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SAN FRANCISCO · THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA · 1960s

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Butterfield Blues Band / It's A Beautiful Day / SRC (opening)

BG-185 · August 5, 1969
BG-185

BG-185 · David Singer

Catalog Number
BG-185
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore West
San Francisco
Date
August 5, 1969
Poster Artists
Nickname
Butterfield Blues Band / It's A Beautiful Day / SRC (opening)
Performers
Butterfield Blues Band
It's A Beautiful Day
SRC

Research Sources

POSTER-VS-STAGE SPLIT (resolved at human gate 2026-07-29): BG-185 as printed advertises FLEETWOOD MAC as headliner, and Wolfgang's indexes the poster under that name. Fleetwood Mac did NOT play. chickenonaunicycle's Fillmore West list records Aug 5, 6 and 7 1969 identically as "Butterfield, It's A Beautiful Day, Src / Lights: Brotherhood Of Light" with the explicit note "Poster Say Fleetwood Mac". The bill in this row (Butterfield / It's A Beautiful Day / SRC) is who took the stage; the poster credit is a print-vs-performance discrepancy, not an error in this record. Same class as the FD-19 poster-vs-night split.

Verification Notes

ANTAGONIST-CHECKED. 1969-08-05=Tuesday; opening of the Butterfield Blues Band / It's A Beautiful Day / SRC run at the Fillmore West, Aug 5-7, Brotherhood of Light, BG-185 (David Singer) (COAU Fill West + Wolfgang's BG185). WRONG-LINEUP POSTER: BG-185 advertised Fleetwood Mac (who did NOT play); It's A Beautiful Day replaced them (COAU note 'Poster Says Fleetwood Mac'). Secondary.

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