BG-75 · Bonnie MacLean
Catalog Number
BG-75
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
July 25, 1967
Artists
Nickname
The Yardbirds / James Cotton / Richie Havens (opening)
Performers
Yardbirds
James Cotton Blues Band
Richie Havens
James Cotton Blues Band
Richie Havens
The Yardbirds / James Cotton / Richie Havens (opening)
On July 25, 1967 — a Tuesday — the marquee at Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco read The Yardbirds, James Cotton Blues Band, and Richie Havens. It was opening night of a six-night stand, and the poster for it, BG-75, has outlived nearly everything else about the week. Bonnie MacLean drew it: a woman's face framed by a great fan of peacock feathers, and it remains one of the most collected images in…
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