BG-82 · Jim Blashfield
San Francisco
Loading Zone
LDM Spiritual Band
BG-82
On September 7, 1967 — a Thursday — the Fillmore Auditorium opened what the poster itself called the "Opening of the Fall Weekend Series": BG-82, Jim Blashfield's design, with the Byrds headlining over the Loading Zone and the LDM Spiritual Band, Holy See on lights (wolfgangs.com BG082; gdao.org — the latter a candidate source pending vetting). It ran Thursday through Saturday, September 7–9. The Byrds in September…
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