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SAN FRANCISCO · THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA · 1960s

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September 19
BG-137

BG-137 · Rick Griffin
Catalog Number
BG-137
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore West
San Francisco
Date
September 19, 1968
Artists
Rick Griffin
Nickname
Albert King / Creedence Clearwater Revival / Black Pearl (opening)
Performers
Albert King
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Black Pearl

Albert King / Creedence Clearwater Revival / Black Pearl (opening)

On Thursday, September 19, 1968, the Fillmore West lit up for the first of three nights — through Saturday the 21st — under a Bill Graham bill numbered BG-137 in the house series. The headliner was Albert King, the towering left-handed Flying-V bluesman whose "Born Under a Bad Sign" had, the year before, rewired the vocabulary of a generation of rock guitarists. Below him came Creedence Clearwater Revival, and…

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