FD-137 · Wes Wilson, Kurt Strausse
San Francisco
Wes Wilson
Big Mama Thornton
Black Pearl
Train Trip
On Friday, September 13, 1968, the Avalon Ballroom hung a new Family Dog card — FD-137, "Train Trip," a Wes Wilson design co-credited with Kurt Strausse (both names carried on the poster per rockposters and famsf) — and behind it a bill that leaned hard into the blues. John Mayall headlined, and under him stood Big Mama Mae Thornton and the Hound Dog Band featuring Harmonica George, with Black Pearl opening; the run…
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BG-136 — Fillmore West
Night two of three. Rick Griffin's BG-136 had opened at Fillmore West the evening before, and on Friday, September 13, 1968 the same bill came back: Big Brother and the Holding Company headlining, Santana beneath them, Chicago Transit Authority at the foot of the poster, lights by Holy See (bill and…
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BG-191 — Fillmore West
Night three of four. Saturday, September 13, 1969 sat squarely mid-run in the BG-191 stand at Fillmore West -- the Randy Tuten poster for the Steve Miller Band with James Cotton and Keef Hartley, September 11 through 14 (bill and dates per wolfgangs and rockposters). Neither bookend, which is its ow…
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