The "Bindweed Press" credit has been omitted. Date 1967 Location Not on view. Books for free > > > Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. The Family Dog On The Great Highway opened on June 13, 1969 with the Jefferson Airplane. 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. It was managed by a group of hippies known as 'The Family Dog'. 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. An L-shaped, second-floor balcony surrounded the first-floor along the south and western walls, and the dance area was in front of the elevated stage in the northeast corner where musicians performed. var ANS_customer_id="efdda751-42f9-4333-99a0-38aff150ca9e"; Dennis King / D. King Gallery All Rights Reserved. Photo taken in 1865. The famous FD14 "Zig-Zag Man" promotes a pair of concerts by Big Brother and The Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, California, in 1966. San Francisco, CA 94121. The "Barn Dance" I remember was not all acoustic. First printing po. 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 . 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). That band turned out to be the Jefferson Airplane, and they were the first group to play the club. 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. All in all, the venue produced 70 plus concerts between 2002 and 2005. Sly & the Family Stone New Salvation Army Band. . That was the worst gig in town, Jordan said. The Avalon Ballroom. But the Fillmore wasnt the only stage during the Summer of Love. Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Nov 04, 1966 . The site where the Ark once stood is now just a dirt lot, and local houseboat activists continue to care for its paddlewheel. This is known as an "image set," for people who love the posters, the music and the culture, but don't . 2 Family Dog 1967 Handbills John Myers Avalon Ballroom Near Mint Minus. . The water for these is supplied by an ingenious use of the ocean waves. It was operated during the 1960s as a dance/concert hall by Chet Helms' "Family Dog Productions." 1880's or so. The Great Highway - A Family Dog Productions concert venue in San Francisco, California. I am conducting research about San Francisco rock & roll venues in the sixties. Me and my hippie friend Pat trying to scrounge up ten bucks between us so we could get in AND have enough to buy a couple doobs. Today, the Regency Ballroom, a live music venue right next door, is often mistaken for the Avalon. 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 Avalon Ballroom: Artist: San Andreas Fault: Photographer: Jerry Wainwright: . (Martinez then started the classy waterfront restaurant Ondine.). Third, the "Poor Richard's" moniker comes in right after that.Great stuff. This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. Among the rarest tomes and incunabula, may be mentioned duplicates of the early printer's art, from the famous Munich Library, four thousand in number; folios of the classics from the monastery of Boxheim and the Duke of Dahlberg, the Sunderland Library and the confiscated monasteries of Bavaria. Lemonado de Sica D. Performers A-Z: Big Brother & The Holding Company, Performers A-Z: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Performers A-Z: Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Performers A-Z: Notes from The Underground, Performers A-Z: Qucksilver Messanger Service, Performers A-Z: Quicksilver Messenger Service, Performers A-Z: West Coast Natuaral Gas Company. 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 Family Dog On The Great Highway opened on June 13, 1969 with the Jefferson Airplane. For The Regency Center (Regency I) next-door on the corner of Sutter Street and Van Ness Avenue, see, Live/Dead Booklet 2001 CD reissue, pag.14, "Jacobs (Alfred Henry) papers, 1863-1954", "J. On one of the nights I was there they showed The Mad Adventures of Mister Frog. $1,000.00, FD-141The Grateful Dead PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, Regular price However, the Avalon had the capacity of up to 500. A large turnout could be expected for such monthly events as peanut parties with peanuts and favors for all, a Serpentine Battle, and an informal indoor picnic party. 1268 Sutter Street. I just want to increase the my personal family history. Picture . Housed inside a 1912 building, the hall itself didnt have great acoustics. was invented in 1928 by George Whitney, and sold only at Playland-at-the-Beach. 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. Those comments led to Joplin and Big Brother And The Holding Company being unofficially banned from Grahams stage for about seven months. 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. Chet Helms held his dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. This column originally appeared in The Chronicle Sept. 14, 1951. 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. This series requires a bit more understanding and research, as many of the posters were reprinted without any designation that distinguishes them. It hadn't been long since locals ran out the owners who'd showed a movie about a crossdresser, and now they had a hippie problem on their hands. 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. $220.00, FD-138Steve Miller PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price Seal Rock House (1858) seen here was the pioneer resort and hotel in the area. Sign . Fishing at Muni, Pier, Bocci Ball Courts, playing congas at Aquatic Park. 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. Daily Flash / Country Joe & The Fish / Grateful Dead / Oxford Circle / Family Dog. United States. . The Family Dog Series is numbered from FD-1 to FD-147, and includes a number of posters from 1601 West Evans, Denver, CO that carry the designation FD-D2 and so on. Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sir Douglas Quintet, 13th Floor Elevators, The New Peanut Butter Sandwich. Acid was given our in the cool aid before Mr Frog was projected on a wall. Known as FD-17, this Avalon Ballroom Family Dog concert poster was designed by the legendary team of Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley. 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. The Family Dog was Chet Helms' successor to his Avalon Ballroom, where the Dead had played many times from 1966 through 1968. $500.00, FD-37Buffalo Springfield1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price [8], The Grateful Dead played at the Avalon twenty-nine times from 1966 through 1969, and recorded two live albums, entitled Vintage Dead and Historic Dead, in the autumn of 1966. Stay informed with one email every other weekright to your inbox. McDonald, Melton and a few others would end up recording a song McDonald wrote in a matter of minutes called I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag. Released on an EP, the song -- a satire-laden protest of the Vietnam War -- became a regional hit, so McDonald and Melton began playing at the Jabberwock as Country Joe McDonald and the Fish. I remember bands playing their first show there and breaking up afterward.. Another notable song from the Jabberwocks scene was Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent by Berkeley Barb writer Jef Jaison. General News; BY: SUN STAFF - 9.11 2017. 17 comments. U2 played there in 1981. 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. The Family Dog on The Great Highway, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA The Family Dog was a foundation stone in the rise of San Francisco rock, and it was in operation in various forms from Fall 1965 through the Summer of 1970. . $450.00, FDD-6Van MorrisonMouse Signed1967 Poster Family Dog DenverCGC Graded 9.8, FD-35Daily FlashMouse Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price The area that was Playland began as a 19th Century squatters settlement, Mooneysville-by-the-Sea at the western edge of San Francisco. Skip to main content. 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. After the Sparrow broke up, Kay moved to Los Angeles and started Steppenwolf, the riff-tastic rockers behind the rebel anthem Born to Be Wild., In 1968, during one of its 2-6am weekend shows, someone set fire to the Ark. But you wont hear much about California Hall from those in the scene, as it simply wasn't a great place to see shows. FILLMORE / AVALON BALLROOM. Balin later said he opened the Matrix so he could start a band and have a place to play. For a short time it hosted live bands, but now only DJs provide the tunes. Great city to grow up in. By 1884, a steam railroad was in place to bring people to the first amusement ride at the Citys ocean side -- a Gravity Railroad roller coaster, and to the Ocean Beach Pavilion for concerts and dancing. Related Items. This masterpiece was designed by two of the most famous and legendary artists of the era, the late Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse. 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. Looffs Hippodrome at Chutes-at-the-Beach was the first permanently installed concession in 1914. 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. Grateful Dead - 1/26/69 - Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA-- Set 1 --00:00 Tuning00:46 That's It For The Other One ~16:48 Clementine ~27:44 Death Don't . A place for lovey-dovey hippie music was expected to make the neighborhoods problems worse, and the San Francisco Police Department denied the Straights application for performance permits. All very interesting. Edit your search. Avalon Ballroom ,Longshoreman's Hall 8/6/66, John Hammond and His Screaming Nighthawks. Venue used by Chet Helms, a well-known 1960s San Francisco promoter and one-time partner of Bill Graham, for rock concerts; Helms was the leader of the San Francisco hippie commune/music promoters, The Family Dog; he paid $800 a month for the Avalon, from April 1966 until Novemeber 1968, when the City of San Francisco refused to grant sound permits to him; the Avalon and Graham's Fillmore . The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. A complete image set of the Family Dog 'Numbered Series', which begins at number 42 and runs to 147, also including the twelve Denver cards (no D-9 card was ever printed). Some approximate idea may be reached by the following numbers. [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. Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Mar 12, 2004 Strung Out / NOFX: Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Nov 18, 2003 Puddle of Mudd. . 20. $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 Neil Young and Stephen Stills occasionally jammed with the band on stage, and Young would later say that his song Mr. Family Dog FD 142 Postcard, Avalon Ballroom, 1968, Velvet Underground+. $20.00, Copyright 2023, SF Rock Posters & Collectibles. After the demolition of Playland in 1972 the ice cream treat was made and sold elsewhere and is now sold in stores and in fifteen states. Jerry definitely spent time there as a kid. By 1969, the corner of Telegraph and Russell where the Jabberwock once stood was a barren lot. 1 mailer NM- on front, insignificant tape pull at very upper 1/8" on back, $25.00; 1 VG+ mailer with tack hole top center, $15.00; 2 NM copies . All we wanted to do . $550.00, FD-65Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price In June 1966, Stanley Mouse returned from Detroit and joined the FD poster design team, which was led by Family Dog Collective co-founder and poster artist Alton Kelley. In 1966, when asked by the Mojo Navigator where would she would rather play -- the Fillmore or the Avalon -- Janis Joplin said the acoustics at the Avalon were better, and that the last time her band played the Fillmore, the audience members werent really into the music and would walk around trying to pick each other up, sailors and all that. Open Tuesday - Sunday 9:30 am - 5:15 pm. $60 $40 Jefferson Airplane Poster; Family Dog Presents FD-1 Tribal Stomp. Helms was also Joplins earliest supporter, and he believed in her so much that he drove to Texas to bring her back with him to San Francisco -- twice. province. $750.00, FD-52Big Brother Janis JoplinRick Griffin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price 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. Three years later, theyd play Fixin'-To-Die at Woodstock, with a cheer heard 'round the world. 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. [citation needed] Posters advertising each event were produced by psychedelic artists, including Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley and Victor Moscoso. Search. We can sort this all out for you. The structure site chosen for this colossal collection of literary treasure is in Golden Gate Park, near the music stand. 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. [23] Starting in August 2013, the building was used as the residence and principal filming location for The Real World: San Francisco (2014).[24]. Info. The Family Dog was the other concert promoter in San Francisco, headed by Chet Helms. Four months later, on August 8, 1898 Adolph Sutro died after a long illness. The entrance doors were downstairs, and opened onto Sutter Street. 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). Group of 2 signed concert posters. $1,500.00, FD-57The DoorsVictor Moscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price The building was used a rock venue between 1966 and 1968 primarily by the Family Dog under the direction of Chet Helms. The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969. "When you come to the Avalon, some of the time, you just get entertainment, but very often, you get a connection with people. Avalon Ballroom. March 12, 1971, the building became the "Friends and Relationships Hall", another short-lived concert venue. Still, whenever a new music scene popped up in the city, as punk did in the '80s, its bands would hold shows at the California Hall. Located in: San Rafael, California, United States. Not all those places had an impact on the music, but the ones that did have stories worth telling. The Family Dog's weekly dance hall revues gave the local bands a forum to perform their groundbreaking music. Search . [3], By 1915, and at least until 1923, it housed a dance academy called "Puckett's College of Dancing",[4][2] which one source described as "the home of refined dancing. The site was at the former Edgewater Ballroom, part of the Playland At The Beach complex. a.whtlinks{color:white !important; text-decoration:underline;}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). Art by Raphael (Bob) Schnepf, image is # 122 in the Family Dog/Avalon series. Post Card Artist: Wes Wilson, Bellmer Wright; Concert Performers: Velvet Underground, Charley Musselwhite</p> Roock Roots: Avalon Ballroom Posters 1966-1968 2009 Calendar and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. The carousel was sold at auction in 1972, and went to, . $60.00, FD-137John Mayall1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price (Photo courtesy of Mary Courtwright Collins), This 1920's image has a tea room on the north side of the building. [10], The Avalon Ballroom occupied the two top floors of the multi-story building at 1268 Sutter. (Photo courtesy of Dennis O'Rourke). "[7], In the 1960s, at the Avalon, two bands typically performed two sets during the evening beginning at about nine o'clock. 2 tracks of their "Live/Dead" album were also recorded there in early 1969, The Eleven and Turn On Your Love Light. Doc Watson played its final show, and the club was immortalized by Jaison in the Berkeley Barb. It will be fire proof and free to the public. Although the Family Dog Productions in 1966 was founded by others, Chet was their most notable promoter. Mr. Helms continued producing concerts under the name Family Dog at the Avalon Ballroom, an old dance academy at Sutter and Van Ness. The Family Dog Series includes both posters and handbills. 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.) These two guys are sitting right on the spot of the original Cliff House overlooking Seal Rock House. Dimensions sheet . Now, the building is an ultralounge concept, still called the Matrix, which is owned by Lt. Gov. 2/12/1967 Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco: . They were joined by Chet Helms who, initially with Bill Graham, put on shows at the Fillmore Auditorium.This was a short lived arrangement and Helms moved his shows to the Avalon Ballroom.Zappa recalled the Old Western dress popular there. Tier upon tier of seats rise to the galleries, while at their base are the swimming tanks. "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". 6/21/1965 . Submitted by radha.name on Thu, 09/11/2017 - 09:52 . Wilson created the first eleven of the Family Dog posters (FD 1-11), with Helms usually . Two officers accosted the performers but were stopped by the crowd. When that failed, officers stood outside the hall and took pictures of attendees in an attempt to intimidate them. [22] The entire former ballroom space was renovated. Wes Wilson, Mouse!, Kelley, Moscoso and Rick Griffin created many of their earliest and best known posters for Family Dog shows featuring The . I wish I could go back in time to this place. Heres just a few. Sight alone will give a comprehensible idea of Sutro Baths. The recognized Family Dog poster series is 147 posters, comprised of all the Fillmore and Avalon posters, and 3 of the Denver dog posters that were numbered . If you have a lingering curiosity about Beatniks and Hippies, entrepreneurship in global enterprise, San Francisco then and now, half-pint steam trains, CAD, or the secrets of modern retirement, go ahead bookmark this site and, by all means, encourage this effort. 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. $175.00, FD-147Quicksilver Messenger1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price 660 Great Hwy. 5" x 7" cards, featuring art from the original posters used to promote Chet Helm's series of Family Dog rock concerts at the legendary Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. $100.00, AUCTIONFD-39The YoungbloodsStanley Mouse Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD-35Quicksilver Daily FlashStanley Mouse Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, AUCTIONFD-24-RP-213th Floor ElevatorsMouse & Kelley SIGNED1966 PosterAvalon BallroomExcellent, AUCTIONFD-16Sir Douglas QuintetMouse SignedRed Variant1966 PosterAvalon BallroomRough, AUCTIONFD-25Great Society QuicksilverMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, Regular price Independence July 4th Quicksilver Messenger Service Avalon BallroomSan Francisco: Family Dog Productions, 1967. Powered by Shopify. Couple of quickies. $200.00, FD-46Country Joe & the FishMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.0, FD-19Big Brother Janis JoplinMouse & Kelley SIGNED1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 7.0, FDD-7Canned HeatMoon Child1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 10 Gem Mint, Regular price After the movie and before the next group someone walked around with a fog machine and filled the hall up with smoke. The Great Highway is the westernmost road in San Francisco, running right along Ocean Beach. $2,500.00, FD-38Big Brother Janis Joplin1966 PosterAvalon BallroomExcellent, Regular price Feb 17 Many of Berkeley's folk venues were short-lived. In October, Mouse and Kelley were in full swing at the Mouse Studios firehouse when Victor Moscoso returned to the fold to design FD-32. But Mr. Helms lacked both Graham's capitalist drive and his killer instincts. This arrangement was short-lived and Chet soon moved his shows to San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom. FD115 Family Dog; Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) April 19-21, 1968 concert card psychedelic hippies 60s ad vertisement by GyanarthiBooks. The most influential of the group became known as the "San Francisco . When people talk about San Francisco as the epicenter of hippie culture in 1967, Bill Grahams Fillmore Auditorium is invariably mentioned as the scenes musical focal point. The Straight also hosted quite a few nude theater events, one of which took place in the middle of a conference on runaway children. The ballroom was 80 to 100ft (24 to 30m) by 160 to 180 feet (49 to 55m). Much of the library was destroyed during the fire that followed the Great Earthquake of. Together they created a series of psychedelic posters that energized San Franciscos developing counterculture. Jordan said to care for its paddlewheel for these is supplied by an ingenious use of the group known. 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