BG-131 · Lee Conklin
San Francisco
Santana
Hello People
Floating Fingers
On Tuesday, July 30, 1968, Bill Graham opened a six-night stand at the Fillmore West with a bill that reads, in hindsight, like a hinge in San Francisco music: the Paul Butterfield Blues Band headlining, Santana second, and the New York vaudeville-rock act Hello People at the bottom. The Butterfield band was the established draw — Chicago-schooled electric blues with a horn section, the group whose "East-West" had…
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Fillmore Auditorium
Them with the Sons of Champlin at the Fillmore Auditorium — an unpostered night, which is why it is easily missed. Them were the Belfast band Van Morrison had fronted since 1964. "Gloria" and "Here Comes the Night" were behind them; Morrison would leave within months and make *Astral Weeks* two yea…
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BG-75 — Fillmore Auditorium
Sunday, July 30, 1967 closed the BG-75 week at the Fillmore Auditorium — the last of the Doors' three nights, with the James Cotton Blues Band and Richie Havens. One poster, two headliners, and a support bill that stayed put while the top of the card changed completely: the Yardbirds with Jimmy Pag…
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