FD-83 · Robert Fried
Catalog Number
FD-83
Series
Family Dog
Venue
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
September 22, 1967
Artists
Nickname
The Charlatans / Buddy Guy (opening night)
Performers
The Charlatans
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
The Charlatans / Buddy Guy (opening night)
The weekend of September 22, 1967 gave San Francisco two Family Dog bills a thousand miles apart, and the one that stayed home is the anchor for this day: at the Avalon Ballroom, Chet Helms's Family Dog opened a three-night stand — Friday through Sunday, September 22–24 — with the Charlatans and Buddy Guy, under a poster catalogued FD-83. (Its companion night in Denver, the Grateful Dead's Colorado debut on the same…
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