Quicksilver's Independence Day at the Avalon
FD-69 · Rick Griffin
San Francisco
On July 4, 1967, Quicksilver Messenger Service headlined a single Independence Day show at the Avalon Ballroom for the Family Dog, with the Siegel-Schwall Band and Phoenix, lit by the North American Ibis Alchemical Company. The poster, FD-69, is a genuine Rick Griffin -- an all-seeing eye, a stars-and-stripes shield, an eagle and banner. Quicksilver were by then one of the great live draws of the San Francisco scene and still, defiantly, had no album out; they would not sign to Capitol until later that year, their debut arriving in May 1968 -- with a Rick Griffin cover.
Verification Notes
Antagonist-checked. CORRECTED: SINGLE-NIGHT 7/4/67 show, NOT a run (QMS's multi-night stand that window was the separate FD-68, 6/29-7/2, Moscoso poster). VERIFIED: QMS/Siegel-Schwall/Phoenix, Avalon, Family Dog, FD-69 by Rick Griffin; QMS no album until Capitol debut May 1968 (Griffin cover). Synthetic date-key (b). UNABLE-TO-CONFIRM: setlist; which "Phoenix". date high.
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