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. When police caught wind of the plans, they attempted to force the halls owners to shut it down. According to the band's Leigh Stephens, the Matrix recording convinced the group that they needed to pare down to a trio. Another band that became an Ark favorite was the Sparrow, a Canadian band featuring a singer named John Kay. This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. Ask anybody who was alive back then and theyll tell you the Avalon wasnt appropriating the hippie culture -- it was the real deal. Family Dog Presents FD-1 Tribal Stomp. And ice skating at Sutro! Saw a show there around Christmas 69-or70. Like early BG posters, the first Family Dog posters were printed on vellum and were subject to damage and wear. venue_field_country. 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. Family Dog (San Francisco, California, 1965 - 1979) . $3,000.00, AUCTIONFD-109Love Arthur LeeStanley Mouse Signed1968 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price Ad vertisement from shop oicvintage. 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. 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 . Much of the library was destroyed during the fire that followed the Great Earthquake of. For years after its time as the Ark, the Charles Van Damme would serve as a center for the local houseboat community. 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. We can sort this all out for you. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. After number 41, the handbills were replaced with postcards. $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 A Goodwill is now on Haight St. where the 1,400-seat Straight once stood. $300.00, FD-55Big Brother Janis JoplinMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, Regular price Edit your search. The Great Highway is the westernmost road in San Francisco, running right along Ocean Beach. Family Dog Productions 639 Gough St. San Francisco, Calif. 94102" appears in the lower right corner. Both Chet Helms and Bill Graham employed many of the same artists to produce the posters and handbills. The Matrix came to be after Marty Balin convinced three guys he met randomly at a bar to put up $3,000 each for a club he wanted to start. $1,500.00, FD-57The DoorsVictor Moscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price thank you, MJS -- Michael J. Sanders (mjs 49r [email protected]), January 19, 1998 Answers The Avalon ballroom was on the north side of Sutter Street, just a little to the east of VanNess Avenue. Classics, poems, plays in all languages of the learned, are in those closely packed cases, book-. Grateful Dead Skeleton And Roses Family Dog Avalon Ballroom 1966 Concert Poster | Art, Art Posters | eBay! The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969. Open 13 June 1969 - 1971. . (See also: Family Dog posters and handbills). 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. This same building apparently dated to the 1880s and lasted through the mid-1970s. (Bonus link: An interview with the singers of The Only Alternative and His Other Possibilities on the San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive.). Though the theater held memorable shows, it always struggled for money. What a place. An early Matrix regular was gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, who immortalized the club in his book, Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas. 2023 Jim Kweskin / Avalon Ballroom. San Francisco 1967 Psychedelic Head Shop Poster Near Mint. "Combination Of The Two", the opening song of Cheap Thrills, the second album by the Big Brother and The Holding Company, was a homage to the rock ballrooms of San Francisco, and there is a direct reference to the Avalon in the lyrics: "Everybody over at the Avalon Ballroom in the San Francisco Bay". 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). After the movie and before the next group someone walked around with a fog machine and filled the hall up with smoke. The ballroom was 80 to 100ft (24 to 30m) by 160 to 180 feet (49 to 55m). $20.00, Copyright 2023, SF Rock Posters & Collectibles. 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. Those comments led to Joplin and Big Brother And The Holding Company being unofficially banned from Grahams stage for about seven months. Dimensions sheet . Dog in early 1966, and after a brief partnership with Bill Graham at the Fillmore, promoted memorable concerts . Image: Tim Drescher. Another notable song from the Jabberwocks scene was Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent by Berkeley Barb writer Jef Jaison. 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. 9/16-17/66, Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, what circulates, CDR, A+, Original Polygram LP master tapes>DAT>CDR>CDR>CDR, 1 disc, . 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. All very interesting. 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. All we wanted to do . Open Tuesday - Sunday 9:30 am - 5:15 pm. The Avalon Ballroom. $550.00, FD-65Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price A first printing complete and a second The Avalon Ballroom lost its lease in 1968. Still, whenever a new music scene popped up in the city, as punk did in the '80s, its bands would hold shows at the California Hall. June 18-20, 1968, Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco. News >> General News >> Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. 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 . SHOP OVER 4000+ VINTAGE AND MODERN ROCK POSTERS! Both Chet Helms and Bill Graham employed many of the same artists to produce the posters . Family moved there the 50's. 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. In June of 1907 the Cliff House was leased to John Tait of Taits at the Beach, and seven partners. $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 Setlists Complaints against noise led to the venue losing its performance licence early in 1969. 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Independence July 4th Quicksilver Messenger Service Avalon BallroomSan Francisco: Family Dog Productions, 1967. [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. Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. The posters quickly became emblematic of hippie culture. Avalon Ballroom ,Longshoreman's Hall 8/6/66, John Hammond and His Screaming Nighthawks. The bands that developed in the Jabberwock seemed to embrace a dark sense of humor with their Americana. 1891 photo courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. Chet Helms was the director of the Family Dog that put on a series of great concerts between April 1966 and November 1968. Three years later, theyd play Fixin'-To-Die at Woodstock, with a cheer heard 'round the world. The Jabberwock closed in 1967 when Ehlert couldnt afford to bring the club up to code. Wilson created the first eleven of the Family Dog posters (FD 1-11), with Helms usually . abebooks.com. The building that housed the Avalon Ballroom was built in 1911 and was originally called the Colin Traver Academy of Dance. 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. Roock Roots: Avalon Ballroom Posters 1966-1968 2009 Calendar and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. These two guys are sitting right on the spot of the original Cliff House overlooking Seal Rock House. (The other two colors being black, used for the Grateful Dead's name, and white, used for the skeleton, Family Dog logo and "Avalon.") Also for the uninitiated, "FD-26" means that it was the 26th poster in the series of San Francisco concerts hosted by Family Dog concert promoter Chet Helms, which began in February 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. Its size impresses the visitors at once, yet it is not oppressive owing to the lightness and airiness of the structure. The carousel was sold at auction in 1972, and went to, . Helms first Avalon concert featured The Blues Project and Great Society (FD-5 Wes Wilson). Although the Family Dog Productions in 1966 was founded by others, Chet was their most notable promoter. [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. Great Highway was once called Ocean Boulevard. The posters quickly became emblematic of hippie culture. Remember Playland, Cliff House with it's Sky Tram, playing congas at Sutro Baths and all along the beach. San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive, handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob. $1,800.00, FD-42Quicksilver MessengerVictor Moscoso1967 Poster Avalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price Family Dog Values: POSTER by Family Dog and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Postcard Handbill is in near mint conditi The area that was Playland began as a 19th Century squatters settlement, Mooneysville-by-the-Sea at the western edge of San Francisco. In a sense, an oceanic experience of being unified with something larger than yourself, that is essentially ultimately regenerating and renewing and is what the word recreation means in its true sense, Helms said during a 1998 interview. 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).The space operated from 1966 to 1969, at the height of the counterculture movement.It also had a reopening 34 years later, from 2003 to 2005. 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. Helms was also Joplins earliest supporter, and he believed in her so much that he drove to Texas to bring her back with him to San Francisco -- twice. Housed inside a 1912 building, the hall itself didnt have great acoustics. [17][18] The neighboring building, known as the Regency I Movie Theater was formerly the Regency Ballroom. Search . The site was at the former Edgewater Ballroom, part of the Playland At The Beach complex. Group of 2 signed concert posters. This arrangement was short-lived and Chet soon moved his shows to San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom. Balin later said he opened the Matrix so he could start a band and have a place to play. The Ark was born. Kezar Stadium and Candlestick Park. The site where the Ark once stood is now just a dirt lot, and local houseboat activists continue to care for its paddlewheel. Daily Flash / Country Joe & The Fish / Grateful Dead / Oxford Circle / Family Dog. For a short time it hosted live bands, but now only DJs provide the tunes. The Family Dog on The Great Highway was far from downtown. Balins share was eventually bought out by two of the other partners, and after a few different bookers, the club closed in 1972. The building was used a rock venue between 1966 and 1968 primarily by the Family Dog under the direction of Chet Helms. (See also: Family Dog postcards and handbills). )^ 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! U2 played there in 1981. This article is about the Avalon Ballroom (Regency II) on Sutter Street. Some of the ministers from the event held a press conference the next day and described the police as being like the Gestapo. Four months later, on August 8, 1898 Adolph Sutro died after a long illness. Info. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. This column originally appeared in The Chronicle Sept. 14, 1951. . Big Brother and the Holding Company, Canned Heat Blues Band, June 8 - 11, Avalon Ballroom, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Oxford Circle, Lee Michaels, December 9 & 10, Avalon Ballroom, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Ace of Cups, Flamin' Groovies, May 10 - 12, Avalon Ballroom, Quicksilver Messenger Service, John Hammand and His Screaming Nighthawks, Charles Lloyd, April 21 & 22, Avalon Ballroom, Taj Mahal, Dave van Ronk, Family Tree, A.B. 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 . Soul was simply a melding of two Moby Grape tracks. the Family Dog and the Charlatans. The Avalon Ballroom is a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California at 1268 Sutter Street, on the north side, one building east of the corner of Van Ness Avenue. $50. (Photo courtesy of Dennis O'Rourke). . in . 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. This area included the stage, which was 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15m) wide. Heres just a few. Art by Stanley Mouse* and Alton Kelley, image is # 27 in the Family Dog/Avalon series. Acid was given our in the cool aid before Mr Frog was projected on a wall. 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. Within a year, it turned to fundraising concerts to keep the doors open. The "Bindweed Press" credit has been omitted. San Francisco, CA 94121. First printing po. Even Otis Redding came down to the club when he was living in a Sausalito houseboat and writing his hit, (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay.. [10], The Avalon Ballroom occupied the two top floors of the multi-story building at 1268 Sutter. Avalon Poster (19 results) You searched for: Title: avalon poster. But many tapes never saw the light of day, like the recording of fuzz-rock legends Blue Cheer, who played the club once as a six-piece. var ANS_customer_id="efdda751-42f9-4333-99a0-38aff150ca9e"; Dennis King / D. King Gallery All Rights Reserved. Browse Avalon Ballroom vintage concert posters and rock memorabilia. Skip to main content. Lot 0509, Mar 30, 2023 . Only private events were held here in 1971 until it became Friends and Relations Hall later . It arrived in 1914. 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