The Ark, 15 Landsdowne Street, Boston, MA January-June 1969 (Boston V) The only flyer for a show at The Ark in Boston--or at least the only surviving one--promotes the Grateful Dead performing Monday through W...

The Ark, on 15 Landsdowne Street, would become the Boston Tea Party later in 1969

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I hope you have already locked down the options on the Netflix rights. A data leak tipping off the Free Mexican Airforce...what brave operative risked life and limb to make sure Mescalito could ride his white horse?

Don't step on the grass, Sam.

The Grateful Dead's first performance in the Central Valley was at the Stockton Ballroom in Stockton, CA, June 7-9, 1966

Governors Hall was the main building at the California State Fairgrounds until 1967. The Grateful Dead played here on December 28, 1966. In 1967, the Fairgrounds moved to its current site at Cal Expo.

On February 17, 1968, Country Joe & The Fish played with the Grateful Dead at the Selland Arena Convention Center in Fresno. This was during the run of shows for Anthem Of The Sun, but the concert was not recorded.

The Grateful Dead are a California band from San Francisco, but there's more than one California. Highway 99 runs up through the fertile center of the state. I look at the Dead's 60s history in the "other" California.

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I believe GD co-manager Jon McIntire was a graduate of Wash U ( a fine school by the way)

Is this associated with or different from (if still adjacent to) Chatham Downs? (CD was the original name for the Development that ate Pittsboro)

9895 W Colfax, Lakewood, CA, the site of Don Edwards' Guitar City. Jerry Garcia bought a ZBD10 pedal steel guitar there on April 13 or 14, 1969

On April 13 or 14, 1969, Jerry Garcia bought a ZB10 pedal steel guitar at Don Edwards' Guitar City in Lakewood CO (9895 W Colfax, Lakewood).
[CO shoutout to @queencityjamz.bsky.social ]
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Haunted by the ghost of Kim Philby, like Play It Again, Sam

In 1969, Rick James was apparently seriously considered as bassist for CSNY (the gig went to Greg Reeves). James was old pals with Neil from Toronto ca 1965.

But that probably would have happened in 1970 also

"Jerry says 'Aliens Make Me Play Day Job.'" Never denied, never disproven.

I believe John Scher got his start here booking shows in 1970-71

Sutherland Brothers & Quiver were the “friends of a fancy persuasion” who auditioned Ace bassist Tex Comer Circa ‘74. Ace singer Paul Carrack wrote the hit “How Long” about it (Comer played on the hit and remained in Ace).

I always thought Babe Ruth were Canadian, but I just looked them up and it turns out that they were popular in Canada but actually English, so their name made even less sense (imagine a California band called George Best). I saw Babe Ruth open for Peter Frampton and Man in SF in 1975.

Leaving aside the Prunes (from LA), members of most of the acts would end up moving to the States: Beck, Rod, Animals, Mayall, Dunbar, Rod Price (Black Cat Bones). Granted, a few (Beck, Burdon) moved back. But it was an exodus.

Supposedly the first published interview with a jazz musician was with Jelly Roll Morton in 1917. His main point was apparently that “ Jazz is dead” because all the good jazz musicians had died.

Well, Tarbell was Cincinnati's first rock promoter, and he had booked the Dead in 1968 so I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

The Persian Rug thing is odd. Persian Rugs were apparently popular as fungible assets amongst certain types of businessmen. If true, I suspect Mr Owsley's hand in this.

Fillmore West, January 12, 1969: Country Joe And The Fish And Their Friends (Plus Opening Acts) In 1994, Vanguard Records released a double-cd of Country Joe And The Fish Live At Fillmore West. The album included both sets from Sunday...

January 12 '69 at Fillmore West is one of those only-in-the-sixties nights

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Record release dates in the 60s were mostly aspirational, and probably defined as when their advertising began. Albums were shipped well prior to the date, but stores were free to sell them “early.” LZ, case in point.

It's very plausible. The Butterfield Band played two sets a night for weeks. Only certain band members would have been OK with the two drink minimum.

This was such a good album. No one but me remembers (In California in 1976, I was the only person who didn't work in a record store that had heard of the Groundhogs).

This is so sad. Having to let your dog go is the worst.

A dancer at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, circa 1964 (via Alison Martino's Vintage LA page)

The Trip, at 8572 Sunset, a April 1965. An important but now mostly forgotten club. Note that the marquee says EHT, not THE.

An ad for Elmer Valentine's two clubs, The Whisky A Go Go and The Trip, in UCLA's Daily Bruin. The missing "y" (Whisk A Go Go) was intentional. Note also that the ad says "EHT Trip" just like the marquee. The Whisky and The Trip were among the first two clubs to routinely book both white rock and black soul acts.

The Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood opened in 1964. In early 1966, The Whisky aligned its booking policy with its sister club The Trip.

I review the intersection between The Whisky and The Trip between January and May 1966.

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A dancer at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, circa 1964 (via Alison Martino's Vintage LA page)

The Trip, at 8572 Sunset, a April 1965. An important but now mostly forgotten club. Note that the marquee says EHT, not THE.

An ad for Elmer Valentine's two clubs, The Whisky A Go Go and The Trip, in UCLA's Daily Bruin. The missing "y" (Whisk A Go Go) was intentional. Note also that the ad says "EHT Trip" just like the marquee. The Whisky and The Trip were among the first two clubs to routinely book both white rock and black soul acts.

The Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood opened in 1964. In early 1966, The Whisky aligned its booking policy with its sister club The Trip.

I review the intersection between The Whisky and The Trip between January and May 1966.

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Big Beat released an archival Oxford Circle Avalon concert (from 66 or 67) in 1997 or so. A great set

1859 Geary Blvd, San Francisco: The Geary Temple 1966-68 The Geary Temple is a little-known rock venue on the 1800 block of Geary Boulevard, just two buildings away from the famed Fillmore auditori...

The Reaktion Harvest, at The Geary Temple. The (so called) Geary Temple was at 1859 Geary, a few doors down from the Fillmore (at 1805 Geary), and also Temple Beautiful (by its later name, at 1839 Geary.

Therein lies a tale at 1859.
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The touring schedule of the Grateful Dead in the 70s and 80s was intricately connected to hockey (NHL) and basketball (NBA, ABA and NCAA) schedules. Many venues were only available at certain times because of their home sports teams.

There was a hockey game on Saturday, March 17 (NY Islanders beat St. Louis 6-4). I presume the conversion required the next Dead show to be on Monday night (March 19).

Cowtown Productions was founded by the former road manager of Quicksilver Messenger Service (Frank Polte).

Rock history trivia, I got it.

well, I for one hope you get this article. Still, given the sort is likely to still have it, you would probably be better off taking more things off their hands rather than sending them something new.

Twiggy's single Here I Go Again, written by Joe McDonald (from the Country Joe & The Fish 1969 album Here We Go Again), was a hit for Twiggy in 1976. It would reach the Top 20 in the UK.

Twiggy, once a model (and a legend, I assure you), started singing in the '70s. Joe's "Here I Go Again" from the 1969 CJF album Here We Are Again was a hit for Twiggy in 1976. Apparently it made the UK Top 20.