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SAN FRANCISCO · THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA · 1960s

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June 30
BG-126

BG-126 · Lee Conklin

Catalog Number
BG-126
Series
Bill Graham
Venue
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco
Date
June 30, 1968
Artists
Nickname
The Last Full Week at the Old Fillmore
Performers
Ten Years After
Canned Heat
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks

The Last Full Week at the Old Fillmore

Lee Conklin's BG-126 spelled "Fillmore" in an organic, surreal pen-and-ink dreamscape, and it covered a full week at the original Fillmore Auditorium - June 25 through 30, 1968 - in two distinct halves, the way Bill Graham's bigger weeks often ran. The first half, roughly Tuesday through Thursday, belonged to Albert King, the Loading Zone, and Rain. The second half, Friday through the closing Sunday, brought Ten…

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