BG-78 · Jim Blashfield
San Francisco
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Steve Miller Blues Band
Chuck Berry / Charles Lloyd Quartet / Steve Miller Blues Band (night 3 of 3)
Thursday, August 17, 1967 fell inside one of the most ambitious weeks Bill Graham ever booked. Jim Blashfield's BG-78 covers seven straight nights at the Fillmore Auditorium, August 15 through 21, and the roster across those nights reads like an argument for what the room was for: Chuck Berry, Count Basie and his orchestra, the Charles Lloyd Quartet, the Young Rascals, the Steve Miller Blues Band and the cast of…
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FD-76 — Avalon Ballroom
Thursday, August 17, 1967 opened a four-night Quicksilver Messenger Service stand at the Avalon Ballroom, with the Other Half and Melvin Q warming up. Quicksilver that summer were the great unrecorded San Francisco band — signed to Capitol, no album until the following spring, and a live reputation…
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BG-133 — Fillmore West
Saturday, August 17, 1968 held both weekend stands at their midpoint — Creedence Clearwater Revival, It's a Beautiful Day, and Albert Collins at Fillmore West under BG-133; Bill Haley and the Comets, the Drifters, and the Flamin' Groovies at the Avalon under FD-133 (per the Bill Graham Foundation Au…
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FD-133 — Avalon Ballroom
Saturday, August 17, 1968 was the middle night of the Avalon's FD-133 stand: Bill Haley and the Comets headlining, the Drifters second, the Flamin' Groovies opening, under Jerry Wainwright and George Hunter's poster with Vulcan on lights. The Drifters in the middle of that bill are worth a moment, …
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