AOR-2.296 · Don Ryder
Catalog Number
AOR-2.296
Series
Art of Rock
Venue
Oakland Auditorium
Oakland
Oakland
Date
June 28, 1967
Artists
Nickname
Sparrow, Before They Were Steppenwolf
Performers
Young Rascals
Country Joe and the Fish
Sons of Champlin
The Sparrow
Grass Roots
Grateful Dead
Country Joe and the Fish
Sons of Champlin
The Sparrow
Grass Roots
Grateful Dead
Sparrow, Before They Were Steppenwolf
On Wednesday, June 28, 1967, the bill at the Oakland Auditorium ran long, and the handbill - a Don Ryder design in the Art of Rock series - told only part of the story. Across the bay from the Fillmore and the Avalon, the East Bay had its own scene and its own promoter, Bill Quarry, whose "Teens 'N Twenties" dances had grown from a San Leandro skating rink up to rooms this size, and who deliberately commissioned…
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