FILLMORE EAST CONCERT PROGRAM MARCH 6-7,1970 NEIL YOUNG/MILES DAVIS/STEVE MILLER

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FOR AUCTION:
AN ORIGINAL FILLMORE EAST MUSIC PROGRAM
28 PAGES
INCLUDES BIOS ON THE BANDS AS WELL AS ADVERTISEMENTS FROM RECORD LABELS AND LOCAL HIPPIE BUSINESSES!

MARCH 6-7, 1970

NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE
MILES DAVIS QUINTET
STEVE MILLER BLUES BAND

PROGRAM IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH SOME DARKENING AT THE EDGES.

Fillmore East was rock promoter Bill Graham's rock venue on Second Avenue near East 6th Street in the (at the time) Lower East Side neighborhood, now called the East Village neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan of New York City. It was open from March 8, 1968, to June 27, 1971, and featured some of the biggest acts in rock music at the time. The Fillmore East was a companion to Graham's Fillmore Auditorium, and its successor, the Fillmore West, in San Francisco, Graham's home base.
Among the notable acts to play the Fillmore East was Jimi Hendrix. His album Band of Gypsys was recorded live on New Year's Day 1970. However, even before Hendrix hit the stage, British blues-rock trio Cream played the Fillmore East when it was called the "Village Theater" on September 20 & 23 1967.  The Kinks played October 17th and 18th, 1969, supported by the Bonzo Dog Band. John Lennon and Yoko Ono sat in with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention at the theater on June 6, 1971. The Allman Brothers Band played so many shows at Fillmore East that they were sometimes called "Bill Graham's house band"; additionally, the Grateful Dead played a total of 43 concerts at the theater from June 1968 through April 1971. Jefferson Airplane performed six shows and Taj Mahal played eight shows at the venue, while Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young did four shows in September 1969 and six performances in June 1970.Led Zeppelin made four appearances in early 1969, opening for Iron Butterfly. Amateur film footage of their January 31 performance can be viewed at the Led Zeppelin website.
The Joshua Light Show, headed by Joshua White, was an integral part of many performances, with its psychedelic art lighting on a backdrop behind many live bands. From the summer of 1970, the Pig Light Show became the house light show under the direction of Marc L. Rubinstein, trading duties until the venue's closing in 1971 with Joe's Lights, made up of former members of the Joshua Light Show.