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SAN FRANCISCO · THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA · 1960s

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August 6
BG-21

BG-21 · Wes Wilson
Catalog Number
BG-21
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco
Date
August 6, 1966
Artists
Wes Wilson
Nickname
Love / Everpresent Fullness (closing night)
Performers
Love
Everpresent Fullness

Love / Everpresent Fullness (closing night)

August 6, 1966 was a Saturday, and it was the second and final night of a Fillmore Auditorium weekend that Bill Graham had built around Love — Arthur Lee's band down from Los Angeles, the first rock group signed to Elektra, and one of the very few SoCal acts the San Francisco scene took seriously that summer. Wes Wilson drew the poster, BG-21, and every reachable catalog record (rockposters.com, the Burnside and D.…

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