An interesting mixture of cultural events started to change things in R&R in the sixties. With the arrival of the Beatles that began to take the music in a significantly different direction, garage band want-a-be's started popping up all over the place, but none so strong as Los Angeles and San Francisco. Peace, Love, Civil Rights, Antiwar and mind altering drugs mixed to start a steady stream of new edge rock with bands such as the Seeds, Doors, Mamas & Papas, Mothers, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver, Big Brother and a host of others. Not only was the music changing, but the way these bands presented themselves to the community and fans changed with new designs - gone were the old formats of boxing-style, block lettering and circus type traveling tour shows. The following are some of my favorites - ENJOY, the art is truly a delight, not to mention the flood of memories from such a great period.
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The Seed 1965 |
SeaWitch 1965? |
Tribute to Dr. Strange - 1965 |
The Charlatans - 1966 - Pre-Family Dog |
The Grateful Dead at the Cheetah Club in NYC 1967 |
The Amazing Electric Wonders - Buffalo Springfield |
Love In at Elysian Park 1967 - LA Bands |
The Who - Hollywood California |
Buffalo Springfield photo outside The Third Eye |
Buffalo Springfield at The Third Eye in Rodondo Beach |
Buffalo Springfield 1967 |
Love at the Whiskey A-Go-Go 1966 |
Velvet Underground at the Trip on the Strip 1966 |
Jimi Hedrix at the Shrine 1967 |
Big Brother and the Holding Company 1967 |
Chancellors 1967 |
Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane at the Kaleidoscope L.A. |
The Doors at the Kaleidoscope L.A. |
Buffalo Sprinfield at the Kaleidoscope L.A. 1968 |
Spirt at the Kaleidoscope in L.A. 1968 |
Big Brother and the Holding Company at The Cheetah 1967 |
Jefferson Airplane Grande Ballroom |
MC5 at the Grande Ballroom |
Venessa - Grande Ballroom 1967 |
Zebra Man - Grande Ballroom |
Jimi Hendrix Experience - BG105 |
Rick Griffin's Hawaiian Aoxo |
Original Artwork for BG 17 |
Janis Joplin and Big Brother & the Holding Company - Seattle |
Doors Aquarius Theater Hollywood 1969 |
Doors - Santa Monica Civic 1967 |
Doors - Pasadena JC 1967 |
The Doors at the Cal Poly Gym 1967 |
Doors - Las Vegas 1967 |
Doors - Santa Barbara 1967 |
Doors at the Cheetah 1967 |
Doors - LA Shrine Auditorium 1967 |
Doors - LA Forum 1968 |
The Doors - Santa Barbara/Ventura 1968 |
The Doors - San Diego 1968 |
Doors at Merced Legion Hall 1967 |
The Doors at Sacramento |
The Doors last LA Performance - 1970 |
The Blue Law - 1967 |
Fillmore Acid Test - 1966 |
Grateful Dead FD26 1966 |
Grateful Dead Hand Colored FD26-2 1966 |
Grateful Dead Pioneer Ballroom 1966 |
Grateful Dead 1966 Ghost |
The Great Blondin 1966 |
Love at the Grand Opening at the Pioneer Ballroom |
The Seeds 1967 |
Dance of Death, Grateful Dead 1966 |
Trip or Freak |
The Happening on Sunset Strip |
The Conspiracy Love Commune - A Psychedelic Happeing |
Grateful Dead at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 |
The Seagull - 1966 |
The Grateful Dead in Charlotte, North Carolia |
Original Artwork BG16 |
Monterey Pop Festival - 1967 |
Conspiracy Stomp! 1969 |
Them in San Jose 1966 |
Week of the Angry Arts 1966 |
Led Zeppelin - UC Irvine 1969 |
The only Family Dog event held in Southern California |
Grateful Dead 1967 at the Continental Ballroom |
Ears Grateful Dead 1969 |
Butterfield Blues Band FD3 1966 |
Donovan - Seattle concert 1968 |
The Mothers of Invention - Frank Zappa |
First Annual Love Circus - Grateful Dead |
Blackman's Free Store 1968 |
Janis Joplin at the Vulcan Gas Company 1968 |
Look what's in the window! |
Family Dog FD 26 - 1st and 2nd Printings |
Grande Ballroom - opening night |
Two really great Grande posters from the Ballroom |
The Cheetah in Venice |
A Neat Grouping of Doors Posters |
