FD-74 · Bob Fried
San Francisco
West Coast Natural Gas Company
Charles Lloyd Quartet / West Coast Natural Gas Company (night 2)
By August 4, 1967, the Avalon Ballroom had settled into a rhythm that let it program against the grain, and the weekend that opened the day before is a good example: the Charles Lloyd Quartet headlining a psychedelic dance hall. On Friday, August 4, 1967 — the second night of a run that had opened Thursday the 3rd and would close Sunday the 6th — Lloyd's group and West Coast Natural Gas Company held the Avalon…
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