Bo Diddley / Sons of Adam (Avalon, night 2)
FD-19 · Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse
San Francisco
Sons of Adam
Bo Diddley with the Sons of Adam at the Avalon — the second night of FD-19, and a different bill from the first.
The sheet covers August 5 and 6, 1966, and the two nights are not the same show: Big Brother and the Holding Company played with Oxford Circle on the Friday, Bo Diddley with the Sons of Adam on the Saturday. Same Mouse and Kelley poster, two bills.
The Sons of Adam were a Los Angeles band who had recorded a Love song and would shortly dissolve, one of dozens of competent groups the ballroom circuit consumed without leaving much behind.
Research Sources
NIGHT 2 of the FD-19 "Dollar Bill" weekend. Created at the human gate 2026-08-06: FD-19 covers TWO Avalon nights and only the Friday had a row, so this Saturday rendered on no day page. COAU FD_Shows gives four distinct Family Dog entries for this weekend, and they are the whole point: Aug 5 AVALON -- Big Brother & the Holding Company / Oxford Circle [FD-19] (event 62) Aug 5 LONGSHOREMEN'S -- Bo Diddley / Sons of Adam [FD-20] Aug 6 AVALON -- Bo Diddley / Sons of Adam [FD-19] (THIS ROW) Aug 7 LONGSHOREMEN'S -- Bo Diddley / Sons of Adam / Little Walter [FD-20] (event 320) Independently corroborated by the FAMSF catalog title for FD-20, which reads "August 5 & 7, Longshoreman's Hall, August 6, Avalon Ballroom" -- the Avalon night is SANDWICHED between the two Longshoremen's nights, not appended after them. So the two posters interlock: FD-19 holds the Avalon on Fri+Sat with different headliners each night; FD-20 holds Longshoremen's on Fri+Sun. Bo Diddley plays three of the four. Designers Mouse & Kelley on both sheets. This is why the FD-19/FD-20 "numbering swap" confusion exists in casual sources -- FD-19 genuinely does advertise Bo Diddley, just on its Saturday side. Unfeatured: 08-06's hero is BG-21 (Love, closing night at the Fillmore) -- the Graham-vs-Family-Dog rivalry that anchors that day.
Verification Notes
COAU Family Dog index (Hannan/Arnold): FD-19 covers TWO nights with DIFFERENT bills — 'August 5, 1966 ... Big Brother & the Holding Company, Oxford Circle' and 'August 6, 1966 ... Bo Diddley, Sons of Adam'. This is the Aug 6 night. Mouse/Kelley.
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