And they played Jingle Bells. A classic San Francisco psychedelic concert poster from the summer of 1966, featuring the Jefferson Airplane without Grace Slick and the Great Society with Grace Slick. 1268 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109. Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sir Douglas Quintet, 13th Floor Elevators, The New Peanut Butter Sandwich. (See also: Family Dog posters and handbills). Complaints against noise led to the venue losing its performance licence early in 1969. $25.00, FD-131Pink Floyd1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-130Quicksilver Messenger1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-129Country Joe & the Fish1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomMint, Regular price 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. The "Barn Dance" I remember was not all acoustic. The Grateful Dead and Country Joe played fundraising concerts at the Avalon, and as many as 20 people supposedly invested in the theater. Balin later said he opened the Matrix so he could start a band and have a place to play. Setlists $3,000.00, AUCTIONFD-109Love Arthur LeeStanley Mouse Signed1968 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price But the neighborhood didnt take kindly to the idea. Two officers accosted the performers but were stopped by the crowd. News >> General News >> Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. Ad vertisement from shop oicvintage. The Avalon Ballroom was my favorite. The most influential of the group became known as the "San Francisco . But Mr. Helms lacked both Graham's capitalist drive and his killer instincts. 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. 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. Browse Avalon Ballroom vintage concert posters and rock memorabilia. 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. "When you come to the Avalon, some of the time, you just get entertainment, but very often, you get a connection with people. Free shipping for many products! March 12, 1971, the building became the "Friends and Relationships Hall", another short-lived concert venue. It was operated during the 1960s as a dance/concert hall by Chet Helms' "Family Dog Productions." 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. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. Sly & the Family Stone New Salvation Army Band. Books for free > > > Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. 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. 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 carousel was sold at auction in 1972, and went to, . 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. The hall now houses fashion classes for the Academy of Art. (Anderson was also clear that she wasnt a fan of the hippie cult, citing their "sick faces and hideous behavior.). Moby Grape played their first shows at the Ark and used the boat as a rehearsal space in the daytime. $2,500.00, FD-38Big Brother Janis Joplin1966 PosterAvalon BallroomExcellent, Regular price It was not until 1913, that Arthur Looff leased land for the carousel and its house-the Looff Hippodromethat the carousel came to Playland. And ice skating at Sutro! I went to the Family Dog as a kid of 12 [1969]. The Avalon was the hippie's answer to Bill Graham's famous Fillmore. Today, the Regency Ballroom, a live music venue right next door, is often mistaken for the Avalon. (See also: Family Dog postcards and handbills). Three, hundred thousand volumes hadbeen collected by agents stationed in the best Continental book marts, and additions were being constantly made. Your current search criteria is: Artist is "Family Dog". Delivery: Estimated between Fri, Mar 3 and Tue, Mar 7 to 23917. $300.00, FD-55Big Brother Janis JoplinMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, Regular price This masterpiece was designed by two of the most famous and legendary artists of the era, the late Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse. Seal Rock House (1858) seen here was the pioneer resort and hotel in the area. 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. . Care about whats happening in Bay Area arts? Avalon Ballroom's concert list along with photos, videos, and setlists of their past concerts & performances. I just want to increase the my personal family history. This is known as an "image set," for people who love the posters, the music and the culture, but don't . $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 By 1890, there were three streetcar lines to Ocean Beach: the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad, the Park & Ocean Railroad and the Sutro Railroad. Some approximate idea may be reached by the following numbers. Both Chet Helms and Bill Graham employed many of the same artists to produce the posters and handbills. After being decommissioned and stripped of its parts, the old ferry sat landlocked on Sausalitos waterfront, in the middle of the towns thriving houseboat community, still sporting its paddlewheel. Postcard Handbill is in near mint conditi This column originally appeared in The Chronicle Sept. 14, 1951. Powered by Shopify. 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. $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 He had owned the finest private library in America. 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 . 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. $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 Opened as the Haight Theater in 1910, it operated as the 'hoods main movie house until it closed in 1964, after two of its owners turned it into an experimental gay theater. Another notable song from the Jabberwocks scene was Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent by Berkeley Barb writer Jef Jaison. "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". San Francisco, CA 94121. 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. The posters quickly became emblematic of hippie culture. the two most elusive are the "Avalon Ballroom," located at 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness . An omnipresent light show was created by several local lighting companies.[14][15]. Its also where Kenneth Anger had 1,500-feet of his famous film Lucifer Rising stolen after a multimedia event called Equinox of the Gods. The theft left Anger so distraught that he announced he was dead in the pages of the Village Voice. 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. 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. Chet Helms was the director of the Family Dog that put on a series of great concerts between April 1966 and November 1968. Moby Grape Big Brother and the Holding Company Country Joe 1967 Mar 15 San Francisco Avalon Ballroom Postcard B Kiln ad vertisement by oicvintage. $60 $40 Jefferson Airplane Poster; I'll never forget the feeling of being with a big family. Classics, poems, plays in all languages of the learned, are in those closely packed cases, book-. Picture . Some of the early Family Dog . Family Dog Productions, which had offices on Van Ness. Jerry definitely spent time there as a kid. The Avalon Ballroom. Art by Stanley Mouse* and Alton Kelley, image is # 27 in the Family Dog/Avalon series. sort by . 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." . 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. 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 Straight also hosted quite a few nude theater events, one of which took place in the middle of a conference on runaway children. . Sight alone will give a comprehensible idea of Sutro Baths. 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. Among the shortest-lived but most beloved was the Jabberwock, a former jazz club on Telegraph Avenue. $1,500.00, FD-57The DoorsVictor Moscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price $350.00, FD-22Grateful DeadStanley Mouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.2, FD-1Jefferson AirplaneBig Brother1966 HandbillFillmore AuditoriumCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price 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.) Helms relocated Family Dog Productions to a space on the Great Highway, and other promoters who tried to book the hall afterward could never recreate the same vibe. Soul was simply a melding of two Moby Grape tracks. Jack Duane. The Family Dog was the other concert promoter in San Francisco, headed by Chet Helms. The band playing was cosmic popcorn. "[7], In the 1960s, at the Avalon, two bands typically performed two sets during the evening beginning at about nine o'clock. 1969/10/31 - San Jose State University Student Union Ballroom, San Jose, CA 2 1969/11/1 - Family Dog, San Francisco, CA 4 1969/11/2 - Family Dog, San Francisco, CA 128 Art by Raphael (Bob) Schnepf, image is # 122 in the Family Dog/Avalon series. $1,800.00, FD-42Quicksilver MessengerVictor Moscoso1967 Poster Avalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price 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 First, Friends and Relations, not Relationships. 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