Vintage poster Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco 1966
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Wes Wilson ('member? You 'member...) created this poster for concerts May 6 and 7, 1966. Yeah, that's no typo - 1966. May, 1966. I'm having serious doubts I'm gonna get these dates under control, but I'm not givin' up.
I'm letting your eyes recover from the previous colorful posters - didn't really have a choice - so enjoy the black and white. There were less than 500 original posters printed, some hand colored by Family Dog employees. Hippies knew how to pass the time...
What I want you to notice - and hopefully show appropriate appreciation for - is that I know how to show you a good time and take you to the best places. This is billed as an 'air-conditioned dance concert'... air-conditioned! I'm guessin' I REALLY messed up my dates and this was from a concert in 1866. Why not advertise they had indoor plumbing? Unless... they didn't... Well, maybe the rent was cheap. But it does make you wonder...
Hard to believe air-conditioning would be a big draw. Have you been to San Francisco? Freakin' cold. And rainy. People will tell you about 'micro-climates', meaning the weather is different in different areas, but that just means when its cold and rainy in Richmond, it will be colder and rainier in SOMA... I am a child of sunshine (in spite of fair skin and the occasional melanoma) and I was always in the wrong 'microclimate'. All those pictures of people frolicking in the sun, listening to music, painting their bodies, burning their incense? Hollywood sound stage... never happened. Look it up if you don't believe me.
Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the Charlatans played these shows, along with the Daily Flash and the Rising Sons. I found a little treasure - the Rising Sons had 17 year old Ry Cooder (vocals, six- and 12-string guitar, mandolin, slide and bottleneck guitar, dobro), and Taj Mahal (vocals, harmonica, guitar, piano), and until 1965, Ed Cassidy on drums… I gave you two clips... you're welcome.
Daily Flash - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey89qQjZf-c
Rising Sons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J3BRPpJHuU
Rising Sons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLm6xPCbayI
I'm letting your eyes recover from the previous colorful posters - didn't really have a choice - so enjoy the black and white. There were less than 500 original posters printed, some hand colored by Family Dog employees. Hippies knew how to pass the time...
What I want you to notice - and hopefully show appropriate appreciation for - is that I know how to show you a good time and take you to the best places. This is billed as an 'air-conditioned dance concert'... air-conditioned! I'm guessin' I REALLY messed up my dates and this was from a concert in 1866. Why not advertise they had indoor plumbing? Unless... they didn't... Well, maybe the rent was cheap. But it does make you wonder...
Hard to believe air-conditioning would be a big draw. Have you been to San Francisco? Freakin' cold. And rainy. People will tell you about 'micro-climates', meaning the weather is different in different areas, but that just means when its cold and rainy in Richmond, it will be colder and rainier in SOMA... I am a child of sunshine (in spite of fair skin and the occasional melanoma) and I was always in the wrong 'microclimate'. All those pictures of people frolicking in the sun, listening to music, painting their bodies, burning their incense? Hollywood sound stage... never happened. Look it up if you don't believe me.
Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the Charlatans played these shows, along with the Daily Flash and the Rising Sons. I found a little treasure - the Rising Sons had 17 year old Ry Cooder (vocals, six- and 12-string guitar, mandolin, slide and bottleneck guitar, dobro), and Taj Mahal (vocals, harmonica, guitar, piano), and until 1965, Ed Cassidy on drums… I gave you two clips... you're welcome.
Daily Flash - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey89qQjZf-c
Rising Sons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J3BRPpJHuU
Rising Sons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLm6xPCbayI
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