$25.00, FD-131Pink Floyd1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-130Quicksilver Messenger1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-129Country Joe & the Fish1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomMint, Regular price FAMILY DOG FD-75 poster CANNED HEAT Avalon Ballroom MOBY GRAPE / VANILLA FUDGE. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. Housed inside a 1912 building, the hall itself didnt have great acoustics. $400.00, FD-9Beefheart LoveWes Wilson Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.5, Regular price $1,800.00, FD-42Quicksilver MessengerVictor Moscoso1967 Poster Avalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price 9/16-17/66, Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, what circulates, CDR, A+, Original Polygram LP master tapes>DAT>CDR>CDR>CDR, 1 disc, . The above picture comes from a National Geographic dated August, 1956. Family Dog Productions was a commune based in San Francisco producing and promoting shows featuring up and coming bands. Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Photos from 1966 View All 1966 Photos . Anyone know anything about this rendition? 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. Following is a brief history of the Baths and data regarding the building and its contents: Striking as is the first view, familiarity only makes it more striking. 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. This is known as an "image set," for people who love the posters, the music and the culture, but don't . Couple of quickies. Care about whats happening in Bay Area arts? Avalon Ballroom San Francisco: Mari Tepper: Original Poster: N/A AOR 2.341: The Doors The Animals SHOP OVER 4000+ VINTAGE AND MODERN ROCK POSTERS! Two years later, in 1966, five hippie artists had the idea to buy the theater and turn it into a performing arts space. Photo taken in 1865. 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. 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. Not all those places had an impact on the music, but the ones that did have stories worth telling. A Goodwill is now on Haight St. where the 1,400-seat Straight once stood. Three years later, theyd play Fixin'-To-Die at Woodstock, with a cheer heard 'round the world. Three, hundred thousand volumes hadbeen collected by agents stationed in the best Continental book marts, and additions were being constantly made. Great city to grow up in. San Francisco: Family Dog,. Bill Ehlert, a.k.a. 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. I thought I'd add it because it's something interesting that happened in San Francisco about 37 years before the. "[7], In the 1960s, at the Avalon, two bands typically performed two sets during the evening beginning at about nine o'clock. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes Mouse & Kelley's Zig-Zag Man (FD-14), and their Skull & Roses Grateful Dead poster (FD-26). . 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 . A first printing complete and a second An early Matrix regular was gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, who immortalized the club in his book, Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas. 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. Though the theater held memorable shows, it always struggled for money. The Family Dog Series includes both posters and handbills. All very interesting. Saw many a show there. $1,500.00, FD-57The DoorsVictor Moscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price )^ 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! San Francisco, CA 94121. All in all, the venue produced 70 plus concerts between 2002 and 2005. . $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 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. $550.00, FD-65Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price Some of the ministers from the event held a press conference the next day and described the police as being like the Gestapo. of the early posters. Many cards were produced in more than one back style. Tier upon tier of seats rise to the galleries, while at their base are the swimming tanks. 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 . But the Fillmore wasnt the only stage during the Summer of Love. Jack Hatfield, High Yo Silver (Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Other Half.Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California 8/17/67-8/20/67), 1967, color offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sidney Lawrence III, 2007.27.12 . Roock Roots: Avalon Ballroom Posters 1966-1968 2009 Calendar and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. This same building apparently dated to the 1880s and lasted through the mid-1970s. "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". Delivery: Estimated between Fri, Mar 3 and Tue, Mar 7 to 23917. Another notable song from the Jabberwocks scene was Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent by Berkeley Barb writer Jef Jaison. Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sir Douglas Quintet, 13th Floor Elevators, The New Peanut Butter Sandwich. It arrived in 1914. A 1,000-capacity hall that was once a roller-skating rink, the Fillmore served as training grounds for bands like Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and Big Brother and the Holding Company. The "Barn Dance" I remember was not all acoustic. An omnipresent light show was created by several local lighting companies.[14][15]. Gavin Newsoms company, the Plumpjack Group. I saw her in the show but we didn't meet until 1980.lee@cjc.edu. The Hells Angels also once held a party there, and Blue Cheer played A Tribute to J. Edgar Hoover" (not a genuine celebration of the former head of the F.B.I.). The ballroom was 80 to 100ft (24 to 30m) by 160 to 180 feet (49 to 55m). Family Dog/Avalon Ballroom Concert Posters - Complete Near-Mint Set of All 161! 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. This masterpiece was designed by two of the most famous and legendary artists of the era, the late Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse. The Straight Theater holds the honor of being the only live venue actually located in the Haight-Ashbury during the neighborhoods hippie heydays. Regular price $100.00 AUCTION FD-33 By many accounts, the "San Francisco Sound" came from the Fillmores stage -- and as young people came to San Francisco in droves, Grahams shows were practically tourist attractions. The Jabberwock closed in 1967 when Ehlert couldnt afford to bring the club up to code. Seal Rock House (1858) seen here was the pioneer resort and hotel in the area. The red roofed building would become Family Dog. Please Note: Some Family Dog posters were printed several times during the 1960s. Remember Playland, Cliff House with it's Sky Tram, playing congas at Sutro Baths and all along the beach. Image: Tim Drescher. 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 . (Bonus link: An interview with the singers of The Only Alternative and His Other Possibilities on the San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive.). Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. 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. I am conducting research about San Francisco rock & roll venues in the sixties. Mar 30, 2023 JOURNEY and 10CC. 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 noise complaints brought the Avalon's fun times to an end. The Family Dog On The Great Highway opened on June 13, 1969 with the Jefferson Airplane. Family Dog Productions. Balins share was eventually bought out by two of the other partners, and after a few different bookers, the club closed in 1972. $220.00, FD-138Steve Miller PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price It wasnt long before the place started packing in all the local eccentrics, who would be treated to early performances from the Doors, Grateful Dead and the Steve Miller Blues Band in an intimate setting (the club sat about 100 people). The Avalon Ballroom was my favorite. Chet Helms held his dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. The damaged bridge to Flag Rock on April 6, 1884. $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 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 carousel was sold at auction in 1972, and went to, . Daily Flash / Country Joe & The Fish / Grateful Dead / Oxford Circle / Family Dog. . The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969. $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 Open Tuesday - Sunday 9:30 am - 5:15 pm. 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. The band playing was cosmic popcorn. 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 . VENUE Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) SIZE 13 15/16" x 20" . 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. 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 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. Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, February 19, Fillmore Auditorium, "Earthquake," Bo Diddley, Big Brother & the Holding Company, August 12 & 13, Avalon Ballroom, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, March 25 - 27, Fillmore Auditorium, "The Head," Grateful Dead, Mother Earth, September 22 & 23, 1601 West Evans St., Denver, Junior Wells, Sons of Champlin, Santana Blues Band, May 17 - 19, Avalon Ballroom, Quicksilver Messenger Service, John Lee Hooker, Miller Blues Band, March 22 - 23, Avalon Ballroom, "Triplets," Jerry Steig & the Satyrs, Sons of Champlin, The 4th Way, Alexander's Timeless Bloozband, March 29 - 31, Avalon Ballroom, "Girl in the Red Circle," Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, January 27 & 28, Avalon Ballroom. According to the band's Leigh Stephens, the Matrix recording convinced the group that they needed to pare down to a trio. San Francisco, CA The Family Dog was a foundation stone in the . Family Dog was the production company run by Chet Helms. Like the BG Series, there are many different printings (first prints, second prints, etc.) Books for free > > > Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. Heres just a few. . (Anderson was also clear that she wasnt a fan of the hippie cult, citing their "sick faces and hideous behavior.). 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. "[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]. The "Bindweed Press" credit has been omitted. Free shipping for many products! 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 . Opened as the Haight Theater in 1910, it operated as the 'hoods main movie house until it closed in 1964, after two of its owners turned it into an experimental gay theater. (*SIGNED in pencil by Mouse) Medium-thick flat vellum stock poster . Its why many call Helms the father of the Summer of Love.. United States. Avalon Ballroom. 1268 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109. 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 . Known as FD-17, this Avalon Ballroom Family Dog concert poster was designed by the legendary team of Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley. 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. . The second building, the larger one, would later become The Family Dog. U2 played there in 1981. 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. [23] Starting in August 2013, the building was used as the residence and principal filming location for The Real World: San Francisco (2014).[24]. But the neighborhood didnt take kindly to the idea. But you wont hear much about California Hall from those in the scene, as it simply wasn't a great place to see shows. San Francisco Police attracted more bad press at California Hall decades later in 1984, when they held a graduation party for new recruits at the Rathskeller, a restaurant in the basement. I went to the Family Dog as a kid of 12 [1969]. Info. I remember bands playing their first show there and breaking up afterward.. Post Card Artist: Wes Wilson, Bellmer Wright; Concert Performers: Velvet Underground, Charley Musselwhite</p> The structure site chosen for this colossal collection of literary treasure is in Golden Gate Park, near the music stand. 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. Regular price $135.00 AUCTION . Picture Information. The Family Dog was the other concert promoter in San Francisco, headed by Chet Helms. 2 tracks of their "Live/Dead" album were also recorded there in early 1969, The Eleven and Turn On Your Love Light. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. (Photo courtesy of Dennis O'Rourke). Although the Family Dog Productions in 1966 was founded by others, Chet was their most notable promoter. It survived into the "teens." It was operated during the 1960s as a dance/concert hall by Chet Helms' "Family Dog Productions." 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 . 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. province. 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. One huge bonus for bands playing the Matrix was the high-quality recording setup used to capture performances. Two officers accosted the performers but were stopped by the crowd. The posters quickly became emblematic of hippie culture. Both Chet Helms and Bill Graham employed many of the same artists to produce the posters and handbills. Today, the Regency Ballroom, a live music venue right next door, is often mistaken for the Avalon. Group of 2 signed concert posters. Created when Chet Helms' productions relocated from the Avalon Ballroom. What the hall is remembered more for are non-musical activities. I moved there in 1971 and just missed Family Dog being open, also playland. This article is about the Avalon Ballroom (Regency II) on Sutter Street. The Avalon Ballroom is a historic 30,000 square feet building located in the heart of San Francisco, in the Polk Street Corridor. (See also: Family Dog posters and handbills). The hay bales, yes. Original 1st printing 141/8 x 20 concert poster for Chicago blues legend Howlin Wolf appearing with Big Brother the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin) at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, CA from 9/23-24/1966 (*show was canceled). In fact, for forty years, Playland was the only place you could find It's It. FILLMORE / AVALON BALLROOM. It was not until 1913, that Arthur Looff leased land for the carousel and its house-the Looff Hippodromethat the carousel came to Playland. Great memories. was invented in 1928 by George Whitney, and sold only at Playland-at-the-Beach. The building was used a rock venue between 1966 and 1968 primarily by the Family Dog under the direction of Chet Helms. Ad vertisement from shop oicvintage. Dimensions sheet . The building that housed the Avalon Ballroom was constructed as a commercial building in 1911, designed by architect Alfred Henry Jacobs. [19] Acts including George Clinton and P-Funk, Robert Hunter, Arlo Guthrie, and Spearhead performed at the reopened venue. After the movie and before the next group someone walked around with a fog machine and filled the hall up with smoke. Bob Cohen, the partner with Chet Helms in the Family which put on concerts at the Avalon Ballroom during the Summer of Love in 1967, is seen on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif . 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, On opening night, a publicist convinced local jazz critic Ralph Gleason to come to the show. Description. Family Dog Productions 639 Gough St. San Francisco, Calif. 94102" appears in the lower right corner. Postcard Handbill is in near mint conditi The area that was Playland began as a 19th Century squatters settlement, Mooneysville-by-the-Sea at the western edge of San Francisco. He gave Moby Grape and the Steve Miller Band their first big breaks, and -- like the Fillmore -- every show was advertised with eye-catching, multi-colored psychedelic posters that now go for hundreds of dollars. By 1890, there were three streetcar lines to Ocean Beach: the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad, the Park & Ocean Railroad and the Sutro Railroad. When that failed, officers stood outside the hall and took pictures of attendees in an attempt to intimidate them. Avalon Poster (19 results) You searched for: Title: avalon poster. The buyers kept fighting. 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. These almost-nightly events, like those hosted at the Fillmore, were more than conventional concerts; they were social gatherings with plenty of dance, music and light. 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