BG-187 · David Singer
Catalog Number
BG-187
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore West
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
August 14, 1969
Artists
Nickname
Chuck Berry (BG-187)
Performers
Chuck Berry
Jethro Tull
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Jethro Tull
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Chuck Berry (BG-187)
August 14 catches two very different Fillmore West nights a year apart, and the pairing is almost too neat: in 1968 the future of rock volume (The Who, second of three nights under BG-133, with James Cotton and Magic Sam again below them — per billgrahamfoundation and thewho.com); in 1969, its founding father. For the week of Aug 12–17, 1969, David Singer's BG-187 poster (per famsf and wolfgangs, which credit Singer…
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