Alive As Yesterday: 1968 Concerts

 

 

THE BYRDS

SONNY & CHER

MAHALIA JACKSON

ROOSEVELT GRIERE

Benefit For RFK

Los Angeles Sports Arena

Los Angeles, CA

 

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

THE SOFT MACHINE

Stony Brook University

Campus Center (Gym)

Stony Brook, NY

 

THELONIOUS MONK

DR. JOHN The NIGHT TRIPPER

THE CHARLATANS

Carousel Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

 

THE WHO

BLUE CHEER

San Jose Civic Auditorium

San Jose, CA

 

CHAMBERS BROTHERS

DR. JOHN THE NIGHT TRIPPER

VELVET UNDERGROUND

Shrine Auditorium

Los Angeles, CA

 

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

Miami Pop Festival  

Miami, FL

 

JEFF BECK GROUP

SPIRIT

SWEET LINDA DIVINE

SWEETWATER

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

 

GRATEFUL DEAD

Silver Dollar Fairgrounds

Chico, CA

 

FLAMIN GROOVIES

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

 

BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY COMPANY

FLEETWOOD MAC

DR. JOHN THE NIGHT TRIPPER

Carousel Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

 

GREAT SOCIETY

The Mod Hatter

Mill Valley, CA

 

CREAM

GRATEFUL DEAD

Memorial Auditorium

Sacramento, CA

 

CREAM

By most accounts, Cream took the live concert experience to a whole new level. Gone was the maniacal chalice of teenage worship and bad sound. Here was a trio of exceptional musicians, scruffy and weathered, determined to transfix their audiences with their virtuosity and improvisational skills. On that basis, they were successful. As individuals and human beings, of course, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker had all sorts of issues that ensnarled the creative process and impeded upon further collaboration. 

CANNED HEAT

Valley State College

San Fernando, CA

 

ELECTRIC FLAG

BLUE CHEER

BUDDY GUY

IKE & TINA TURNER

FREDDY KING

Fillmore

San Francisco, CA

 

CREAM

JAMES COTTON BLUES BAND

JEREMY SATYRS

BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS

Fillmore / Winterland

San Francisco, CA

 

DONOVAN

Seattle Center Arena

Seattle, WA

 

 

 

SILVER APPLES

THE HELLO PEOPLE

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.

BREWER & SHIPLEY

JEFF BECK GROUP

SOFT MACHINE

TRAFFIC

La Cave

Cleveland, OH

 

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

SOFT MACHINE

ELECTRIC FLAG

BLUE CHEER

Shrine Auditorium

Los Angeles, CA

 

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

VANILLA FUDGE

AMBOY DUKES

SOFT MACHINE

Atlanta Municipal Auditorium

Atlanta, GA

 

 

LOVE

CONGRESS OF WONDERS

SONS OF CHAMPLIN

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

 

CAPT. BEEFHEART & His MAGIC BAND

Crawford Hall

Univ. of California

Irvine, CA

 

NEW YORK ROCK FESTIVAL

THE DOORS

THE WHO

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

CHAMBERS BROS.

SOFT MACHINE

THE RASCALS

THE VAGRANTS

Singer Bowl

Forest Hills, NY

 

THE ELECTRIC FLAG

MAD RIVER 

THE FUGS

13th FLOOR ELEVATOR

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

 

BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY

SANTANA 

FIllmore West  

San Francisco, CA

 

THE DOORS

ARS NOVA

CROME SYRCUS

Fillmore East

NYC

 

 

One July 5th, at the height of their popularity, The Doors played the prestigious Hollywood Bowl in a memorable concerts that became on of Rock's most famous performances. 

THE DOORS

STEPPENWOLF

THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS

Hollywood Bowl

Los Angeles, CA

 

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOLK ROCK FESTIVAL 

THE DOORS

THE ANIMALS

BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY

ELECTRIC FLAG

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

KALEIDOSCOPE

Santa Clara County Fairgrounds

Santa Clara, CA

 

THE FUGS & ALLEN GINSBERG

One of the most unusual "rock" acts of the mid 1960s, the Fugs composed of Beat poets Ed Saunders (owner of New York's Peace Eye Bookstore) and Tuli Kupferberg, plus drummer Ken Weaver. They took their name from a peculiar word used as a substitute for a popular four-letter euphemism found in Norman Mailer's novel, The Quick and the Dead. This poster, featuring their "patriotic" red, white, and blue logo, comes from a brief period in early 1967 when the band was signed to Atlantic Records (who would eventually reject the completed album the band delivered to them). Opening the show was another well-known poet from the Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg. 

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 

Santa Monica, CA

 

THE YARDBIRDS

CECIL TAYLOR

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY

Fillmore West  

San Francisco, CA

THE YARDBIRDS SET LIST

1. The Train Kept A Rollin'
2. You're A Better Man Then I
3. Heart Full Of Soul
4. Dazed And Confused
5. Shapes Of Things
6. White Summer
7. I'm A man
8. How Many More Years / Waiting For My Man
9. Drinking Muddy Water
 

 

 

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

CHAMBER BROTHERS

RICHIE HAVEN

Fillmore / Winterland  

San Francisco, CA

 

MOTHERS OF INVENTION

B.B. KING

BOOKER T. & THE MGs 

Fillmore West / Winterland  

San Francisco, CA

 

VELVET UNDERGROUND

CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE

INITIAL SHOCK 

Avalon Ballroom  

San Francisco, CA

 

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

JOHN MAYALL'S BLUESBREAKERS

ALBERT KING

Fillmore West / Winterland

SanFrancisco, CA

 

GRAEFUL DEAD

COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH

Carousel Ballroom  

San Francisco, CA

 

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE

GRAEFUL DEAD

Fillmore West 

San Francisco, CA

 

GRATEFUL DEAD

CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE

PETRIS

Carousel Ballroom 

San Francisco, CA

 

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN

Fillmore East  NYC

 

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

SOFT MACHINE 

MC5

THE RATIONALS

Masonic Temple

Detroit, MI

 

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

STEPPENWOLF

IT'S A BEAUTIUL DAY

PAUL BUTTERFIED BLUES BAND

Fillmore West 

San Francisco, CA

 

TOUR OF THE GREAT PACIIC NORTHWEST!

GRATEFUL DEAD

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE

Seattle Eagles Auditorium

Seattle, WA

 

THE WHO

ILL WIND

QUILL

The Music Hall Theatre

Boston, MA

 

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

CANNED HEAT

Campus Hall @ UC Irvine

Irvine, CA

 

MOBY GRAPE

CHRYSALIS

WOODY'S TRUCK STOP

Electric Factory

Philadelphia, PA

 

COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH
THE CHARLATANS

DAN HICKS & HOT LICKS

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

 

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

SOFT MACHINE

Independence Hall 

Baton Rouge, LA

 

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

Fillmore East

NYC

 

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL POP FESTIVAL

IRON BUTTERFLY

CHAMBERS BROTHERS

PROCOL HARUM

ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS

CANNED HEAT

GRASS ROOTS

DEEP PURPLE

FRATERNITY OF MAN

JOHNNY RIVERS

CHUCK BERRY

STEVE MILLER BAND

Alameda County Fairgrounds  Pleasanton, CA+

Kensington Market 

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

 

 

ELECTRIC FLAG

DON ELLIS ORCHESTRA

PACIFIC GAS & ELCTRIC

Carousel Ballroom 

San Francisco, CA

 

FLAMING GROOVIES

THE PHOENIX

The Ark 

Sausalito, CA

 

THE WHO

IRON BUTTERFLY

Memorial Auditorium 

Dallas, TX

 

GRATEFUL DEAD

STEVE MILLER BLUES BAND

MOBY GRAPE

Avalon Ballroom  San Francisco, CA

 

Love

The Doors 

Canned Heat

West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band 

Pasadena Civic Auditorium 

Pasadena, CA

 

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE

 

STEVE MILLER BLUES BAND

THE OTHER HALF

Avalon Ballroom  

San Francisco, CA

 

TINY TIM

Merriweather Post Pavilion 

Columbia, MD

 

PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE 

Fillmore West  

San Francisco, CA

 

COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH

INCREDIBLE STRING BAND

ALBERT COLLINS

FIllmore 

San Francisco, CA

 

 

IRON BUTTERFLY

INITIAL SHOCK

CANNED HEAT

PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND

HELLO PEOPLE

Fillmore West  

San Francisco, CA

 

THE WHO

CANNONBALL ADDERLY

THE VAGRANTS

Fillmore Auditorium 

San Francisco, CA

 

ELECTRIC FLAG

CREAM

Robertson's Gym 

UC Santa Barbara 

Santa Barbara, CA

 

THE YARDBIRDS

JOHN PAUL JONES & THE AMERICAN NAVY

JAMES GANG (FEATURING JOE WALSH)

Mentor Hullabaloo  

Cleveland, OH

 

IRON BUTTERFLY 

INDIAN HEAD BAND

THE COLLECTORS

THE ELECTROLUMINECENSE 

Avalon Ballroom 

San Francisco, CA

 

FRANK ZAPPA

ALICE COOPER

Cal State  

Fullerton, CA

 

The Who

Small Faces

Paul Jones

Australian Tour 1968

 

THE WHO

PETER GREEN'S FLEETWOOD MAC

CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN

Shrine Auditorium

Los Angeles, CA

 

GRATEFUL DEAD

BLUE CHEER

Shrine Auditorium

Los Angeles, CA

 

THE ASSOCIATION

Charleston Civic Center

Charleston, WV

 

CHUCK BERRY

GRATEFUL DEAD

Carousel Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

 

YOUNG RASCALS

Orlando New Sports Stadium

Orlando, FL

 

ARETHA FRANKLIN REVUE

Knoxville Civic Coliseum

Knoxville, TN

 

PINK FLOYD

Grand Union

Westfield College

Hampstead, UK

 

CREAM

WOODY'S TRUCKSTOP (WITH TODD RUNDGREN)

Electric Factory

Philadelphia, PA

 

QUAKER CITY ROCK FESTIVAL

VANILLA FUDGE

BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY FEATURING JANIS JOPLIN

CHAMBER BROTHERS

MOBY GRAPE

BUDDY GUY BLUES BAND

The Spectrum

Philadelphia, PA

 

THE WHO

THE NEW EPICS

THE BO STREET RUNNERS

FLASH & THE INMATES

Municipal Auditorium Music Hall

Kansas City, MO

 

THE WHO

PINK FLOYD

FLEETWOOD MAC

Grande Ballroom

Detroit, MI

 

DICK CLARK CARAVAN OF STARS

PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS  Featuring MARK LINDSAY

Charleston Civic Center

Charleston, NC

 

ELECTRIC CARNIVAL

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH

CANNED HEAT

THE HOOK

SMOKESTACK LIGHTNIN'

Long Beach Sports Arena

Long Beach, CA

 

VANILLA FUDGE

STEVE MILLER BAND

SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE

Fillmore / Winterland

San Francisco, CA

 

CREAM

Grande Ballroom

Detroit, MI

 

JOHNNY CASH

Folsom State Prison

Represa, CA

 

YARDBIRDS

TRAFFIC

BLUE CHEER

Palace Theatre

Cleveland, OH

 

YARDBIRDS

FROST

MC5

Grande Ballroom

Detroit, MI

 

CANNED HEAT

VELVET UNDERGROUND

APPLE PIE MOTHERHOOD

Music Hall

Cleveland, OH

 

MOBY GRAPE

PROCOL HARUM

Anderson Theater

NYC

 

MC5

Grande Ballroom

Detroit, MI

 

KALEIDOSCOPE

JAMES COTTON BLUES BAND

MINT TATTOO

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY

Straight Theater

San Francisco, CA

 

Note: During Pink Floyd's American Tour, The Bank was the venue for the band's 1968 appearance in Torrance, California. Among the tracks that were performed during their show at The Bank  were Interstellar Overdrive, Astronomy Domine and Let There Be More Light.  The Bank, at 19840 South Hamilton in Torrance, California, about 20 miles Southwest of Los Angeles, is one of the least remembered and most obscure venues in Southern California.

PINK FLOYD

BLACK PEARL

The Bank

Torrance, CA

 

Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable

Velvet Underground & Nico

The Trauma

Philadelphia, PA

 

CREAM FAREWELL CONCERT

RORY GALLAGHER

Royal Albert Hall

London UK

 


 

THE CURIOUS STAIN

 

ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER

 

FRENCH CURVES

 

I AM THE GHOST OF PONTCHARTRAIN

 

JIM TREUTLEIN - WIDE AWAKE

 


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