BG-193 · Greg Irons
Catalog Number
BG-193
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore West
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
September 25, 1969
Artists
Nickname
Chuck Berry / AUM / The Loading Zone (opening night)
Performers
Chuck Berry
AUM
Loading Zone
AUM
Loading Zone
Chuck Berry / AUM / The Loading Zone (opening night)
On Thursday, September 25, 1969, Bill Graham opened a four-night stand at the Fillmore West with a headliner who did not belong to the psychedelic ballroom at all — and that was precisely the point. Chuck Berry, the man who had arguably invented the vocabulary every guitarist in the room was still borrowing from, topped a bill over the local jazz-rock outfit AUM and Oakland's the Loading Zone, the whole thing lit by…
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