Browse Avalon Ballroom vintage concert posters and rock memorabilia. 1969/10/31 - San Jose State University Student Union Ballroom, San Jose, CA 2 1969/11/1 - Family Dog, San Francisco, CA 4 1969/11/2 - Family Dog, San Francisco, CA 128 Photos. San Francisco. Many cards were produced in more than one back style. FAMILYDOG "The San Francisco Rock and Roll scene was invented by . Chet was a direct competitor of Bill Graham. I wish I could go back in time to this place. $20.00, Copyright 2023, SF Rock Posters & Collectibles. Some of the early Family Dog . All very interesting. Edit your search. Picture Information. News >> General News >> Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. Many of Berkeley's folk venues were short-lived. Related Items. Chet Helms used this large rental hall for a few shows, as did many activists raising funds for various causes -- the end of marijuana prohibition, for instance, or sexual liberation. A roots-music aficionado from Los Angeles named Joe McDonald lived next to the Jabberwock and was a regular, playing in the house pickup group, the Instant Action Jug Band, with a guitarist named Barry Melton. Almost every groups set was put to tape, and recordings of Steppenwolf, Santana, the Great Society (Grace Slicks first band) and the Velvet Underground were later released as live albums. The Great Highway is the westernmost road in San Francisco, running right along Ocean Beach. The ballroom was designed by local architect, Alfred Henry Jacobs, and constructed in 1911. Chet Helms of the Family Dog at the Avalon Ballroom, 1968. But many tapes never saw the light of day, like the recording of fuzz-rock legends Blue Cheer, who played the club once as a six-piece. USA. A complete military, architectural and botanical library contributes its golconda of treasure; antique and priceless scrolls from the Orient are preserved with the parchments of Maimonides, author of "Ram Bam," who was called the Light of Israel, the Star of the West, and the Great Eagle. Daily Flash / Country Joe & The Fish / Grateful Dead / Oxford Circle / Family Dog. . The Family Dog was Chet Helms' successor to his Avalon Ballroom, where the Dead had played many times from 1966 through 1968. The carousel was an elegant 68-horse merry-go-round with a $5,000 organ, a staggering amount at that time. When asked why decades later, Martinez said that the muddy lot where the Ark sat clashed with the clubs fancier vibe, keeping it from fulfilling its potential, so they moved on. That was the worst gig in town, Jordan said. 2 Family Dog 1967 Handbills John Myers Avalon Ballroom Near Mint Minus. Stay informed with one email every other weekright to your inbox. the Family Dog and the Charlatans. This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. Balin later said he opened the Matrix so he could start a band and have a place to play. The Avalon Ballroom was a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at 1244 Sutter Street (or 1268 Sutter, depending on the entrance).The space operated from 1966 to 1969, at the height of the counterculture movement.It also had a reopening 34 years later, from 2003 to 2005. [11][12], The Family Dog on the Great Highway, at 2125 Pine Street[13] was a hippie commune, which hosted dances and events,[14][13][15] eight blocks[16] from the Avalon, frequented by Helms and his friends. Moby Grape Big Brother and the Holding Company Country Joe 1967 Mar 15 San Francisco Avalon Ballroom Postcard B Kiln ad vertisement by oicvintage. There are Mexican works, relating to the war of independence, from the ancient archives of the Aztec capital; two thousand three hundred Japanese manuscripts were borne from the bright land of the "Morning Calm; " collections of Semitic philology, the chemical literature of the late Secretary Wells, of the English Society of Industrial Chemistry, have furnished about two thousand five hundred volumes. The building was used a rock venue between 1966 and 1968 primarily by the Family Dog under the direction of Chet Helms. Family Dog Presents FD-1 Tribal Stomp. $220.00, FD-138Steve Miller PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price Avalon Ballroom, Fillmore, Winterland, Family Dog, and free concerts in Golden Gate Park. Built in 1916, the Charles Van Damme was a steamboat that shuttled commuters from Richmond to San Rafael for over 20 years. The Family Dog was a loose collective of free spirits managed by Chet Helms, a contemporary of Bill Graham, who put on rock dances at the Avalon Ballroom more or less continually from 1965 to 1970. $300.00, FD-55Big Brother Janis JoplinMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, Regular price I went to the Family Dog as a kid of 12 [1969]. . Photo taken in 1865. 2/12/1967 Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco: . Heres just a few. Seal Rock House (1858) seen here was the pioneer resort and hotel in the area. While the Fillmore had a slick . And ice skating at Sutro! In fact, for forty years, Playland was the only place you could find It's It. the "Jolly Blue Giant," bought the place in 1965, and Cal students and local musicians regularly packed the place for bills that read today like a Roots Music Hall of Fame; John Fahey, Doc Watson, Skip James and Ramblin Jack Elliott are just a few legends that graced its stage. Description. Anyone know anything about this rendition? At a Permit Appeals board hearing, Dame Judith Anderson, considered one of the greatest classical stage actors of the 20th century, testified in support of the club. was invented in 1928 by George Whitney, and sold only at Playland-at-the-Beach. Family Dog numbers from 1 to 41 were printed in two formsposters and handbills. 1268 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109. There are some heaven-sent lineups that happened at the California Hall -- a fundraiser for the Sexual Freedom League is a standout, which featured the Doors, Captain Beefheart and the 13th Floor Elevators. For a short time it hosted live bands, but now only DJs provide the tunes. As San Francisco was becoming a breeding ground for psychedelic rock, Berkeley was still enjoying its reputation as part of the folk circuit. Powered by Shopify. Another notable song from the Jabberwocks scene was Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent by Berkeley Barb writer Jef Jaison. An early Matrix regular was gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, who immortalized the club in his book, Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas. I saw her in the show but we didn't meet until 1980.lee@cjc.edu. The site where the Ark once stood is now just a dirt lot, and local houseboat activists continue to care for its paddlewheel. $850.00, FD-47Steve Miller Blues BandMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.0, Regular price Despite never charging a cover and paying the bands with food -- breakfast, usually, since the shows either started or ended at 2am -- many seminal groups came to play the Ark. Infamous North Bay restaurateur Juanita Musson housed her late-night diner Juanitas Galley there for three years before taking her famous clientele and irreverent hijinks to Sonoma Valley. (Photo courtesy of Mary Courtwright Collins), This 1920's image has a tea room on the north side of the building. In actuality, the old Avalon is now an office space -- and, for a brief time, the shell of the Avalon served as living quarters for the cast of MTV's The Real World. The carousel was sold at auction in 1972, and went to, . Inspired by a pot dealer who ripped off some undercover police officers at a Berkeley pizza shop by selling them a large quantity of Jasmine tea for hundreds of dollars, it became of a staple on Dr. Dementos legendary comedy music show. I remember bands playing their first show there and breaking up afterward.. venue_field_country. The Family Dog was the other concert promoter in San Francisco, headed by Chet Helms. Packaging still has Playland Carousel and Roller Coaster. Family Dog Productions. Family Dog (San Francisco, California, 1965 - 1979) . Three, hundred thousand volumes hadbeen collected by agents stationed in the best Continental book marts, and additions were being constantly made. Dimensions sheet . 2023 Jim Kweskin / Avalon Ballroom. As the stepmom of one of the five buyers, Anderson told the board that there would be nothing wrong with hippies coming to the theater for rock 'n' roll, since they would be exposed to culture in the process -- the owners had planned to host poetry readings and even Shakespeare. This arrangement was short-lived and Chet soon moved his shows to San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom. Avalon Ballroom: Artist: San Andreas Fault: Photographer: Jerry Wainwright: We listened to [our recording] back and three guys were playing the songs one way and the other three were somewhere else, Stephens said. The Ark was born. [9], On January 29, 1967, it hosted the Mantra-Rock Dance musical event, organized by the local Hare Krishna temple, which featured Hare Krishna founder Bhaktivedanta Swami, along with Allen Ginsberg, The Grateful Dead, Moby Grape and Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin. According to reports, with over 400 juveniles in attendance during a discussion on why teens run away from home, members of the Jane Lapiner Dance Group came on stage and began doing their thing, naked. Free shipping for many products! Later in the Series, there were postcards and image tickets. Gleason fell in love with the band that night, and not only did he dedicate an entire column in the San Francisco Chronicle to them, he would go onto be the groups biggest cheerleader. 660 Great Hwy. . 2 tracks of their "Live/Dead" album were also recorded there in early 1969, The Eleven and Turn On Your Love Light. The Avalon Ballroom was a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at 1244 Sutter Street[1] (or 1268 Sutter,[2] depending on the entrance). Iron Butterfly Indian Head Band Collectors: 7/4-7/68: Avalon Ballroom: . The bands that developed in the Jabberwock seemed to embrace a dark sense of humor with their Americana. Helms ran the Avalon Ballroom under the name Family Dog, where the real hippies went to dance, and he brought his old pal from Texas, Janis Joplin, out to join the band he was managing, Big . The Family Dog Denver (also known as The Family Dog or simply The Dog) was a concert dance hall located at 1601 West Evans Avenue in Denver, Colorado.Opened from September 1967 to July 1968, it is regarded as a seminal music venue that launched Denver on its trajectory to its current status as a major concert destination by introducing never-before-seen acts like The Doors, Van Morrison, Jimi . Mr. Helms continued producing concerts under the name Family Dog at the Avalon Ballroom, an old dance academy at Sutter and Van Ness. "Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world!". Family Dog Productions was a commune based in San Francisco producing and promoting shows featuring up and coming bands. San Francisco bought the carousel and it is now located off Fourth Street downtown in. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. Search . "[7], In the 1960s, at the Avalon, two bands typically performed two sets during the evening beginning at about nine o'clock. a.whtlinks{color:white !important; text-decoration:underline;}From 1966 to 1968 The Family Dog produced a series of rock posters used to advertise their weekly concerts at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. Chester Leo "Chet" Helms (August 2, 1942 - June 25, 2005), often called the father of San Francisco's 1967 "Summer of Love", was a music promoter and a cultural figure in San Francisco during its hippie period in the late Sixties. Chet Helms held his dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. I remember there was a room on the mezzanine off the main ballroom that had black lights and trippy fluorescent posters and paint all over the walls; OMG, I'm swooning with nostalgia! It was operated during the 1960s as a dance/concert hall by Chet Helms' "Family Dog Productions." Great memories. In 1966 to 1968, The Family Dog, under Chet Helms, produced 4 concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium, 140 concerts at the Avalon Ballroom, and 16 concerts in Denver Colorado as the Denver Dog. In April 1966, Helms began presenting weekly events at the Avalon Ballroom, an old dancehall that was ideal for the spectacular light shows he was known for staging. But you wont hear much about California Hall from those in the scene, as it simply wasn't a great place to see shows. Family moved there the 50's. Like the BG Series, there are many different printings (first prints, second prints, etc.) [10], The Avalon Ballroom occupied the two top floors of the multi-story building at 1268 Sutter. The buyers kept fighting. (*SIGNED in pencil by Mouse) Medium-thick flat vellum stock poster . Times sure have changed! $60.00, FD-137John Mayall1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price Big Brother and the Holding Company, Canned Heat Blues Band, June 8 - 11, Avalon Ballroom, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Oxford Circle, Lee Michaels, December 9 & 10, Avalon Ballroom, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Ace of Cups, Flamin' Groovies, May 10 - 12, Avalon Ballroom, Quicksilver Messenger Service, John Hammand and His Screaming Nighthawks, Charles Lloyd, April 21 & 22, Avalon Ballroom, Taj Mahal, Dave van Ronk, Family Tree, A.B. Grateful Dead Skeleton And Roses Family Dog Avalon Ballroom 1966 Concert Poster | Art, Art Posters | eBay! Sly & the Family Stone New Salvation Army Band. $60 $40 Jefferson Airplane Poster; Avalon Ballroom. [23] Starting in August 2013, the building was used as the residence and principal filming location for The Real World: San Francisco (2014).[24]. The Straight also hosted quite a few nude theater events, one of which took place in the middle of a conference on runaway children. This is the entire run of numbered Family Dog concert posters out of San Francisco and Denver, spanning 1966-1968, all in Near Mint or Mint condition. 660 The Great Highway, San Francisco, California, Rock Festival/ Ride The Wind/ Good And Dusty, Family Dog At The Great Highway, San Francisco, June 13th 1969, Bootleg Series, Volume One The Quine Tapes, Been A Long Time Coming, Be A Long Time Gone, Found In The Ozone (Family Dog At The Great Highway San Francisco, California, March 28, 1970), Family Dog At The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA, April 18, 1970, Family Dog At The Great Highway San Francisco, CA, April 18, 1970, Dave's Picks, Volume 43 (San Francisco, 11/2/69 Dallas, 12/26/69), Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen. After being decommissioned and stripped of its parts, the old ferry sat landlocked on Sausalitos waterfront, in the middle of the towns thriving houseboat community, still sporting its paddlewheel. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were involved. Family Dog building was constructed (not at the same site as the photo). Sign . $400.00, FD-9Beefheart LoveWes Wilson Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.5, Regular price Santana Dates: Oct or Nov 1966 - March 20, 1968 - May 13, 1968 - May 17/18/19, 1968 - May 28, 1968 - June 28/29/30, 1968 - Aug 9/10/11, 1968 - March 12, 1969 - March 21/22/23, 1969 - March 26, 1969 Originally opened as The Puckett Academy of Dance in 1911, and then renamed the Trianon Ballroom with an opening on April 9, 1926. The most influential of the group became known as the "San Francisco . Subsequent repairs forced the club to shut down for a little while, but the owners tried to keep it going for a few months more until closing it for good. Of all the locations that I have documented (The Matrix, Fillmore Auditorium, El Patio/Carousel Ballroom/Fillmore West, California Hall, Longshoremen's Hall, Winterland, etc.) March 12, 1971, the building became the "Friends and Relationships Hall", another short-lived concert venue. The "Bindweed Press" credit has been omitted. Tall, bearded, and with hair to his shoulders before it was a hippie standard, Helms was a messiah-like figure with a religious view of music that he was hell-bent on preaching. It was managed by a group of hippies known as 'The Family Dog'. The "Barn Dance" I remember was not all acoustic. Today, the Regency Ballroom, a live music venue right next door, is often mistaken for the Avalon. Delivery: Estimated between Fri, Mar 3 and Tue, Mar 7 to 23917. On one of the nights I was there they showed The Mad Adventures of Mister Frog. After putting on a few shows with a little help from Bill Graham, Helms broke out on his own and, while working with a local commune called the Family Dog, secured permits to rent the Avalon Ballroom, a former dance hall on Sutter. I just want to increase the my personal family history. From January 1966 to March of '69, Helms booked bands of all stripes at the Avalon, including psychedelic rock pioneers like the 13th Floor Elevators and Captain Beefheart and almost-forgotten-by-then blues musicians like Bo Diddley and Buddy Guy. Family Dog FD 142 Postcard, Avalon Ballroom, 1968, Velvet Underground+. $1,000.00, FD-141The Grateful Dead PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, Regular price $500.00, FD-37Buffalo Springfield1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price The first multiband rock show was held at the Ark in Sausalito in 1965 and proved so successful that the presenters incorporated their commune as the Family Dog . Date 1967 Location Not on view. True to Anderson's testimony, the hall hosted a wide variety of entertainment, including film screenings like the 5am premiere of the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour. Dog in early 1966, and after a brief partnership with Bill Graham at the Fillmore, promoted memorable concerts . The Straight Theater holds the honor of being the only live venue actually located in the Haight-Ashbury during the neighborhoods hippie heydays. Submitted by radha.name on Thu, 09/11/2017 - 09:52 . The Series also contains Rick Griffins FD-D18 poster for the Doors 1967 New Years show in Denver. The above picture comes from a National Geographic dated August, 1956. [21] In 2012 it became the headquarters of the internet company Wantful.com. A Liquid light show was often provided by "Diogenes Lantern Works. The building that housed the Avalon Ballroom was built in 1911 and was originally called the Colin Traver Academy of Dance. Helms first Avalon concert featured The Blues Project and Great Society (FD-5 Wes Wilson). Tier upon tier of seats rise to the galleries, while at their base are the swimming tanks. Search. Helms relocated Family Dog Productions to a space on the Great Highway, and other promoters who tried to book the hall afterward could never recreate the same vibe. Should, however, the tides be so low as to necessitate pumping, preparations have been made for this, and the water can be forced in at a rate of 6,000 gallons per minute by means of a large turbine pump placed at sea level in a cave-like excavation hollowed out of the solid cliff and heretofore driven by means of a steam-engine which is now about to be replaced by a 35 horse-. Historic photo reprinted without permission, SF History Center, SF Public Library. $540.00, AUCTIONFD 79Family Dog DenverRick Griffin1967 PosterExcellent, AUCTIONFD-65 Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AuctionFD-63, 67, 71The Charlatans1967 Triptych Poster SetAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD 14Big Brother Janis JoplinZig-Zag Man"Genuine Counterfeit"1966 PosterExcellent, AUCTIONFD-122Velvet UndergroundBob SchnepfSIGNED 1968 PosterAvalon BallroomMint, AUCTIONFD-110Blood Sweat & TearsStanley Mouse Signed1968 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, AUCTIONFD-96Quicksilver MessengerStanley MouseSIGNED 1967 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, AUCTIONFD-62Sutters MillQuicksilver MessengerRick Griffin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomMint, AUCTIONFD-35Quicksilver/Daily FlashStanley Mouse Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomMint, AUCTIONFD-26Grateful DeadStanley MouseHand Colored Hand Signed PrintNear Mint, AUCTIONFD-68Quicksilver Messenger1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, AUCTION FD-6Sin DanceWes Wilson1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, AUCTIONFDD-11Sons Of Champlin1967 PosterMouse SignedFamily Dog DenverNear Mint Minus, AUCTION FD-29Jim KweskinMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD-2813th Floor ElevatorsMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear Mint, AUCTIONFD-21Bo DiddleyMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear MInt Minus, AUCTIONFD-17Jefferson Airplane Mouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD-14Big Brother Janis Joplin Mouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomVery Good, AUCTIONFD-43Human Be-InMoby Grape1967 Double H Press PosterNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD-47Sphinx Dance1967 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONCrowds Bug YouTribal Gathering2 Family Dog 1967 HandbillsJohn MyersAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFDFamily Dog Great Highway1969 HandbillNear Mint, AUCTIONFD-42Quicksilver Messenger Service1966 Poster Avalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-48Big Brother Janis JoplinMouse Signed1967 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-39 YoungbloodsMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, FD-19Big Brother Janis JoplinMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon Ballroom Near Mint, AUCTIONFD-96Quicksilver Messenger1967 PosterMouse SignedAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, AUCTIONFD-110Blood Sweat & TearsStanley Mouse Signed1968 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD-68Quicksilver Messenger1967 PosterAvalon BallroomVery Good, AUCTIONFD-22The Grateful DeadMouse Signed1966 Original PosterAvalon BallroomVery Good, FD-37Buffalo Springfield1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.2, FD-145Mother Earth1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.5, Regular price $160.00, FD-97Siegal Schwall1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.5, FD-96Quicksilver MessengerMouse & Kelley1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price Hannan and Corry Arnold created the Chicken on a Unicycle website, a one-stop source for information on the Bay Area's live music scene during the '60s. Avalon Ballroom San Francisco, CA Hell's Angels, Janis Joplin & Big Brother California Hall Concert San Francisco, CA The Family Dog Presents Quicksilver Messenger Service The Charlatans Super Band W. Evans St Denver, CO Jefferson Airplane Mother Earth, Flamin' Groovies Winterland San Francisco, CA Ike & Tina Turner Revue The posters quickly became emblematic of hippie culture. $25.00, FD-131Pink Floyd1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-130Quicksilver Messenger1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-129Country Joe & the Fish1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomMint, Regular price [19][20] The former Avalon Ballroom was later used as the offices for fabric design company American Pacific Linens. . My birthday parties when I was a kid were always at Playland. Many cards were produced in more than one back style. This comment has been removed by the author. But noise complaints brought the Avalon's fun times to an end. Everybody who played there sounded like shit. The long shed adjacent to Seal Rock House was a wind-sheltered stable for the horses of hotel guests. Free shipping for many products! abebooks.com. The Family Dog on The Great Highway was far from downtown. A basin scooped out of solid rock receives the water that dashes over the top, thence it is conducted to a settling tank; by numerous small canals it makes its way into the various swimming tanks, of which there are six in all, the largest containing the sea water in its natural state, the others being heated to different temperatures to suit the varying requirements of visitors. Where Graham built a rock 'n' roll empire before he died in a helicopter crash in 1991, Mr. Helms was forever a hippie zealot with a . [17][18] The neighboring building, known as the Regency I Movie Theater was formerly the Regency Ballroom. After the movie and before the next group someone walked around with a fog machine and filled the hall up with smoke. Once the San Francisco Sound became mainstream, all kinds of new clubs popped up, providing gigs for groups who werent on that weeks bill at the Fillmore. AVALON BALLROOM - 04/14/1967 SAN FRANCISCO, CA - U.S.A. Venue Address: 1268 Sutter St. - San Francisco, CA Promotion: Chet Helms/The Family Dog Presents Event: In Concert . "Combination Of The Two", the opening song of Cheap Thrills, the second album by the Big Brother and The Holding Company, was a homage to the rock ballrooms of San Francisco, and there is a direct reference to the Avalon in the lyrics: "Everybody over at the Avalon Ballroom in the San Francisco Bay". June 18-20, 1968, Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco. Great Highway was once called Ocean Boulevard. Info. The Avalon Ballroom is a historic 30,000 square feet building located in the heart of San Francisco, in the Polk Street Corridor. Gavin Newsoms company, the Plumpjack Group. Family Dog postcards have several different types of backs: Place Stamp Here (PSH), Blank backs and Bulk Rate Permit backs (as well as combinations of these types in the case of double sized cards). A first printing complete and a second The Avalon Ballroom was a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at 1244 Sutter Street (or 1268 Sutter, depending on the entrance). It was here in June 1966 that Janis Joplin made her first public appearance with Big Brother and the Holding Company. There are also numbered posters for shows produced by the Family Dog in Denver and Portland, as well as unnumbered posters and handbills associated with shows produced by the Family Dog in San Francisco in 1969 and 1970. The structure site chosen for this colossal collection of literary treasure is in Golden Gate Park, near the music stand. Neil Young and Stephen Stills occasionally jammed with the band on stage, and Young would later say that his song Mr. It will be fire proof and free to the public. In addition, some variations of back print ink color and top to bottom placement of the stamp box also exist. in . Much of the library was destroyed during the fire that followed the Great Earthquake of. $1,500.00, FD-57The DoorsVictor Moscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price It arrived in 1914. United States. This site was formerly the Edgewater Ballroom (part of the Playland at the Beach complex) and originally known as the Ocean Beach Pavilion and Casino when it opened in 1884. Please Note: Some Family Dog posters were printed several times during the 1960s. This is the entire run of numbered Family . Saw many a show there. First printing posters are indicated by a "-1" after the number, second printings by a "-2", etc All of these are original Family Dog posters produced during that time period. Three years later, theyd play Fixin'-To-Die at Woodstock, with a cheer heard 'round the world. The ballroom was 80 to 100ft (24 to 30m) by 160 to 180 feet (49 to 55m). In the early '80s it was condemned by local authorities, and after an unsuccessful attempt to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for restoration, it was bulldozed. Hosted & presented by Family Dog Productions the concert was held over the 28th and 29th October 1966 and included the bands "Blackburn & Snow" & "Sons of Champlin", with promotion poster by designer Victor Moscoso. Ad vertisement from shop oicvintage. . [25] According to Sam Andrew in the documentary Nine Hundred Nights, he wrote Combination of The Two for the San Francisco late 60s scene, and "The Two" were The Fillmore and The Avalon. Care about whats happening in Bay Area arts? FAMILY DOG FD-75 poster CANNED HEAT Avalon Ballroom MOBY GRAPE / VANILLA FUDGE. 6/21/1965 . (Anderson was also clear that she wasnt a fan of the hippie cult, citing their "sick faces and hideous behavior.). Chet Helms was the director of the Family Dog that put on a series of great concerts between April 1966 and November 1968. The owners won their permit, and by June of '67, the Straight hosted shows for the Steve Miller Band, Clover (pre-Huey Lewis and the News) and the Grateful Dead, who in the beginning had to bill their concerts as "dancing lessons because the owners didnt yet have the proper permits. . 415 South Street As stated, the Baths are filled by the ocean itself. Kezar Stadium and Candlestick Park. It survived into the "teens." Independence July 4th Quicksilver Messenger Service Avalon BallroomSan Francisco: Family Dog Productions, 1967. FD115 Family Dog; Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) April 19-21, 1968 concert card psychedelic hippies 60s ad vertisement by GyanarthiBooks. A Goodwill is now on Haight St. where the 1,400-seat Straight once stood. The water for these is supplied by an ingenious use of the ocean waves. The damaged bridge to Flag Rock on April 6, 1884. Family Dog Values: POSTER by Family Dog and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Though the theater held memorable shows, it always struggled for money. Couple of quickies. FD #74, Charles Lloyd, West Coast Natural Gas Co., 8/3-6/67, Avalon Ballroom; Moscoso design with red sky, pink and blue border, and image of the Family Dog Indian standing in front of the Taj Mahal. There are also numbered posters for shows produced by the Family Dog in Denver and Portland, as well as unnumbered posters and handbills associated with shows produced by the Family Dog in San Francisco in 1969 and 1970. $50. 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