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I still have many of my old Fillmore East
programs. Concerning the Village Theater, I only went to one show: The Who, Vagrants, and the Rich Kids. In between the Village Theater and the Fillmore East, a few shows were held at another theater on 2nd Ave..... probably around 2nd or 3rd Street. I am blocking on the name of that theater. I saw Moby Grape, Procol Harum, and the Bagatelle there. Unfortunately, I have no dates for these very early shows. -David Dubofsky
name: doug kauffman I have about 6 playbills from the Fillmore East, including one from
spring 1969 announcing the Woodstock Festival that has a partial list of
performers and coupons you can send in for tickets. There is also an
announcement for the Atlantic City Pop festival. On the inside of
the front cover is an announcement from RCA about their acrimonious
relationship with the Jefferson Airplane. I had this one signed by
Grace Slick a couple of years ago. And then there are several
others.
In '67 & '68 (until
I got drafted in February 68) my friends & I would go to Greenwich
Village almost every weekend. Saw the great Moby Grape at the
Village Theater (pre-Fillmore) in 67 - probably November. Moby
Grape's site has them listed as playing the Village Theater 9/23/67 with
Cream, also 11/11, 11/23 and 11/24/67. I know I saw at least
two of those shows. The Anderson Theater was also in the
neighborhood and featured live shows. The Electric Circus was just
around the corner, I vaguely remember seeing the Chambers Brothers
there. We would walk around to determine who was playing, then go
see whichever show caught our fancy. We were usually able to get
tickets at the door the night of the show for around 3 or 4 dollars.
We'd be approached by junkies, Jesus freaks and winos while we
waited on line (local color!). Lots of buildings along St. Marks
Place were painted in bright colors. We saw Cream once, Country
Joe & the Fish on several occasions, as well as the Electric Flag.
Richie Havens seemed to be at every show, which was OK with me.
After I got out of the service in '70, the Village Theater had become
the Fillmore East. Saw plenty of shows there, including Jefferson
Airplane. They had a big bi-plane sculpture out on the sidewalk
for that one, which Bill Graham announced he was selling, as they had
received a summons for blocking the sidewalk. Was there for the
Frank Zappa show (NEVER missed a Zappa show) at which John & Yoko
appeared. Greenwhich Village is still pretty cool - my 14-year-old
son goes CD shopping there all the time with his friends from Brooklyn,
Staten Island & Queens.
I believe before '67, Rheingold sponsored the festival. I remember
seeing the
Other significant venues I recall are "The
Bottom Line", Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, Ungano's, The New
Utrecht Theater, The Capitol Theater and that's all I can remember for
the moment. You have a great web site, keep up the good work
Warren Schuster Dear Webmaster
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