BG-188 · David Singer
San Francisco
Mother Earth
New York Rock & Roll Ensemble
John Mayall (BG-188)
A year on, on Wednesday, August 20, 1969, Fillmore West was three nights into David Singer's BG-188 week: John Mayall - the British bluesman whose Bluesbreakers had been a finishing school for Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor - over Mother Earth and the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, with the Brotherhood of Light show (catalog, artist, bill, and the Aug 19-24 run all per the David Singer collection on gdao and…
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BG-78 — Fillmore Auditorium
On Sunday, August 20, 1967, the Fillmore Auditorium was in the last nights of BG-78 - Jim Blashfield's "A Week of Great Music" poster (Aug 15-21), a single sheet that carried Chuck Berry, the Charles Lloyd Quartet, the Steve Miller Band, the Young Rascals, "Hair," and Count Basie & His Orchestra acr…
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BG-133 — Fillmore West
On Tuesday, August 20, 1968, the third bracket of Bill Graham's marathon BG-133 poster opened at Fillmore West: the Grateful Dead, home from the road, over Kaleidoscope and the Texas guitar of Albert Collins, with the Holy See light show (bill and dates per the Bill Graham Foundation date pages and …
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