On This Day in Art Rock History

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SAN FRANCISCO · THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA · 1960s

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June 27
BG-70

BG-70 · Greg Irons

Catalog Number
BG-70
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco
Date
June 27, 1967
Artists
Nickname
Chuck Berry, Backed by Steve Miller
Performers
Chuck Berry
Eric Burdon and the Animals
Steve Miller Blues Band

Chuck Berry, Backed by Steve Miller

The poster Greg Irons drew for the Fillmore Auditorium run beginning Tuesday, June 27, 1967 was his first for Bill Graham - the start of a short, distinctive stretch of work for the house. The bill it advertised was its own kind of collision: Chuck Berry, one of the architects of rock and roll, headlining over Eric Burdon and the Animals and the Steve Miller Blues Band, deep in the Summer of Love, about ten days…

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