BG-12 · Wes Wilson
Catalog Number
BG-12
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
June 23, 1966
Artists
Nickname
Them at the Fillmore
Performers
Them
Them at the Fillmore
On Thursday, June 23, 1966, Bill Graham brought Them — the raw, blues-soaked band fronted by a twenty-year-old Van Morrison — to the Fillmore Auditorium in what is recorded as the group's first San Francisco appearance. The booking was unusual: a single weeknight show, slotted in because Graham's weekend was already committed to Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention and the comedian Lenny Bruce. The poster, BG-12 in…
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