This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. Remember Playland, Cliff House with it's Sky Tram, playing congas at Sutro Baths and all along the beach. In addition, some variations of back print ink color and top to bottom placement of the stamp box also exist. Chet Helms of the Family Dog at the Avalon Ballroom, 1968. Saw many a show there. FDD-7Canned HeatStanley Mouse Signed1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price Two officers accosted the performers but were stopped by the crowd. 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. When that failed, officers stood outside the hall and took pictures of attendees in an attempt to intimidate them. Everybody who played there sounded like shit. Its why many call Helms the father of the Summer of Love.. Open Tuesday - Sunday 9:30 am - 5:15 pm. (See also: Family Dog posters and handbills). 2 Family Dog 1967 Handbills John Myers Avalon Ballroom Near Mint Minus. $60 $40 Jefferson Airplane Poster; I thought I'd add it because it's something interesting that happened in San Francisco about 37 years before the. This masterpiece was designed by two of the most famous and legendary artists of the era, the late Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse. Housed inside a 1912 building, the hall itself didnt have great acoustics. (See also: Family Dog postcards and handbills). 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). [22] The entire former ballroom space was renovated. An early Matrix regular was gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, who immortalized the club in his book, Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas. Date 1966 Today, the Regency Ballroom, a live music venue right next door, is often mistaken for the Avalon. The Family Dog's weekly dance hall revues gave the local bands a forum to perform their groundbreaking music. We listened to [our recording] back and three guys were playing the songs one way and the other three were somewhere else, Stephens said. Three years later, theyd play Fixin'-To-Die at Woodstock, with a cheer heard 'round the world. The Grateful Dead and Country Joe played fundraising concerts at the Avalon, and as many as 20 people supposedly invested in the theater. Medium glossy-coated index stock poster is in mint/near mint to near mint (A/A- to A-) condition; an absolutely . The structure site chosen for this colossal collection of literary treasure is in Golden Gate Park, near the music stand. Waltham, MA 02453. Three, hundred thousand volumes hadbeen collected by agents stationed in the best Continental book marts, and additions were being constantly made. Third, the "Poor Richard's" moniker comes in right after that.Great stuff. Search. The buckets of laced KoolAid, not so much. Subsequent repairs forced the club to shut down for a little while, but the owners tried to keep it going for a few months more until closing it for good. The Straight Theater holds the honor of being the only live venue actually located in the Haight-Ashbury during the neighborhoods hippie heydays. It survived into the "teens." The most influential of the group became known as the "San Francisco . 1880's or so. Dog Santana: 6/28-30/68: Avalon Ballroom: Artists: David Warren L. Kent Hollister: FD-126 Alice Griffin. It was not until 1913, that Arthur Looff leased land for the carousel and its house-the Looff Hippodromethat the carousel came to Playland. The Avalon was the hippie's answer to Bill Graham's famous Fillmore. 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). Only private events were held here in 1971 until it became Friends and Relations Hall later . A first printing complete and a second All we wanted to do . Many local bands, such as Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Steve Miller Band, served as backup bands, as did the early Moby Grape and headliners such as The Doors, the 13th Floor Elevators, the Butterfield Blues Band and Big Brother and the Holding Company, which Helms organized around singer and performer Janis Joplin in spring 1966. 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. It shut down in 1969 and sat empty for over a decade before it was torn down. 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. Your current search criteria is: Artist is "Family Dog". The water for these is supplied by an ingenious use of the ocean waves. Family Dog FD 142 Postcard, Avalon Ballroom, 1968, Velvet Underground+. Built in 1916, the Charles Van Damme was a steamboat that shuttled commuters from Richmond to San Rafael for over 20 years. [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. $125.00, FD-133Bill Haley Flamin' Groovies1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.0, FD-95Jim Kweskin1967 Poster Avalon Ballroom CGC Graded 8.0, FD-110Blood, Sweat, and Tears1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, FD-133Bill Haley Flamin' Groovies1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 6.5, FDD-8Allmen Joy1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 7.5, FDD-10Blue Cheer1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 9.6, FD-5Blues Project1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomVery Good, Regular price It was managed by a group of hippies known as 'The Family Dog'. the two most elusive are the "Avalon Ballroom," located at 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness . Jack Duane. Unforgettable night. Jerry definitely spent time there as a kid. 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. For The Regency Center (Regency I) next-door on the corner of Sutter Street and Van Ness Avenue, see, Live/Dead Booklet 2001 CD reissue, pag.14, "Jacobs (Alfred Henry) papers, 1863-1954", "J. Though the theater held memorable shows, it always struggled for money. It arrived in 1914. San Francisco bought the carousel and it is now located off Fourth Street downtown in. Much of the library was destroyed during the fire that followed the Great Earthquake of. Acid was given our in the cool aid before Mr Frog was projected on a wall. The Avalon Ballroom lost its lease in 1968. Family Dog Postcards - Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA. As San Francisco was becoming a breeding ground for psychedelic rock, Berkeley was still enjoying its reputation as part of the folk circuit. The site was at the former Edgewater Ballroom, part of the Playland At The Beach complex. The early FD handbills are extremely rare and seldom seen. 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. 9/16-17/66, Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, what circulates, CDR, A+, Original Polygram LP master tapes>DAT>CDR>CDR>CDR, 1 disc, . $350.00, FD-22Grateful DeadStanley Mouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.2, FD-1Jefferson AirplaneBig Brother1966 HandbillFillmore AuditoriumCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price 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. Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library--Dr. Weirde. Group of 2 signed concert posters. $1,800.00, FD-42Quicksilver MessengerVictor Moscoso1967 Poster Avalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price After the movie and before the next group someone walked around with a fog machine and filled the hall up with smoke. Packaging still has Playland Carousel and Roller Coaster. The owners won their permit, and by June of '67, the Straight hosted shows for the Steve Miller Band, Clover (pre-Huey Lewis and the News) and the Grateful Dead, who in the beginning had to bill their concerts as "dancing lessons because the owners didnt yet have the proper permits. Both Chet Helms and Bill Graham employed many of the same artists to produce the posters . It was operated during the 1960s as a dance/concert hall by Chet Helms' "Family Dog Productions." (Photo courtesy of Mary Courtwright Collins), This 1920's image has a tea room on the north side of the building. Ask anybody who was alive back then and theyll tell you the Avalon wasnt appropriating the hippie culture -- it was the real deal. Inspired by a pot dealer who ripped off some undercover police officers at a Berkeley pizza shop by selling them a large quantity of Jasmine tea for hundreds of dollars, it became of a staple on Dr. Dementos legendary comedy music show. 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 . All very interesting. 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. 415 South Street San Francisco, CA The Family Dog was a foundation stone in the . [23] Starting in August 2013, the building was used as the residence and principal filming location for The Real World: San Francisco (2014).[24]. 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. $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 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. According to the band's Leigh Stephens, the Matrix recording convinced the group that they needed to pare down to a trio. 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. . (Bonus link: An interview with the singers of The Only Alternative and His Other Possibilities on the San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive.). Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were involved. Balins share was eventually bought out by two of the other partners, and after a few different bookers, the club closed in 1972. VENUE Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) SIZE 13 15/16" x 20" . 1 mailer NM- on front, insignificant tape pull at very upper 1/8" on back, $25.00; 1 VG+ mailer with tack hole top center, $15.00; 2 NM copies . thank you, MJS -- Michael J. Sanders (mjs 49r fn@aol.com), January 19, 1998 Answers The Avalon ballroom was on the north side of Sutter Street, just a little to the east of VanNess Avenue. Bill Ehlert, a.k.a. 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. The Family Dog was the other concert promoter in San Francisco, headed by Chet Helms. Feb 17 An omnipresent light show was created by several local lighting companies.[14][15]. $2,500.00, FD-38Big Brother Janis Joplin1966 PosterAvalon BallroomExcellent, Regular price The Mantra Rock show was a fundraiser for the San Francisco temple, and the Avalon hall was donated for that night by The Family Dog, who ran the venue. Infamous North Bay restaurateur Juanita Musson housed her late-night diner Juanitas Galley there for three years before taking her famous clientele and irreverent hijinks to Sonoma Valley. Some of the ministers from the event held a press conference the next day and described the police as being like the Gestapo. sort by . 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. [19][20] The former Avalon Ballroom was later used as the offices for fabric design company American Pacific Linens. Free shipping for many products! FILLMORE / AVALON BALLROOM. Jerry Garcia's Middle Finger blogged: Having just posted about Garcia's . A place for lovey-dovey hippie music was expected to make the neighborhoods problems worse, and the San Francisco Police Department denied the Straights application for performance permits. The Avalon Ballroom was my favorite. The site where the Ark once stood is now just a dirt lot, and local houseboat activists continue to care for its paddlewheel. 1268 Sutter Street. . [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. $100.00, AUCTIONFD-39The YoungbloodsStanley Mouse Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, AUCTIONFD-35Quicksilver Daily FlashStanley Mouse Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, AUCTIONFD-24-RP-213th Floor ElevatorsMouse & Kelley SIGNED1966 PosterAvalon BallroomExcellent, AUCTIONFD-16Sir Douglas QuintetMouse SignedRed Variant1966 PosterAvalon BallroomRough, AUCTIONFD-25Great Society QuicksilverMouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, Regular price Chet Helms held his dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. Poster for a show at the Avalon Ballroom. Please Note: Some Family Dog posters were printed several times during the 1960s. $25.00, FD-131Pink Floyd1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-130Quicksilver Messenger1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-129Country Joe & the Fish1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomMint, Regular price 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 . Submitted by radha.name on Thu, 09/11/2017 - 09:52 . FAMILYDOG "The San Francisco Rock and Roll scene was invented by . 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. Historic photo reprinted without permission, SF History Center, SF Public 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. The Family Dog On The Great Highway opened on June 13, 1969 with the Jefferson Airplane. . San Francisco Ratha Yatra, July 27, 1969 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust . 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. The Family Dog Series includes both posters and handbills. $150.00, FD-138Steve Miller Muddy Waters1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-135The Youngbloods1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-134Spirit Sir Doug1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-133Bill Haley Flamin' Groovies1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, FD-118Quicksilver Flamin Groovies1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-114The Fugs1968 Poster- Avalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-110Blood, Sweat, and Tears1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, FD-103Country Joe1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, FD-100Youngbloods Ace Of Cups1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, Regular price The dance floor could accommodate several hundred dancers. Some approximate idea may be reached by the following numbers. Family Dog Productions. But the Arks biggest contribution to Bay Area music was serving as the incubator for Moby Grape, the band that couldve ruled the world were it not for bad luck and a host of issues, drugs among them. It originally housed a dance school, and then served as the galleries of Butterfield & Butterfield auction house. 1268 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109. The Ark was born. During the party, a shy recruit was handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob from a prostitute. The entrance doors were downstairs, and opened onto Sutter Street. (*SIGNED in pencil by Mouse) Medium-thick flat vellum stock poster . This comment has been removed by the author. Times sure have changed! Avalon Poster (19 results) You searched for: Title: avalon poster. Two years later, in 1966, five hippie artists had the idea to buy the theater and turn it into a performing arts space. Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Charlatans, and the West Coast Pop Experimental Band played there often, and in attendance would sometimes be stars like David Crosby, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. What the hall is remembered more for are non-musical activities. 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. My birthday parties when I was a kid were always at Playland. Once the San Francisco Sound became mainstream, all kinds of new clubs popped up, providing gigs for groups who werent on that weeks bill at the Fillmore. I moved there in 1971 and just missed Family Dog being open, also playland. Four months later, on August 8, 1898 Adolph Sutro died after a long illness. Second, the last show as Family Dog was 8/14/70. was invented in 1928 by George Whitney, and sold only at Playland-at-the-Beach. Art by Raphael (Bob) Schnepf, image is # 122 in the Family Dog/Avalon series. venue_field_country. In 1969, Playland ebbed as the San Francisco pop culture was taking hold. $175.00, FD-147Quicksilver Messenger1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price 2 tracks of their "Live/Dead" album were also recorded there in early 1969, The Eleven and Turn On Your Love Light. Another band that became an Ark favorite was the Sparrow, a Canadian band featuring a singer named John Kay. Avalon Ballroom, Fillmore, Winterland, Family Dog, and free concerts in Golden Gate Park. This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. 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. $750.00, FD-52Big Brother Janis JoplinRick Griffin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price Edit your search. Graphic Artist: Doyle Phillips a.k.a. Photo taken in 1865. 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 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). Another notable song from the Jabberwocks scene was Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent by Berkeley Barb writer Jef Jaison. Clear-Com Intercoms(1) The Family Dog(0) . Mar 30, 2023 JOURNEY and 10CC. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. McDonald, Melton and a few others would end up recording a song McDonald wrote in a matter of minutes called I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag. Released on an EP, the song -- a satire-laden protest of the Vietnam War -- became a regional hit, so McDonald and Melton began playing at the Jabberwock as Country Joe McDonald and the Fish. . The red roofed building would become Family Dog. . The Avalon Ballroom is a historic 30,000 square feet building located in the heart of San Francisco, in the Polk Street Corridor. Setlists Date 1967 Location Not on view. FD115 Family Dog; Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) April 19-21, 1968 concert card psychedelic hippies 60s ad vertisement by GyanarthiBooks. San Francisco 1967 Psychedelic Head Shop Poster Near Mint. An L-shaped, second-floor balcony surrounded the first-floor along the south and western walls, and the dance area was in front of the elevated stage in the northeast corner where musicians performed. The hall now houses fashion classes for the Academy of Art. [17][18] The neighboring building, known as the Regency I Movie Theater was formerly the Regency Ballroom. The above picture comes from a National Geographic dated August, 1956. 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. It also had a reopening 34 years later, from 2003 to 2005. The hay bales, yes. 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. The Avalon was founded . 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. On opening night, a publicist convinced local jazz critic Ralph Gleason to come to the show. Neil Young and Stephen Stills occasionally jammed with the band on stage, and Young would later say that his song Mr. 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." . I went to the Family Dog as a kid of 12 [1969]. 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