FD-131 · Bob Schnepf, Jerry Wainwright
Catalog Number
FD-131
Series
Family Dog
Venue
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
August 2, 1968
Artists
Nickname
Pink Floyd / Holy Modal Rounders / Chrome Syrcus (opening)
Performers
Pink Floyd
Holy Modal Rounders
Chrome Syrcus
Holy Modal Rounders
Chrome Syrcus
Pink Floyd / Holy Modal Rounders / Chrome Syrcus (opening)
On Friday, August 2, 1968, Pink Floyd opened a three-night weekend at the Avalon Ballroom. It is a sentence worth sitting with, because it belongs to a very short window. This was Pink Floyd's first American visit, and the band that walked onto the Avalon stage was no longer quite the band that had made "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn": Syd Barrett, the group's singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter, had left…
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