The Vulcan Gas Company was the most memorable psychedelic venue in Austin, Texas. Texas and particularly Austin has a rich rock history, featuring rock bands with light shows in late 1965, contemporary to events in San Francisco. The history of the Vulcan Gas Company is not hard to retrieve, and the posters are very nice and eminently collectible. Nonetheless, from the very narrow perspective of rock prosopography, there is no list of concert performances at the Vulcan.
I am posting this list as an aid to prosopographical scholarship. I am not attempting to write another history of the Vulcan, as that seems to have been covered in various sources, just a list of concerts. I compiled this list almost exclusively from the posters. This means that some weekends may be missing, and other performances may be different than what was actually advertised. I have included events promoted by the Vulcan Gas Company itself even when other venues were used. Anyone with additional information or corrections please put it in the Comments or email me.
Part I-1967
January 7, 1967 Doris Miller Auditorium, Austin, TX 13th Floor Elevators/Conqueroo/Jomo
Electric Grandmother Presents
Electric Grandmother was a production company that preceded Vulcan Gas.
February 10, 1967 City Coliseum, Austin, TX 13th Floor Elevators/Conqueroo
Electric Grandmother Presents
February 18, 1967 Houston Music Theater, Houston, TX 13th Floor Elevators/Conqueroo/Jomo Disaster
Electric Grandmother Presents
April 22, 1967 Doris Miller Auditorium, Austin, TX Conqueroo/Rachel’s Children
Vulcan Gas Company Presents
May 6, 1967 Doris Miller Auditorium, Austin, TX Conqueroo/Rachel’s Children
Vulcan Gas Company Presents
September 24, 1967 “Love-In”, Zilker Park, Austin, TX Shiva’s Headband/Thingies/Circus Maximus/Conqueroo/Black Lace
Vulcan Gas Company was among the promoters
October 27-28, 1967 Vulcan Gas Company, Austin, TX Conqueroo/Shiva’s Headband
The first Vulcan Gas show at 316 Congress, with a poster by Gilbert Shelton (later of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers). All shows from here on were at 316 Congress Avenue unless otherwise events.
November 3-4, 1967 13th Floor Elevators/Conqueroo/Shiva’s Head Band
November 10-11, 1967 Conqueroo/Swiss Movement
November 17-18, 1967 Thingies/South Canadian Overlflow/Shiva’s Head Band
November 24-25, 1967 Thingies/Golden Dawn
December 1-2, 1967 Lightnin Hopkins/Conqueroo
December 8-9-10, 1967 13th Floor Elevators/Shiva’s Headband/Swiss Movement/South Canadian Overflow
December 15-16, 1967 Shiva’s Headband/Lost and Found
December 17, 1967 Conqueroo/Shiva’s Head Band
December 22-23, 30-31, 1967 Conqueroo/Afro Caravan/Golden Dawn/Shiva’s Head Band
Part II-1968
Part III-1969
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