CA. Picture . Moby Grape Big Brother and the Holding Company Country Joe 1967 Mar 15 San Francisco Avalon Ballroom Postcard B Kiln ad vertisement by oicvintage. The carousel was an elegant 68-horse merry-go-round with a $5,000 organ, a staggering amount at that time. It was managed by a group of hippies known as 'The Family Dog'. The above picture comes from a National Geographic dated August, 1956. Many of Berkeley's folk venues were short-lived. The space operated from 1966 to 1969, at the height of the counterculture movement. 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. Description. . Family Dog Productions, which had offices on Van Ness. Avalon Poster (19 results) You searched for: Title: avalon poster. 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. Bands like the Redlegs would play and use the cover charges to help keep up the deteriorating boat. abebooks.com. Photos. The site was at the former Edgewater Ballroom, part of the Playland At The Beach complex. They were joined by Chet Helms who, initially with Bill Graham, put on shows at the Fillmore Auditorium.This was a short lived arrangement and Helms moved his shows to the Avalon Ballroom.Zappa recalled the Old Western dress popular there. After the movie and before the next group someone walked around with a fog machine and filled the hall up with smoke. Only private events were held here in 1971 until it became Friends and Relations Hall later . When people talk about San Francisco as the epicenter of hippie culture in 1967, Bill Grahams Fillmore Auditorium is invariably mentioned as the scenes musical focal point. My birthday parties when I was a kid were always at Playland. (Anderson was also clear that she wasnt a fan of the hippie cult, citing their "sick faces and hideous behavior.). Watch on. 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). Seal Rock House (1858) seen here was the pioneer resort and hotel in the area. The building was used a rock venue between 1966 and 1968 primarily by the Family Dog under the direction of Chet Helms. $850.00, FD-47Steve Miller Blues BandMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.0, Regular price Like early BG posters, the first Family Dog posters were printed on vellum and were subject to damage and wear. 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. I saw It's a Beautiful Day there in late August or early September 1969. This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. . It was operated during the 1960s as a dance/concert hall by Chet Helms' "Family Dog Productions." 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The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. $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.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). The posters quickly became emblematic of hippie culture. The buckets of laced KoolAid, not so much. FILLMORE / AVALON BALLROOM. Postcard Handbill is in near mint conditi 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. 6/21/1965 . Waltham, MA 02453. 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. A woman dances in the glow of psychedelic light at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. That was the worst gig in town, Jordan said. Mr. Helms continued producing concerts under the name Family Dog at the Avalon Ballroom, an old dance academy at Sutter and Van Ness. Doc Watson played its final show, and the club was immortalized by Jaison in the Berkeley Barb. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. Three, hundred thousand volumes hadbeen collected by agents stationed in the best Continental book marts, and additions were being constantly made. The second building, the larger one, would later become The Family Dog. $25.00, FD-131Pink Floyd1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-130Quicksilver Messenger1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, FD-129Country Joe & the Fish1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomMint, Regular price A complete military, architectural and botanical library contributes its golconda of treasure; antique and priceless scrolls from the Orient are preserved with the parchments of Maimonides, author of "Ram Bam," who was called the Light of Israel, the Star of the West, and the Great Eagle. There are some heaven-sent lineups that happened at the California Hall -- a fundraiser for the Sexual Freedom League is a standout, which featured the Doors, Captain Beefheart and the 13th Floor Elevators. 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. Original 1st printing 141/8 x 20 concert poster for Chicago blues legend Howlin Wolf appearing with Big Brother the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin) at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, CA from 9/23-24/1966 (*show was canceled). 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 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. Family Dog FD 142 Postcard, Avalon Ballroom, 1968, Velvet Underground+. $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 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.) Skhy, Creedence Clearwater Revival, May 31 - June 2, Avalon Ballroom, Kaleidoscope, Mother Earth, Country Weather, June 21 - 23, Avalon Ballroom, Jefferson Airplane; Great Society, July 22 & 23, Avalon Ballroom, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Miller Blues Band, Daily Flash, March 10 & 11, Avalon Ballroom, The Fugs, Ace of Cups, Allmen Joy, April 12 - 14, Avalon Ballroom, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Electric Train, October 7 & 8, Avalon Ballroom, "Skeleton and Roses," Grateful Dead, Oxford Circle, September 16 & 17, Avalon Ballroom, Moby Grape, Sparrow, Charlatans, January 13 & 14, Avalon Ballroom, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Oxford Circle, February 17 & 18, Avalon Ballroom, Charlatans, Sparrow, Canned Heat, April 7 & 8, Avalon Ballroom, Blues Project, Great Society, April 22 & 23, Avalon Ballroom, "Tribal Stomp." Four months later, on August 8, 1898 Adolph Sutro died after a long illness. The building that housed the Avalon Ballroom was constructed as a commercial building in 1911, designed by architect Alfred Henry Jacobs. BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS / FAMILY DOG. 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.. The hall now houses fashion classes for the Academy of Art. Family Dog Productions. While the Fillmore had a slick . 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. The Family Dog On The Great Highway opened on June 13, 1969 with the Jefferson Airplane. Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco The Avalon Ballroom at 1268 Sutter Street was built in 1911 and originally called the Puckett Academy of Dance. 1880's or so. 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. When asked why decades later, Martinez said that the muddy lot where the Ark sat clashed with the clubs fancier vibe, keeping it from fulfilling its potential, so they moved on. In October, Mouse and Kelley were in full swing at the Mouse Studios firehouse when Victor Moscoso returned to the fold to design FD-32. I am conducting research about San Francisco rock & roll venues in the sixties. 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 . 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. 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. This is known as an "image set," for people who love the posters, the music and the culture, but don't . This comment has been removed by the author. Please Note: Some Family Dog posters were printed several times during the 1960s. Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. 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. Heres just a few. In June of 1907 the Cliff House was leased to John Tait of Taits at the Beach, and seven partners. But you wont hear much about California Hall from those in the scene, as it simply wasn't a great place to see shows. This masterpiece was designed by two of the most famous and legendary artists of the era, the late Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse. Though the theater held memorable shows, it always struggled for money. 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. 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. For years after its time as the Ark, the Charles Van Damme would serve as a center for the local houseboat community. . [citation needed] In 1969, it reopened as the Regency II Movie Theater, operated by Blumenfeld Enterprises until 2000. $60.00, FD-137John Mayall1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price Many cards were produced in more than one back style. What a place. 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. Its lack of soundproofing made it sound boomy, which you can hear in a live recording of Big Brother and the Holding Company. 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. $175.00, FD-147Quicksilver Messenger1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, 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. $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 On opening night, a publicist convinced local jazz critic Ralph Gleason to come to the show. FD115 Family Dog; Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) April 19-21, 1968 concert card psychedelic hippies 60s ad vertisement by GyanarthiBooks. [19][20] The former Avalon Ballroom was later used as the offices for fabric design company American Pacific Linens. 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. An early Matrix regular was gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, who immortalized the club in his book, Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas. First, Friends and Relations, not Relationships. sort by . 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. "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". I remember bands playing their first show there and breaking up afterward.. Saw a show there around Christmas 69-or70. When that failed, officers stood outside the hall and took pictures of attendees in an attempt to intimidate them. $300.00, FD-55Big Brother Janis JoplinMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, Regular price Independence July 4th Quicksilver Messenger Service Avalon BallroomSan Francisco: Family Dog Productions, 1967. 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 . The "Barn Dance" I remember was not all acoustic. Ask anybody who was alive back then and theyll tell you the Avalon wasnt appropriating the hippie culture -- it was the real deal. A first printing complete and a second The Family Dog's weekly dance hall revues gave the local bands a forum to perform their groundbreaking music. Family Dog Values: POSTER by Family Dog and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. During the party, a shy recruit was handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob from a prostitute. But noise complaints brought the Avalons fun times to an end. The band playing was cosmic popcorn. 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. As stated, the Baths are filled by the ocean itself. At a Permit Appeals board hearing, Dame Judith Anderson, considered one of the greatest classical stage actors of the 20th century, testified in support of the club. In fact, for forty years, Playland was the only place you could find It's It. Family Dog Postcards - Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA. 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 . It arrived in 1914. Jerry Garcia's Middle Finger blogged: Having just posted about Garcia's . 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). [25] According to Sam Andrew in the documentary Nine Hundred Nights, he wrote Combination of The Two for the San Francisco late 60s scene, and "The Two" were The Fillmore and The Avalon. Now, the building is an ultralounge concept, still called the Matrix, which is owned by Lt. Gov. [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. 1268 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109. That band turned out to be the Jefferson Airplane, and they were the first group to play the club. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for ORIGINAL 1967 FAMILY DOG POSTER - AVALON BALLROOM at the best online prices at eBay! Regular price $135.00 AUCTION . Everyone was dancing it was a family atmosphere. $14.99 + $22.00 shipping. 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