FD-76 · Jack Hatfield
San Francisco
Melvin Q
The Other Half
Quicksilver Messenger Service / Melvin Q / The Other Half (night 2)
Friday, August 18, 1967 was the second night of a four-night Quicksilver Messenger Service stand at the Avalon Ballroom, with Melvin Q and the Other Half warming up. Quicksilver in the summer of 1967 were the great unrecorded San Francisco band. The Airplane had two albums out, the Dead had one, Big Brother had one — Quicksilver had signed to Capitol and would not release anything until the following spring. What…
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BG-78 — Fillmore Auditorium
Friday, August 18, 1967 was the fourth night of the seven-night BG-78 run at the Fillmore Auditorium — Chuck Berry, Count Basie, the Charles Lloyd Quartet and the Young Rascals. See the August 17 entry for the full story of the week.
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BG-133 — Fillmore West
Sunday, August 18, 1968 closed both weekend stands at once. At Fillmore West, Creedence Clearwater Revival finished the second bracket of BG-133 over It's a Beautiful Day and Albert Collins; at the Avalon, Bill Haley and the Comets, the Drifters, and the Flamin' Groovies played the last night of FD-…
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FD-133 — Avalon Ballroom
Sunday, August 18, 1968 closed the Avalon's three-night FD-133 stand — Bill Haley and the Comets, the Drifters, and the Flamin' Groovies, the last of the run that Wolfgang's brackets August 16 through 18. Of the three acts on that poster, the one with the future was printed smallest. The Flamin' Gr…
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