I was lucky enough to go to Fillmore West in the late 60s. You had to be there to understand how really incredible it was. Wish I had saved all the posters that were laying all over the ground after the shows. Astonishing how valuable they are now.
.Hello, I smiled at your message because my mother saw the Beatles concert in 1965 in Lyon (France) and she had the opportunity to have the concert poster autographed, see a photo with the group because she knew a person who worked in this room (winter palace) .... Nothing arrived because she left immediately! Oh if we only knew...! Cordially . Fabrice.
@@Zootallures100 No prob, it truly was a good read. I remember reading Levon Helm's book around the same time, "This Wheel's on Fire". I've gotten into many rock n roll memoirs. Steven Tyler's, David Lee Roth's, Mike Rutherford's, Bill Bruford's, Phil Collins', Keith Emerson's, Greg Lake's, Chrissie Hynde's, and a great one about King Crimson, "In the Court of King Crimson". And several more on Genesis, Led Zeppelin & Yes.... it really is an interesting sub genre..... I feel rewarded after having read each of them, really. Not many kinds of books do that for me, like the ones that revolve around my musical heroes. I sure wish Robert Fripp would write one, that's for sure....😎
Bill always was so articulate. Even back in the late '60s, Bill could see and understand what was happening in the music biz. I worked for Bill and was working for him at the time of his death, he had, and insisted that all of us were held to these same standards. Unfortunately now days, the business has back slid to a purely commercial attitude.
I heard Laura Nyro say the way the music industry had changed from when she first began performing. She said something along the lines of "At one time it was about the music". Later it became more about the business.
I spend a month in Frisco in July 1967 and a nice girl I met brought me one night at the Fillmore, then, I spent most of my nights there. I was a young French student, arriving from France, I didn't know anything about Haight Ashbury, Flower Power, hippies, and all that kinds of things... Can you imagine my state of mind? this month really changed my life....
Bill Graham was an iconically friendly, kind hearted and cool person! He has left a huge impression on me. He seemed rather humble, and to have a genuine zest for life. What a positive joyful vibe he possessed! 😃🌄🌺💝☮
Bill COULD be a truly nice guy, BUT he insisted on people showing a certain level of respect and consideration to each other. If you stepped over that line, you would QUICKLY see that other side of Bill! If you were tasked with doing a certain job when working with him (and yes, one worked WITH Bill, he could and often did EVERY job required when presenting a show), if you didn't perform that task in a professional manner, you could easily find yourself explaining to the boss why. Yes, Bill was a joy to work with/for, but rest assured that there was a level of stress -- all the way to the top of the organization -- to make sure that it was done correctly. I've seen Bill stop what he was doing to talk with patrons at a show and I've also seen him and I've also seen him chew someone in half for doing something poorly. All that being said, everyday I wish that we hadn't lost him!
I was at this concert.....standing against the stage mezmerized...feeling every note and beat to my bones..still gives me chills !..full tilt boogie with Snookie flowers on alto sax and Janis were totally as one ..great times!! Thank you I everyone ..deb
The Honda dealership is on the first floor. Ballroom's upstairs. You're forgetting Waters Buick occupied the same space during the Fillmore days. And it was Les Vogel Chevrolet during the Carousel and El Patio days before that. That's what the building was designed for back in 1926 - showrooms on the first floor, ballroom on the second. Nothing to vomit over. Hell, it's one of the few SF buildings from that era NOT to have been radically repurposed (or torn down).
Had a ball mid febuary 1970 in S.F seeing Country Joe & The Fish, Sons of Champlin and Area Code 451 at the Fillmore West during the chinese newyear. Happy days!
I wanted see Lynyrd Skynyrd in 76 at the Fillmore. I was only 8. Never got to see them live. I was grounded..so i couldn't go to day on the green at the Oakland Coliseum. ACDC was my first concert.. It was at the cow Palace.
I went to the Teaparty in Boston a lot in '68-'69'', graduated high school, hitched to West coast and hung out at the Fillmore in '70-'71. I saw a lot of top bands and never paid more than $3. Then the music went to arenas and stadiums and went to hell...ah, greed.
You do realize that huge, mega concerts like Woodstock, 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, Atlanta Pop Festivals were the precursors to rock bands, or artists and singer-songwriters eventually going to arenas, stadiums, or organizing huge public concerts in parks in major US cities?
"Dude, do you feel that shit yet?" "Man my stomachs twisted in knots. And I can feel that smile in my jaw. God this is the good shit!" "Oh yeah, I feel it now too....God I'm fucked up!" "Hahahahaha.....oh my God, Oh my God, hahahahahahaha....." "Whaats soo funny dude....? Oh my God....I can't stand up...hehehehehe..I gotta sit down." "Lets go down to the stage while we can dude. C'mon...c'mon...hahahahahaha...."
Bill was a serious promoter. At an Oakland early 80s Dead NYE Show, he placed Speakers in the trees for the Hundreds of people who didn't have tickets for the night. People were taping the Night's Show from outside & under the trees w/Mics aimed for a bit of Sterio separation - if there was any to be able to notice or it was just a good clean, clear Sound. Who else does that anywhere, anyhow, anyway? No one. He was not giving up the secrets of Show/Event Production to the masses so when people were dying off, going away, getting a different type of thing to do instead, and then he just died - the secret of how it works went away w/him. All Monopolies have that affect & effect . Look at Soviet system after the fear factor was going through the last emanation of control of the masses of the people. I like Gorbachev- but we never hung out together so I didn't know what he was really like & the people who were so loud & disgruntled weren't aware of the reality that was coming to town when they got what they wanted to see happen: you want to make it by yourself ? Okay, here's the big chance to get to do it for yourself. Now what‽ Come on, out w/it! What are you going to do w/all of that 'Free-dom' you've been pining for a chance to prove it - hear it is. It's not the American Way: theft of Land from the Inhabitants & theft of People to toil under the weight of Labourers that were fed enough to get to work, stay working & Live that long with a new wave at the shore(s).
At 1:09 the young man appears to pay a quarter for what I think is a Coke or Pepsi ... a dark soda. And we've got adorable laughing girl at 1:21. And little miss fabulous hair at 1:55. White-man overbite at 2:08.
They played their last gig there ,(the original band, that is....) King Crimson played with The Nice that night. This is when Keith Emerson met Greg Lake. They discussed respective problems within their bands, and possibly forming a band together themselves.... The next step was to get past a meeting with Mitch Mitchell, which didn't work out & get Carl Palmer to quit Atomic Rooster.....😎
The tradition was free apples. The original Fillmore Auditorium was retrofitted and reopened. This was Fillmore West, a different venue. There are still free apples at the original Fillmore Auditorium now. Not many takers. The young people don't know the significance.
Hey FunkensteinJr-- Trying to get in touch with you about this great video. I sent you a message, but wasn't sure if it went to junk mail. Hope to speak to you ASAP!
I was lucky enough to go to Fillmore West in the late 60s. You had to be there to understand how really incredible it was. Wish I had saved all the posters that were laying all over the ground after the shows. Astonishing how valuable they are now.
I used to print a lot of those posters could have had 10s of thousands....who knew eh!
.Hello, I smiled at your message because my mother saw the Beatles concert in 1965 in Lyon (France) and she had the opportunity to have the concert poster autographed, see a photo with the group because she knew a person who worked in this room (winter palace) .... Nothing arrived because she left immediately! Oh if we only knew...! Cordially . Fabrice.
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@@dkat1108Are you familiar with Kaz? Was the Department Head of Printing at Winterland ? please respond y/n &/or who might be familiar . Thank you.
@@davedillon1372 No that would have been a salesman from our company that would have had all the contacts. I worked in the pressroom.
God bless Bill Graham. He believed in the new music for a new generation. He made a spot
Didja ever read his autobiography, "Bill Graham Presents" ? A great read, really....
@@craigfazekas3923
Thanks for the recommendation 👍
@@Zootallures100 No prob, it truly was a good read. I remember reading Levon Helm's book around the same time, "This Wheel's on Fire".
I've gotten into many rock n roll memoirs. Steven Tyler's, David Lee Roth's, Mike Rutherford's, Bill Bruford's, Phil Collins', Keith Emerson's, Greg Lake's, Chrissie Hynde's, and a great one about King Crimson, "In the Court of King Crimson". And several more on Genesis, Led Zeppelin & Yes.... it really is an interesting sub genre..... I feel rewarded after having read each of them, really.
Not many kinds of books do that for me, like the ones that revolve around my musical heroes.
I sure wish Robert Fripp would write one, that's for sure....😎
@@craigfazekas3923
I love too read stories about these legends. They were young, brilliant and were writing golden pages in rock history. So cool
I WAS THERE..BILL INTRODUCED ALL THE BAND......SO SPECIAL HE WAS...FILLMORE WEST WAS VERY SPECIAL.........GODBLESS THAT ERA
Saint Graham! RIP!
Bill always was so articulate. Even back in the late '60s, Bill could see and understand what was happening in the music biz. I worked for Bill and was working for him at the time of his death, he had, and insisted that all of us were held to these same standards. Unfortunately now days, the business has back slid to a purely commercial attitude.
I heard Laura Nyro say the way the music industry had changed from when she first began performing. She said something along the lines of "At one time it was about the music". Later it became more about the business.
I spend a month in Frisco in July 1967 and a nice girl I met brought me one night at the Fillmore, then, I spent most of my nights there. I was a young French student, arriving from France, I didn't know anything about Haight Ashbury, Flower Power, hippies, and all that kinds of things... Can you imagine my state of mind? this month really changed my life....
Bill Graham was an iconically friendly, kind hearted and cool person! He has left a huge impression on me. He seemed rather humble, and to have a genuine zest for life. What a positive joyful vibe he possessed!
😃🌄🌺💝☮
Friendly? You should have known him better.
Bill COULD be a truly nice guy, BUT he insisted on people showing a certain level of respect and consideration to each other. If you stepped over that line, you would QUICKLY see that other side of Bill! If you were tasked with doing a certain job when working with him (and yes, one worked WITH Bill, he could and often did EVERY job required when presenting a show), if you didn't perform that task in a professional manner, you could easily find yourself explaining to the boss why. Yes, Bill was a joy to work with/for, but rest assured that there was a level of stress -- all the way to the top of the organization -- to make sure that it was done correctly. I've seen Bill stop what he was doing to talk with patrons at a show and I've also seen him and I've also seen him chew someone in half for doing something poorly. All that being said, everyday I wish that we hadn't lost him!
I was at this concert.....standing against the stage mezmerized...feeling every note and beat to my bones..still gives me chills !..full tilt boogie with Snookie flowers on alto sax and Janis were totally as one ..great times!! Thank you I everyone ..deb
Janis?! As in Joplin? Not that night
I was there, that weekend, way back in 1969. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac & CCR & Albert Collins & his 'talkin guitar'. What a bill!
Wow that's awesome. Care to share anymore cool details about the show for us youngsters?
CCR was at the top of their game then...and Peter Green was unbelievable.
He believed in money, dear.
Bill Graham actually cared about the music community.
I was at that show. After Fleetwood Mac, and Albert Collins, I fell asleep when C.C.R came on.
You mean passed out don't you? I saw a lot of that there.
@@robomaster4882 Ha ha.
The guy lays down a whole quarter for a beer
This is so eye-opening ... amazing. Wonderful stuff.
Thank you Uncle Bobo. You are tremendously missed.
i can see why san fran was a happening place you had all those parks big parks, hilly parks, and the ocean was close by it was like a big beach town!
Yes, the Fillmore West is now a Honda Dealership. Excuse me while I vomit.
Gentrification kills
Not anymore
ricky boby what is it now ?
@@haloskater24 its a milinial rave.
Nightclub
The Honda dealership is on the first floor. Ballroom's upstairs. You're forgetting Waters Buick occupied the same space during the Fillmore days. And it was Les Vogel Chevrolet during the Carousel and El Patio days before that. That's what the building was designed for back in 1926 - showrooms on the first floor, ballroom on the second. Nothing to vomit over. Hell, it's one of the few SF buildings from that era NOT to have been radically repurposed (or torn down).
Had a ball mid febuary 1970 in S.F seeing Country Joe & The Fish, Sons of Champlin and Area Code 451 at the Fillmore West during the chinese newyear. Happy days!
I wanted see Lynyrd Skynyrd in 76 at the Fillmore. I was only 8. Never got to see them live. I was grounded..so i couldn't go to day on the green at the Oakland Coliseum. ACDC was my first concert.. It was at the cow Palace.
I remember being 8yrs old in '64 and raising hell with my dad because he wouldn't take me to.see the Beatles in Indianapolis.
The Fillmore wasn't open in 1976.
I went to the Teaparty in Boston a lot in '68-'69'', graduated high school, hitched to West coast and hung out at the Fillmore in '70-'71. I saw a lot of top bands and never paid more than $3. Then the music went to arenas and stadiums and went to hell...ah, greed.
You do realize that huge, mega concerts like Woodstock, 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, Atlanta Pop Festivals were the precursors to rock bands, or artists and singer-songwriters eventually going to arenas, stadiums, or organizing huge public concerts in parks in major US cities?
Well then you missed the legendary Fleetwood Mac shows in February 1970 which is available on CD...
Good ol' Bill Graham....Frank Barselona called him, "The Mouth"....lol.
Fillmore West had great acoustics , better than the original Fillmore and Winterland ✌️
So many great memories there.
Come right on in...come right on in.
i remember the guy "security and welcome-man" every night! Thanks for reminding me:)))
R i P Bill.
Gotta love girls,hot or not ,fat or skinny,short or tall...they all seem to know how to dance!!
Interesting footage. I hadn't seen this before.
If Those Walls could talk!!
The walls are soaked w acid & pot
Ahhh, the ubiquitous Fillmore apples
The healthiest part of the entire experience!!
this is fantastic footage. Would be nice to see it uncut and full length. thanks for posting!
Sat on that floor for a lot of concerts (not a dancer!).
Legend theater in sanfransisco
What a visionary and promoter.RIP Bill Graham.
Great commentary by Bill. Thanks Bill and RIP.
One of a kind,he treated the bands good. The bands came first, please them it shows on stage
0:57 : Half that cup was just ice. 😄 Good ol’ Bill. 😎
"Dude, do you feel that shit yet?"
"Man my stomachs twisted in knots. And I can feel that smile in my jaw. God this is the good shit!"
"Oh yeah, I feel it now too....God I'm fucked up!"
"Hahahahaha.....oh my God, Oh my God, hahahahahahaha....."
"Whaats soo funny dude....? Oh my God....I can't stand up...hehehehehe..I gotta sit down."
"Lets go down to the stage while we can dude. C'mon...c'mon...hahahahahaha...."
As country joe and the fish would sing LSD FOR YOU AND ME
Bill was a serious promoter. At an Oakland early 80s Dead NYE Show, he placed Speakers in the trees for the Hundreds of people who didn't have tickets for the night. People were taping the Night's Show from outside & under the trees w/Mics aimed for a bit of Sterio separation - if there was any to be able to notice or it was just a good clean, clear Sound. Who else does that anywhere, anyhow, anyway? No one.
He was not giving up the secrets of Show/Event Production to the masses so when people were dying off, going away, getting a different type of thing to do instead, and then he just died - the secret of how it works went away w/him. All Monopolies have that affect & effect . Look at Soviet system after the fear factor was going through the last emanation of control of the masses of the people.
I like Gorbachev- but we never hung out together so I didn't know what he was really like & the people who were so loud & disgruntled weren't aware of the reality that was coming to town when they got what they wanted to see happen: you want to make it by yourself ? Okay, here's the big chance to get to do it for yourself. Now what‽ Come on, out w/it! What are you going to do w/all of that 'Free-dom' you've been pining for a chance to prove it - hear it is.
It's not the American Way: theft of Land from the Inhabitants & theft of People to toil under the weight of Labourers that were fed enough to get to work, stay working & Live that long with a new wave at the shore(s).
At 1:09 the young man appears to pay a quarter for what I think is a Coke or Pepsi ... a dark soda. And we've got adorable laughing girl at 1:21. And little miss fabulous hair at 1:55. White-man overbite at 2:08.
when I graduated from high school 1969
The great Belva Davis!
Yesss!!
Mensch!
Early libertarian laissez-faire. We were soooo lucky to have Bill Graham!
Viva la Bill Graham!
Damn King Crimson played there sad theres no footage
They played their last gig there ,(the original band, that is....) King Crimson played with The Nice that night. This is when Keith Emerson met Greg Lake. They discussed respective problems within their bands, and possibly forming a band together themselves....
The next step was to get past a meeting with Mitch Mitchell, which didn't work out & get Carl Palmer to quit Atomic Rooster.....😎
This was fantastic to see how it was and free fruit?
The tradition was free apples. The original Fillmore Auditorium was retrofitted and reopened. This was Fillmore West, a different venue. There are still free apples at the original Fillmore Auditorium now. Not many takers. The young people don't know the significance.
Graham was a strong leader surrounded by a lot of drug addicts with no discipline whatsoever sans their musical talents.
Cool 😎 🆒️
Did a lot of good acid here. Monday nights $2.50 blues all night.
Tuesday nights were "jam" nights.
Bill Graham was the consummate showman. Every promoter of the last 50 years owes him a great debt.
Guy walks up to the bar, gets a drink and puts a quarter down and walks away
He was quite the Psychologist....
Very groovy
Hey FunkensteinJr-- Trying to get in touch with you about this great video. I sent you a message, but wasn't sure if it went to junk mail. Hope to speak to you ASAP!
I want to date the television reporter.
The reporter is 89 years old now. A local legend. I last saw her about 10 years ago. Shared a table with her and her husband at a winery.
January 1969
Special apples eh? ;o)
Bill was a great promoter but he wasn't the star. Show us the stars.
Wow , Normality :) QC
Dont kid yourself. Bill was there to make $$$