Santana, Hot Tuna, Elvin Bishop Group, Vintage Poster

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Santana, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane, Elvin Bishop Group, & More! Vintage Poster BG209
Santana
,
It's a Beautiful Day
,
Elvin Bishop Group
,
Jefferson Airplane
,
Hot Tuna,
Joy of Cooking,
Sons
,
Quicksilver Messenger Service
,
Little Princess # 109
,
Brotherhood of Light
@ Fillmore West
December 31, 1969- January 1, 1970
Art by Bonnie MacLean
BG 209
Size:
27
11/16
x 20
3/4
Inches
Condition: Fair, several wrinkles and a few tears (see photos)
This vintage poster was printed in 1971.
Santana was formed in 1966 in San Francisco as the
Santana Blues Band
. The first members were Carlos Santana (lead guitar), Tom Fraser (rhythm guitar), Mike Carabello (percussion), Rod Harper (drums & percussion), Gus Rodriguez (bass guitar) and Gregg Rolie (lead vocals & keyboards). In the following years the members of the group changed frequently for a number of reasons, and from 1971 to 1972 there was a brief separation between the group and Santana.
It's a Beautiful Day were a band formed in San Francisco California in 1967.The group's signature song "White Bird" was inspired by the experiences David and Linda LaFlamme had while living in Seattle. For the month of December 1967 the group members lived in the attic of an old house owned by their manager Matthew Katz while playing and rehearsing at Seattle's Encore Ballroom. In an ironic twist on the band's name, the song was partly inspired by Seattle's rainy winter weather. In a later interview David LaFlamme said:
Where the 'white bird' thing came from ... We were like caged birds in that attic. We had no money, no transportation, the weather was miserable. We were just barely getting by on a very small food allowance provided to us. It was quite an experience, but it was very creative in a way.
Elvin Bishop was born in Glendale, California but he also spent part of his young life in Oklahoma and Chicago. He moved to Chicago in 1960 and attended the University of Chicago, where he studied physics. He met harmonica player Paul Butterfield in 1963 in the neighborhood of Hyde Park and joined his blues band, with whom he remained for five years. Their third album,
The Ressurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw,
takes its name from Bishop's nickname. In 1968 he went solo and formed the Elvin Bishop Group.
In the 1960s, Jefferson Airplane was one of the most sought-after and highly-paid concert acts in the world and they are also notable as the only band to have performed at all three of the most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s — Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969) and Altamont (1969), also headlining the first Isle of Wight festival. Their recordings were internationally successful and sold in great quantities, and they scored two US Top 10 hit singles and a string of Top 20 albums. Their 1967 record
Surrealistic Pillow
is still widely regarded as one of the key recordings of the so-called Summer of Love period oand brought the group international recognition (as well as two chart hits: "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" both of which are listed in
Rolling Stone's
"500 Greatest Songs of All Time").
Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock music band, formed in 1965 in San Francisco and is considered one of the leading acts on the city's psychedelic scene in the mid-to-late 1960s. Essentially a jam band, Quicksilver Messenger Service gained wide popularity in the Bay Area and with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe. Many of their albums ranked in the top 30 of the Billboard Pop charts. Though not ultimately as commercially successful as their contemporaries Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead, the band was integral to the beginnings of their genre. With their jazz and classical influences, as well as a strong folk background, the band attempted to create a sound that was individual and innovative. Member Dino Valente drew heavily on musical influences he picked up during the folk revival of his formative musical years. The style he developed from these sources is evident in Quicksilver Messenger Service's swung rhythms and twanging guitar sounds. After many years, the band has attempted to reform despite the deaths of several members. Recently, original members Gary Duncan and David Freiberg  have been touring as the Quicksilver Messenger Service, using different musicians to back them up.
This vintage poster was printed in 1971.
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