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SAN FRANCISCO · THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA · 1960s

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September 10
FD-25

FD-25 · Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse

Catalog Number
FD-25
Series
Family Dog
Venue
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco
Date
September 10, 1966
Performers
Quicksilver Messenger Service
The Great Society

FD-25

On Saturday, September 10, 1966, the Family Dog's FD-25 poster closed its two-night stand at the Avalon Ballroom: Quicksilver Messenger Service over the Great Society — Grace Slick's band, still a year or so before she carried "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" over to the Jefferson Airplane. This was night two of the Friday–Saturday run the Dog dated September 9–10, and the poster is one of the era's quiet…

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