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. The Straight also hosted quite a few nude theater events, one of which took place in the middle of a conference on runaway children. That was the worst gig in town, Jordan said. Created when Chet Helms' productions relocated from the Avalon Ballroom. 2023 Pink Floyd with Finnegan at the San . Description. 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. The Family Dog on the Great Highway. 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). $20.00, Copyright 2023, SF Rock Posters & Collectibles. It was not until 1913, that Arthur Looff leased land for the carousel and its house-the Looff Hippodromethat the carousel came to Playland. As stated, the Baths are filled by the ocean itself. 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 Liquid light show was often provided by "Diogenes Lantern Works. 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 . Delivery: Estimated between Fri, Mar 3 and Tue, Mar 7 to 23917. 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. Together they created a series of psychedelic posters that energized San Franciscos developing counterculture. It was managed by a group of hippies known as 'The Family Dog'. Located in: San Rafael, California, United States. Soul was simply a melding of two Moby Grape tracks. venue_field_country. 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. 20. Classics, poems, plays in all languages of the learned, are in those closely packed cases, book-. Date 1966 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. $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 Family Dog Series includes both posters and handbills. The bands that developed in the Jabberwock seemed to embrace a dark sense of humor with their Americana. San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive, handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob. Known as FD-17, this Avalon Ballroom Family Dog concert poster was designed by the legendary team of Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley. Its size impresses the visitors at once, yet it is not oppressive owing to the lightness and airiness of the structure. in 1906 for a little amusement park that was originally on Market and Van Ness in San Francisco, but because of the. I just want to increase the my personal family history. 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. Iron Butterfly Indian Head Band Collectors: 7/4-7/68: Avalon Ballroom: . $220.00, FD-138Steve Miller PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price Wilson created the first eleven of the Family Dog posters (FD 1-11), with Helms usually . Poster for a show at the Avalon Ballroom. This is known as an "image set," for people who love the posters, the music and the culture, but don't . Throughout the '60s, folk musicians flocked to Berkeley from around the country to clubs like the Blind Lemon, Steppenwolf and the Cabale, and for over a decade it hosted the Berkeley Folk Music Festival, a major event for the genre. Heres just a few. 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 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sir Douglas Quintet, 13th Floor Elevators, The New Peanut Butter Sandwich. Saw many a show there. 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 . The structure site chosen for this colossal collection of literary treasure is in Golden Gate Park, near the music stand. In a sense, an oceanic experience of being unified with something larger than yourself, that is essentially ultimately regenerating and renewing and is what the word recreation means in its true sense, Helms said during a 1998 interview. Family Dog Productions. Dont remember the groups that night. Care about whats happening in Bay Area arts? Great Highway was once called Ocean Boulevard. Spooky. 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). San Francisco, CA The Family Dog was a foundation stone in the . The building was used a rock venue between 1966 and 1968 primarily by the Family Dog under the direction of Chet Helms. Housed inside a 1912 building, the hall itself didnt have great acoustics. Waltham, MA 02453. 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 . Art by Raphael (Bob) Schnepf, image is # 122 in the Family Dog/Avalon series. 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. 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, Like the BG Series, there are many different printings (first prints, second prints, etc.) Complaints against noise led to the venue losing its performance licence early in 1969. It originally housed a dance school, and then served as the galleries of Butterfield & Butterfield auction house. Art by Stanley Mouse* and Alton Kelley, image is # 27 in the Family Dog/Avalon series. Mar 30, 2023 JOURNEY and 10CC. Group of 2 signed concert posters. The Series also contains Rick Griffins FD-D18 poster for the Doors 1967 New Years show in Denver. $25.00, FD-131Pink Floyd1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-130Quicksilver Messenger1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-129Country Joe & the Fish1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomMint, Regular price 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." . The Matrix came to be after Marty Balin convinced three guys he met randomly at a bar to put up $3,000 each for a club he wanted to start. 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." The Straight Theater holds the honor of being the only live venue actually located in the Haight-Ashbury during the neighborhoods hippie heydays. Family Dog/Avalon Ballroom Concert Posters - Complete Near-Mint Set of All 161! While the Fillmore had a slick . Dog Santana: 6/28-30/68: Avalon Ballroom: Artists: David Warren L. Kent Hollister: FD-126 Alice Griffin. This is the entire run of numbered Family . $175.00, FD-147Quicksilver Messenger1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price Helms had the phrase "May the baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind painted above the entrance, and went on to book a series of concerts that focused not just on music but an entire experience. A first printing complete and a second The Avalon was founded . $1,500.00, FD-57The DoorsVictor Moscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price The early FD handbills are extremely rare and seldom seen. 415 South Street It also had a reopening 34 years later, from 2003 to 2005. Post Card Artist: Wes Wilson, Bellmer Wright; Concert Performers: Velvet Underground, Charley Musselwhite</p> The "Barn Dance" I remember was not all acoustic. Within a year, it turned to fundraising concerts to keep the doors open. Family moved there the 50's. [citation needed] In 1969, it reopened as the Regency II Movie Theater, operated by Blumenfeld Enterprises until 2000. Sight alone will give a comprehensible idea of Sutro Baths. . In 1965, the "Council on Religion and the Homosexual," which brought together gay men and religious leaders, tried to host a Mardi Gras-themed drag party at the hall to raise funds. Gavin Newsoms company, the Plumpjack Group. Setlists As San Francisco was becoming a breeding ground for psychedelic rock, Berkeley was still enjoying its reputation as part of the folk circuit. I wish I could go back in time to this place. . $14.99 + $22.00 shipping. The Avalon Ballroom is a historic 30,000 square feet building located in the heart of San Francisco, in the Polk Street Corridor. Times sure have changed! On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This series requires a bit more understanding and research, as many of the posters were reprinted without any designation that distinguishes them. Books for free > > > Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. Image: Tim Drescher. This comment has been removed by the author. The entrance doors were downstairs, and opened onto Sutter Street. Tier upon tier of seats rise to the galleries, while at their base are the swimming tanks. Roock Roots: Avalon Ballroom Posters 1966-1968 2009 Calendar and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. [citation needed] Posters advertising each event were produced by psychedelic artists, including Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley and Victor Moscoso. Graphic Artist: Doyle Phillips a.k.a. Couple of quickies. In 2002, after learning from psychedelic poster artist Stanley Mouse that the building was available, neo-hippie Steve Shirley (aka Morning Spring Rain) of the Hog Farm commune restored and re-opened the Avalon Ballroom 34 years after it had been closed. (Anderson was also clear that she wasnt a fan of the hippie cult, citing their "sick faces and hideous behavior.). [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. 2 Family Dog 1967 Handbills John Myers Avalon Ballroom Near Mint Minus. The long shed adjacent to Seal Rock House was a wind-sheltered stable for the horses of hotel guests. the Family Dog and the Charlatans. $550.00, FD-65Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price 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. Fascinating history of that area of San Francisco, thanks for putting this together. The Family Dog - San Francisco, 1968 . Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library--Dr. Weirde. Related Items. Clear-Com Intercoms(1) The Family Dog(0) . I remember bands playing their first show there and breaking up afterward.. 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. 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. First, Friends and Relations, not Relationships. The Avalon #204-For Archive: www.oaklanddupree@substack.com. In the 20's, I think, prior to Topsy's Roost, the building had a sign reading "Sahara", and another reading "Baghdad". . the two most elusive are the "Avalon Ballroom," located at 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness . . United States. $7,500.00, FD-74Charles Lloyd QuartetRobert Fried1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-690707Wild WestJefferson Airplane Joan Baez1969 PosterFillmore WestCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price Only private events were held here in 1971 until it became Friends and Relations Hall later . [22] The entire former ballroom space was renovated. 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