Concert program for The Band at the Fillmore East on May 9-10, 1969, and the Incredible String Band on May 11, 1969, measuring 5.5 x 8.5 and featuring vintage advertisements for releases by The Who, Johnny Winter, Joe Cocker, and The Grateful Dead. Cat Mother and the All-Night Newsboys are slated to perform with The Band. A “Bill Graham Presents in New York” schedule for May and June lists The Who on May 16 and 17 (when Townshend is arrested for kicking a cop), Sly and the Family Stone on May 23 and 24, and Led Zeppelin on May 30 and 31. In fine condition, with light handling wear.
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.
