BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS / FAMILY DOG. Family Dog Values: POSTER by Family Dog and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Now, the building is an ultralounge concept, still called the Matrix, which is owned by Lt. Gov. Avalon Ballroom's concert list along with photos, videos, and setlists of their past concerts & performances. "Libertie," Blood, Sweat and Tears, John Handy, Son House, March 15 - 17, Avalon Ballroom, "It's a Gas," Quicksilver Messenger Service, Charlatans, It's a Beautiful Day, April 26 - 28, Avalon Ballroom, "Dancing Bear," Quicksilver Messenger Service, Ace of Cups, Flamin' Groovies, May 10 - 12, Avalon Ballroom, "Flip Flop," The Fugs, Ace of Cups, Allmen Joy, April 12 - 14, Avalon Ballroom, Chuck Berry, The Sons of Champlin, November 17 & 18, 1601 West Evans St., Denver, "Moby Dragon," Siegel Schwall, Buddy Guy, Hour Glass, Mance Lipsomb, February 9 - 11, Avalon Ballroom, "Pay Attention aka Space Man," Doors, Allmen Joy, Gingerbred Blu, December 29 - 31, 1601 West Evans St., Denver, Soul Survivors, Box Tops, Jimmerfield Legend, December 15 & 16, 1601 West Evans St., Denver, Canned Heat, Siegel Schwall, December 8 - 10, 1601 West Evans St., Denver, "Denver Splash," Jim Kweskin & His Jug Band, Solid Muldoon, December 1 & 2, 1601 West Evans St., Denver, "The Popup Poster," Kaleidascope, Mother Earth, Country Weather, June 21 - 23, Avalon Ballroom, "Rorschach Test II," Frumius Bandersnatch, Clear Light, Buddy Guy, June 14 - 16, Avalon Ballroom, "Iron Butterfly," Iron Butterfly, Velvet Underground, Chrome Cyrcus, June 7 - 9, Avalon Ballroom, "Machanico Mandala," Taj Mahal, Dave van Ronk, Family Tree, A.B. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were involved. Watch on. We listened to [our recording] back and three guys were playing the songs one way and the other three were somewhere else, Stephens said. 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). Avalon Ballroom. Helms ran the Avalon Ballroom under the name Family Dog, where the real hippies went to dance, and he brought his old pal from Texas, Janis Joplin, out to join the band he was managing, Big . In the 1960s, Robert E. Cohen, impresario Chet Helms and his music production company, Family Dog Productions, which had offices on Van Ness, frequently booked bands to perform at the Avalon on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. $25.00, FD-131Pink Floyd1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-130Quicksilver Messenger1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-129Country Joe & the Fish1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomMint, Regular price A woman dances in the glow of psychedelic light at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. After number 41, the handbills were replaced with postcards. The Avalon was not as large as the Winterland Ballroom or The Fillmore, which had been used by Helms before Bill Graham allegedly violated their partnership agreements. 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. Santana Dates: Oct or Nov 1966 - March 20, 1968 - May 13, 1968 - May 17/18/19, 1968 - May 28, 1968 - June 28/29/30, 1968 - Aug 9/10/11, 1968 - March 12, 1969 - March 21/22/23, 1969 - March 26, 1969 Originally opened as The Puckett Academy of Dance in 1911, and then renamed the Trianon Ballroom with an opening on April 9, 1926. Jerry definitely spent time there as a kid. The Family Dog On The Great Highway opened on June 13, 1969 with the Jefferson Airplane. Kezar Stadium and Candlestick Park. The water for these is supplied by an ingenious use of the ocean waves. Some approximate idea may be reached by the following numbers. What a place. 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. 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. $450.00, FDD-6Van MorrisonMouse Signed1967 Poster Family Dog DenverCGC Graded 9.8, FD-35Daily FlashMouse Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price Two years later, in 1966, five hippie artists had the idea to buy the theater and turn it into a performing arts space. 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 . 1891 photo courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. After the movie and before the next group someone walked around with a fog machine and filled the hall up with smoke. 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. 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. General News; BY: SUN STAFF - 9.11 2017. I wish I could go back in time to this place. The Avalon #204-For Archive: www.oaklanddupree@substack.com. [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. [citation needed] In 1969, it reopened as the Regency II Movie Theater, operated by Blumenfeld Enterprises until 2000. 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.). 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 . 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. In 1969, Playland ebbed as the San Francisco pop culture was taking hold. [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. On opening night, a publicist convinced local jazz critic Ralph Gleason to come to the show. Saw a show there around Christmas 69-or70. Seal Rock House (1858) seen here was the pioneer resort and hotel in the area. )^ 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! 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. Some of the ministers from the event held a press conference the next day and described the police as being like the Gestapo. 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. This performance is from a live concert show at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco. Those comments led to Joplin and Big Brother And The Holding Company being unofficially banned from Grahams stage for about seven months. [17][18] The neighboring building, known as the Regency I Movie Theater was formerly the Regency Ballroom. Helms first Avalon concert featured The Blues Project and Great Society (FD-5 Wes Wilson). the Family Dog and the Charlatans. [citation needed] Posters advertising each event were produced by psychedelic artists, including Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley and Victor Moscoso. It was operated during the 1960s as a dance/concert hall by Chet Helms' "Family Dog Productions." Another band that became an Ark favorite was the Sparrow, a Canadian band featuring a singer named John Kay. Original 1st printing 13 x 20 concert poster for theVelvet Underground (featuring Lou Reed) appearing with Iron Butterfly and Crome Syrcus at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, CA from 6/7-9/1968. Family Dog Productions 639 Gough St. San Francisco, Calif. 94102" appears in the lower right corner. A few months later on September 7, 1907, after extensive remodeling and just prior to reopening, the most resplendent and beloved of all Cliff Houses burned to its foundation. Picture Information. Family Dog Presents FD-1 Tribal Stomp. Locals didnt make the demolition easy, as dozens laid in front of the bulldozers and were arrested. (See also: Family Dog posters and handbills). It was here in June 1966 that Janis Joplin made her first public appearance with Big Brother and the Holding Company. Fascinating history of that area of San Francisco, thanks for putting this together. 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. 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. But the neighborhood didnt take kindly to the idea. 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. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes Mouse & Kelley's Zig-Zag Man (FD-14), and their Skull & Roses Grateful Dead poster (FD-26). 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. 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! in 1906 for a little amusement park that was originally on Market and Van Ness in San Francisco, but because of the. San Francisco, CA The Family Dog was a foundation stone in the . Great memories. 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. Remember Playland, Cliff House with it's Sky Tram, playing congas at Sutro Baths and all along the beach. I remember there was a room on the mezzanine off the main ballroom that had black lights and trippy fluorescent posters and paint all over the walls; OMG, I'm swooning with nostalgia! The Straight also hosted quite a few nude theater events, one of which took place in the middle of a conference on runaway children. 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.) Family Dog/Avalon Ballroom Concert Posters - Complete Near-Mint Set of All 161! Avalon Ballroom San Francisco: Mari Tepper: Original Poster: N/A AOR 2.341: The Doors The Animals 17 comments. Dog Santana: 6/28-30/68: Avalon Ballroom: Artists: David Warren L. Kent Hollister: FD-126 Alice Griffin. Created when Chet Helms' productions relocated from the Avalon Ballroom. SHOP OVER 4000+ VINTAGE AND MODERN ROCK POSTERS! Red Dog Saloon: George Hunter Michael Ferguson : Original Poster: N/A: AOR 2.2: Charlatans. The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969. What the hall is remembered more for are non-musical activities. In April 1966, Helms began presenting weekly events at the Avalon Ballroom, an old dancehall that was ideal for the spectacular light shows he was known for staging. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. And they played Jingle Bells. This masterpiece was designed by two of the most famous and legendary artists of the era, the late Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse. . The mere emptying of the tanks entails no difficulty, but the emptying of them in such a manner as to prevent the once used water from again entering the tanks requires ingenuity. 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. .