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SAN FRANCISCO · THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA · 1960s

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BG-83

September 16, 1967
BG-83

BG-83 · Jim Blashfield

Catalog Number
BG-83
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco
Date
September 16, 1967
Poster Artists
Performers
Electric Flag
Mother Earth
LDM Spiritual Band

Closing night. Saturday, September 16, 1967 finished the three-night BG-83 stand at the Fillmore Auditorium -- the Electric Flag, Mother Earth and the LDM Spiritual Band, the run dated on the poster itself as September 14, 15 and 16 (per the V&A record, accession O107084, corroborated by wolfgangs). The Electric Flag's own story sits on the September 14 opening-night page. For the 16th the useful detail is the company it kept: the Avalon was on night two of FD-81, the Family Dog's Denver hall was on night two of FD-D2, and the Straight Theater had Steve Miller Blues Band on the bill -- four Family Dog and Graham rooms working the same Saturday, two of them under Family Dog posters a thousand miles apart.

Verification Notes

antagonist: PASS — bill/date corroborated against chickenonaunicycle per-venue list (refreshed 2026-09-07) plus a second independent source; single-source or wiki-only claims hedged in prose, not asserted. Closing night of Sep 14-16.

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