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SAN FRANCISCO · THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA · 1960s

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June 26
BG-179

BG-179 · David Singer

Catalog Number
BG-179
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore West
San Francisco
Date
June 26, 1969
Artists
Nickname
Iron Butterfly at Fillmore West
Performers
Iron Butterfly
Cold Blood
Sanpaku

Iron Butterfly at Fillmore West

David Singer's BG-179 is a poster that has to be read carefully, because it advertises two shows at once. By the summer of 1969 Bill Graham's print runs often folded two consecutive bookings onto a single sheet, and this one covered both: Iron Butterfly, Cold Blood, and Sanpaku for June 24-26, and then a completely different bill - Spirit, Lee Michaels, and Pyewacket - for June 27-29. Thursday, June 26, was the…

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