BG-140A · Pat Hanks
Catalog Number
BG-140A
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore West
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
October 11, 1968
Artists
Nickname
Buck Owens
Performers
Cream
James Cotton Blues Band
James Cotton Blues Band
Buck Owens
On the weekend of October 11-12, 1968, Bill Graham pulled off one of his most audacious programming gambits: while Jimi Hendrix burned down Winterland across town (a three-night Winterland run, Oct 10-12), Buck Owens and His Buckaroos held court at the Fillmore West for two nights, playing the hardest, sharpest honky-tonk country music in America to an audience of San Francisco hippies. It was pure Graham — the man…
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