tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post5657890633260625982..comments2024-03-25T19:55:43.363-07:00Comments on Rock Archaeology 101: 660 Great Highway, San Francisco Family Dog On The Great Highway January 30-31, 1970: Jefferson Airplane/OsceolaCorry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-41233827787495708272019-03-10T11:35:07.781-07:002019-03-10T11:35:07.781-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Zarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11347752009711632278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-66117390777534046962017-09-20T23:07:12.342-07:002017-09-20T23:07:12.342-07:00I have searched high and low for any reference to ...I have searched high and low for any reference to the Ike and Tina Turner show I saw at this venue. I hope someone can dig it out and share the info. It was an awesome performance, smallish venue - I was just a few yards from the stage and free to move about.jklaplantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14040951041898997191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-42766771007384095052017-01-04T16:46:00.281-08:002017-01-04T16:46:00.281-08:00Frank, thanks for the kind words and the eyewitnes...Frank, thanks for the kind words and the eyewitness account. I do recall that there was a band named Popcorn Blizzard, so Cosmic Popcorn sounds right for that time too.<br /><br />I have another set of posts on the Fillmore West Tuesday night series:<br />http://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/2010/09/fillmore-west-lost-concerts-tuesday.htmlCorry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-80004610363270996912017-01-04T16:34:36.062-08:002017-01-04T16:34:36.062-08:00I was 16 or 17. With another friend both very high...I was 16 or 17. With another friend both very high . Stopped in there I remember it being right after Christmas. There were a, few people there. But I remember,a band called Cosmic Popcorn. And I remember them because, thru the haze they played Jingle Bells. That was so great. So now does any body remember that band. I just want to say in those, days I use to play in the,tuesday night basketball games against,Bill Graham. At, the Fillmore. We were kids and man they played dirty . Great siteAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090977425679043010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-9246214503341512362016-12-30T05:15:23.485-08:002016-12-30T05:15:23.485-08:00Why is there no Wikipedia article on the Family Do...Why is there no Wikipedia article on the Family Dog? Someone should write it.Greg Dahlenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952832963191345924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-16478642433342445782016-12-30T05:13:42.821-08:002016-12-30T05:13:42.821-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Greg Dahlenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952832963191345924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-4092993280389157582016-02-09T21:23:40.658-08:002016-02-09T21:23:40.658-08:00Mike, thank you so much for this. So, Spencer was ...Mike, thank you so much for this. So, Spencer was on drums at the Family Dog in Janaury, and at Winterland on Feb 23. This detail has never been nailed down before.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-81094940708437148622016-02-09T21:04:54.277-08:002016-02-09T21:04:54.277-08:00Yes this show definitely happened, I was there at ...Yes this show definitely happened, I was there at an age of only 14. Hitchhiked over from San Anselmo with a pal as I had just seen the N.Y.E at Winterland and wanted to see the Airplane as much as I could. We ended up walking almost back to the GG bridge and then some kind soul gave us a ride all the way back to San Anselmo at 4/5 in the AM, even though he lived in the city. Only time I went to the Family Dog on the great highway. Spencer was still on drums this night ( I think we were there the 30th, Friday). At least I have always had the 30th stuck in memory....<br />A few weeks later, the 23rd of Feb at winterland, the Dead bust Benefit, Spencer was still on drums but on April 15th it was Joey Covington. The AIrplane was loosing altitude quickly at this point, sad to say.<br />NIce to see this site, as I just searched the date and JA and found ya'll.<br /><br />thanks<br />mikeebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362969501583697159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-41075578217820723702014-08-22T09:01:42.545-07:002014-08-22T09:01:42.545-07:00anooldsoundguy,
I remember the "Tommy"...anooldsoundguy, <br /><br />I remember the "Tommy" performance. I saw it with a date in the summer of (IIRC) 1971, the same year I graduated from high school. It was a very good show, please thank your wife for me.<br /><br />On my own personal note, my nom du web is taken from the Jefferson Starship song of the same name.<br /><br />Lightning Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09287732852487842915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-8853481581368261812014-01-25T06:04:54.797-08:002014-01-25T06:04:54.797-08:00I was often on the guest list but never donated an...I was often on the guest list but never donated any $. I did buy a lot of little white pills from a guy who either knew or was the sound man.60sKidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450172395475057253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-84720030165436311052012-12-13T18:34:57.818-08:002012-12-13T18:34:57.818-08:00Poor Richards was a short lived name for the venue...Poor Richards was a short lived name for the venue at 660 Great Highway. <br /><br />About that same time of the flyer you mention I did the sound for the Cockette's and for Sylvester's debut show as a solo performer at the Palace/Pagoda Theater in North Beach<br /><br />After Poor Richard's 660 Great Highway was again renamed "Friends And Relations Hall"<br /><br />Under that name it was home for the first live performance version of The Who's rock opera "Tommy" which had started as a student production at USF/Lone Mountain College and had been successful enough to make the move to a long term "commercial" location.<br /><br />Personal note, "anooldsoundguy's" wife was one of the dancers in that productionanoldsoundguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461841046159455895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-18866194815963766662012-12-13T18:27:31.924-08:002012-12-13T18:27:31.924-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.anoldsoundguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461841046159455895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-21147601862110300942012-12-13T18:24:03.541-08:002012-12-13T18:24:03.541-08:00Boy, it's been a while since I checked in here...Boy, it's been a while since I checked in here. I stayed on at the Avalon through the Gary Scanlan management which was, briefly called as I recall "Sound Proof Productions" to reflect the efforts they made to reduce the sound out of the back of the building that was annoying some occupants of the residence hotel across the alley.<br /><br />I was gone by the time the management of the band The Initial Shock and their drummer Brian Knaff had taken over. Brian went on to operate a successful booking agency after he returned to his native Montana.<br /><br />I was back on board with Chester from the time of the two shows he promoted at Winterland before getting the venue at the beach opened.<br /><br />And yes the Commons meeting period was wild, and somehow very much the "damn good try" at real community involvement with a performance venue. The Holy Man Jam probably spawned a whole genre of "new age expos" that followed and flourished a decade or two later.anoldsoundguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461841046159455895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-52963140035949566342012-12-06T21:49:46.792-08:002012-12-06T21:49:46.792-08:00I have a xerox of a handbill advertising a perform...I have a xerox of a handbill advertising a performance by Sylvester (then associated with the Cockettes, later a dance music singer) at Poor Richard's formerly family dog, and the flyer notes it as On the Great Highway. The dates are Saturday and Sunday December 26 & 27. No year is noted, but by the calendar that would be 1970. So apparently after the collapse of FD someone else was promoting shows in the venue.Larry-bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14615482613830414996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-82277396843259542962012-03-22T02:47:45.800-07:002012-03-22T02:47:45.800-07:00It strikes me that the Synapse entry may have come...It strikes me that the Synapse entry may have come from some sort of "coming attractions" list that had been called in. The Jefferson Airplane was scheduled for and played Hawaii the following week (January 22-26) and I think these were the first post Spencer Dryden shows with Joey Covington. However, by the end of the month the JA did play the Family Dog and within a month, so did Big Brother.<br /><br />It is an interesting thought about The Common revival on Sunday afternoons but I suspect the performances were put on for other reasons. In mid November 1969 the Family Dog had $20k worth of debt hanging over them including a pressing $5k to be paid to the IRS. This had led to the decision to concentrate on better paying weekend shows and the November 19 benefit at the Fillmore West (not Winterland as originally planned) where Big Brother and the Holding Company (billed as Mumble, Fumble, Jumble, Dumble), New Riders of the Purple Sage, Barry McGuire and The Doctor Naut Family performed in a Benefit for the Family Dog. Steve Miller was originally scheduled but pulled out. <br /><br />As you say, we have not identified any performers nor do we know how long the Sunday afternoon shows carried on for. It would be great to nail these.The Yellow Sharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001772238662274893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-78272994641590198572012-03-21T10:12:22.054-07:002012-03-21T10:12:22.054-07:00A little oddity about this listing. I trust your e...A little oddity about this listing. I trust your entry and Gleason's listing as what actually happened, but I'd note that the Airplane were apparently scheduled for the weekend prior.<br /><br />From UCSF Synapse v14 n12 (January 19, 1970), p. 7: "At the Family Dog on the Great Highway, next Friday and Saturday nights is the Jefferson Airplane and the week after, January 30-31 Big Brother and the Holding Company will perform."<br /><br />FYI.<br /><br />Also, an aside from the same source: "Sunday afternoons the Dog is now presenting a show for those who want to do something musically on their Sundays. The charge for the concert from 2-7 p.m. is $2 and the smaller groups around the Bay Area will be featured." We don't show any listings for the Sundays around this time, for whatever it's worth. Also sounds like a revival of The Common kind of idea from August 1969.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-58056400086229494862012-01-27T22:37:52.091-08:002012-01-27T22:37:52.091-08:00Just wondering, Did you stay on at the Avalon Afte...Just wondering, Did you stay on at the Avalon After Gary Scanlan took over for that short period of time before the Family Dog on the great Highway opened? I worked the door at the Avalon for a short period of time before Chester lost the lease and I stayed on to help Gary and Cheryl until the place finally closed down. I also helped get the beach location cleaned up before the grand opening. I took part in the Commons meetings as well, The wildest one being the one for the holy man jam, which is something I'll never forget. It's good to see that someone else from those days is still around and I hope everything is going very well for you...Terry Nailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345507785365865531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-83254311386262120132012-01-20T11:07:35.724-08:002012-01-20T11:07:35.724-08:00@arnoldsoundguy - this has been an interesting rea...@arnoldsoundguy - this has been an interesting read, with good comments by all. I wonder if any of you remember a Lighting Company run by Bob and Connie from Marin. I remember it being a called "San Francisco Light & Sound" but am not really sure. They worked the Avalon, the Fillmore, and I believe the FD, but I was in New York then. Later they worked with dB Labs/Sound Company out of San Rafael - Peter deBlanc.Jeddawi@Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556270870360433578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-9131378352270669792012-01-16T16:00:35.754-08:002012-01-16T16:00:35.754-08:00"The Dead were forced to tour endlessly just ..."The Dead were forced to tour endlessly just to make ends meet, and as a result made an entire generation of Northeastern college students lifelong Deadheads."<br /><br />That's an awesome line about the effects of Lenny's perfidy.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-67525657410269003182012-01-16T14:43:02.805-08:002012-01-16T14:43:02.805-08:00Two Crows, thanks for sharing your memories! I'...Two Crows, thanks for sharing your memories! I'd love to hear more Family Dog stories.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-9826465124590478162011-11-29T18:25:54.603-08:002011-11-29T18:25:54.603-08:00I was a member of the Good Earth Commune during th...I was a member of the Good Earth Commune during the summer of '69 until about April '70. We developed a relationship with the managers of the Airplane and Quicksliver during meetings about the non-event "Wild West Show", which didn't happen in the fall of '69 because of "threatened violence" from the "Haight-Ashbury Commune." The HAC was a political nom de guerre of the Armed Love/SF Newsreel guys who lived upstairs from the Good Earth when we all still lived on Fell St. Osceola was a band associated with Good Earth and "managed" by a couple of guys named Joel and Randy, al of whom had come out from the Miami area. Osceola got a repertoire together during the summer of 1969, and by late '69 early '70 got some gigs at the Dog on the Great Highway. I wnet home for Christmas some time after Altamont and didn't get back to SF until late January, but I do remember and did attend. some of these concersTwo Crowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619242298663560761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-90845577951555117142011-08-15T11:50:27.235-07:002011-08-15T11:50:27.235-07:00Kenny, thanks for the interesting link.Kenny, thanks for the interesting link.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-42787340970860936212011-08-15T08:31:33.838-07:002011-08-15T08:31:33.838-07:00Scan of an ad for the Youngbloods at Family Dog in...Scan of an ad for the Youngbloods at Family Dog in July 1969. <br /><br />http://babylonfalling.tumblr.com/post/8953293678/the-youngbloods-in-stores-and-at-chet-helmsKenny Wisdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190721786815174243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-57910045776544753782011-05-20T21:28:17.547-07:002011-05-20T21:28:17.547-07:00The blond dancer was Rene LeBallister. She was a ...The blond dancer was Rene LeBallister. She was a long time Family Dog participant.<br /><br />I last spoke with her at the "Chet Fest" Memorial to Chet Helms at the Great American Music Hall.<br /><br />She's married, living in Southern California now and has a beautiful, fully grown daughter of her own.anoldsoundguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12398986144258654152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015290367489085356.post-83003738396311655292011-05-07T11:21:58.966-07:002011-05-07T11:21:58.966-07:00Anyone know anything about the blond who used to d...Anyone know anything about the blond who used to dance at the Family Dog concerts? <br /><br />I saw her when the Velvet Underground played there. And I think that she's in the DVD "Night at the Family Dog" dancing while the Dead played.<br /><br />She was highly erotic and hypnotizing to watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com