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The entrance doors were downstairs, and opened onto Sutter Street. Jerry definitely spent time there as a kid. Although the Family Dog Productions in 1966 was founded by others, Chet was their most notable promoter. 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 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. 6/21/1965 . The Family Dog on the Great Highway. 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. 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). I thought I'd add it because it's something interesting that happened in San Francisco about 37 years before the. Image: Tim Drescher. in 1906 for a little amusement park that was originally on Market and Van Ness in San Francisco, but because of the. Only private events were held here in 1971 until it became Friends and Relations Hall later . The site was at the former Edgewater Ballroom, part of the Playland At The Beach complex. 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. $60.00, FD-137John Mayall1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price 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. . . (Martinez then started the classy waterfront restaurant Ondine.). 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 . As the stepmom of one of the five buyers, Anderson told the board that there would be nothing wrong with hippies coming to the theater for rock 'n' roll, since they would be exposed to culture in the process -- the owners had planned to host poetry readings and even Shakespeare. 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. $50. 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. Avalon Ballroom San Francisco, CA Hell's Angels, Janis Joplin & Big Brother California Hall Concert San Francisco, CA The Family Dog Presents Quicksilver Messenger Service The Charlatans Super Band W. Evans St Denver, CO Jefferson Airplane Mother Earth, Flamin' Groovies Winterland San Francisco, CA Ike & Tina Turner Revue Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library--Dr. Weirde. $200.00, FD-46Country Joe & the FishMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.0, FD-19Big Brother Janis JoplinMouse & Kelley SIGNED1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 7.0, FDD-7Canned HeatMoon Child1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 10 Gem Mint, Regular price Unforgettable night. The "Bindweed Press" credit has been omitted. . Photo taken in 1865. 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. The Family Dog on The Great Highway was far from downtown. This comment has been removed by the author. 11/2/69, Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, IIp, CDR, A, SBD>MR>C>DAT>CDR>CDR>CDR, 1 disc, , 12/12/69, Thelma Theater, Los Angeles, partial II, CDR, A, Sly & the Family Stone New Salvation Army Band. . One huge bonus for bands playing the Matrix was the high-quality recording setup used to capture performances. FILLMORE / AVALON BALLROOM. The Family Dog Series includes both posters and handbills. In the early '80s it was condemned by local authorities, and after an unsuccessful attempt to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for restoration, it was bulldozed. I saw her in the show but we didn't meet until 1980.lee@cjc.edu. 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. After the demolition of Playland in 1972 the ice cream treat was made and sold elsewhere and is now sold in stores and in fifteen states. 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. Balins share was eventually bought out by two of the other partners, and after a few different bookers, the club closed in 1972. The area that was Playland began as a 19th Century squatters settlement, Mooneysville-by-the-Sea at the western edge of San Francisco. When Quicksilver played it on 8/22/70, it had no real name - they put the show there on themselves. This is known as an "image set," for people who love the posters, the music and the culture, but don't . This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. In the 1960s at the Avalon, two bands typically performed two sets during the evening beginning . "When you come to the Avalon, some of the time, you just get entertainment, but very often, you get a connection with people. [22] The entire former ballroom space was renovated. Date 1966 Chet Helms used this large rental hall for a few shows, as did many activists raising funds for various causes -- the end of marijuana prohibition, for instance, or sexual liberation. Delivery: Estimated between Fri, Mar 3 and Tue, Mar 7 to 23917. It originally housed a dance school, and then served as the galleries of Butterfield & Butterfield auction house. Looffs Hippodrome at Chutes-at-the-Beach was the first permanently installed concession in 1914. Dimensions sheet . This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. San Francisco 1967 Psychedelic Head Shop Poster Near Mint. Wilson created the first eleven of the Family Dog posters (FD 1-11), with Helms usually . Family Dog/Avalon Ballroom Concert Posters - Complete Near-Mint Set of All 161! Grateful Dead Skeleton And Roses Family Dog Avalon Ballroom 1966 Concert Poster | Art, Art Posters | eBay! Gavin Newsoms company, the Plumpjack Group. Avalon Ballroom's concert list along with photos, videos, and setlists of their past concerts & performances. 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 buyers kept fighting. 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. The dance floor could accommodate several hundred dancers. [17][18] The neighboring building, known as the Regency I Movie Theater was formerly the Regency Ballroom. Kezar Stadium and Candlestick Park. $550.00, FD-65Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price The site where the Ark once stood is now just a dirt lot, and local houseboat activists continue to care for its paddlewheel. The Great Highway is the westernmost road in San Francisco, running right along Ocean Beach. I moved there in 1971 and just missed Family Dog being open, also playland. [11][12], The Family Dog on the Great Highway, at 2125 Pine Street[13] was a hippie commune, which hosted dances and events,[14][13][15] eight blocks[16] from the Avalon, frequented by Helms and his friends. 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. Chet Helms held his dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. Family Dog Postcards - Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA. 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 . var ANS_customer_id="efdda751-42f9-4333-99a0-38aff150ca9e"; Dennis King / D. King Gallery All Rights Reserved. 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. In addition, some variations of back print ink color and top to bottom placement of the stamp box also exist. After the movie and before the next group someone walked around with a fog machine and filled the hall up with smoke. 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 Avalon was founded . 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. All we wanted to do . In 1966 to 1968, The Family Dog, under Chet Helms, produced 4 concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium, 140 concerts at the Avalon Ballroom, and 16 concerts in Denver Colorado as the Denver Dog. 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. the "Jolly Blue Giant," bought the place in 1965, and Cal students and local musicians regularly packed the place for bills that read today like a Roots Music Hall of Fame; John Fahey, Doc Watson, Skip James and Ramblin Jack Elliott are just a few legends that graced its stage. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes Mouse & Kelley's Zig-Zag Man (FD-14), and their Skull & Roses Grateful Dead poster (FD-26). The Ark was born. 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). In 1966, when asked by the Mojo Navigator where would she would rather play -- the Fillmore or the Avalon -- Janis Joplin said the acoustics at the Avalon were better, and that the last time her band played the Fillmore, the audience members werent really into the music and would walk around trying to pick each other up, sailors and all that. (Anderson was also clear that she wasnt a fan of the hippie cult, citing their "sick faces and hideous behavior.). Saw many a show there. CA. Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sir Douglas Quintet, 13th Floor Elevators, The New Peanut Butter Sandwich. Another band that became an Ark favorite was the Sparrow, a Canadian band featuring a singer named John Kay. Bill Ehlert, a.k.a. 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. 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. Anyone know anything about this rendition? Saw a show there around Christmas 69-or70. The Avalon Ballroom. Some of the ministers from the event held a press conference the next day and described the police as being like the Gestapo. By 1890, there were three streetcar lines to Ocean Beach: the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad, the Park & Ocean Railroad and the Sutro Railroad. 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. The damaged bridge to Flag Rock on April 6, 1884. [10], The Avalon Ballroom occupied the two top floors of the multi-story building at 1268 Sutter. $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 Great Highway was once called Ocean Boulevard. (*SIGNED in pencil by Mouse) Medium-thick flat vellum stock poster . San Francisco bought the carousel and it is now located off Fourth Street downtown in. 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. Family Dog Productions was a commune based in San Francisco producing and promoting shows featuring up and coming bands. [19] Acts including George Clinton and P-Funk, Robert Hunter, Arlo Guthrie, and Spearhead performed at the reopened venue. 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. $500.00, FD-37Buffalo Springfield1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco The Avalon Ballroom at 1268 Sutter Street was built in 1911 and originally called the Puckett Academy of Dance. The band playing was cosmic popcorn. The Family Dog On The Great Highway opened on June 13, 1969 with the Jefferson Airplane. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. (Photo courtesy of Mary Courtwright Collins), This 1920's image has a tea room on the north side of the building. The Avalon was the hippie's answer to Bill Graham's famous Fillmore. Open Tuesday - Sunday 9:30 am - 5:15 pm. Like early BG posters, the first Family Dog posters were printed on vellum and were subject to damage and wear. 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 . Packaging still has Playland Carousel and Roller Coaster. Moby Grape played their first shows at the Ark and used the boat as a rehearsal space in the daytime. 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.) The Family Dog was Chet Helms' successor to his Avalon Ballroom, where the Dead had played many times from 1966 through 1968. 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. Family Dog building was constructed (not at the same site as the photo). $300.00, FD-55Big Brother Janis JoplinMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, Regular price In the 20's, I think, prior to Topsy's Roost, the building had a sign reading "Sahara", and another reading "Baghdad". Dont remember the groups that night. That was the worst gig in town, Jordan said. 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. Another notable song from the Jabberwocks scene was Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent by Berkeley Barb writer Jef Jaison. Family Dog (1965-1979) Title "Peacock Ball," Quicksilver Messenger Service, Miller Blues Band, Daily Flash, March 10 & 11, Avalon Ballroom Date 1967 Object Type Prints Medium Color offset lithograph poster Dimensions Sheet: 508 x 355 mm (20 x 14 in.) Gleason fell in love with the band that night, and not only did he dedicate an entire column in the San Francisco Chronicle to them, he would go onto be the groups biggest cheerleader. 1891 photo courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. 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. Family Dog shows were initially held at the Fillmore Auditorium where Chet and Bill Graham would promote concerts on alternate weekends. Ad vertisement from shop oicvintage. $850.00, FD-47Steve Miller Blues BandMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.0, Regular price Description. the two most elusive are the "Avalon Ballroom," located at 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness . Two officers accosted the performers but were stopped by the crowd. It wasnt long before the place started packing in all the local eccentrics, who would be treated to early performances from the Doors, Grateful Dead and the Steve Miller Blues Band in an intimate setting (the club sat about 100 people). 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. 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. In fact, for forty years, Playland was the only place you could find It's It. 1880's or so. 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. But the neighborhood didnt take kindly to the idea. Free shipping for many products! 415 South Street 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. It survived into the "teens." The carousel was an elegant 68-horse merry-go-round with a $5,000 organ, a staggering amount at that time. [citation needed] Posters advertising each event were produced by psychedelic artists, including Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley and Victor Moscoso. Locals didnt make the demolition easy, as dozens laid in front of the bulldozers and were arrested. $450.00, FDD-6Van MorrisonMouse Signed1967 Poster Family Dog DenverCGC Graded 9.8, FD-35Daily FlashMouse Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price $14.99 + $22.00 shipping. Postcard Handbill is in near mint conditi 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. We listened to [our recording] back and three guys were playing the songs one way and the other three were somewhere else, Stephens said. Family Dog Productions, which had offices on Van Ness. $750.00, FD-52Big Brother Janis JoplinRick Griffin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price Dog in early 1966, and after a brief partnership with Bill Graham at the Fillmore, promoted memorable concerts . A roots-music aficionado from Los Angeles named Joe McDonald lived next to the Jabberwock and was a regular, playing in the house pickup group, the Instant Action Jug Band, with a guitarist named Barry Melton. $400.00, FD-9Beefheart LoveWes Wilson Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.5, Regular price 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). This article is about the Avalon Ballroom (Regency II) on Sutter Street. But noise complaints brought the Avalon's fun times to an end. 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 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). 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. 5" x 7" cards, featuring art from the original posters used to promote Chet Helm's series of Family Dog rock concerts at the legendary Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. Other audience members then surrounded the dancers and escorted them off stage. 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. The building was used a rock venue between 1966 and 1968 primarily by the Family Dog under the direction of Chet Helms. The structure site chosen for this colossal collection of literary treasure is in Golden Gate Park, near the music stand. I'll never forget the feeling of being with a big family. 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