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. BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS / FAMILY DOG. There were so many dives that popped up out of nowhere, and because the [Grateful] Dead had done one show there, they were the new club on the map, Flamin Groovies guitarist Cyril Jordan said. 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. . Red Dog Saloon: George Hunter Michael Ferguson : Original Poster: N/A: AOR 2.2: Charlatans. What the hall is remembered more for are non-musical activities. 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 . For the crime of risqu decor and showing movies like Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda, the owners were run out of town by locals in a matter of weeks. $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 A woman dances in the glow of psychedelic light at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. Description. 1268 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109. Avalon Ballroom. And ice skating at Sutro! Known as FD-17, this Avalon Ballroom Family Dog concert poster was designed by the legendary team of Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley. I just want to increase the my personal family history. $250.00, FD-22Grateful DeadStanley Mouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price FAMILY DOG FD-75 poster CANNED HEAT Avalon Ballroom MOBY GRAPE / VANILLA FUDGE. in 1906 for a little amusement park that was originally on Market and Van Ness in San Francisco, but because of the. 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. Soul was simply a melding of two Moby Grape tracks. $550.00, FD-65Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price FILLMORE / AVALON BALLROOM. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. Mar 30, 2023 JOURNEY and 10CC. According to the band's Leigh Stephens, the Matrix recording convinced the group that they needed to pare down to a trio. After number 41, the handbills were replaced with postcards. 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. Everybody who played there sounded like shit. 2 Family Dog 1967 Handbills John Myers Avalon Ballroom Near Mint Minus. The Avalon Ballroom is a historic 30,000 square feet building located in the heart of San Francisco, in the Polk Street Corridor. This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. in . Neil Young and Stephen Stills occasionally jammed with the band on stage, and Young would later say that his song Mr. This area included the stage, which was 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15m) wide. $300.00, FD-55Big Brother Janis JoplinMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, Regular price The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969. CA. $1,000.00, FD-141The Grateful Dead PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, Regular price The above picture comes from a National Geographic dated August, 1956. VENUE Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) SIZE 13 15/16" x 20" . Chet Helms of the Family Dog at the Avalon Ballroom, 1968. Skip to main content. San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive, handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob. And they played Jingle Bells. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. 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). It was here in places like the Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom where the philosophies and ideals of a counterculture revolution found their voice. )^ Guidelines, MacGowan, Gail, Land's End in San Francisco, At the base of the rocks near the Cliff House, the, "National Park Service Issues New Contract to Long-Time Cliff House Concessioner", Long before the Family Dog showed up! Family Dog shows were initially held at the Fillmore Auditorium where Chet and Bill Graham would promote concerts on alternate weekends. I wish I could go back in time to this place. $225.00, FD-94Flatt & Scruggs1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, FD-91The Youngbloods1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-90Canned Heat1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, FD-80South Side Sound System Freedom Highway1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-77Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-52Big Brother Janis JoplinRick Griffin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price Remember Playland, Cliff House with it's Sky Tram, playing congas at Sutro Baths and all along the beach. This series requires a bit more understanding and research, as many of the posters were reprinted without any designation that distinguishes them. 2023 Jim Kweskin / Avalon Ballroom. A Liquid light show was often provided by "Diogenes Lantern Works. 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-. After the movie and before the next group someone walked around with a fog machine and filled the hall up with smoke. San Francisco, CA 94121. 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. 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. By 1890, there were three streetcar lines to Ocean Beach: the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad, the Park & Ocean Railroad and the Sutro Railroad. But loved going to the cliff house then and sneaking around the Sutro bath ruins at night. A first printing complete and a second 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. Iron Butterfly Indian Head Band Collectors: 7/4-7/68: Avalon Ballroom: . FDD-7Canned HeatStanley Mouse Signed1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price The ballroom was 80 to 100ft (24 to 30m) by 160 to 180 feet (49 to 55m). The Avalon was founded . . Today, the Regency Ballroom, a live music venue right next door, is often mistaken for the Avalon. The buckets of laced KoolAid, not so much. The entrance doors were downstairs, and opened onto Sutter Street. var ANS_customer_id="efdda751-42f9-4333-99a0-38aff150ca9e"; Dennis King / D. King Gallery All Rights Reserved. Family Dog Values: POSTER by Family Dog and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Family Dog FD 142 Postcard, Avalon Ballroom, 1968, Velvet Underground+. Cliff House, Photo courtesy of National Geographic, August 1956, Cliff House tram (If I stand in this spot I can envision this today), Stairway leading to the ice rink at Sutro Baths. [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. Doc Watson played its final show, and the club was immortalized by Jaison in the Berkeley Barb. The Ark was born. (The other two colors being black, used for the Grateful Dead's name, and white, used for the skeleton, Family Dog logo and "Avalon.") Also for the uninitiated, "FD-26" means that it was the 26th poster in the series of San Francisco concerts hosted by Family Dog concert promoter Chet Helms, which began in February 1966. That was the worst gig in town, Jordan said. San Francisco 1967 Psychedelic Head Shop Poster Near Mint. During the party, a shy recruit was handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob from a prostitute. San Francisco: Family Dog,. Family Dog (1965-1979) Title "Peacock Ball," Quicksilver Messenger Service, Miller Blues Band, Daily Flash, March 10 & 11, Avalon Ballroom Date 1967 Object Type Prints Medium Color offset lithograph poster Dimensions Sheet: 508 x 355 mm (20 x 14 in.) . Jerry Garcia's Middle Finger blogged: Having just posted about Garcia's . 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. Books for free > > > Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. Dont remember the groups that night. The early FD handbills are extremely rare and seldom seen. $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 The Family Dog Series includes both posters and handbills. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for ORIGINAL 1967 FAMILY DOG POSTER - AVALON BALLROOM at the best online prices at eBay! Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. A classic San Francisco psychedelic concert poster from the summer of 1966, featuring the Jefferson Airplane without Grace Slick and the Great Society with Grace Slick. Its why many call Helms the father of the Summer of Love.. [23] Starting in August 2013, the building was used as the residence and principal filming location for The Real World: San Francisco (2014).[24]. 1268 Sutter Street. General News; BY: SUN STAFF - 9.11 2017. [Skhy], Creedence Clearwater Revival, May 31 - June 2, Avalon Ballroom, "The Sorcerer," Steppenwolf, Charley Musselwhite, 4th Way, Indian Head Band, April 19 - 21, Avalon Ballroom, "One Hundred Six," Youngbloods, Mount Rushmore, Phoenix, February 16-18, Avalon Ballroom, "Charlie Chaplin," Siegal Schwall, Kaleidoscope, Savage Resurrection, March 22 - 24, Avalon Ballroom, "Rorschach Test," Blues Project, It's A Beautiful Day, Nazz-Are Blues Band, April 5 - 7, Avalon Ballroom, "Peyote Bud," Blues Project, Genesis, Taj Mahal & the Blue Flames, March 1-3, Avalon Ballroom, "Lovelady," Love, Congress of Wonders, Sons of Champlin, March 8 - 10, Avalon Ballroom, "The Circus in Common," Quicksilver Messenger Service, Buddy Guy, Sun House, February 23 - 25, Avalon Ballroom, Junior Wells, Sons of Champlin, Santana Blues Band, May 17-19, Avalon Ballroom, "Lady with Spaghetti Hair," Youngbloods, Kaleidoscope, Hour Glass, May 24 - 26, Avalon Ballroom, "Giddyap," Junior Wells, Canned Heat, Crome Syrcus, Clover, May 3 - 5, Avalon Ballroom, Van Morrison, Daily Flash, Hair, October 20 - 22, Avalon Ballroom, A Magic Show. [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 Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, The Doors and other seminal acts of the era. Everyone was dancing it was a family atmosphere. $3,000.00, AUCTIONFD-109Love Arthur LeeStanley Mouse Signed1968 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price 17 comments. $14.99 + $22.00 shipping. Sight alone will give a comprehensible idea of Sutro Baths. was invented in 1928 by George Whitney, and sold only at Playland-at-the-Beach. When police caught wind of the plans, they attempted to force the halls owners to shut it down. Some approximate idea may be reached by the following numbers. The hall now houses fashion classes for the Academy of Art. This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. It was managed by a group of hippies known as 'The Family Dog'. Three, hundred thousand volumes hadbeen collected by agents stationed in the best Continental book marts, and additions were being constantly made. $500.00, FD-37Buffalo Springfield1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price Skhy, Creedence Clearwater Revival, May 31 - June 2, Avalon Ballroom, Kaleidoscope, Mother Earth, Country Weather, June 21 - 23, Avalon Ballroom, Jefferson Airplane; Great Society, July 22 & 23, Avalon Ballroom, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Miller Blues Band, Daily Flash, March 10 & 11, Avalon Ballroom, The Fugs, Ace of Cups, Allmen Joy, April 12 - 14, Avalon Ballroom, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Electric Train, October 7 & 8, Avalon Ballroom, "Skeleton and Roses," Grateful Dead, Oxford Circle, September 16 & 17, Avalon Ballroom, Moby Grape, Sparrow, Charlatans, January 13 & 14, Avalon Ballroom, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Oxford Circle, February 17 & 18, Avalon Ballroom, Charlatans, Sparrow, Canned Heat, April 7 & 8, Avalon Ballroom, Blues Project, Great Society, April 22 & 23, Avalon Ballroom, "Tribal Stomp." It is also a post-concert reprint. 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. 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. "[5], By the 1930s, a public dance hall called the Avalon Ball Room had opened at 1268 Sutter Street, hosting "popular and old-fashioned dances" five times per week (according to the Federal Writers' Project guide to San Francisco).[6]. Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse, Greatful Dead (Grateful Dead, Sopwith Camel.Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California 8/19/66-8/20/66), 1966, color offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sidney Lawrence III, 2007.27.17 . $175.00, FD-147Quicksilver Messenger1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price (Bonus link: An interview with the singers of The Only Alternative and His Other Possibilities on the San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive.). The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969.It also had a reopening 34 years later, from 2003 to 2005. Like early BG posters, the first Family Dog posters were printed on vellum and were subject to damage and wear. 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. 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. First, Friends and Relations, not Relationships. I went to the Family Dog as a kid of 12 [1969]. Both Chet Helms and Bill Graham employed many of the same artists to produce the posters . USA. Spooky. The Family Dog on The Great Highway was far from downtown. At Classic Posters, we guarantee that every Family Dog poster we sell is correctly attributed according to the current edition of The Collectors Guide to Psychedelic Rock Concert Posters, Postcards and Handbills 1965-1973 by Eric King. Avalon Ballroom ,Longshoreman's Hall 8/6/66, John Hammond and His Screaming Nighthawks. San Francisco, CA 94121. Edit your search. Fishing at Muni, Pier, Bocci Ball Courts, playing congas at Aquatic Park. Search . The Series also contains Rick Griffins FD-D18 poster for the Doors 1967 New Years show in Denver. This performance is from a live concert show at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco. This masterpiece was designed by two of the most famous and legendary artists of the era, the late Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse. The Great Highway - A Family Dog Productions concert venue in San Francisco, California. The "Bindweed Press" credit has been omitted. 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. 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. U2 played there in 1981. The Family Dog's weekly dance hall revues gave the local bands a forum to perform their groundbreaking music. Helms first Avalon concert featured The Blues Project and Great Society (FD-5 Wes Wilson). The Avalon was the hippie's answer to Bill Graham's famous Fillmore. the Family Dog and the Charlatans. 2 tracks of their "Live/Dead" album were also recorded there in early 1969, The Eleven and Turn On Your Love Light. 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. I am conducting research about San Francisco rock & roll venues in the sixties. The Family Dog - San Francisco, 1968 . 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. Lot 0509, Mar 30, 2023 . I remember bands playing their first show there and breaking up afterward.. $15,000.00, FD-122Velvet UndergroundBob Schnepf Signed1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, FD-27Howlin Wolf1966 Poster Avalon BallroomGood, 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. Roock Roots: Avalon Ballroom Posters 1966-1968 2009 Calendar and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Saw many a show there. 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. 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). 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. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. Family Dog numbers from 1 to 41 were printed in two formsposters and handbills. Open 13 June 1969 - 1971. The water for these is supplied by an ingenious use of the ocean waves. the two most elusive are the "Avalon Ballroom," located at 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness . Created when Chet Helms' productions relocated from the Avalon Ballroom. 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. The refuse water in the main outlet, into which all the tanks ultimately empty, is piped hundreds of feet to the side of the headlands, thence passed into the tidal current away from the Baths. Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Charlatans, and the West Coast Pop Experimental Band played there often, and in attendance would sometimes be stars like David Crosby, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. 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. Balin later said he opened the Matrix so he could start a band and have a place to play. Other audience members then surrounded the dancers and escorted them off stage. $400.00, FD-9Beefheart LoveWes Wilson Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.5, Regular price 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 Avalon Ballroom is a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California at 1268 Sutter Street, on the north side, one building east of the corner of Van Ness Avenue. 11/2/69, Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, IIp, CDR, A, SBD>MR>C>DAT>CDR>CDR>CDR, 1 disc, , 12/12/69, Thelma Theater, Los Angeles, partial II, CDR, A, $1,500.00, FD-57The DoorsVictor Moscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price 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. The Grateful Dead and Country Joe played fundraising concerts at the Avalon, and as many as 20 people supposedly invested in the theater. The carousel was an elegant 68-horse merry-go-round with a $5,000 organ, a staggering amount at that time. 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. $60.00, FD-137John Mayall1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price Family Dog Productions was a commune based in San Francisco producing and promoting shows featuring up and coming bands. The site was at the former Edgewater Ballroom, part of the Playland At The Beach complex. The site where the Ark once stood is now just a dirt lot, and local houseboat activists continue to care for its paddlewheel. The space operated from 1966 to 1969, at the height of the counterculture movement. 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. This article is about the Avalon Ballroom (Regency II) on Sutter Street. Your current search criteria is: Artist is "Family Dog". Acid was given our in the cool aid before Mr Frog was projected on a wall. Historic photo reprinted without permission, SF History Center, SF Public Library. [19] Acts including George Clinton and P-Funk, Robert Hunter, Arlo Guthrie, and Spearhead performed at the reopened venue. And here's another's opinion: Chet Helms moved his Family Dog concerts from the Avalon Ballroom to the former slot car racing track in summer 1969, where he operated for only one year as "Family Dog at the Beach" and "Family Dog on the Great Highway." . Feb 17 Anyone know anything about this rendition? Seal Rock House (1858) seen here was the pioneer resort and hotel in the area. [17][18] The neighboring building, known as the Regency I Movie Theater was formerly the Regency Ballroom. $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 Sign . Located in: San Rafael, California, United States. 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. Chet Helms held his dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. But the Fillmore wasnt the only stage during the Summer of Love. 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. RARE ORIGINAL 1968 LOVE, CONGRESS OF WONDERS, SONS OF CHAMPLIN - AT THE AVALON BALLROOM IN SAN FRANCISCO FAMILY DOG CONCERT POSTCARD FD109, STANLEY MOUSE ART. In addition, some variations of back print ink color and top to bottom placement of the stamp box also exist. In the 1960s at the Avalon, two bands typically performed two sets during the evening beginning . But you wont hear much about California Hall from those in the scene, as it simply wasn't a great place to see shows. Group of 2 signed concert posters. 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