Leading artists of the 1960s
Psychedelic Art movement were San Francisco poster artists such as Wes Wilson,
Mouse & Kelly (Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelly), Victor Moscoso, Rick
Griffin. Their Psychedelic Rock concert posters were often inspired by the Art
Nouveau style (of artists like Alphonse Mucha – indeed his artworks were often
reworked in posters), as well as the contemporary Pop Art movement. The
"Fillmore Posters" were among the most notable of the time. Richly
saturated colours, elaborate ornate lettering, collage elements and distortion
were all hallmarks of the San Francisco
psychedelic poster art style that flourished from about 1966 - 1972. Their work
also translated into album cover art and all of the aforementioned artists also
created album covers.
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| Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco Photo: Wikimedia Free Media Repository |
The Fillmore
Auditorium is an historic music venue in
San Francisco California made famous by promoter Bill Graham. Named for its
original location at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard.
In 1968, Graham moved his concerts to a different venue in San Francisco, formerly known as The Carousel Ballroom and El Patio at Market Street and South Van Ness Avenue, that he renamed Fillmore West.
In 1968, Graham moved his concerts to a different venue in San Francisco, formerly known as The Carousel Ballroom and El Patio at Market Street and South Van Ness Avenue, that he renamed Fillmore West.
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| Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco Photo: Wikimedia Free Media Repository |
The Avalon Ballrom is a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighbourhood of San Francisco. The space operated fron 1966 to 1968 and reopened in 2003. Local bands such as Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Steve MIller Band served as back-up bands, as did the early Moby Grape and headliners like The Doors and Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin.
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| Grande Ballroom, Detroit © www.buildingsofdetroit.com |
Since Gibb closed the Grande as a rock venue in 1972, the building has rarely been used and has fallen into a state of extreme disrepair.
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| Fillmore East, New York in the 1960s |
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| Fillmore East, New York today Photo: Wikimedia Free Media Repository |
This is part 1 of a 2-part post on psychedelic graphics of the 1960s:
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| March 1-2 1966 Artist Gary Grimshaw Big Brother and the Holding Company at Grande Ballroom, SF © Gary Grimshaw |
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| April 15-17 1966 Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Jefferson Airplane at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham |
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| April 29-30 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Grass Roots, Sons of Adam, Big Brother and The Holding Company at Avalon Ballroom, SF © Wes Wilson |
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| April 29-30 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Lightning Hopkins at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| May 6-7 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Jefferson Airplane, The Yay Walkers at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| May 13-14 1966 Artist Wes Wilson The New Generation, The Jaywalkers, Charlatans at Fillmore Auditorium SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| May 20-21 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Quicksilver Messenger Service, Final Solution at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| May 20-21 1966 Artists James Gardner and Herb Greene Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © James Gardner & Herb Greene |
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| May 27-29 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Andy Warhol and His Plastic Inevitable, Velvet Underground, Mothers, Nico at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| June 3-4 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Postcard for Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grateful Dead, The Mothers at Fillmore Auditorium © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| June 17-18 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Postcard for The Wailers, Quicksilver Messenger Service at Fillmore Auditorium © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| June 23 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Them, Great Society, New Tweedy Brothers at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| June 24-25 1966 Artists Mouse and Kelly Big Brother and The Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service at Avalon Ballroom, SF © Mouse and Kelly |
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| July 1-3 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Grass Roots, Daily Flash, Sopwith Camel at Avalon Ballroom, SF © Wes Wilson |
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| July 8-9 1966 Artist Wes Wilson The Mindbenders, The Chocolate Watchband at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| July 22-23 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Association, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grass Roots, Sopwith Camel at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| July 22-23 1966 Artists Kelly and Mouse Jefferson Airplane at Avalon Ballroom, SF © Kelly and Mouse |
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| July 29-30 1966 'Trips Festival' Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Daily Flash, and poet Michael McClure in Vancouver, Canada |
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| August 5-6 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Love, Everpresent Fullness at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| August 5-7 1966 Artists Mouse and Kelly Bo Diddley at Longshoremans Hall, Avalon Ballroom, SF © Mouse and Kelly |
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| August 10 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| August 12-13 1966 Artists Mouse and Kelly Bo Diddley at Avalon Ballroom, SF © Mouse and Kelly |
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| August 12-13 1966 Artists Wes Wilson and Herb Green Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson & Herb Greene |
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| August 19-20 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Young Rascals, Quicksilver Messenger Service at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| August 26 1966 Artist Wes Wilson The Beatles, The Cyrkle, The Ronettes, The Reamians at Candlestick Park, SF © Wes Wilson |
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| August 26-27 1966 Artists Wes Wilson and Herb Greene 13th Floor Elevators, Great Society, Sopwith Camel at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson & Herb Greene |
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| September 2-3 1966 Artists Mouse and Kelly 13th Floor Elevators, Sir Douglas Quintet at Avalon Ballroom, SF © Mouse and Kelly |
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| September 2-5 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe and the Fish at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| September 9-10 1966 Artist John H. Myers The Mothers, Oxford Circle at Fillmore Auditorium and Scottish Rites Temple © 1966 Bill Graham © John H. Myers |
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| September 9-10 1966 Artist Wes Wilson The Byrds, Wildflower, New Stage Company at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| September 30 and 1 October 1966 Artists Mouse and Kelly 13th Floor Elevators, Quicksilver Messenger Service at Avalon Ballroom, SF © Mouse and Kelly |
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| October 7-8 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Butterfield Blues Band, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead at Winterland, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| October 7-8 1966 Artists Mouse and Kelly Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Big Brother and The Holding Company at Avalon Ballroom © Mouse and Kelly |
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| October 14-16 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Postcard for Butterfield Blues Band, Jefferson Airplane, Big Mama Thornton at Fillmore Auditorium © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| October 15-16 1966 Artists Mouse and Kelly Big Brother and The Holding Company, Sir Douglas Quintet at Avalon Ballroom, SF © Mouse and Kelly |
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| October 21-22 1966 Artist Gary Grimshaw MC5, Prime Movers Blues Band at Grande Ballroom, SF © Gary Grimshaw |
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| October 21-22 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Card-Handbill for Grateful Dead, Lightning Hopkins, Loading Zone at Fillmore Auditorium © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| October 28-30 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Card-Handbill for Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Chocolate Watch Band, The Great Pumpkin at Fillmore Auditorium © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| November 3-4 1966 Artists Mouse and Kelly Grateful Dead, Oxford Circle at Avalon Ballroom, SF © Mouse and Kelly |
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| November 4-6 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Muddy Waters Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Andrew Staples at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| November 12 1966 Artists Mouse amd Kelly Grateful Dead Anniversary at The Old Cheese Factory, SF © Mouse and Kelly |
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| November 18-20 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Grateful Dead, James Cotton Blues Band, Lothar and the Hand People at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| November 25-27 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Jefferson Airplane, James Cotton Chicago Blues Band, Moby Grape at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| December 9-11 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Grateful Dead, Big Mama Mae Thornton, Tim Rose, Hey Joe at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| December 20-22 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Otis Redding and his Orchestra, Grateful Dead, Johnny Talcot and de Thangs, Country Joe and the Fish at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| December 20-23 1966 Steve Miller Blues Band, Congress of Wonders at Matrix, SF |
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| December 23-24 1966 Artist Victor Moscoso The Grateful Dead. Steve miller Blues Band, Moby Grape at Avalon Ballroom, SF © Victor Moscoso |
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| December 30-31 1966 Artist Wes Wilson Postcard for 'New Year Bash' Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service at Fillmore Auditorium © 1966 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| January 6-8 1967 Artist Wes Wilson The Young Rascals, Sopwith Camel, The Doors at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1967 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| February 3-5 1967 Artist Wes Wilson Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Dino Valenti at Fillmore Auditorium, SF © 1967 Bill Graham © Wes Wilson |
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| February 10 1967 13th Floor Elevators, Conqueroo at City Coliseum, Austin, Texas |
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| February 17-18 1967 Artists Kelly and Mouse Big Brother and the Holding Company at Avalon Ballroom, SF © Mouse and Kelly |
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