Lindley Meadows – Golden Gate Park
In 1975 Jerry Garcia and Friends (really The Grateful Dead) returned from a year off …
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The I-Beam
The I-Beam was a famous gay disco for years, in 1980 they started to have special…
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The Concord Pavilion
The Sleep Train Pavilion (formerly known as the Concord Pavilion and then the…
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The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
The Civic Auditorium was renamed in 1992 following Bill’s death. At the entrance are…
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Greek Theater
A wonderful outdoor setting located in Griffith Park. Many of the top bands of the last…
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Vesuvio Cafe
One of the early North Beach hangouts for beatnicks, many of the local music talent…
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The Country Club
This site, which first opened in 1974, had been up and down constantly since its inception…
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The Sweetwater Music Hall
The Sweetwater is the legendary Mill Valley music club which for over 30 years has been the…
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Devonshire Downs – Home Of The Newport Pop Festival
This ex-racetrack is probably best known for hosting the Newport ’69 Pop Festival. This show…
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Basin Street West
Basin Street West was a famous Jazz club which gradually migrated towards rock before…
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Altamont Motorsports Park
On December 6, 1969 The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young…
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Both/And – “Ball And Chain” By “Big Mama” Thornton Heard Here By Janis Joplin
“Big Mama” Thornton was a regular at this jazz club, one of her songs “Ball and Chain” was…
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Avalon Ballroom – Janis Joplin’s First Public Appearance With Big Brother
On June 10, 1966, Janis Joplin made her first public appearance with Big Brother and the…
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Wally Heider’s San Francisco Recording Studios
Wally Heider was very well known for making excellent studio and remote location…
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The Automatt
In 1978, The Automatt rose out of the ashes of Columbia Records’ old location, and…
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BMG Records – RCA Records
Previously the home of RCA Records, it was the west coast home of the German…
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Fairmont Hotel – I Left My Heart In San Francisco First Sang Here
Famous as the home the Venetian Room, the first place that Tony Bennett…
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McCabe’s Guitar Shop
McCabe’s is one of the oldest guitar stores in the Los Angeles area. Shows…
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Marty Balin’s Home
Not far from downtown Mill Valley is this house purchased by Marty Balin after the initial success of the…
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