BG-20 · Wes Wilson
Catalog Number
BG-20
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
July 29, 1966
Artists
Nickname
Them
Performers
Them
Sons of Champlin
Sons of Champlin
Them
On July 29, 1966 — a Friday — the Fillmore Auditorium opened a two-night run headlined by Them, the Belfast band fronted by Van Morrison, with San Francisco's own Sons of Champlin in support. The poster is BG-20, drawn by Wes Wilson (wolfgangs.com BG020; trps.org; dking-gallery.com BG#20-2; the Met holds a copy in its collection). What makes the date stick isn't the bill so much as a story that gets told about what…
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