BG-138 · Lee Conklin
Catalog Number
BG-138
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore West
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
September 26, 1968
Artists
Nickname
Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper & Friends / It's a Beautiful Day / The Loading Zone (opening)
Performers
Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper
It's a Beautiful Day
Loading Zone
It's a Beautiful Day
Loading Zone
Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper & Friends / It's a Beautiful Day / The Loading Zone (opening)
On Thursday, September 26, 1968, the Fillmore West bill read like the live cover of a record that had not quite finished being made: Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper & Friends, headlining a three-night stand over It's a Beautiful Day and the Loading Zone, lights by Holy See (per the Grateful Dead Archive Online's record of the poster, Wolfgang's, and chickenonaunicycle's Fillmore West list). The engagement ran Thursday…
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