MSO-SHO.1969.08.21
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Bullfrog 3
On Saturday, August 23, 1969 - one week after Woodstock - the Grateful Dead headlined the Bullfrog festival in rural Columbia County, Oregon. Its story is a small mirror of the era's larger festival chaos. A festival billed as "Bullfrog 2" had been advertised for the Columbia County Fairgrounds in St. Helens, with a scarce first-printing poster promising the Dead, Taj Mahal, and more, dated 08/21/69 (the poster…
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BG-79 — Fillmore Auditorium
The second night of Cream's first American stand, Wednesday, August 23, 1967 - Cream, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and the Southside Sound System at the Fillmore Auditorium under Bonnie MacLean's BG-79 (per wolfgangs; setlist.fm carries an Aug 23 Cream setlist from the run). By the second night …
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BG-133 — Fillmore West
On Friday, August 23, 1968, the fourth and final bracket of BG-133 opened at Fillmore West: Quicksilver Messenger Service - the local guitar band at the height of its powers, months from Happy Trails - over Spooky Tooth and Cold Blood, Holy See lights (per wolfgangs, which brackets the Aug 23-25 QMS…
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FD-134 — Avalon Ballroom
A mile away that same Friday, Chet Helms's Family Dog answered with FD-134: Spirit - the Los Angeles band with Randy California's guitar and Ed Cassidy's shaved head, riding their first album - over the Sir Douglas Quintet and Notes From the Underground, a Stanley Mouse poster (catalog, artist, bill…
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