If you were in a band in the 60s, you knew you'd made it if you were standing in the wings at the Fillmore while Bill Graham introduced you to the audience. Graham invented many aspects of how popular music is presented in a live concert; from the earliest days of the Fillmore Auditorium he conceived of innovations ranging from staging, sound reproduction, ticketing, promotion, merchandising and much more.…entire summary
If you were in a band in the 60s, you knew you'd made it if you were standing in the wings at the Fillmore while Bill Graham introduced you to the audience. Graham invented many aspects of how popular music is presented in a live concert; from the earliest days of the Fillmore Auditorium he conceived of innovations ranging from staging, sound reproduction, ticketing, promotion, merchandising and much more.
Most fascinating was his obvious appreciation and respect of the performers themselves. For most of his career he made a point of introducing each act that appeared on his stages whenever he could. This collection of introductions that will take you back to a great time for live music. We conclude with a phone interview recorded in 1989 with Graham's recollections of the San Francisco scene in 1967.
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