FD-85 · Alton Kelley
Catalog Number
FD-85
Series
Family Dog
Venue
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
September 29, 1967
Artists
Nickname
Vanilla Fudge / Charles Lloyd Quartet (opening night)
Performers
Vanilla Fudge
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Vanilla Fudge / Charles Lloyd Quartet (opening night)
On Friday, September 29, 1967, the Avalon Ballroom opened a three-night stand that put two very different kinds of virtuosity on the same stage: Vanilla Fudge, the Long Island quartet whose slowed-down, organ-heavy demolition of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was all over the radio that autumn, headlining over the Charles Lloyd Quartet, one of the most acclaimed acoustic jazz groups in the country (per…
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