BG-27 · John H. Myers
San Francisco
Oxford Circle
BG-27
On September 9, 1966 — a Friday — the Fillmore Auditorium opened a two-night run behind BG-27, with the Mothers of Invention over Oxford Circle. The poster is signed "John H. Myers – '66" — not Wes Wilson, as it's sometimes assumed; the attribution is confirmed on the piece itself (thirdmindbooks; olsenart.com/fillmore1.html, which lists "The Mothers, Sept 9,10 John Meyers 66"). It ran September 9–10. This is Frank…
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FD-25 — Avalon Ballroom
The Avalon opened its own weekend on September 9, 1966, on Mouse and Kelley's FD-25, with Quicksilver Messenger Service over the Great Society. The Great Society is the reason to look closely at this bill. This was Grace Slick's band — her brother-in-law Jerry Slick on drums, his brother Darby on g…
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BG-82 — Fillmore Auditorium
Saturday, September 9, 1967 closed the Byrds' three-night Fillmore Auditorium stand with the Loading Zone and the LDM Spiritual Band, on Jim Blashfield's autumnal BG-82. It is worth noting what "the Fall Weekend Series," announced on this poster, actually signalled. By the autumn of 1967 Graham was…
Read about this poster →Avalon Ballroom
Monday, September 9, 1968 was a single-night booking at the Avalon: Steve Miller with the Sons of Champlin. Four days earlier Miller had been second-billed to Chuck Berry at the Fillmore West under Lee Conklin's skulls; here he headlines the other hall. That kind of movement between the two rooms i…
Read about this poster →Fillmore West
The Fillmore West listing for Tuesday, September 9, 1969 reads, in its entirety: "Tuesday Night Jam/Audition." No bill, no poster, no catalog number — an open night nobody printed anything for. Graham kept these on the calendar: unbilled sessions where local bands could play for a hearing, in the s…
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At the Matrix on Tuesday, September 9, 1969, the listing gives a single name: Ice. That is the entire surviving record of the night, and this page will not pretend otherwise. No second act, no poster, no press, no recording — a band name and a date in a venue list compiled decades later by Ross Han…
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