Classics, poems, plays in all languages of the learned, are in those closely packed cases, book-. 2 Family Dog 1967 Handbills John Myers Avalon Ballroom Near Mint Minus. This series requires a bit more understanding and research, as many of the posters were reprinted without any designation that distinguishes them. $60.00, FD-137John Mayall1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price $20.00, Copyright 2023, SF Rock Posters & Collectibles. In 1965, the "Council on Religion and the Homosexual," which brought together gay men and religious leaders, tried to host a Mardi Gras-themed drag party at the hall to raise funds. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. We listened to [our recording] back and three guys were playing the songs one way and the other three were somewhere else, Stephens said. (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. Unforgettable night. If you have a lingering curiosity about Beatniks and Hippies, entrepreneurship in global enterprise, San Francisco then and now, half-pint steam trains, CAD, or the secrets of modern retirement, go ahead bookmark this site and, by all means, encourage this effort. It was operated during the 1960s as a dance/concert hall by Chet Helms' "Family Dog Productions." 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). Saw a show there around Christmas 69-or70. Family Dog was the production company run by Chet Helms. 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. . Related Items. 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. Kezar Stadium and Candlestick Park. It was managed by a group of hippies known as 'The Family Dog'. The Grateful Dead and Country Joe played fundraising concerts at the Avalon, and as many as 20 people supposedly invested in the theater. (See also: Family Dog postcards and handbills). Powered by Shopify. 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. The area that was Playland began as a 19th Century squatters settlement, Mooneysville-by-the-Sea at the western edge of San Francisco. Venue used by Chet Helms, a well-known 1960s San Francisco promoter and one-time partner of Bill Graham, for rock concerts; Helms was the leader of the San Francisco hippie commune/music promoters, The Family Dog; he paid $800 a month for the Avalon, from April 1966 until Novemeber 1968, when the City of San Francisco refused to grant sound permits to him; the Avalon and Graham's Fillmore . $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 Open 13 June 1969 - 1971. Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library--Dr. Weirde. The above picture comes from a National Geographic dated August, 1956. 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.) It will be fire proof and free to the public. Fishing at Muni, Pier, Bocci Ball Courts, playing congas at Aquatic Park. var ANS_customer_id="efdda751-42f9-4333-99a0-38aff150ca9e"; Dennis King / D. King Gallery All Rights Reserved. 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). 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. Art by Raphael (Bob) Schnepf, image is # 122 in the Family Dog/Avalon series. FDD-7Canned HeatStanley Mouse Signed1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price During the party, a shy recruit was handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob from a prostitute. Chet Helms held his dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. The Avalon Ballroom lost its lease in 1968. Fascinating history of that area of San Francisco, thanks for putting this together. 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. San Francisco Police attracted more bad press at California Hall decades later in 1984, when they held a graduation party for new recruits at the Rathskeller, a restaurant in the basement. $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 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. After the Sparrow broke up, Kay moved to Los Angeles and started Steppenwolf, the riff-tastic rockers behind the rebel anthem Born to Be Wild., In 1968, during one of its 2-6am weekend shows, someone set fire to the Ark. When that failed, officers stood outside the hall and took pictures of attendees in an attempt to intimidate them. 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. 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. The buckets of laced KoolAid, not so much. 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Third, the "Poor Richard's" moniker comes in right after that.Great stuff. [19][20] The former Avalon Ballroom was later used as the offices for fabric design company American Pacific Linens. Among the rarest tomes and incunabula, may be mentioned duplicates of the early printer's art, from the famous Munich Library, four thousand in number; folios of the classics from the monastery of Boxheim and the Duke of Dahlberg, the Sunderland Library and the confiscated monasteries of Bavaria. 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.) All very interesting. [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. Mr. Helms continued producing concerts under the name Family Dog at the Avalon Ballroom, an old dance academy at Sutter and Van Ness. 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. Seal Rock House (1858) seen here was the pioneer resort and hotel in the area. abebooks.com. 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 was the other concert promoter in San Francisco, headed by Chet Helms. Jerry definitely spent time there as a kid. "[5], By the 1930s, a public dance hall called the Avalon Ball Room had opened at 1268 Sutter Street, hosting "popular and old-fashioned dances" five times per week (according to the Federal Writers' Project guide to San Francisco).[6]. 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. In June of 1907 the Cliff House was leased to John Tait of Taits at the Beach, and seven partners. $15,000.00, FD-122Velvet UndergroundBob Schnepf Signed1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, FD-27Howlin Wolf1966 Poster Avalon BallroomGood, Regular price Its size impresses the visitors at once, yet it is not oppressive owing to the lightness and airiness of the structure. Chester Leo "Chet" Helms (August 2, 1942 - June 25, 2005), often called the father of San Francisco's 1967 "Summer of Love", was a music promoter and a cultural figure in San Francisco during its hippie period in the late Sixties. [citation needed] Posters advertising each event were produced by psychedelic artists, including Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley and Victor Moscoso. Jerry Garcia's Middle Finger blogged: Having just posted about Garcia's . 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 . Sight alone will give a comprehensible idea of Sutro Baths. Now, the building is an ultralounge concept, still called the Matrix, which is owned by Lt. Gov. 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. 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