FD-137 · Wes Wilson, Kurt Strausse
San Francisco
Wes Wilson
Big Mama Thornton
Black Pearl
Train Trip
On Friday, September 13, 1968, the Avalon Ballroom hung a new Family Dog card — FD-137, "Train Trip," a Wes Wilson design co-credited with Kurt Strausse (both names carried on the poster per rockposters and famsf) — and behind it a bill that leaned hard into the blues. John Mayall headlined, and under him stood Big Mama Mae Thornton and the Hound Dog Band featuring Harmonica George, with Black Pearl opening; the run…
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On Friday, September 13, 1968, the Avalon Ballroom hung a new Family Dog card — FD-137, "Train Trip," a Wes Wilson design co-credited with Kurt Strausse (both names carried on the poster per rockposters and famsf) — and behind it a bill that leaned hard into the blues. John Mayall headlined, and und…
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BG-136 — Fillmore West
On Friday, September 13, 1968, the Avalon Ballroom hung a new Family Dog card — FD-137, "Train Trip," a Wes Wilson design co-credited with Kurt Strausse (both names carried on the poster per rockposters and famsf) — and behind it a bill that leaned hard into the blues. John Mayall headlined, and und…
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BG-191 — Fillmore West
On Friday, September 13, 1968, the Avalon Ballroom hung a new Family Dog card — FD-137, "Train Trip," a Wes Wilson design co-credited with Kurt Strausse (both names carried on the poster per rockposters and famsf) — and behind it a bill that leaned hard into the blues. John Mayall headlined, and und…
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On Friday, September 13, 1968, the Avalon Ballroom hung a new Family Dog card — FD-137, "Train Trip," a Wes Wilson design co-credited with Kurt Strausse (both names carried on the poster per rockposters and famsf) — and behind it a bill that leaned hard into the blues. John Mayall headlined, and und…
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