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ALT An SF examiner listing for Country Joe, the New Riders, Grootna and Stoneground at the Friends & Relations Hall, 660 Great Highway on June 3, 1971
ALT A college production of The Who's "Tommy" moved to the Friends & Relations Hall at 660 Great Highway. The show ran for several weeks and was the most successful production at the venue (from SF Examiner August 3 '71).
ALT A Tom Gray photo of Friends & Relations Theatre at 660 Great Highway in SF, around 1972. It had previously been Topsy's Roost, the Edgewater Ballroom, the Family Dog on The Great Highway and Friends and Relations Hall. It would be torn down in September '72.
ALT This promotional photo (probably by Paul Ryan) was taken for The Warlocks at The In Room in Belmont in Fall '65. During that time, Phil Lesh's friend Tom Constanten dropped by the In Room to see the band.
ALT The Grateful Dead played the Straight Theater on September 29 & 30, 1967. Mickey Hart saw the band on September 30. After watching the first set, he was invited to sit in for the second set. He would join the band by November.
ALT The Grateful Dead and Roxy (with Bob Segarini) played the Travel Lodge Theater in Phoenix on March 8 1970. Vince Welnick, then in a popular local band called The Beans, attended the show.
ALT This promotional photo (probably by Paul Ryan) was taken for The Warlocks at The In Room in Belmont in Fall '65. During that time, Phil Lesh's friend Tom Constanten dropped by the In Room to see the band.
ALT The Grateful Dead played the Straight Theater on September 29 & 30, 1967. Mickey Hart saw the band on September 30. After watching the first set, he was invited to sit in for the second set. He would join the band by November.
ALT The Grateful Dead and Roxy (with Bob Segarini) played the Travel Lodge Theater in Phoenix on March 8 1970. Vince Welnick, then in a popular local band called The Beans, attended the show.
ALT The White Star Tuna company promoted two concerts at Oakland Coliseum Arena. July 12 '67 was Grass Roots and Moby Grape, and July 13 was The Doors. Tickets were discounted with White Star labels.
ALT The July 7 '67 Berkeley Gazette explained White Star Tuna's promotion of two concerts at the Oakland Coliseum with Grass Roots (July 12) and The Doors (July 13). The idea was that teenagers would be excited and remember White Star when they bought groceries as young married couples.
ALT Due to damage to the new Oakland Coliseum ceiling, and thanks to poor ticket sales, the Moby Grape and Doors concerts (for July 12-13) were moved to the much smaller Oakland Auditorium Arena.
ALT The White Star Tuna company promoted two concerts at Oakland Coliseum Arena. July 12 '67 was Grass Roots and Moby Grape, and July 13 was The Doors. Tickets were discounted with White Star labels.
ALT The July 7 '67 Berkeley Gazette explained White Star Tuna's promotion of two concerts at the Oakland Coliseum with Grass Roots (July 12) and The Doors (July 13). The idea was that teenagers would be excited and remember White Star when they bought groceries as young married couples.
ALT Due to damage to the new Oakland Coliseum ceiling, and thanks to poor ticket sales, the Moby Grape and Doors concerts (for July 12-13) were moved to the much smaller Oakland Auditorium Arena.
ALT The Barn in Scotts Valley, was open from late 1965 until 1968, and rock shows were put on there in 1966 and Spring '67. The address was 3486 Granite Creek Road. This is the only known photo of the exterior. The site is now a parking lot for a Christian school.
ALT Jefferson Airplane, flying high, played the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on May 14, 1967, as part of a UC Santa Cruz event
ALT There were regular rock concerts in 1967 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, a 2000-capacity facility built in 1940. Friday, August 25, 1967 featured People! from San Jose, Stained Glass (w Jim McPherson) and the Psycadelic Sounds.
ALT A Berkeley Barb ad for New Orleans House, at 1505 San Pablo, for the week of September 8, 1967. The Prime Movers were from Michigan and had spent the Summer in the Bay Area. Southside Sound System, with Charlie Musselwhite and Harvey Mandel, had moved out from Chicago in July. Musselwhite and Mandel would stay for thirty years.
ALT A Berkeley Barb ad for New Orleans House, at 1505 San Pablo, for the week of September 8, 1967. The Prime Movers were from Michigan and had spent the Summer in the Bay Area. Southside Sound System, with Charlie Musselwhite and Harvey Mandel, had moved out from Chicago in July. Musselwhite and Mandel would stay for thirty years.
ALT An ad for the US Festival, held on September 3-4-5, 1982 at Glen Helen Regional Park (in Southern California). The Grateful Dead were not initially part of the show (they are not on this ad), and had to be added to bring in a bigger crowd.
ALT Gina Arnold's 2018 book Half A Million Strong is the best analysis of crowds at rock festivals. It includes the only in-depth analysis of the history, mechanics and intentions of the US Festival.
ALT A photo (from Rolling Stone) of the US Festival crowd on September 5, 1982 (I'm not sure which band is on stage).
ALT An ad for the US Festival, held on September 3-4-5, 1982 at Glen Helen Regional Park (in Southern California). The Grateful Dead were not initially part of the show (they are not on this ad), and had to be added to bring in a bigger crowd.
ALT Gina Arnold's 2018 book Half A Million Strong is the best analysis of crowds at rock festivals. It includes the only in-depth analysis of the history, mechanics and intentions of the US Festival.
ALT A photo (from Rolling Stone) of the US Festival crowd on September 5, 1982 (I'm not sure which band is on stage).
ALT An ad for the US Festival, held on September 3-4-5, 1982 at Glen Helen Regional Park (in Southern California). The Grateful Dead were not initially part of the show (they are not on this ad), and had to be added to bring in a bigger crowd.
ALT Gina Arnold's 2018 book Half A Million Strong is the best analysis of crowds at rock festivals. It includes the only in-depth analysis of the history, mechanics and intentions of the US Festival.
ALT A photo (from Rolling Stone) of the US Festival crowd on September 5, 1982 (I'm not sure which band is on stage).
ALT Country Joe & The Fish booked a show at the Women's Gym on Hearst and Bancroft on April 29, 1967, to make up for a canceled SF gig. It was the "1st Annual Hippie Fair & Bazaar." Ultimately the gig was moved to nearby Pauley Ballroom.
ALT The biggest rock event in Berkeley in Spring '67 was Jefferson Airplane at the Greek Theatre on May 6. Even the Airplane, along with popular comedian Dick Gregory, were too big for the Greek, but there wasn't a lot of choices to be had.
ALT Free concerts at Berkeley's dowtown park (known as Provo Park, though that was a made-up name) were the best way for new bands to get heard. There were concerts almost every Sunday in 1967. Here on May 30, the New Delhi River Band, Purple Earthquake and Motor played. The NDRB had David Nelson and Dave Torbert, and Purple Earthquake would become well-known as Earth Quake a few years later.
ALT The Grateful Dead were supported by Albert Collins and Ballet Afro-Haiti for their August 2 and 3, 1969 shows at the Family Dog on The Great Highway (Jerry Garcia did not show up on August 1, 1969, in order not to cross the Light Show Guild picket line).
ALT Country Joe & The Fish booked a show at the Women's Gym on Hearst and Bancroft on April 29, 1967, to make up for a canceled SF gig. It was the "1st Annual Hippie Fair & Bazaar." Ultimately the gig was moved to nearby Pauley Ballroom.
ALT The biggest rock event in Berkeley in Spring '67 was Jefferson Airplane at the Greek Theatre on May 6. Even the Airplane, along with popular comedian Dick Gregory, were too big for the Greek, but there wasn't a lot of choices to be had.
ALT Free concerts at Berkeley's dowtown park (known as Provo Park, though that was a made-up name) were the best way for new bands to get heard. There were concerts almost every Sunday in 1967. Here on May 30, the New Delhi River Band, Purple Earthquake and Motor played. The NDRB had David Nelson and Dave Torbert, and Purple Earthquake would become well-known as Earth Quake a few years later.
ALT Outside of the Long Branch, at 2504 San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, sometime in the early 70s. This photo is the only one I know of the exterior of the club.
ALT The October 1973 monthly flyer for the Long Branch in Berkeley. Flyer by and courtesy of Lydia Frazier Bosley.
ALT The November 1973 monthly flyer for the Long Branch in Berkeley. Flyer by and courtesy of Lydia Frazier Bosley