FD-142 · Wes Wilson
Catalog Number
FD-142
Series
Family Dog
Venue
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
October 18, 1968
Artists
Performers
The Velvet Underground
Charlie Musselwhite
Initial Shock
Charlie Musselwhite
Initial Shock
FD-142
On Friday, October 18, 1968, a poster by Wes Wilson went up for a three-night Family Dog weekend at the Avalon Ballroom — FD-142 in the numbered series — and the name across the top was one that had no business feeling at home there: the Velvet Underground. Chet Helms's Avalon was the warm, communal, light-show heart of the San Francisco scene, and the Velvets were its temperamental opposite: a New York band forged…
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