BG-32 · Wes Wilson, Herb Greene
Catalog Number
BG-32
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
October 21, 1966
Artists
Nickname
Young Jerry
Performers
Grateful Dead
Lightnin' Hopkins
Loading Zone
Lightnin' Hopkins
Loading Zone
Young Jerry
October 21, 1966 — the Grateful Dead headlined the Fillmore Auditorium, Friday and Saturday, October 21–22, with Lightnin' Hopkins and (as advertised) the Loading Zone in support. The poster is BG-32, a Wes Wilson design built around a Herb Greene photograph of the band — and it does double duty, because the same sheet also advertises a separate show the next afternoon: the Yardbirds and Country Joe and the Fish,…
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