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. Jerry Garcia's Middle Finger blogged: Having just posted about Garcia's . What a place. Like the BG Series, there are many different printings (first prints, second prints, etc.) $550.00, FD-65Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price 20. $14.99 + $22.00 shipping. 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. According to the band's Leigh Stephens, the Matrix recording convinced the group that they needed to pare down to a trio. 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. 660 Great Hwy. But the neighborhood didnt take kindly to the idea. 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 . The building was used a rock venue between 1966 and 1968 primarily by the Family Dog under the direction of Chet Helms. Family Dog building was constructed (not at the same site as the photo). Clear-Com Intercoms(1) The Family Dog(0) . SHOP OVER 4000+ VINTAGE AND MODERN ROCK POSTERS! venue_field_country. . While the Fillmore had a slick . Please Note: Some Family Dog posters were printed several times during the 1960s. $75.00, AUCTIONFD-21Big Brother EarthquakeMouse Signed1966 Handbill Avalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD-17ALove Big Brother JanisMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-40The Grateful Dead1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomExcellent, FD-22The Grateful Dead1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FDD-11Sons Of Champlin1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 9.8, FDD-8Allmen Joy1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 9.6, Regular price 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. Many cards were produced in more than one back style. $2,000.00, FD-46Country Joe & the Fish1967 PosterMoscosoAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.2, FD-40The Grateful DeadMoscoso1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price The Ark was born. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. Great city to grow up in. This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. 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. Family Dog was the production company run by Chet Helms. 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. 2/12/1967 Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco: . We listened to [our recording] back and three guys were playing the songs one way and the other three were somewhere else, Stephens said. It was not until 1913, that Arthur Looff leased land for the carousel and its house-the Looff Hippodromethat the carousel came to Playland. Picture Information. It didnt matter -- they were managed by Chet Helms, who also ran the Avalon, the hall with the better sound. Submitted by radha.name on Thu, 09/11/2017 - 09:52 . Helms moved the Family Dog operation to San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom, where he produced concerts for two-and-a-half years, always with posters in the psychedelic style advertising the events. He then found a former pizza place in the Marina, signed a lease, and, before opening, enlisted some friends to paint a gigantic mural of the four horsemen on the wall. 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. 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. The buckets of laced KoolAid, not so much. When Quicksilver played it on 8/22/70, it had no real name - they put the show there on themselves. [9], On January 29, 1967, it hosted the Mantra-Rock Dance musical event, organized by the local Hare Krishna temple, which featured Hare Krishna founder Bhaktivedanta Swami, along with Allen Ginsberg, The Grateful Dead, Moby Grape and Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin. From January 1966 to March of '69, Helms booked bands of all stripes at the Avalon, including psychedelic rock pioneers like the 13th Floor Elevators and Captain Beefheart and almost-forgotten-by-then blues musicians like Bo Diddley and Buddy Guy. Four months later, on August 8, 1898 Adolph Sutro died after a long illness. Bill Ehlert, a.k.a. $500.00, FD-37Buffalo Springfield1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price The entrance doors were downstairs, and opened onto Sutter Street. . The Family Dog was a loose collective of free spirits managed by Chet Helms, a contemporary of Bill Graham, who put on rock dances at the Avalon Ballroom more or less continually from 1965 to 1970. 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. 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 . Graphic Artist: Doyle Phillips a.k.a. I remember one night hearing conga drums playing in that cave. The Avalon Ballroom was a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at 1244 Sutter Street[1] (or 1268 Sutter,[2] depending on the entrance). 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. Times sure have changed! It shut down in 1969 and sat empty for over a decade before it was torn down. Among the shortest-lived but most beloved was the Jabberwock, a former jazz club on Telegraph Avenue. Family Dog (San Francisco, California, 1965 - 1979) . San Francisco. 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. Your current search criteria is: Artist is "Family Dog". sort by . U2 played there in 1981. 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. The Family Dog on the Great Highway. $250.00, FD-22Grateful DeadStanley Mouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price . The area that was Playland began as a 19th Century squatters settlement, Mooneysville-by-the-Sea at the western edge of San Francisco. 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). Historic photo reprinted without permission, SF History Center, SF Public Library. (*SIGNED in pencil by Mouse) Medium-thick flat vellum stock poster . Kezar Stadium and Candlestick Park. The Family Dog on The Great Highway was far from downtown. 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. Jack Duane. 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. Like early BG posters, the first Family Dog posters were printed on vellum and were subject to damage and wear. A Liquid light show was often provided by "Diogenes Lantern Works. . All very interesting. Much of the library was destroyed during the fire that followed the Great Earthquake of. . The Avalon Ballroom was my favorite. FAMILY DOG FD-75 poster CANNED HEAT Avalon Ballroom MOBY GRAPE / VANILLA FUDGE. [21] In 2012 it became the headquarters of the internet company Wantful.com. Now, the building is an ultralounge concept, still called the Matrix, which is owned by Lt. Gov. Unforgettable night. 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. The bands that developed in the Jabberwock seemed to embrace a dark sense of humor with their Americana. Postcard Handbill is in near mint conditi a.whtlinks{color:white !important; text-decoration:underline;}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. Books for free > > > Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. When police caught wind of the plans, they attempted to force the halls owners to shut it down. Waltham, MA 02453. Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco The Avalon Ballroom at 1268 Sutter Street was built in 1911 and originally called the Puckett Academy of Dance. These two guys are sitting right on the spot of the original Cliff House overlooking Seal Rock House. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. Dog Santana: 6/28-30/68: Avalon Ballroom: Artists: David Warren L. Kent Hollister: FD-126 Alice Griffin. 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. 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." . 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 you wont hear much about California Hall from those in the scene, as it simply wasn't a great place to see shows. Avalon Ballroom, Fillmore, Winterland, Family Dog, and free concerts in Golden Gate Park. This column originally appeared in The Chronicle Sept. 14, 1951. USA. But loved going to the cliff house then and sneaking around the Sutro bath ruins at night. Together they created a series of psychedelic posters that energized San Franciscos developing counterculture. $220.00, FD-138Steve Miller PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, 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 building that housed the Avalon Ballroom was constructed as a commercial building in 1911, designed by architect Alfred Henry Jacobs. The Grateful Dead and Country Joe played fundraising concerts at the Avalon, and as many as 20 people supposedly invested in the theater. 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 above picture comes from a National Geographic dated August, 1956. This area included the stage, which was 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15m) wide. Poster for a show at the Avalon Ballroom. 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). All we wanted to do . Those comments led to Joplin and Big Brother And The Holding Company being unofficially banned from Grahams stage for about seven months. 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. Though the theater held memorable shows, it always struggled for money. I moved there in 1971 and just missed Family Dog being open, also playland. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes Mouse & Kelley's Zig-Zag Man (FD-14), and their Skull & Roses Grateful Dead poster (FD-26). Heres just a few. [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. 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