Live at the Fillmore East and West
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Black Panthers, 174
Black Sabbath, 327
Bleich, Eli, 358–59
Bless Its Little Pointed Head (album), 174, 200–201
Blood, Sweat and Tears, 260, 261
Bloomfield, Michael, 84, 185, 186, 194, 196, 363
Blows Against the Empire (album), 285, 322
Blue Cheer, 151
blues music, 22–23, 24–25
Blues Traveler, 366
Blumer, Lee, 131, 151, 167, 168, 176, 273
Bonham, John, 202
Booker T. and the M.G.’s, 186
Booth, Stanley, 187
Brethren, 333
Brightman, Candace, 222
Brooks, Chris “Sunshine,” 106, 201–3, 228–29, 230, 273, 281, 308–9
Brown, Arthur, 106, 142–43
Brown, David, 101, 151, 335, 341
Brown, James, 25
Bruce, Jack, 106
Bruce, Lenny, 38, 41
Buckley, Tim, 119, 134
Buried Alive (Friedman), 116
Burks, John, 245
Butterfield, Paul, 84, 258–59
Butterfield Blues Band, 54, 76, 102, 143, 154, 251
Byrd, David, 247
Byrds, The, 261
Cale, John, 77
Campbell, Brad, 183, 275, 313
Canned Heat, 231
Capaldi, Jim, 168
Capitol Records, 100
Captain Beefheart, 327
Carabello, Michael, 90, 210, 255, 283, 326, 335–36
Carnegie Hall, 225–28
Carousel Ballroom, 113, 140, 150, 152, 154. See also Fillmore West
Carpenter, John, 50, 53
Cartright, Regina, 365
Casady, Jack, 74, 110, 118, 142, 180, 182, 218, 285, 297, 353
and Bill Graham, 82–83, 112
concert at Whitney Museum, 172
concert in Central Park, 233
and drugs, 101
at Fillmore West closing, 363
and Grace Slick, 79–80, 253
and Hot Tuna, 232–33
and Marty Balin, 299
and Woodstock, 237
Caserta, Peggy, 94, 137–38, 205, 235, 239–40, 269, 312, 316
Castell, Luria, 33, 43, 46
Catero, Fred, 283
Central Park concerts, 143, 169, 222, 233, 279–80
Chambers Brothers, 162, 214
Charlatans, The, 33, 43, 166, 359
Charles, Ray, 336–37
Cheap Thrills (album), 149, 156, 159–60
Chelsea Hotel, 117–18, 300
Chester, John, 130
Chichinsky, Avi, 155
Chichinsky, Ester, 14, 47, 54, 167
Christgau, Robert, 99, 146, 249, 279, 281, 357
Clapton, Eric, 106, 209, 210, 325, 327
Clements, Terry, 208
Clemons, Tony, 184
cocaine, 101, 144, 181, 254, 267, 278, 279, 280, 281, 283, 302, 303, 329, 337, 340, 351, 365
Cocker, Joe, 234, 297
Cohen, Bobby, 65
Cohen, David Bennett, 94, 178, 259
Cohen, Irving, 15–16
Cohen, Kip, xiii, xvi, 103, 121, 167, 345
changes in music in 70s, 296
criticisms of music industry, 345–46
drugs at concerts, 198–99
Fillmore closings, 346
and Fillmore East, 133–34, 171, 197, 356
Graham’s affairs, 170, 323
and groupies, 202
and Jefferson Airplane, 157
problems with Motherfuckers, 190
Village Theater renovations, 128, 129
and Woodstock, 236
Cohen, Leonard, 118, 321
Cold Blood, 330, 358
Cole, Richard, 193
Columbia Records, 99, 126, 131–32, 138, 149, 194, 220–21, 239, 309
and Grace Slick, 141
and Miles Davis, 271
and Santana, 194–96, 242–43, 308
Committee, The, 44
Concord Hotel, 14–16
Connolly, Ray, 208–9
Cooder, Ry, 76
Cooke, John, 111, 119, 148, 196, 208, 220, 246, 305–6, 316, 317
and Festival Express, 295–96
and Joplin’s drug use, 232
as Joplin’s road manager, 185, 275
Cooley, Alex, 243
Corea, Chick, 271
Country Joe and the Fish, 155, 234, 310
concert in Central Park, 169
at Fillmore East, 151, 178, 243–44
at Fillmore West, 193
and Janis Joplin, 75
at Winterland, 327
Covington, Joey, 267, 280, 347
Coyote, Peter, 30, 32
Crazy Horse, 271
Crazy World of Arthur Brown, 106, 142–43, 149
Creach, Papa John, 368
Cream, 106, 131
Creedence Clearwater Revival, 154, 231, 234, 362
Cropper, Steve, 187
Crosby, David, 64, 80, 144, 241, 288, 322
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 234, 243, 257, 286–88, 364
Crosby, Stills & Nash, 231, 287
Crown of Creation (album), 141
Cullinen, Robbin, 119
Cunningham, Vicki, 323–24
Curtis, King, 336, 337
Cutler, Sam, 252, 254
Daltry, Roger, 202
dance concerts, 43, 55
Dangerfield, Brent, 211
Danko, Rick, 182, 295
Dante, Joe, 272–73
Davies, Dave, 246
Davis, Clive, 99, 126, 147, 159–60, 259, 315, 335, 365, 366, 370
and Santana, 194, 196, 238–39, 242
Davis, Judy, 93
Davis, Miles, 73, 259, 271–72, 289–93, 297, 303–4
Davis, Ronnie, 29, 30, 31–32, 44
Davison, Jon, 272–73
de Blanc, Peter, 66
Decca, 50
Delaney and Bonnie, 225, 295
Derek and the Dominoes, 325
Dick Cavett Show (TV), 231–32
Janis Joplin, 293–95, 301–2
Jefferson Airplane, 241–42
Santana, 251
Donahue, Tom, 50, 213, 362
Doors, The, xiv, 119–20, 136–37, 164, 165, 199, 361
Doubleday, Marcus, 184, 187, 196
Dowd, Tom, 338
Dr. John, 308
drugs, 75, 95–96, 101, 165, 166, 196, 198–99, 220, 267, 278–79, 283, 327–28, 349, 361
Dryden, Spencer, 232, 249
and Altamont, 255–56
and Bill Graham, 112
confronts Graham about long tour, 108
drinking, 109–10, 140
and Grace Slick, 91, 145, 166, 172, 181–82, 200, 206
and Jefferson Airplane, 174, 267
wedding, 266–67
Dunn, Donald “Duck,” 187
Dunn, Joyce, 72
DuPont, Bard, 42
Dupree, Cornell, 336
Dylan, Bob, 46, 99, 155–56, 259, 287–88, 324, 343–44, 364
Dynamics, The, 72, 90
Eastman, Linda, 122
East Village Other, 176
Ed Sullivan Show (TV), 162, 169, 204, 250–51
Ehrenreich, Alfred and Pearl, 7–8, 9, 13
Electric Flag, 81
Electric Hot Tuna, 333, 358, 361. See also Hot Tuna
Elektra Records, 76, 354
Elephants Memory, 214
Eliot, Marc, 99
Elvin Bishop Group, 337
Erb, Lyndall, 269
Ericson, Raymond, 214–15
Ertegun, Ahmet, 131, 193–94
Escovedo, Coke, 336, 341
Estrada, Ron, 73
Etheridge, Melissa, 369
Exploding Plastic Inevitable Show, 77
Family Dog, 33, 42, 43, 46, 53, 54, 183
fashion, 146–47, 267
Fava, Frank, 239
Felton, David, 363
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 44
Festival Express, 295–96
Fillmore (film), 359, 364
Fillmore Auditorium, 67, 80
Big Brother and the Holding Company, 150
and Bill Graham, 43–44, 50, 70
birth of, 116–35
Country Joe and the Fish, 151
Cream, 106
employees during first year, 70
English bands, 105–6
first “Bill Graham Presents” show, 48–49
Haynie manages, 50
and Janis Joplin, 69, 126–27
Jefferson Airplane, 79–80, 82, 102
and John Morris, 104
last show, 154
Mime Troupe benefit, 44–47
raided by police, 55–56
Santana Blues Band, 90, 101
Velvet Underground, 77–78
Fillmore East, 11, 103. See also Village Theater
after closing, 370
Albert King, 353
Allman Brothers Band, 260–61, 269, 337–39, 353, 354–55
April to June, 1968, 136–53
audience, 214–15, 298
The Band, 215, 216
Band of Gypsies, 261
Big Brother and the Holding Company, xiii, 131, 158–59
Chambers Brothers, 214
Country Joe and the Fish, 151, 178, 243–44
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 243, 286–88
The Doors, 136–37
Electric Hot Tuna, 333
Elton John, 324
and fashion, 146–47
final shows, xiii–xvii, 353, 354–58
Frank Zappa, 351–52
Grateful Dead, 152, 202–4, 221–22, 243–44, 264, 343
Hot Tuna, 297
Janis Joplin, 202–4
jazz concerts, 198
Jefferson Airplane, 139–40, 142, 157–58, 232, 252–53, 279–81, 322, 329
J. Geils Band, 353
Jimi Hendrix Experience, 145
John Lennon, 351–52
Laura Nyro, 289–93
Led Zeppelin, 199–200, 225
managed by Cohen, 171, 197
Miles Davis Quintet, 271–72
Motherfuckers threaten to burn, 189–90
Mothers of Invention, 351–52
Mountain, 250, 330
opening, 133–34
Pink Floyd, 310
profits, 175, 342
rivalry with Fillmore West, 298
Rock Relics Auction Show, 321
Santana, 231, 251, 275, 298, 302, 340
2nd anniversary, 272–73
secret recordings of concerts, 145–46
Sly and the Family Stone, 145
sound system, 139
staff, 273
takes off, 151
Thanksgiving shows, 180–81, 253
and Tommy, 218–20, 246–48
Traffic, 168
The Who, 139, 246–48
Fillmore Fingers, 155, 360
Fillmore West. See also Carousel Ballroom
Allman Brothers Band, 269
Aretha Franklin, 336–37
Big Brother and the Holding Company, 156, 274
Black Sabbath, 327
Buck Owens Buckeroos, 174–75
capacity, 154–55
closing, xvi, 350–51, 358, 360–63
Cold Blood, 330
Country Joe and the Fish, 193
Creedence Clearwater Revival, 362
documentary about closing, 358–60
drugs, 327–28
Elton John, 324
Graham must vacate building, 207–8, 217–18
Grateful Dead, 163, 220, 360–61
Jackson hired to manage, 297–98
James Gang, 327
Janis Joplin, 205, 245
Jefferson Airplane, 173–74
July to September, 1968, 154–71
Led Zeppelin, 193, 216–17
Love, 327
managed by Kristal, 208
Miles Davis Quintet, 272
opens, xiii, 154
profits, 175, 342
Quicksilver Messenger Service, 361
rivalry with Fillmore East, 298
Santana, 166–67, 221, 245, 261, 307–8, 362–63
staff, 273
The Who, 220
Finch College, 37, 108–9, 277
Finkelstein, Ronnie, 203
Fischer, John, 306, 307
Fisher, Annie, 159, 162, 173, 199, 219–20
Fleetwood, Mick, 185
Fleetwood Mac, 154, 270
Flowers, Snooky, 208, 220
Floyd, Eddie, 186, 187
Flying Burrito Brothers, 257
Fogerty, John, 362
Fong-Torrres, Ben, 328, 348
Forest Hills Music Festival, 231–32, 300
Franklin, Aretha, 336–37
Fraser, Tom, 85, 90
Freiberg, David, 64
Friedman, Myra, 116, 159, 182, 232, 268, 303, 315
Fugs, The, 44
Fuller, Bill, 152, 207
Full Tilt Boogie band, 284, 293, 300, 301
Fusco, Vincent, 133, 162–63, 265
Garcia, Jerry, 47, 48, 49, 64, 81, 88, 95, 113, 182, 229, 237, 272, 319, 322, 343
Garner, Bonnie, 279, 287
Gasca, Luis, 208
Gaskin, Stephen, 230
Geffen, David, 290
Getz, David, 68, 75, 80, 107, 117, 156, 183, 318
Gibb, Robin, 221
Ginsberg, Allen, 44, 45
Gleason, Ralph J., 33, 43, 45, 46, 50, 56, 205
Godard, Jean-Luc, 179
Going Down with Janis (Caserta), 138
Gold, Melissa, 365
Goldman, Albert, 288
Goldstein, Richard, 138–39
Goodgold, Ed, 345
Gordon, Robert, 315
Graham, Bill, xiii
accused of corrupting youth, 55
acting career, 16–17
adopted by Ehrenreichs, 7–8
announces Fillmores are struggling, 296
announces he’s leaving San Francisco forever, 230
announces retirement from music industry, xvi, 344–45
and The Band, 155–56
biological family, 10, 14
and Carlos Santana, 283–84, 331–32, 340
and Carousel Ballroom, 152
celebrates birth of son, 168
considers expanding to NYC, 122
criticisms of, 175–76, 224–25, 265, 329–30
death of, 365
decision to close Fillmores, xvi–xvii, 343, 344–45
and Diane LaChambre, 163–64, 167–68, 170, 188, 190–91, 192–93, 228–29, 310, 324
discovers rock ’n’ roll, 45
discusses partnership in Anderson Theater, 124
disputes criticism of Fillmore East audience, 214–15
dissolves partnership with Helms, 54
divorce, 268, 364
documentary about Fillmore West closing, 359
and drugs, 198, 338, 365
early life, 3–17
enters new career phase, 288–89
and Fillmore
Auditorium, 43, 53–54, 70
and Fillmore East, 133–35, 356, 357–58
and Fillmore West, 50, 207–8, 217–18, 350–51, 358
finances, 229
first jobs, 11–12, 14–16
future of rock ’n’ roll, xiv, 346
and Grace Slick, 108, 112, 281
and Grateful Dead, 87–88
and Gravenites, 81
inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 365
interviewed by Howard Smith, 224
interview with Variety, 332–33
and Jack Casady, 82–83
and Janis Joplin, 69, 80–81, 126–27, 184, 253
and Jann Wenner, 70–71, 242
and Jefferson Airplane, 82–84, 87, 88, 102, 108, 109–10, 112–13, 157–58
and Jerry Garcia, 49, 88
and Jimi Hendrix, 262–63
and John Morris, 104
and Jorma Kaukonen, 83
and Latin music, 10–11, 14, 224
and Led Zeppelin, 216–17, 225–28
life after Fillmore closings, 364
in London, 105–6
and LSD, 96, 177–78
and Madison Square Garden, 199
marries Bonnie MacLean, 97
and Miles Davis, 289–93, 303–4
military career, 12–13
and Mime Troupe, 29–33, 47
Mime Troupe benefit, 44–47
and Monterey Pop Festival, 98–99
and Motherfuckers, 176–77, 189–90
and Musicians Union, 55, 310–12
New Year’s Eve concerts, 87, 111, 261–63
and New York Times, 187–88
offers to debate Mick Jagger on tv, 257
and Paul Kantner, 45, 328–29
personal problems, 196–97, 224, 341–42, 365
profits from Fillmore shows, 47, 56
relationship with staff, 273
and Richard Goldstein, 138–39
and Rolling Stones, 251–52
romance with Bonnie MacLean, 28–29
romantic involvement with employees, 323–24
and San Francisco police, 55–56
and Santana, 250–51, 283–84, 304–5, 331–32
and Santana Blues Band, 90, 150–51
settles in San Francisco, 28–33
and Sol Hurok, xv, 341–42
starts Bill Graham Presents, 47
starts dance concerts, 43
and Tanglewood, 235
as teenager, 9–11
tries to set up record companies, 193
and Velvet Underground, 77–78
viewed as capitalist pig, 70–71
and Village Theater, 125
wants Dylan to play Fillmore East, 156, 343
and The Who, 246
and Winterland, 329
and Woodstock, 212, 233–34, 236–37, 265
Graham, Bonnie, 121, 167–68, 224. See also MacLean, Bonnie
and Bill’s affairs, 188, 190–91, 192–93, 323
divorce, 268, 364