This article is about the Avalon Ballroom (Regency II) on Sutter Street. Chet Helms was the director of the Family Dog that put on a series of great concerts between April 1966 and November 1968. Helms first Avalon concert featured The Blues Project and Great Society (FD-5 Wes Wilson). The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969.It also had a reopening 34 years later, from 2003 to 2005. A 1,000-capacity hall that was once a roller-skating rink, the Fillmore served as training grounds for bands like Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and Big Brother and the Holding Company. All very interesting. Avalon Ballroom: Artist: San Andreas Fault: Photographer: Jerry Wainwright: Delivery: Estimated between Fri, Mar 3 and Tue, Mar 7 to 23917. Hosted & presented by Family Dog Productions the concert was held over the 28th and 29th October 1966 and included the bands "Blackburn & Snow" & "Sons of Champlin", with promotion poster by designer Victor Moscoso. Now, the building is an ultralounge concept, still called the Matrix, which is owned by Lt. Gov. Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library--Dr. Weirde. Family Dog shows were initially held at the Fillmore Auditorium where Chet and Bill Graham would promote concerts on alternate weekends. Family Dog Values: POSTER by Family Dog and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. FD115 Family Dog; Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) April 19-21, 1968 concert card psychedelic hippies 60s ad vertisement by GyanarthiBooks. The ballroom was 80 to 100ft (24 to 30m) by 160 to 180 feet (49 to 55m). The Avalon #204-For Archive: www.oaklanddupree@substack.com. The site was at the former Edgewater Ballroom, part of the Playland At The Beach complex. In fact, for forty years, Playland was the only place you could find It's It. The Avalon Ballroom, the Fillmore Auditorium, Fillmore West, and Winterland: these four venues ushered in the modern era of rock show presentation and grew out of the hippie counterculture of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. Everyone was dancing it was a family atmosphere. On opening night, a publicist convinced local jazz critic Ralph Gleason to come to the show. The Family Dog Denver (also known as The Family Dog or simply The Dog) was a concert dance hall located at 1601 West Evans Avenue in Denver, Colorado.Opened from September 1967 to July 1968, it is regarded as a seminal music venue that launched Denver on its trajectory to its current status as a major concert destination by introducing never-before-seen acts like The Doors, Van Morrison, Jimi . It arrived in 1914. )^ Guidelines, MacGowan, Gail, Land's End in San Francisco, At the base of the rocks near the Cliff House, the, "National Park Service Issues New Contract to Long-Time Cliff House Concessioner", Long before the Family Dog showed up! Historic photo reprinted without permission, SF History Center, SF Public Library. By many accounts, the "San Francisco Sound" came from the Fillmores stage -- and as young people came to San Francisco in droves, Grahams shows were practically tourist attractions. Poster for a show at the Avalon Ballroom. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. The Family Dog on The Great Highway, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA The Family Dog was a foundation stone in the rise of San Francisco rock, and it was in operation in various forms from Fall 1965 through the Summer of 1970. . First, Friends and Relations, not Relationships. Description. I saw her in the show but we didn't meet until 1980.lee@cjc.edu. $1,000.00, FD-141The Grateful Dead PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint Minus, Regular price Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were involved. This is the entire run of numbered Family . Built in 1916, the Charles Van Damme was a steamboat that shuttled commuters from Richmond to San Rafael for over 20 years. Another notable song from the Jabberwocks scene was Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent by Berkeley Barb writer Jef Jaison. $160.00, FD-97Siegal Schwall1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.5, FD-96Quicksilver MessengerMouse & Kelley1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price It hadn't been long since locals ran out the owners who'd showed a movie about a crossdresser, and now they had a hippie problem on their hands. If any such were there they were either backstage or on the patio, not on or around the dance floor.I was the house sound tech for nearly the entire time that Chet and Family Dog operated the venue.My late wife was in the production of the Who's "Tommy" that moved to "Friends and Relations Hall" from Lone Mountain College. This comment has been removed by the author. Chet Helms held his dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. According to the band's Leigh Stephens, the Matrix recording convinced the group that they needed to pare down to a trio. Looffs Hippodrome at Chutes-at-the-Beach was the first permanently installed concession in 1914. Santana Dates: Oct or Nov 1966 - March 20, 1968 - May 13, 1968 - May 17/18/19, 1968 - May 28, 1968 - June 28/29/30, 1968 - Aug 9/10/11, 1968 - March 12, 1969 - March 21/22/23, 1969 - March 26, 1969 Originally opened as The Puckett Academy of Dance in 1911, and then renamed the Trianon Ballroom with an opening on April 9, 1926. province. Care about whats happening in Bay Area arts? Jack Duane. . Regular price $100.00 AUCTION FD-33 What the hall is remembered more for are non-musical activities. $1,800.00, FD-42Quicksilver MessengerVictor Moscoso1967 Poster Avalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price members of the extended Family Dog tribe not only resulted in the 1969 Ratha event at 660 Great Highway and the earlier Avalon Ballroom show, but . The Avalon Ballroom is a historic 30,000 square feet building located in the heart of San Francisco, in the Polk Street Corridor. $400.00, FD-9Beefheart LoveWes Wilson Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.5, Regular price This arrangement was short-lived and Chet soon moved his shows to San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom. The Family Dog Series includes both posters and handbills. The building that housed the Avalon Ballroom was built in 1911 and was originally called the Colin Traver Academy of Dance. They were joined by Chet Helms who, initially with Bill Graham, put on shows at the Fillmore Auditorium.This was a short lived arrangement and Helms moved his shows to the Avalon Ballroom.Zappa recalled the Old Western dress popular there. The area that was Playland began as a 19th Century squatters settlement, Mooneysville-by-the-Sea at the western edge of San Francisco. Saw a show there around Christmas 69-or70. An L-shaped, second-floor balcony surrounded the first-floor along the south and western walls, and the dance area was in front of the elevated stage in the northeast corner where musicians performed. Many cards were produced in more than one back style. Avalon Ballroom San Francisco: Mari Tepper: Original Poster: N/A AOR 2.341: The Doors The Animals [citation needed] In 1969, it reopened as the Regency II Movie Theater, operated by Blumenfeld Enterprises until 2000. The mere emptying of the tanks entails no difficulty, but the emptying of them in such a manner as to prevent the once used water from again entering the tanks requires ingenuity. The posters quickly became emblematic of hippie culture. 2 tracks of their "Live/Dead" album were also recorded there in early 1969, The Eleven and Turn On Your Love Light. This poster series is quite large with posters numbered from 1-147. He had owned the finest private library in America. These almost-nightly events, like those hosted at the Fillmore, were more than conventional concerts; they were social gatherings with plenty of dance, music and light. Family Dog numbers from 1 to 41 were printed in two formsposters and handbills. Regular price $135.00 AUCTION . Times sure have changed! An omnipresent light show was created by several local lighting companies.[14][15]. Waltham, MA 02453. In the 20's, I think, prior to Topsy's Roost, the building had a sign reading "Sahara", and another reading "Baghdad". In April 1966, Helms began presenting weekly events at the Avalon Ballroom, an old dancehall that was ideal for the spectacular light shows he was known for staging. Like early BG posters, the first Family Dog posters were printed on vellum and were subject to damage and wear. The band playing was cosmic popcorn. Packaging still has Playland Carousel and Roller Coaster. The Ark was born. . of the early posters. Family Dog was the production company run by Chet Helms. [3], By 1915, and at least until 1923, it housed a dance academy called "Puckett's College of Dancing",[4][2] which one source described as "the home of refined dancing. The most influential of the group became known as the "San Francisco . . The Great Highway is the westernmost road in San Francisco, running right along Ocean Beach. Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Mar 12, 2004 Strung Out / NOFX: Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Nov 18, 2003 Puddle of Mudd. The ballroom was designed by local architect, Alfred Henry Jacobs, and constructed in 1911. For The Regency Center (Regency I) next-door on the corner of Sutter Street and Van Ness Avenue, see, Live/Dead Booklet 2001 CD reissue, pag.14, "Jacobs (Alfred Henry) papers, 1863-1954", "J. Though the theater held memorable shows, it always struggled for money. Graphic Artist: Doyle Phillips a.k.a. $850.00, FD-47Steve Miller Blues BandMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.0, Regular price It was managed by a group of hippies known as 'The Family Dog'. 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Among the rarest tomes and incunabula, may be mentioned duplicates of the early printer's art, from the famous Munich Library, four thousand in number; folios of the classics from the monastery of Boxheim and the Duke of Dahlberg, the Sunderland Library and the confiscated monasteries of Bavaria. San Francisco, CA 94121. The Avalon Ballroom was my favorite. Dog Santana: 6/28-30/68: Avalon Ballroom: Artists: David Warren L. Kent Hollister: FD-126 Alice Griffin. And they played Jingle Bells. Skip to main content. Helms ran the Avalon Ballroom under the name Family Dog, where the real hippies went to dance, and he brought his old pal from Texas, Janis Joplin, out to join the band he was managing, Big . The Avalon was not as large as the Winterland Ballroom or The Fillmore, which had been used by Helms before Bill Graham allegedly violated their partnership agreements. 1891 photo courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. (Photo courtesy of Dennis O'Rourke). $225.00, FD-94Flatt & Scruggs1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, FD-91The Youngbloods1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-90Canned Heat1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, FD-80South Side Sound System Freedom Highway1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-77Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-52Big Brother Janis JoplinRick Griffin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price Family Dog/Avalon Ballroom Concert Posters - Complete Near-Mint Set of All 161! It was operated during the 1960s as a dance/concert hall by Chet Helms' "Family Dog Productions." During the party, a shy recruit was handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob from a prostitute. Saw many a show there. Tier upon tier of seats rise to the galleries, while at their base are the swimming tanks. It is also a post-concert reprint. Among the shortest-lived but most beloved was the Jabberwock, a former jazz club on Telegraph Avenue. 20. Me and my hippie friend Pat trying to scrounge up ten bucks between us so we could get in AND have enough to buy a couple doobs. Balins share was eventually bought out by two of the other partners, and after a few different bookers, the club closed in 1972. FDD-7Canned HeatStanley Mouse Signed1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price Sly & the Family Stone New Salvation Army Band. Balin later said he opened the Matrix so he could start a band and have a place to play. 1268 Sutter Street. BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS / FAMILY DOG. San Francisco, CA 94121. The red roofed building would become Family Dog. Not all those places had an impact on the music, but the ones that did have stories worth telling. [17][18] The neighboring building, known as the Regency I Movie Theater was formerly the Regency Ballroom. . It wasnt long before the place started packing in all the local eccentrics, who would be treated to early performances from the Doors, Grateful Dead and the Steve Miller Blues Band in an intimate setting (the club sat about 100 people). It survived into the "teens." in . Infamous North Bay restaurateur Juanita Musson housed her late-night diner Juanitas Galley there for three years before taking her famous clientele and irreverent hijinks to Sonoma Valley. Where Graham built a rock 'n' roll empire before he died in a helicopter crash in 1991, Mr. Helms was forever a hippie zealot with a . When asked why decades later, Martinez said that the muddy lot where the Ark sat clashed with the clubs fancier vibe, keeping it from fulfilling its potential, so they moved on. At Classic Posters, we guarantee that every Family Dog poster we sell is correctly attributed according to the current edition of The Collectors Guide to Psychedelic Rock Concert Posters, Postcards and Handbills 1965-1973 by Eric King. Sign . By 1890, there were three streetcar lines to Ocean Beach: the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad, the Park & Ocean Railroad and the Sutro Railroad. Its why many call Helms the father of the Summer of Love.. Lot 0509, Mar 30, 2023 . Complaints against noise led to the venue losing its performance licence early in 1969. It was here in places like the Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom where the philosophies and ideals of a counterculture revolution found their voice. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes Mouse & Kelley's Zig-Zag Man (FD-14), and their Skull & Roses Grateful Dead poster (FD-26). Other audience members then surrounded the dancers and escorted them off stage. My birthday parties when I was a kid were always at Playland. The long shed adjacent to Seal Rock House was a wind-sheltered stable for the horses of hotel guests. Helms was also Joplins earliest supporter, and he believed in her so much that he drove to Texas to bring her back with him to San Francisco -- twice. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. Anyone know anything about this rendition? a.whtlinks{color:white !important; text-decoration:underline;}Family Dog postcards have several different types of backs: Place Stamp Here (PSH), Blank backs and Bulk Rate Permit backs (as well as combinations of these types in the case of double sized cards). Photos. Photo taken in 1865. $250.00, FD-22Grateful DeadStanley Mouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price Fishing at Muni, Pier, Bocci Ball Courts, playing congas at Aquatic Park. I went to the Family Dog as a kid of 12 [1969]. Today, the Regency Ballroom, a live music venue right next door, is often mistaken for the Avalon. Great city to grow up in. 9/16-17/66, Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, what circulates, CDR, A+, Original Polygram LP master tapes>DAT>CDR>CDR>CDR, 1 disc, . But the Arks biggest contribution to Bay Area music was serving as the incubator for Moby Grape, the band that couldve ruled the world were it not for bad luck and a host of issues, drugs among them. Date 1966 FAMILYDOG "The San Francisco Rock and Roll scene was invented by . Kezar Stadium and Candlestick Park. Books for free > > > Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. Some of the ministers from the event held a press conference the next day and described the police as being like the Gestapo. $15,000.00, FD-122Velvet UndergroundBob Schnepf Signed1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, FD-27Howlin Wolf1966 Poster Avalon BallroomGood, Regular price "[7], In the 1960s, at the Avalon, two bands typically performed two sets during the evening beginning at about nine o'clock. Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse, Greatful Dead (Grateful Dead, Sopwith Camel.Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California 8/19/66-8/20/66), 1966, color offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sidney Lawrence III, 2007.27.17 . Gavin Newsoms company, the Plumpjack Group. Like the BG Series, there are many different printings (first prints, second prints, etc.) 660 The Great Highway, San Francisco, California, Rock Festival/ Ride The Wind/ Good And Dusty, Family Dog At The Great Highway, San Francisco, June 13th 1969, Bootleg Series, Volume One The Quine Tapes, Been A Long Time Coming, Be A Long Time Gone, Found In The Ozone (Family Dog At The Great Highway San Francisco, California, March 28, 1970), Family Dog At The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA, April 18, 1970, Family Dog At The Great Highway San Francisco, CA, April 18, 1970, Dave's Picks, Volume 43 (San Francisco, 11/2/69 Dallas, 12/26/69), Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen. Despite never charging a cover and paying the bands with food -- breakfast, usually, since the shows either started or ended at 2am -- many seminal groups came to play the Ark. [21] In 2012 it became the headquarters of the internet company Wantful.com. We listened to [our recording] back and three guys were playing the songs one way and the other three were somewhere else, Stephens said. The Family Dog Series is numbered from FD-1 to FD-147, and includes a number of posters from 1601 West Evans, Denver, CO that carry the designation FD-D2 and so on. There are some heaven-sent lineups that happened at the California Hall -- a fundraiser for the Sexual Freedom League is a standout, which featured the Doors, Captain Beefheart and the 13th Floor Elevators. [19][20] The former Avalon Ballroom was later used as the offices for fabric design company American Pacific Linens. the "Jolly Blue Giant," bought the place in 1965, and Cal students and local musicians regularly packed the place for bills that read today like a Roots Music Hall of Fame; John Fahey, Doc Watson, Skip James and Ramblin Jack Elliott are just a few legends that graced its stage. $1,500.00, FD-57The DoorsVictor Moscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price Bill Ehlert, a.k.a. $7,500.00, FD-74Charles Lloyd QuartetRobert Fried1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-690707Wild WestJefferson Airplane Joan Baez1969 PosterFillmore WestCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price 17 comments. That band turned out to be the Jefferson Airplane, and they were the first group to play the club. The carousel was an elegant 68-horse merry-go-round with a $5,000 organ, a staggering amount at that time. One huge bonus for bands playing the Matrix was the high-quality recording setup used to capture performances. The Family Dog was the other concert promoter in San Francisco, headed by Chet Helms. Locals didnt make the demolition easy, as dozens laid in front of the bulldozers and were arrested. RARE ORIGINAL 1968 LOVE, CONGRESS OF WONDERS, SONS OF CHAMPLIN - AT THE AVALON BALLROOM IN SAN FRANCISCO FAMILY DOG CONCERT POSTCARD FD109, STANLEY MOUSE ART. In a sense, an oceanic experience of being unified with something larger than yourself, that is essentially ultimately regenerating and renewing and is what the word recreation means in its true sense, Helms said during a 1998 interview. Avalon Poster (19 results) You searched for: Title: avalon poster. A woman dances in the glow of psychedelic light at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. All we wanted to do . There were so many dives that popped up out of nowhere, and because the [Grateful] Dead had done one show there, they were the new club on the map, Flamin Groovies guitarist Cyril Jordan said. In 2002, after learning from psychedelic poster artist Stanley Mouse that the building was available, neo-hippie Steve Shirley (aka Morning Spring Rain) of the Hog Farm commune restored and re-opened the Avalon Ballroom 34 years after it had been closed. As the stepmom of one of the five buyers, Anderson told the board that there would be nothing wrong with hippies coming to the theater for rock 'n' roll, since they would be exposed to culture in the process -- the owners had planned to host poetry readings and even Shakespeare. San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive, handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob. A basin scooped out of solid rock receives the water that dashes over the top, thence it is conducted to a settling tank; by numerous small canals it makes its way into the various swimming tanks, of which there are six in all, the largest containing the sea water in its natural state, the others being heated to different temperatures to suit the varying requirements of visitors. Four months later, on August 8, 1898 Adolph Sutro died after a long illness. Its also where Kenneth Anger had 1,500-feet of his famous film Lucifer Rising stolen after a multimedia event called Equinox of the Gods. The theft left Anger so distraught that he announced he was dead in the pages of the Village Voice. It was here in June 1966 that Janis Joplin made her first public appearance with Big Brother and the Holding Company. Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Nov 04, 1966 . (Bonus link: An interview with the singers of The Only Alternative and His Other Possibilities on the San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive.). The Series also contains Rick Griffins FD-D18 poster for the Doors 1967 New Years show in Denver. 1 mailer NM- on front, insignificant tape pull at very upper 1/8" on back, $25.00; 1 VG+ mailer with tack hole top center, $15.00; 2 NM copies . McDonald, Melton and a few others would end up recording a song McDonald wrote in a matter of minutes called I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag. Released on an EP, the song -- a satire-laden protest of the Vietnam War -- became a regional hit, so McDonald and Melton began playing at the Jabberwock as Country Joe McDonald and the Fish. Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Charlatans, and the West Coast Pop Experimental Band played there often, and in attendance would sometimes be stars like David Crosby, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. Search . Of all the locations that I have documented (The Matrix, Fillmore Auditorium, El Patio/Carousel Ballroom/Fillmore West, California Hall, Longshoremen's Hall, Winterland, etc.) Related Items. Inspired by a pot dealer who ripped off some undercover police officers at a Berkeley pizza shop by selling them a large quantity of Jasmine tea for hundreds of dollars, it became of a staple on Dr. Dementos legendary comedy music show. Open 13 June 1969 - 1971. From January 1966 to March of '69, Helms booked bands of all stripes at the Avalon, including psychedelic rock pioneers like the 13th Floor Elevators and Captain Beefheart and almost-forgotten-by-then blues musicians like Bo Diddley and Buddy Guy. Moby Grape Big Brother and the Holding Company Country Joe 1967 Mar 15 San Francisco Avalon Ballroom Postcard B Kiln ad vertisement by oicvintage. $175.00, FD-147Quicksilver Messenger1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price In 1966, when asked by the Mojo Navigator where would she would rather play -- the Fillmore or the Avalon -- Janis Joplin said the acoustics at the Avalon were better, and that the last time her band played the Fillmore, the audience members werent really into the music and would walk around trying to pick each other up, sailors and all that. $550.00, FD-65Big Brother Janis Joplin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price Grateful Dead - 1/26/69 - Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA-- Set 1 --00:00 Tuning00:46 That's It For The Other One ~16:48 Clementine ~27:44 Death Don't . There are Mexican works, relating to the war of independence, from the ancient archives of the Aztec capital; two thousand three hundred Japanese manuscripts were borne from the bright land of the "Morning Calm; " collections of Semitic philology, the chemical literature of the late Secretary Wells, of the English Society of Industrial Chemistry, have furnished about two thousand five hundred volumes. Still, whenever a new music scene popped up in the city, as punk did in the '80s, its bands would hold shows at the California Hall. . Avalon Ballroom. The Grateful Dead and Country Joe played fundraising concerts at the Avalon, and as many as 20 people supposedly invested in the theater. Both Chet Helms and Bill Graham employed many of the same artists to produce the posters and handbills. I'll never forget the feeling of being with a big family. Chet was a direct competitor of Bill Graham. The Family Dog's weekly dance hall revues gave the local bands a forum to perform their groundbreaking music. The Avalon Ballroom lost its lease in 1968. The Avalon Ballroom. was invented in 1928 by George Whitney, and sold only at Playland-at-the-Beach. But noise complaints brought the Avalons fun times to an end. FD #74, Charles Lloyd, West Coast Natural Gas Co., 8/3-6/67, Avalon Ballroom; Moscoso design with red sky, pink and blue border, and image of the Family Dog Indian standing in front of the Taj Mahal. Great memories. A roots-music aficionado from Los Angeles named Joe McDonald lived next to the Jabberwock and was a regular, playing in the house pickup group, the Instant Action Jug Band, with a guitarist named Barry Melton. Independence July 4th Quicksilver Messenger Service Avalon BallroomSan Francisco: Family Dog Productions, 1967. On one of the nights I was there they showed The Mad Adventures of Mister Frog. FILLMORE / AVALON BALLROOM. I am conducting research about San Francisco rock & roll venues in the sixties. I remember one night hearing conga drums playing in that cave. (*SIGNED in pencil by Mouse) Medium-thick flat vellum stock poster . Submitted by radha.name on Thu, 09/11/2017 - 09:52 . Later in the Series, there were postcards and image tickets. Free shipping for many products! But Mr. Helms lacked both Graham's capitalist drive and his killer instincts. $3,000.00, AUCTIONFD-109Love Arthur LeeStanley Mouse Signed1968 PosterAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price abebooks.com. Some approximate idea may be reached by the following numbers. The Family Dog on The Great Highway was far from downtown. $200.00, FD-46Country Joe & the FishMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.0, FD-19Big Brother Janis JoplinMouse & Kelley SIGNED1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 7.0, FDD-7Canned HeatMoon Child1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 10 Gem Mint, Regular price $500.00, FD-37Buffalo Springfield1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price Fred Marti Martinez and Frank McGinnis then bought the Van Damme, cleaned up the boats interior, and by 1965 they had turned it into a plush after-hours nightclub. Avalon Ballroom, Fillmore, Winterland, Family Dog, and free concerts in Golden Gate Park. Within a year, it turned to fundraising concerts to keep the doors open. The second building, the larger one, would later become The Family Dog. . 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