BG-128 · Lee Conklin
Catalog Number
BG-128
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore West
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
July 9, 1968
Artists
Nickname
The Blues Bash
Performers
Electric Flag
Buddy Guy
Freddie King
Buddy Guy
Freddie King
The Blues Bash
On the ninth of July 1968, the Fillmore West was four days old and Bill Graham was already teaching it what he wanted it to be. The room -- the old Carousel Ballroom at Market and Van Ness, taken over after the Fillmore Auditorium era closed -- had opened on July 5 with a housewarming week. For the second week, per chickenonaunicycle, Graham programmed six straight nights of blues billed plainly as a "Blues Bash":…
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