sun House, February 23 - 25, Avalon Ballroom, Junior Wells, Sons of Champlin, Santana Blues Band, May 17-19, Avalon Ballroom, "Lady with Spaghetti Hair," Youngbloods, Kaleidoscope, Hour Glass, May 24 - 26, Avalon Ballroom, "Giddyap," Junior Wells, Canned Heat, Crome Syrcus, Clover, May 3 - 5, Avalon Ballroom, Van Morrison, Daily Flash, Hair, October 20 - 22, Avalon Ballroom, A Magic Show. Much of the library was destroyed during the fire that followed the Great Earthquake of. From January 1966 to March of '69, Helms booked bands of all stripes at the Avalon, including psychedelic rock pioneers like the 13th Floor Elevators and Captain Beefheart and almost-forgotten-by-then blues musicians like Bo Diddley and Buddy Guy. Another notable song from the Jabberwocks scene was Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent by Berkeley Barb writer Jef Jaison. Description. Red Dog Saloon: George Hunter Michael Ferguson : Original Poster: N/A: AOR 2.2: Charlatans. 1 mailer NM- on front, insignificant tape pull at very upper 1/8" on back, $25.00; 1 VG+ mailer with tack hole top center, $15.00; 2 NM copies . $25.00, FD-131Pink Floyd1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-130Quicksilver Messenger1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-129Country Joe & the Fish1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomMint, Regular price . San Francisco bought the carousel and it is now located off Fourth Street downtown in. Chet Helms held his dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. Roock Roots: Avalon Ballroom Posters 1966-1968 2009 Calendar and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. VENUE Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) SIZE 13 15/16" x 20" . Family Dog Productions, which had offices on Van Ness. Feb 17 The Family Dog was the other concert promoter in San Francisco, headed by Chet Helms. Throughout the '60s, folk musicians flocked to Berkeley from around the country to clubs like the Blind Lemon, Steppenwolf and the Cabale, and for over a decade it hosted the Berkeley Folk Music Festival, a major event for the genre. One huge bonus for bands playing the Matrix was the high-quality recording setup used to capture performances. The ballroom was designed by local architect, Alfred Henry Jacobs, and constructed in 1911. 2 Family Dog 1967 Handbills John Myers Avalon Ballroom Near Mint Minus. Family Dog Productions 639 Gough St. San Francisco, Calif. 94102" appears in the lower right corner. Family Dog numbers from 1 to 41 were printed in two formsposters and handbills. Inspired by a pot dealer who ripped off some undercover police officers at a Berkeley pizza shop by selling them a large quantity of Jasmine tea for hundreds of dollars, it became of a staple on Dr. Dementos legendary comedy music show. The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969. The Avalon Ballroom lost its lease in 1968. It was managed by a group of hippies known as 'The Family Dog'. Group of 2 signed concert posters. Avalon Ballroom: Artist: San Andreas Fault: Photographer: Jerry Wainwright: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sir Douglas Quintet, 13th Floor Elevators, The New Peanut Butter Sandwich. Fishing at Muni, Pier, Bocci Ball Courts, playing congas at Aquatic Park. Helms relocated Family Dog Productions to a space on the Great Highway, and other promoters who tried to book the hall afterward could never recreate the same vibe. There are also numbered posters for shows produced by the Family Dog in Denver and Portland, as well as unnumbered posters and handbills associated with shows produced by the Family Dog in San Francisco in 1969 and 1970. Many cards were produced in more than one back style. We listened to [our recording] back and three guys were playing the songs one way and the other three were somewhere else, Stephens said. The water for these is supplied by an ingenious use of the ocean waves. Iron Butterfly Indian Head Band Collectors: 7/4-7/68: Avalon Ballroom: . This is the entire run of numbered Family Dog concert posters out of San Francisco and Denver, spanning 1966-1968, all in Near Mint or Mint condition. San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive, handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob. [citation needed] Posters advertising each event were produced by psychedelic artists, including Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley and Victor Moscoso. The "Bindweed Press" credit has been omitted. . . This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. Helms had the phrase "May the baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind painted above the entrance, and went on to book a series of concerts that focused not just on music but an entire experience. Family Dog Presents FD-1 Tribal Stomp. After the demolition of Playland in 1972 the ice cream treat was made and sold elsewhere and is now sold in stores and in fifteen states. Lot 0509, Mar 30, 2023 . The Straight Theater holds the honor of being the only live venue actually located in the Haight-Ashbury during the neighborhoods hippie heydays. The long shed adjacent to Seal Rock House was a wind-sheltered stable for the horses of hotel guests. Avalon Ballroom. Packaging still has Playland Carousel and Roller Coaster. (Anderson was also clear that she wasnt a fan of the hippie cult, citing their "sick faces and hideous behavior.). A classic San Francisco psychedelic concert poster from the summer of 1966, featuring the Jefferson Airplane without Grace Slick and the Great Society with Grace Slick. Among the shortest-lived but most beloved was the Jabberwock, a former jazz club on Telegraph Avenue. . (Photo courtesy of Dennis O'Rourke). This site was formerly the Edgewater Ballroom (part of the Playland at the Beach complex) and originally known as the Ocean Beach Pavilion and Casino when it opened in 1884. The mere emptying of the tanks entails no difficulty, but the emptying of them in such a manner as to prevent the once used water from again entering the tanks requires ingenuity. I thought I'd add it because it's something interesting that happened in San Francisco about 37 years before the. These two guys are sitting right on the spot of the original Cliff House overlooking Seal Rock House. The "Barn Dance" I remember was not all acoustic. After number 41, the handbills were replaced with postcards. Some approximate idea may be reached by the following numbers. 1268 Sutter Street. This is the entire run of numbered Family . Subsequent repairs forced the club to shut down for a little while, but the owners tried to keep it going for a few months more until closing it for good. Regular price $100.00 AUCTION FD-33 11/2/69, Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, IIp, CDR, A, SBD>MR>C>DAT>CDR>CDR>CDR, 1 disc, , 12/12/69, Thelma Theater, Los Angeles, partial II, CDR, A, . After the movie and before the next group someone walked around with a fog machine and filled the hall up with smoke. This area included the stage, which was 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15m) wide. Great city to grow up in. The second building, the larger one, would later become The Family Dog. Three years later, theyd play Fixin'-To-Die at Woodstock, with a cheer heard 'round the world. A Liquid light show was often provided by "Diogenes Lantern Works. Photo taken in 1865. The Family Dog on the Great Highway. Balins share was eventually bought out by two of the other partners, and after a few different bookers, the club closed in 1972. The buckets of laced KoolAid, not so much. $1,000.00, FD-141The Grateful Dead PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, Regular price This is the entire run of numbered Family Dog concert posters out of San Francisco and Denver, spanning 1966-1968, all in Near Mint or Mint condition. The Series also contains Rick Griffins FD-D18 poster for the Doors 1967 New Years show in Denver. CA. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for FAMILY DOG FD-66 poster YOUNGBLOODS Avalon Ballroom SIEGEL SCHWALL BAND psych at the best online prices at eBay! This arrangement was short-lived and Chet soon moved his shows to San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom. Although the Family Dog Productions in 1966 was founded by others, Chet was their most notable promoter. San Francisco, CA The Family Dog was a foundation stone in the . General News; BY: SUN STAFF - 9.11 2017. Both Chet Helms and Bill Graham employed many of the same artists to produce the posters and handbills. The Ark was born. Avalon Ballroom ,Longshoreman's Hall 8/6/66, John Hammond and His Screaming Nighthawks. San Francisco Police attracted more bad press at California Hall decades later in 1984, when they held a graduation party for new recruits at the Rathskeller, a restaurant in the basement. [10], The Avalon Ballroom occupied the two top floors of the multi-story building at 1268 Sutter. Those comments led to Joplin and Big Brother And The Holding Company being unofficially banned from Grahams stage for about seven months. (Photo courtesy of Mary Courtwright Collins), This 1920's image has a tea room on the north side of the building. The Avalon #204-For Archive: www.oaklanddupree@substack.com. The hay bales, yes. Some of the early Family Dog . The Mantra Rock show was a fundraiser for the San Francisco temple, and the Avalon hall was donated for that night by The Family Dog, who ran the venue. 1969/10/31 - San Jose State University Student Union Ballroom, San Jose, CA 2 1969/11/1 - Family Dog, San Francisco, CA 4 1969/11/2 - Family Dog, San Francisco, CA 128 $250.00, FD-22Grateful DeadStanley Mouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Mar 12, 2004 Strung Out / NOFX: Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Nov 18, 2003 Puddle of Mudd. var ANS_customer_id="efdda751-42f9-4333-99a0-38aff150ca9e"; Dennis King / D. King Gallery All Rights Reserved. Moby Grape played their first shows at the Ark and used the boat as a rehearsal space in the daytime. An early Matrix regular was gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, who immortalized the club in his book, Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas. A complete military, architectural and botanical library contributes its golconda of treasure; antique and priceless scrolls from the Orient are preserved with the parchments of Maimonides, author of "Ram Bam," who was called the Light of Israel, the Star of the West, and the Great Eagle. The Family Dog On The Great Highway opened on June 13, 1969 with the Jefferson Airplane. Many of Berkeley's folk venues were short-lived. Should, however, the tides be so low as to necessitate pumping, preparations have been made for this, and the water can be forced in at a rate of 6,000 gallons per minute by means of a large turbine pump placed at sea level in a cave-like excavation hollowed out of the solid cliff and heretofore driven by means of a steam-engine which is now about to be replaced by a 35 horse-. But you wont hear much about California Hall from those in the scene, as it simply wasn't a great place to see shows. A complete image set of the Family Dog 'Numbered Series', which begins at number 42 and runs to 147, also including the twelve Denver cards (no D-9 card was ever printed). Setlists The red roofed building would become Family Dog. Later in the Series, there were postcards and image tickets. AVALON BALLROOM - 04/14/1967 SAN FRANCISCO, CA - U.S.A. Venue Address: 1268 Sutter St. - San Francisco, CA Promotion: Chet Helms/The Family Dog Presents Event: In Concert . This series requires a bit more understanding and research, as many of the posters were reprinted without any designation that distinguishes them. Avalon Ballroom's concert list along with photos, videos, and setlists of their past concerts & performances. $540.00, AUCTIONFD 79Family Dog DenverRick Griffin1967 PosterExcellent, AUCTIONFD-65 Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AuctionFD-63, 67, 71The Charlatans1967 Triptych Poster SetAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD 14Big Brother Janis JoplinZig-Zag Man"Genuine Counterfeit"1966 PosterExcellent, AUCTIONFD-122Velvet UndergroundBob SchnepfSIGNED 1968 PosterAvalon BallroomMint, AUCTIONFD-110Blood Sweat & TearsStanley Mouse Signed1968 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, AUCTIONFD-96Quicksilver MessengerStanley MouseSIGNED 1967 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, AUCTIONFD-62Sutters MillQuicksilver MessengerRick Griffin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomMint, AUCTIONFD-35Quicksilver/Daily FlashStanley Mouse Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomMint, AUCTIONFD-26Grateful DeadStanley MouseHand Colored Hand Signed PrintNear Mint, AUCTIONFD-68Quicksilver Messenger1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, AUCTION FD-6Sin DanceWes Wilson1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, AUCTIONFDD-11Sons Of Champlin1967 PosterMouse SignedFamily Dog DenverNear Mint Minus, AUCTION FD-29Jim KweskinMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD-2813th Floor ElevatorsMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear Mint, AUCTIONFD-21Bo DiddleyMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear MInt Minus, AUCTIONFD-17Jefferson Airplane Mouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD-14Big Brother Janis Joplin Mouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomVery Good, AUCTIONFD-43Human Be-InMoby Grape1967 Double H Press PosterNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD-47Sphinx Dance1967 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONCrowds Bug YouTribal Gathering2 Family Dog 1967 HandbillsJohn MyersAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFDFamily Dog Great Highway1969 HandbillNear Mint, AUCTIONFD-42Quicksilver Messenger Service1966 Poster Avalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-48Big Brother Janis JoplinMouse Signed1967 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-39 YoungbloodsMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, FD-19Big Brother Janis JoplinMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon Ballroom Near Mint, AUCTIONFD-96Quicksilver Messenger1967 PosterMouse SignedAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, AUCTIONFD-110Blood Sweat & TearsStanley Mouse Signed1968 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD-68Quicksilver Messenger1967 PosterAvalon BallroomVery Good, AUCTIONFD-22The Grateful DeadMouse Signed1966 Original PosterAvalon BallroomVery Good, FD-37Buffalo Springfield1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.2, FD-145Mother Earth1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.5, Regular price The above picture comes from a National Geographic dated August, 1956. By 1890, there were three streetcar lines to Ocean Beach: the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad, the Park & Ocean Railroad and the Sutro Railroad. In the 20's, I think, prior to Topsy's Roost, the building had a sign reading "Sahara", and another reading "Baghdad". Books for free > > > Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. Independence July 4th Quicksilver Messenger Service Avalon BallroomSan Francisco: Family Dog Productions, 1967. Looffs Hippodrome at Chutes-at-the-Beach was the first permanently installed concession in 1914. The Family Dog Series is numbered from FD-1 to FD-147, and includes a number of posters from 1601 West Evans, Denver, CO that carry the designation FD-D2 and so on. But loved going to the cliff house then and sneaking around the Sutro bath ruins at night. Dog Santana: 6/28-30/68: Avalon Ballroom: Artists: David Warren L. Kent Hollister: FD-126 Alice Griffin. (Martinez then started the classy waterfront restaurant Ondine.). If you have a lingering curiosity about Beatniks and Hippies, entrepreneurship in global enterprise, San Francisco then and now, half-pint steam trains, CAD, or the secrets of modern retirement, go ahead bookmark this site and, by all means, encourage this effort. Chet Helms of the Family Dog at the Avalon Ballroom, 1968. News >> General News >> Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. $220.00, FD-138Steve Miller PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price It wasnt long before the place started packing in all the local eccentrics, who would be treated to early performances from the Doors, Grateful Dead and the Steve Miller Blues Band in an intimate setting (the club sat about 100 people). Clear-Com Intercoms(1) The Family Dog(0) . All we wanted to do . Family moved there the 50's. The Hells Angels also once held a party there, and Blue Cheer played A Tribute to J. Edgar Hoover" (not a genuine celebration of the former head of the F.B.I.). Avalon Ballroom San Francisco, CA Hell's Angels, Janis Joplin & Big Brother California Hall Concert San Francisco, CA The Family Dog Presents Quicksilver Messenger Service The Charlatans Super Band W. Evans St Denver, CO Jefferson Airplane Mother Earth, Flamin' Groovies Winterland San Francisco, CA Ike & Tina Turner Revue FD115 Family Dog; Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) April 19-21, 1968 concert card psychedelic hippies 60s ad vertisement by GyanarthiBooks. They were joined by Chet Helms who, initially with Bill Graham, put on shows at the Fillmore Auditorium.This was a short lived arrangement and Helms moved his shows to the Avalon Ballroom.Zappa recalled the Old Western dress popular there. [8], The Grateful Dead played at the Avalon twenty-nine times from 1966 through 1969, and recorded two live albums, entitled Vintage Dead and Historic Dead, in the autumn of 1966. Family Dog building was constructed (not at the same site as the photo). It didnt matter -- they were managed by Chet Helms, who also ran the Avalon, the hall with the better sound. And ice skating at Sutro! "[7], In the 1960s, at the Avalon, two bands typically performed two sets during the evening beginning at about nine o'clock. Even Otis Redding came down to the club when he was living in a Sausalito houseboat and writing his hit, (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay.. The Matrix came to be after Marty Balin convinced three guys he met randomly at a bar to put up $3,000 each for a club he wanted to start. These almost-nightly events, like those hosted at the Fillmore, were more than conventional concerts; they were social gatherings with plenty of dance, music and light. First printing po. San Francisco: Family Dog,. This masterpiece was designed by two of the most famous and legendary artists of the era, the late Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse. A Goodwill is now on Haight St. where the 1,400-seat Straight once stood. Family Dog shows were initially held at the Fillmore Auditorium where Chet and Bill Graham would promote concerts on alternate weekends. $600.00, FD-61-RP-2The DoorsMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price I just want to increase the my personal family history. Tier upon tier of seats rise to the galleries, while at their base are the swimming tanks. Soul was simply a melding of two Moby Grape tracks. Chet Helms held his dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. Sly & the Family Stone New Salvation Army Band. The damaged bridge to Flag Rock on April 6, 1884. Chester Leo "Chet" Helms (August 2, 1942 - June 25, 2005), often called the father of San Francisco's 1967 "Summer of Love", was a music promoter and a cultural figure in San Francisco during its hippie period in the late Sixties. Browse Avalon Ballroom vintage concert posters and rock memorabilia. After being decommissioned and stripped of its parts, the old ferry sat landlocked on Sausalitos waterfront, in the middle of the towns thriving houseboat community, still sporting its paddlewheel. Open Tuesday - Sunday 9:30 am - 5:15 pm. After putting on a few shows with a little help from Bill Graham, Helms broke out on his own and, while working with a local commune called the Family Dog, secured permits to rent the Avalon Ballroom, a former dance hall on Sutter. We can sort this all out for you. $3,000.00, AUCTIONFD-109Love Arthur LeeStanley Mouse Signed1968 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price It was here in places like the Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom where the philosophies and ideals of a counterculture revolution found their voice. Its also where Kenneth Anger had 1,500-feet of his famous film Lucifer Rising stolen after a multimedia event called Equinox of the Gods. The theft left Anger so distraught that he announced he was dead in the pages of the Village Voice. I remember there was a room on the mezzanine off the main ballroom that had black lights and trippy fluorescent posters and paint all over the walls; OMG, I'm swooning with nostalgia! This column originally appeared in The Chronicle Sept. 14, 1951. Once the San Francisco Sound became mainstream, all kinds of new clubs popped up, providing gigs for groups who werent on that weeks bill at the Fillmore. The structure site chosen for this colossal collection of literary treasure is in Golden Gate Park, near the music stand. (The other two colors being black, used for the Grateful Dead's name, and white, used for the skeleton, Family Dog logo and "Avalon.") Also for the uninitiated, "FD-26" means that it was the 26th poster in the series of San Francisco concerts hosted by Family Dog concert promoter Chet Helms, which began in February 1966. The Avalon Ballroom was a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at 1244 Sutter Street (or 1268 Sutter, depending on the entrance).The space operated from 1966 to 1969, at the height of the counterculture movement.It also had a reopening 34 years later, from 2003 to 2005. $2,000.00, FD-46Country Joe & the Fish1967 PosterMoscosoAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.2, FD-40The Grateful DeadMoscoso1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price . $850.00, FD-47Steve Miller Blues BandMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.0, Regular price Great Highway was once called Ocean Boulevard. Another band that became an Ark favorite was the Sparrow, a Canadian band featuring a singer named John Kay. Your current search criteria is: Artist is "Family Dog". was invented in 1928 by George Whitney, and sold only at Playland-at-the-Beach. Kezar Stadium and Candlestick Park. Jack Hatfield, High Yo Silver (Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Other Half.Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California 8/17/67-8/20/67), 1967, color offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sidney Lawrence III, 2007.27.12 . By 1884, a steam railroad was in place to bring people to the first amusement ride at the Citys ocean side -- a Gravity Railroad roller coaster, and to the Ocean Beach Pavilion for concerts and dancing. The Avalon Ballroom, the Fillmore Auditorium, Fillmore West, and Winterland: these four venues ushered in the modern era of rock show presentation and grew out of the hippie counterculture of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. Family Dog was the production company run by Chet Helms. Care about whats happening in Bay Area arts? [21] In 2012 it became the headquarters of the internet company Wantful.com. In June of 1907 the Cliff House was leased to John Tait of Taits at the Beach, and seven partners. "[5], By the 1930s, a public dance hall called the Avalon Ball Room had opened at 1268 Sutter Street, hosting "popular and old-fashioned dances" five times per week (according to the Federal Writers' Project guide to San Francisco).[6]. Bill Ehlert, a.k.a. Family Dog Productions was a commune based in San Francisco producing and promoting shows featuring up and coming bands. My birthday parties when I was a kid were always at Playland. (See also: Family Dog posters and handbills). The building was used a rock venue between 1966 and 1968 primarily by the Family Dog under the direction of Chet Helms. FD #74, Charles Lloyd, West Coast Natural Gas Co., 8/3-6/67, Avalon Ballroom; Moscoso design with red sky, pink and blue border, and image of the Family Dog Indian standing in front of the Taj Mahal. I went to the Family Dog as a kid of 12 [1969]. In 1966, when asked by the Mojo Navigator where would she would rather play -- the Fillmore or the Avalon -- Janis Joplin said the acoustics at the Avalon were better, and that the last time her band played the Fillmore, the audience members werent really into the music and would walk around trying to pick each other up, sailors and all that. First, Friends and Relations, not Relationships. USA. Though the theater held memorable shows, it always struggled for money. This is known as an "image set," for people who love the posters, the music and the culture, but don't . $20.00, Copyright 2023, SF Rock Posters & Collectibles. Post Card Artist: Wes Wilson, Bellmer Wright; Concert Performers: Velvet Underground, Charley Musselwhite</p> Submitted by radha.name on Thu, 09/11/2017 - 09:52 . Original 1st printing 141/8 x 20 concert poster for Chicago blues legend Howlin Wolf appearing with Big Brother the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin) at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, CA from 9/23-24/1966 (*show was canceled). 20. Balin later said he opened the Matrix so he could start a band and have a place to play. Locals didnt make the demolition easy, as dozens laid in front of the bulldozers and were arrested. (See also: Family Dog postcards and handbills). Free shipping for many products! And here's another's opinion: Chet Helms moved his Family Dog concerts from the Avalon Ballroom to the former slot car racing track in summer 1969, where he operated for only one year as "Family Dog at the Beach" and "Family Dog on the Great Highway." . Today, the Regency Ballroom, a live music venue right next door, is often mistaken for the Avalon. Many local bands, such as Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Steve Miller Band, served as backup bands, as did the early Moby Grape and headliners such as The Doors, the 13th Floor Elevators, the Butterfield Blues Band and Big Brother and the Holding Company, which Helms organized around singer and performer Janis Joplin in spring 1966. The owners won their permit, and by June of '67, the Straight hosted shows for the Steve Miller Band, Clover (pre-Huey Lewis and the News) and the Grateful Dead, who in the beginning had to bill their concerts as "dancing lessons because the owners didnt yet have the proper permits. $60 $40 Jefferson Airplane Poster; Opened as the Haight Theater in 1910, it operated as the 'hoods main movie house until it closed in 1964, after two of its owners turned it into an experimental gay theater. 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