FD-28 · Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse
Catalog Number
FD-28
Series
Family Dog
Venue
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
September 30, 1966
Artists
Nickname
13th Floor Elevators / Quicksilver Messenger Service
Performers
13th Floor Elevators
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Quicksilver Messenger Service
13th Floor Elevators / Quicksilver Messenger Service
On Friday, September 30, 1966, the Avalon Ballroom opened a weekend built around a genuine Texas import: the 13th Floor Elevators, the Austin band that had put the word "psychedelic" on a record sleeve before almost anyone in San Francisco, headlining over Quicksilver Messenger Service, one of the Avalon's own house bands (per chickenonaunicycle's Family Dog list, Wolfgang's, and Heritage Auctions, which all give…
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