Remember Playland, Cliff House with it's Sky Tram, playing congas at Sutro Baths and all along the beach. (*SIGNED in pencil by Mouse) Medium-thick flat vellum stock poster . Setlists Chet Helms held his dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. Me and my hippie friend Pat trying to scrounge up ten bucks between us so we could get in AND have enough to buy a couple doobs. Care about whats happening in Bay Area arts? Moby Grape played their first shows at the Ark and used the boat as a rehearsal space in the daytime. San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive, handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob. 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 ballroom was 80 to 100ft (24 to 30m) by 160 to 180 feet (49 to 55m). 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. However, the Avalon had the capacity of up to 500. Complaints against noise led to the venue losing its performance licence early in 1969. . The area that was Playland began as a 19th Century squatters settlement, Mooneysville-by-the-Sea at the western edge of San Francisco. Lemonado de Sica D. Performers A-Z: Big Brother & The Holding Company, Performers A-Z: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Performers A-Z: Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Performers A-Z: Notes from The Underground, Performers A-Z: Qucksilver Messanger Service, Performers A-Z: Quicksilver Messenger Service, Performers A-Z: West Coast Natuaral Gas Company. Fred Marti Martinez and Frank McGinnis then bought the Van Damme, cleaned up the boats interior, and by 1965 they had turned it into a plush after-hours nightclub. $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 The Avalon Ballroom is a historic 30,000 square feet building located in the heart of San Francisco, in the Polk Street Corridor. Now, the building is an ultralounge concept, still called the Matrix, which is owned by Lt. Gov. Should, however, the tides be so low as to necessitate pumping, preparations have been made for this, and the water can be forced in at a rate of 6,000 gallons per minute by means of a large turbine pump placed at sea level in a cave-like excavation hollowed out of the solid cliff and heretofore driven by means of a steam-engine which is now about to be replaced by a 35 horse-. If any such were there they were either backstage or on the patio, not on or around the dance floor.I was the house sound tech for nearly the entire time that Chet and Family Dog operated the venue.My late wife was in the production of the Who's "Tommy" that moved to "Friends and Relations Hall" from Lone Mountain College. We can sort this all out for you. I am conducting research about San Francisco rock & roll venues in the sixties. I moved there in 1971 and just missed Family Dog being open, also playland. var ANS_customer_id="efdda751-42f9-4333-99a0-38aff150ca9e"; Dennis King / D. King Gallery All Rights Reserved. It is also a post-concert reprint. There are also numbered posters for shows produced by the Family Dog in Denver and Portland, as well as unnumbered posters and handbills associated with shows produced by the Family Dog in San Francisco in 1969 and 1970. 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. There are some heaven-sent lineups that happened at the California Hall -- a fundraiser for the Sexual Freedom League is a standout, which featured the Doors, Captain Beefheart and the 13th Floor Elevators. The famous FD14 "Zig-Zag Man" promotes a pair of concerts by Big Brother and The Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, California, in 1966. By 1969, the corner of Telegraph and Russell where the Jabberwock once stood was a barren lot. Avalon Ballroom's concert list along with photos, videos, and setlists of their past concerts & performances. The Jabberwock closed in 1967 when Ehlert couldnt afford to bring the club up to code. in . 415 South Street Located in: San Rafael, California, United States. Sly & the Family Stone New Salvation Army Band. By 1890, there were three streetcar lines to Ocean Beach: the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad, the Park & Ocean Railroad and the Sutro Railroad. Books for free > > > Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. Wilson created the first eleven of the Family Dog posters (FD 1-11), with Helms usually . 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, San Francisco The Avalon Ballroom at 1268 Sutter Street was built in 1911 and originally called the Puckett Academy of Dance. 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. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. In the 20's, I think, prior to Topsy's Roost, the building had a sign reading "Sahara", and another reading "Baghdad". $225.00, FD-94Flatt & Scruggs1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, FD-91The Youngbloods1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-90Canned Heat1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, FD-80South Side Sound System Freedom Highway1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-77Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-52Big Brother Janis JoplinRick Griffin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price Regular price $100.00 AUCTION FD-33 It also had a reopening 34 years later, from 2003 to 2005. [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. My sisters boyfriend had The Temporary Optics light show. The carousel was an elegant 68-horse merry-go-round with a $5,000 organ, a staggering amount at that time. Doc Watson played its final show, and the club was immortalized by Jaison in the Berkeley Barb. 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. $400.00, FD-9Beefheart LoveWes Wilson Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.5, Regular price Built in 1916, the Charles Van Damme was a steamboat that shuttled commuters from Richmond to San Rafael for over 20 years. Mar 30, 2023 JOURNEY and 10CC. 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. Dimensions sheet . The Family Dog Series includes both posters and handbills. 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. Created when Chet Helms' productions relocated from the Avalon Ballroom. Packaging still has Playland Carousel and Roller Coaster. I went to the Family Dog as a kid of 12 [1969]. Ad vertisement from shop oicvintage. [19][20] The former Avalon Ballroom was later used as the offices for fabric design company American Pacific Linens. 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 . The Ark was born. 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. Jack Duane. A first printing complete and a second $25.00, FD-131Pink Floyd1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-130Quicksilver Messenger1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-129Country Joe & the Fish1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomMint, Regular price "[7], In the 1960s, at the Avalon, two bands typically performed two sets during the evening beginning at about nine o'clock. the two most elusive are the "Avalon Ballroom," located at 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness . On opening night, a publicist convinced local jazz critic Ralph Gleason to come to the show. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes Mouse & Kelley's Zig-Zag Man (FD-14), and their Skull & Roses Grateful Dead poster (FD-26). $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 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. [19] Acts including George Clinton and P-Funk, Robert Hunter, Arlo Guthrie, and Spearhead performed at the reopened venue. RARE ORIGINAL 1968 LOVE, CONGRESS OF WONDERS, SONS OF CHAMPLIN - AT THE AVALON BALLROOM IN SAN FRANCISCO FAMILY DOG CONCERT POSTCARD FD109, STANLEY MOUSE ART. 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. 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 . Sight alone will give a comprehensible idea of Sutro Baths. 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. Its why many call Helms the father of the Summer of Love.. Although the Family Dog Productions in 1966 was founded by others, Chet was their most notable promoter. FILLMORE / AVALON BALLROOM. A woman dances in the glow of psychedelic light at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The hall now houses fashion classes for the Academy of Art. Special thanks to Ross Hannan for expertise and connections. It arrived in 1914. (Bonus link: An interview with the singers of The Only Alternative and His Other Possibilities on the San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive.). Family Dog Productions was a commune based in San Francisco producing and promoting shows featuring up and coming bands. 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