BG-139 · Lee Conklin
Catalog Number
BG-139
Venue
Fillmore West
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
October 3, 1968
Artists
Performers
Canned Heat
Gordon Lightfoot
Cold Blood
Gordon Lightfoot
Cold Blood
BG-139
On Thursday, October 3, 1968, Bill Graham opened a three-night weekend at the Fillmore West around a band that had become one of the house's most dependable draws: Canned Heat, the Los Angeles blues-boogie outfit riding high off "On the Road Again" and a summer of festival sets. They topped a bill that ran Canned Heat, then Gordon Lightfoot, then Cold Blood, with light projections by Holy See, and the engagement…
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