FD-140 · Wes Wilson
Catalog Number
FD-140
Venue
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
October 4, 1968
Artists
Nickname
Hollow TV
Performers
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Black Pearl
Ace of Cups
Black Pearl
Ace of Cups
Hollow TV
On Friday, October 4, 1968, the Avalon Ballroom gave over its weekend to the band that, more than any other, was the house's own: Quicksilver Messenger Service, playing a three-night stand through Sunday the 6th with Black Pearl and the all-woman Ace of Cups beneath them on the bill (per chickenonaunicycle's Family Dog list, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the CGC-graded Concert Poster Gallery lot, which…
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