BG-17 · Wes Wilson
Catalog Number
BG-17
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
July 15, 1966
Artists
Nickname
Jefferson Airplane
Performers
Jefferson Airplane
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
Jefferson Airplane
By the middle of July 1966, the Fillmore Auditorium had a band that was becoming its own. Where BG-14, BG-15 and BG-16 had imported their headliners -- the Independence Ball's touring acts, the Turtles up from Los Angeles, the Mindbenders over from England -- BG-17 turned to the house. Jefferson Airplane headlined the Fillmore in mid-July 1966, the city's own rising band playing the city's own room, and the poster…
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