Jefferson Airplane and the Wild West benefit
San Francisco
The same night, at the Fillmore West, Jefferson Airplane headlined a benefit for the Wild West Festival -- a planned free-and-paid hybrid for Golden Gate Park that August, ultimately canceled amid disputes over whether it should charge admission at all. On the bill were the all-woman Haight-Ashbury band Ace of Cups -- admired by Hendrix, soon to sing on the Airplane's Volunteers, and who would not release a debut album until 2018, some fifty years later -- along with the jazz-fusion group the Fourth Way and the local band Phoenix.
Verification Notes
Antagonist-checked. VERIFIED: Jefferson Airplane / Ace of Cups / The Fourth Way / Phoenix, Fillmore West, Mon 7/7/69; Wild West Festival benefit (canceled ~Aug 13); Ace of Cups all-woman Haight band, on Volunteers, debut LP 2018. CORRECTED: FOUR acts (added The Fourth Way); promotion "Family Dog Presents." Synthetic date-key (b). date high.
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