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Bill Graham (born Wulf Wolodia Grajonca; January 8, 1931 – October 25, 1991) was a German-born American impresario and rock concert promoter.. In the early 1960s, Graham moved to San Francisco, and in 1965, began to manage the San Francisco Mime Troupe. [2]
Another Planet Entertainment is an independent concert production and artist management company based in Berkeley, California.Founded in 2003 by former Bill Graham Presents executives Greg Perloff, Sherry Wasserman, and Steve Welkom, [1] the company is noted for "changing the landscape of live music in San Francisco and its neighboring hubs, while staying faithful to the area’s musical roots ...
Graham, despite being angry, decided to go ahead as planned and donate the funds to the schools. [5] He said after the concert: "The Bay Area musicians were called to arms and they responded to the call. For me, it represented the use of the drawing power of our artists to address and attempt to solve a social problem." [4]
In 1992, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to rename the auditorium after the rock concert impresario Bill Graham, who had died the previous year in a helicopter crash. [ 6 ] Long before Bill Graham came along, James T. Graham (no relation) managed the Civic Auditorium from 1954 to 1970 and booked some of the biggest names in show ...
San Francisco Chronicle "Winterland, Post and Steiner, San Francisco, CA". Jerry's Brokendown Palaces. 1 February 2013 "Summers of Ice Skating". Moretosayfromsf.com. 14 May 2014 "San Francisco Org Planning West's Top Indoor Show Palace" (PDF). The Billboard.
In the Spring of 1973 Bill Graham put on a pair of large, daytime concerts at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Both events were advertised on the same poster under the billing: 'Dancing On The Outdoor Green.' [1] These concerts served as the blueprint of what two months later and across the bay became "Day On The Green."
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The Avalon Ballroom was a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at 1244 Sutter Street [1] (or 1268 Sutter, [2] depending on the entrance). The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969.