Fillmore East program for a pair of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention concerts on June 5-6, 1971, and a Byrds concert on June 9, 1971, eight pages, 5.5 x 8.5, which also promotes performances by the Hampton Grease Band, Head Over Heels, and McKendree Spring. The Zappa concert on June 6th turned into a jam of legendary proportions when John Lennon, who met Zappa earlier that day and was then playing with the Plastic Ono Band, stunned the Fillmore audience when he and Yoko Ono shared the stage with Zappa for a four-song set that included 'Well (Baby Please Don’t Go),' 'Jamrag,' (which is actually 'King Kong'), 'Scumbag,' and 'u,' which was also known as 'Aü.' In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold. The four songs recorded at the Fillmore East ended up on Lennon's Some Time in New York City album.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the closing of the now legendary Fillmore East. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, John Lennon, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Derek and the Dominos, the Allman Brothers Band and so many more performed at the Fillmore, most on several occasions. Unlike its counterpart the Fillmore West in San Francisco, which was a ballroom (it was a former dance hall) like most music venues were at the time, the Fillmore East was a theatre and it was a totally different experience for both the artist and the audience. Going to the Fillmore East was going to the theatre... a theatre that was built originally for vaudeville shows, which was perfect acoustically and seating wise for rock concerts. With the addition of a custom-made sound system and the visually mesmerizing Joshua Light Show (Joe's Light's later), it was a concert experience like no other. The Fillmore East itself is gone now, though its legend lives on and anyone who was ever fortunate enough to perform or attend a concert there can attest to the magic that occurred in that much missed theatre.
