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Venues |
 Avalon
Ballroom |
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1268 Sutter Street, San
Francisco, CA 94109 |
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Note: Originally opened
as The Puckett Academy of Dance in 1911. Rented by Texan Chet Helms in 1966.
In 1967 and 1968, Helms presented bands such as the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver
Messenger Service, the Daily Flash, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band.
Helms also managed Big Brother and the Holding Company, and when the band
was looking for a female vocalist, he called an old friend from Austin named
Janis Joplin. The Avalon Ballroom was soon known around the world as the
crucible of the new San Francisco rock. Although the Avalon was a far more
authentic alternative to Bill Graham's more commercial Fillmore Auditorium
operation, Helms' business ultimately collapsed. He presented his last shows
at this venue in December 1968. From June 1969 to August 1970, Helms transferred
his operations at the Family Dog On The Great Highway. A group of rock
impresarios took over the Avalon in 1969, but for the next 30 years, the
place became a movie theatre called The Regency. The business name "Avalon
Ballroom" long ago expired. Hotel owner Rudy Columbini took out a new license
a while back, and briefly used the same name for a dance hall in one of his
buildings in 2000. He then gave the license to landlord Scott Robertson.
In October 2002, Steve Shirley rented the original Avalon for a trial run,
and booked the current edition of Big Brother and the Holding Company. In
January 2003, Shirley took over the master lease from Stanley Mouse, the
psychedelic poster artist who with his partner Alton Kelley produced most
of the famous posters for the Avalon during its first incarnation. Shirley
has since presented an increasing schedule of shows. |
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Santana Dates:
March 20, 1968 -
May 13, 1968 -
May 17/18/19, 1968 -
May 28, 1968 -
June 28/29/30, 1968 -
Aug 9/10/11, 1968 -
March 12, 1969 -
March 21/22/23, 1969 -
March 26, 1969 |
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| Bill
Graham Civic Auditorium |
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99 Grove
Street, San Francisco CA 94102 |
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Note: Constructed for
the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition, Civic Auditorium was also
known as the Million Dollar Exposition Hall. The 7,000-seat venue, occupies
an entire city block at Civic Center. It is among a few buildings included
on the National Register of Historic Places as part of San Francisco's Civic
Center Historic District, which is deemed as one of the finest examples of
Beaux Arts architecture in the country. For many years, the venue hosted
the Bay Area Music Awards (Bammies). In 1992, it was renamed after the legendary
rock promoter, who died on
Oct
25, 1991. Bronze medallions featuring busts of Bay Area artists line
the sidewalk just outside. On
March
12, 1997, Bill Graham, Carlos Santana and Jerry Garcia were the first
to be inducted in this collection known as the Bay Area Walk of Fame. |
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Santana Dates:
July 27, 1972 -
Oct 22, 1983 -
?, 1986 -
March 18, 1988 -
Feb 25, 1989 -
March 17, 1990 -
March 2, 1991 -
March 7, 1992 -
March 6, 1993 -
March 5, 1994 -
March 12, 1997 -
March 15, 1997 -
March 4, 1998 -
March 3, 1999 -
Feb 17, 2000 -
April 8, 2000 |
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Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
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Carlos Santana Plaque |
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| Bimbo's |
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1025 Columbus Avenue,
San Francisco, CA 94133 |
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Note: Agostino Giuntoli
came from Italy in 1922. He spent five years working his way to San Francisco
to one day become a cook at an establishment where his boss, Monk Young,
was unable to pronounce his name, nd dubbed him "Bimbo", the Italian word
for boy. In 1931, he and Young, now his partner, opened the 365 Club at 365
Market Street. San Francisco was weary of the Depression, needed some fun,
and the 365 Club was there to provide it. The club was crowded with celebrities
from across America. On stage, lines of long-stemmed chorus girls kicked
high to the music; one of whom was Rita Cansino. Later, we would all know
her as Rita Hayworth. In 1951, Bimbo's moved to Columbus Avenue. |
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Santana Dates:
Jan 9, 1972 -
May 10, 2002 -
Nov 17, 2005 -
Jan 11, 2007 -
Oct 22, 2009 -
Jan 22, 2010 |
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| California
Hall |
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625 Polk Street, San
Francisco, CA 94102 |
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Note: Modeled after a
Heidelberg castle, this Teutonic Rathaus was built in 1912 by the German
Association in the days when Polk Strasse was the main commercial street
for San Francisco's German immigrants. In 1914, Das Deutsches Haus changed
its name to the more patriotic California Hall. Over the years, several concerts
took place at the hall, but shows didn't catch on there. In 1983, the building
was sold for more than $3 million by the descendants of the original investors.
Today, the hall is the home of the California Culinary Academy, which conducts
classes, and operates a public restaurant where students prepare haute cuisine
at reasonable prices. |
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Santana Dates:
March 30/31, 1967 |
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| Coit
Tower |
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1 Telegraph Hill Boulevard,
San Francisco, CA 94133 |
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Note: Coit Tower has
provided visitors and locals with impressive views of the city since its
completion in 1933. Lillie Hitchcock Coit, philanthropist and admirer of
the fire fighters at the 1906 earthquake fire, left funds to the city for
beautification of San Francisco. Those funds were used for the construction
of the 210 ft. tall art deco Coit Tower at the top of the Telegraph Hill.
Designed by Arthur Brown, Jr. (who also created the War Memorial Opera House,
Temple Emanu-El, and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge), the tower is
reminiscent of a fire hose nozzle, and was quite controversial. Works Progress
Administration murals, now protected as a historical treasure, can be viewed
inside the first floor of the tower. These Diego Rivera inspired murals were
completed in 1933. An easily recognized landmark, Coit Tower has great views
of, and can be seen from many parts of the city. |
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Santana Date:
July 28, 2001 |
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| Cow
Palace |
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2600 Geneva Avenue, San
Francisco, CA 94134 |
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Note: Originally known
as the California Livestock Pavilion, the Cow Palace is an indoor arena that
straddles the border between San Francisco and Daly City, CA. It hosted the
Golden Warriors of the NBA from 1962 to 1964 and the San Jose Sharks of the
NHL from 1991 to 1993. It has also been the home of the annual Grand National
Rodeo since 1941. The idea for the arena was originally conceived as the
result of the popularity of the Livestock Pavilion at the 1915 Pan-Pacific
Exposition, but the building was not completed until 1941. It is said that
the current name came about as the result of a newspaper editorial that wondered
aloud: "Why, when people are starving, should money be spent on a "palace
for cows?", but an advertisement company actually coined the name the "Cow
Palace" after a man named Willard S. Anderson said that "they are just building
a palace for cows". The arena opened in April 1941. It was then used for
processing soldiers bound for the Pacific theater. In the following years,
it hosted innumerable hockey, basketball and boxing matches, concerts and
political events. The arena is still used for the Grand National Rodeo today
and other events. The Cow Palace has a San Francisco address, but it is
physically mostly in Daly City, and it is the Daly City Police Department
which patrols its grounds during events. |
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Santana Dates:
1963 -
Dec 26, 1968 -
Dec 31, 1975 -
Dec 31, 1976 -
Dec 31, 1977 -
Nov 26, 1989 |
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| Davies
Symphony Hall |
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201 Van Ness Avenue,
San Francisco, CA 94102 |
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Note: Completed in September
1980 after more than two years of construction, Louise Davies Symphony Hall
is the home of San Francisco Symphony. More than 6,000 individuals, foundations
and corporations gave the funding needed to build the Hall. San Francisco
city donated the land. The State and Federal governments gave a total of
ten million dollars toward this $28 million project. The San Francisco Symphony
home owes its name to the efforts and determination of Mrs. Louise Davies,
the largest individual donor to the building. In the summer of 1992, Davies
Symphony Hall underwent one of the biggest major renovation, enhancing its
acoustics to ensure a better musical experience, and making a stunning interior
more beautiful. Special care is also taken to provide improved facilities
for the physically disabled. |
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Santana Date:
Oct 13, 1989 |
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| Family
Dog On The Great Highway |
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660 The
Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 94121 |
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Note: The building dated
from 1889, and was originally known as "The Ocean Beach Pavilion", a sort
of tavern-rental hall-retreat complex. Among other things, it served as a
training site for turn-of-the-century boxers. In the 1920's, it became a
local eatery called "Topsy's Roost" that specialized in chicken dinners.
The interior of the Roost featured a barn-like atmosphere with lots of rough
wood and overhanging balconies. It was then absorbed into Playland to become
"Skateland". In the early 1950's, the venue housed "The Surf Club" (a dance
hall), and in the 1960's it became a slot-car raceway. From June 1969 to
August 1970, Chet Helms used the building as the "Family Dog". Unfortunately,
his operations ran out of money in less than a year. The building's last
use was "Friends and Relations Hall" in 1972. It was later demolished with
the rest of Playland. |
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Santana Date:
Feb 4, 1970 |
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Topsy's Roost in the
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Family Dog On The Great Highway
Sept 25, 1969 |
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| Fillmore
Auditorium |
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1805 Geary
Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 |
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Note: The original owner
of the Fillmore property, Emma Gates Butler, hired James W. and Merritt Reid
in 1910 to draw plans for an Italianate-style dance hall at the southwest
corner of Fillmore and Geary. The "Majestic Hall" and "Majestic Academy of
Dancing" opened in 1912 on the second and third stories of the building.
The Fillmore was a dance hall operating under various names and managements:
the "Get Acquainted Society" and "Ambassador Dance Hall" through the 1930's,
and a roller rink through the 1940's. In 1952, local entrepreneur Charles
Sullivan began to book some of the biggest names in black music into the
Fillmore. During the 1950's and the 1960's, San Francisco gained a reputation
as the preeminent Bohemian community in the country. This reputation was
never more deserved than during the mid-sixties, when the hipster of the
Beat movement grew into the hippie of a more mainstream counter-culture.
By the 1950's, the literary North Beach scene had given way to the emerging
Haight-Ashbury, and radical politics had a niche across the Bay at the University
of California at Berkeley. In the search for fun and community, public dances
became the craze in 1965. With Ken Kesey leading his band of Merry Pranksters
to the outer limits of reality, and the Family Dog putting together dance
concerts at Longshoremen's Hall, San Francisco was on its way to becoming
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Bill Graham was a veteran
of the artistic community, but his greatest talents were his keen business
acumen, and his ability to organize events, creating comfortable and safe
atmospheres without stifling the creative energies around him. In 1965, Bill
Graham managed R.G. Davis' San Francisco Mime Troupe. The troupe's Commedia
Del'Arte production of "Il Candelaio" was deemed "too risqué" by the
San Francisco Parks and Recreation Commission, but they performed it anyway,
and were subsequently busted. Bill staged a benefit for the group's legal
defense fund. The Family Dog offered its help and Bill, who had been
concentrating on his mime troupe duties and was not aware of the dance craze,
listed The Family Dog as performers on the "Appeal" party poster, thinking
they were a dog act. On November 6, 1965, the fundraiser held at the Calliope
Ballroom on Howard Street, proved serendipitous. In seeking to raise money
for the troupe, and to increase awareness concerning censorship, Bill plugged
into the vibrant youth scene. While many were drawn to the cause, many more
were lured to the loft by the Jefferson Airplane, The Fugs, Sandy Bull, John
Handy Quintet and others… Thousands flocked to Howard Street, and Bill
successfully juggled the police, the door (and the back entrance), and the
general mayhem to produce an event that united the nascent hippie community.
Inspired by the success of the event, Bill held two more "appeals" at the
Fillmore on December 10, 1965 and in January 1966. On February 4/5/6, 1966,
the Jefferson Airplane headlined at the Fillmore in Bill's first non-benefit
concerts, marking the true beginning of the company. By March 1966, the youth
happenings were a media-certified phenomenon, but the police didn't like
it. Bill's request for a dance hall permit in his own name was denied. On
April 19, 1966, Bill was again refused a permit, and on the 22nd the police
raided the Fillmore. Bill ended up in jail, but public outrage concerning
the police crackdown was registered in the newspapers, and charges against
him were formally dropped on May 24, 1966. On June 6, 1966 the Board of Permit
Appeals reversed its decision, and certified Bill a "dance-hall keeper".
At that time, the Fillmore represented the pinnacle of creative music making.
From December 10, 1965, when Bill Graham produced a San Francisco Mime Troupe
benefit, until July 4, 1968, the Fillmore audiences experienced a two and
a half year musical and cultural Renaissance that produced some of the most
innovative, exciting music ever to come out of San Francisco. The careers
of the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Quicksilver Messenger
Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Moby Grape, the Butterfield
Blues Band, and countless others were launched from that stage. The most
significant musical talent of the day has appeared there: Jimi Hendrix, Otis
Redding, Cream, Howlin' Wolf, Captain Beefheart, Muddy Waters, The Who and
many more… On July 4, 1968, Bill Graham said farewell to the original
Fillmore with a show featuring Creedence Clearwater Revival, Steppenwolf
and It's a Beautiful Day. The audience for the music had mushroomed, and
the shows moved to the former Carousel Ballroom (ex-El Patio Ballroom) at
Market and Van Ness in San Francisco, the venue being later renamed Fillmore
West. Fillmore West closed on
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In the 1970's, the original
Fillmore became a private neighborhood club, and in the early 1980's, Paul
Rat produced shows in the building (dubbed the "Elite Club"). Bill Graham
Presents produced a few events in the 1980's, including the 20th anniversary
party for the company. In 1986, owners Bert and Regina Kortz hired Michael
Bailey to begin producing shows at the legendary venue. But Bill always had
a special place in his heart for the first place he ever did shows. On March
3, 1988, he returned to the Fillmore Auditorium with a show featuring African
reggae act Alpha Blondy & The Solar System and Little Women. The nightclub
wing of Bill Graham Presents produced shows at the Fillmore Auditorium from
March 1988 until the Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the building in October
1989. Bill's death in a helicopter accident on
Oct
25, 1991 inspired everyone at Bill Graham Presents to finish one of Bill's
final projects: to restore and once again make music in the building he loved
more than any other. The Fillmore Auditorium reopened on April 27, 1994,
and since then, the quality, variety and number of shows held at this venue,
has been staggering. |
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Santana Dates:
Jan 1967 -
June 16, 1967 -
June 16, 1968 -
July 7, 1986 -
May 11, 1988 -
June 15, 1988 -
May 17/18/19, 1995 -
March 7, 1997 -
Nov 23, 1997 -
April 16/17/18, 1999 -
April 11, 2000 -
April 4, 2001 -
Feb 6, 2002 -
April 16, 2002 -
June 30, 2002 -
May 6, 2004 -
June 10, 2004 -
Jan 7, 2006 -
May 20/21, 2008 -
March 13, 2010 |
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Bill Graham |
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Fillmore Auditorium Today |
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Bill Graham in his Fillmore
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West/Carousel Ballroom |
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1545 Market
Street & 10 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103 |
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Note: The Carousel Ballroom
was originally known as "El Patio Ballroom", and was located on the upper
floor of a rug store. During the first half of 1968, the Carousel was operated
by Ron Rakow, a Grateful Dead associate. Bill Graham eventually negociated
the lease out from under Rakow, and moved his Fillmore Auditorium operation
to the Fillmore West, as he renamed it, on the weekend of July 5, 1968. For
the three following years, Graham ran shows every weekend at the hall. The
Who put on some amazing shows there, and Aretha Franklin recorded a live
album with Ray Charles. Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield recorded the follow-up
to their "Super Session" album,
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al
Kooper", featuring a young unknown making his recording debut, Carlos
Santana. The final week of the Fillmore West was built over six days, featured
every major local acts, and was broadcast on KSFX radio. On
July
4, 1971, the final night featured Tower Of Power, Creedence Clearwater
Revival and Santana. A final jam followed with an endless procession of players,
among them Mike Bloomfield, Van Morrison, Vince Guaraldi, John Cipollina,
Linda Tillery. The hall reopened in 1972 as the "Resurrection Ballroom".
Today, the building is the service and repair shop of a Honda car
dealer. |
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Santana Dates:
July 30/31/Aug 1, 1968 -
Aug 27/28/29, 1968 -
Sept 10 or Sept 17 or Sept 24, 1968 -
Sept 12/13/14, 1968 -
Sept 25, 1968 -
Sept 28, 1968 -
Oct 31/Nov 1/2, 1968 -
Dec 19/20/21/22, 1968 -
Feb 13/14/15/16, 1969 -
Feb 25, 1969 -
May 15/16/17/18, 1969 -
June 20, 1969 -
July 11/12/13, 1969 -
July 20, 1969 -
Sept 4/5/6/7, 1969 -
Oct 1, 1969 -
Oct 2, 1969 -
Dec 31, 1969 -
Sept 10/11/12/13, 1970 -
July 4, 1971 -
July or Aug, 1972 -
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El Patio Ballroom in the
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Fillmore West at the Carousel
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| Ft.
Mason |
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San Francisco, CA
94123 |
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Note: Point San Jose
became Ft. Mason in 1882. After the fort's artillery functions ended, it
became quartermaster depot, then a supply and transportation center. In 1906
it was a refugee camp for victims of the San Francisco earthquake. Before
the Spanish American War, half of Ft. Mason was sand dunes. As America's
influence radiated across the Pacific, the Army filled in a shallow cove,
and constructed three piers and four concrete warehouses. On December 7,
1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor brought America and Ft. Mason into World
War II. Ft. Mason served as the headquarters for the San Francisco Port
Embarkation (SFPOE), which funneled supplies and troops to the Pacific theater
of war. Although its transportation depot functions were closed in 1964,
its historic residences have been retained by the Army, and later the National
Park Service, and have been marked. Today, it offers a unique blend of
entertainment and education. It is the home to over 50 resident nonprofit
groups and the setting for more than 15,000 events each year. Since 1973,
the Annual San Francisco Blues Festival is taking place at the Great Meadow,
Upper Ft. Mason. |
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Santana Dates:
Sept 17, 1985 -
Sept 14, 1986 -
Feb 1, 1998 -
Sept 19, 1999 -
Sept 25, 2004 |
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The Great Meadow, Upper Ft.
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| Glide Memorial
United Methodist Church |
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330 Ellis Street, San
Francisco, CA 94102 |
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Note: Since 1963, Glide
has provided a broad range of human service programs to the Tenderloin district,
an ethnically diverse neighborhood of Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders,
Hispanics, blacks, whites and Native Americans. Glide describes this area
as a densely populated district where most of the city's homeless shelters
and low-income apartments can be found. High crime, extreme poverty, and
intense drug activity characterize the Tenderloin district, which is also
home to a rapidly increasing number of poor children and families. Glide
believes that diversity is a strength, and seeks to develop programs that
value all members of the church and those they serve. Rev. Cecil Williams,
Glide's leader for over 35 years, operates under the philosophy of providing
unconditional love and support for people of all races, ethnicities, cultures,
classes, ages, religious faiths and sexual orientations. Glide operates 41
social service programs including substance abuse recovery, job counseling,
computer skills training and health care services. Glide also manages a free
meals program that provides three meals a day, 365 days of the year. The
church serves an average of 3,000 meals per day. Glide Community Development,
Inc., a non-profit organization, constructed the Cecil Williams GLIDE Community
House in 1997, an affordable housing complex that serves people recovering
from addictions, homeless people, people living with HIV, and those traumatized
by sexual and physical abuse. The nine-story housing community with onsite
support services is located adjacent to the church and will offer living
accommodations. Glide's church membership has grown by 1,000 during 1997,
totaling 8,200 parishioners, comprised of 40% black, 40% white and a significant
Asian, Hispanic and Southeast Asian refugee church membership. In April 1997,
Glide was featured in Life Magazine in an article, "A Church for the Twenty-First
Century". |
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Santana Date:
Dec 10, 1971 |
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| The
Great American Music Hall |
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859 O'Farrell Street,
San Francisco, CA 94109 |
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Note: Opened in 1907,
as a fancy French restaurant and bordello called "Blanco's", this venue is
San Francisco's oldest nightclub. Towering columns of marble, elaborate
balconies, and intricate ceiling frescos continue a grand architectural
tradition. From early 1900's raucous Barbary Coast entertainment, to swanky
nightclubbing in the 1930's and 1940's, to 1950's Moose Lodge meeting house,
the Great American Music Hall is an embodiment of San Francisco history.
Since 1972, the room has been one of the cornerstones of the city nightclub
scene. Tom Broadshaw opened the club for many jazz greats including Duke
Ellington and Count Basie. He and his wife Jeannie later booked jazz, folk
and rock artists, and comedy acts such as Robin Williams who filmed his famous
Home Box Office special at the club. In 1991, Broadshaw sold the place to
a group of investors headed by Kurt Brouwer. |
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Santana Dates:
?, 1987 -
?, 1990 -
Feb 27, 1992 -
Oct 17, 1995 |
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| Kabuki
Theatre |
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1881 Post Street, San
Francisco, CA 94115 |
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Note: The cineplex was
built in 1960 in the west end of Japantown. In 1981, Bill Graham started
throwing sixty shows per year at the hall. In the early 1980's, during the
MTV era of rock, many British successful bands played on the Kabuki stage.
In 1984, the Hawaii-based owners sold the building for $3.5 million. Today,
the complex has integrated itself in the community by screening film festivals
like the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the San Francisco
Asian International Film Festival. |
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Santana Dates:
March 14, 1974 -
May 29, 1982 -
March 3, 1983 -
May 19, 1984 |
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| Kezar
Stadium |
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755 Stanyan
Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 |
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Note: The stadium was
built between 1922 and 1925, and could hold some 60,000 fans. It was dedicated
on May 2, 1925 to the honor of Mrs. Nancy Kezar. Since then, many track and
field events have been held, as well as motorcycle races, and rugby, soccer
and baseball games. In 1946, the San Francisco 49ers moved in, and would
play there for the next 24 years. In 1967, an over flow crowd of 67,000 people
attended an anti Viet-Nam war rally. In the 1970's many concerts were held
there with such bands as Led Zeppelin, Doobie Brothers, Jefferson Starship,
Graham Central Station, Tower of Power, The Miracles, Joan Baez, Jerry Garcia,
Santana, Neil Young and more… Following the 1989 earthquake, the old
stands were demolished to make way for a new 10,000 seats arena. In 2002,
the Golden State Amateur Football League moved into Kezar Stadium, and on
August 25, 2003, the San Francisco 49ers returned to this legendary stadium
for a mock team game. |
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Santana Date:
March 23, 1975 |
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Original Kezar Stadium |
Kezar Stadium Today |
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| Masonic
Auditorium |
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1111 California Street,
San Francisco, CA 94108 |
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Note: Also known as Nob
Hill Masonic Center, the building is in stark contrast to the neo-Gothic
splendor of Grace Cathedral, just across the street. To stand in the high,
glass-enclosed interior, however, evokes an oddly similar feeling, though
a considerably more secular one. Completed in 1958, it houses a public auditorium
(with more than 3,100 seats) used for lectures and concerts, a Masonic Museum,
and a Masonic Memorial Temple. The facade is of brilliant white Vermont marble,
and features a bas-relief in vibrantly contrasting colors (the four large
figures represent the armed forces, the frieze depicts the struggle between
good and evil). Inside the glass-enclosed lobby, the monumental masonic symbol
is a modern variation on stained glass design. The Masonic Auditorium is
one of the venues that host the Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival. |
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Santana Dates:
Oct 20, 1995 -
July 27, 2008 |
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| The
Matrix |
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3138 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 |
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Note:
The Matrix was
opened by Marty Balin on August 13, 1965 as a place for his new band to play.
On opening night the band finally chose their name, Jefferson Airplane, and
from that moment on, the Matrix was the place for the famous bands of the
1960's in San Francisco, bridging folk and psychadelic rock. Everyone played
there: The Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company (with singer
Janis Joplin), Quicksilver Messenger Service, Sopwith Camel, Country Joe
and the Fish, Steve Miller Band (and later Boz Scaggs solo), Steppenwolf
(then called Sparrow), The Doors (who produced a four album set from their
five appearances in March 1967), The Chambers Brothers, Electric Flag, Santana,
It's A Beautiful Day, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Bruce Springsteen
(in his San Francisco debut with Steel Mill). Shows were promoted by weekly
handbills that sparked an era of rock art made famous by artists such as
Victor Moscoso. The Matrix closed in 1972, but was brought back to life as
a lounge bar in 2001, and renamed "MatrixFillmore". |
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Santana Dates:
Nov 17/18/19, 1967 -
Jan 18/19/20, 1968 -
Nov 13, 1968 -
Aug 4, 1970 -
Oct 21, 1970 |
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The Original Matrix |
The Matrix Today |
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| Old
Waldorf |
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444 Battery Street, San
Francisco CA 94111 |
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Note: Jeffrey Pollack
opened the 600-seat nightclub in 1976. With his background in the bar and
restaurant business, he changed the price structure of nighclub booking across
the country. Pollack booked all the acts he could find to play at this
glass-and-brick venue, among them Elvis Costello, Dire Straits, U2, Metallica,
Journey… In 1980, Bill Graham bought the club for an alleged price of
three-quarters of a million dollars. In 1983, Graham closed down the venue
and moved to North Beach to open Wolfgang's in a place he bought from Pollack
again. Today, the building is the home of the first full-time comedy club,
the Punch Line. |
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Santana Dates:
April 1/2, 1977 -
June 4, 1977 -
June 23, 1978 -
April 22, 1979 -
May 23, 1980 -
Feb 1/2/3/4/5, 1981-
July 20, 1982 |
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| Pacific
Bell Park/SBC Park/AT&T Park |
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24 Willie Mays Plaza,
San Francisco, CA 94107 |
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Note: Opened on April
11, 2000, it is the first privately financed ballpark in Major League Baseball
since Dodger Stadium in 1962. Giants' President Magowan, led a group of San
Francisco business leaders, and saved the Giants from moving to Florida,
knowing that the Giants franchise was not secure in San Francisco until a
new ballpark was built to replace much-maligned Candlestick Park. The park
is inspired by Wrigley Field and Fenway Park, and modeled after Oriole Park
at Camden Yards, Jacobs Field and Coors Field. It is a classic urban ballpark
with an old-time feel, and all the amenities of modern ballparks. The public
entrance features an inspiring nine-foot statue of America's greatest living
ballplayer, Willie Mays. The view from the worst seats in the house still
gives you a view of the Bay Bridge and the Marina. |
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Santana Dates:
May 18, 2001 -
Aug 25, 2009 |
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| Pier
45 |
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Beach Street at the
Embarcadero, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, CA 94133 |
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Note: Pier 45 is still
used by fishermen in the early morning hours, and fish and seafood can be
bought from the Fish Alley Market. There are shops galore, fast food stands
and overpriced bay-view restaurants, as well as bars, markets, street performers,
and an endless variety of activities. Numerous museums include the Historic
Ships Pier, and the USS Pampanito submarine. The SS Jeremiah O'Brien, the
sole survivor of the 6,000-ship armada that stormed Normandy on D-Day 1944,
is permanently moored at Pier 45, at the foot of Taylor Street. |
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Santana Date:
Jan 8, 1996 |
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| The Polo
Fields |
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Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, CA 94122 |
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Note: In 1865, the people
of San Francisco petitioned the Board of Supervisors to set aside land for
a large park or "pleasure ground". That same year, Mayor Coon commissioned
Fredrick Olmsted, the designer of Central Park in New York, to design a park
for San Francisco. Though his design was not implemented, Golden Gate Park
was set aside in 1869 when the Board annexed the Outside Lands, from Divisadero
West. In 1870, William Hammond Hall, a 24-year old surveyor, was awarded
the contract to survey Golden Gate Park, and was subsequently hired as
Superintendent. In 6 years, he created most of the current roadway system,
and planted 60,000 trees and shrubs. By April 1886, with three streetcar
lines serving the park, more then 47,000 people visited the park in one day
by streetcars alone. The population of the city was about 250,000 at the
time. Private interest continued for a racetrack for blooded horses in the
park, and the Commission was finally forced to begin construction of Speed
Road. The racetrack was mostly paid for by horsemen wanting a place to parade
and race their fine horses. The Park was also forced to build a bicycle path
parallel to what is now JFK Drive, separating bicyclists and horsemen. Speed
Road ran through what is now Speedway Meadow, until 1906, when John McLaren
built Park Stadium, now called the Polo Fields. Today, important festivities
generally occur at Sharon Field, but some larger events require the use of
the Polo Fields, the largest open field of Golden Gate Park. |
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Santana Dates:
Jan 14, 1967 -
Sept 29, 1991 -
Nov 3, 1991 -
Sept 12, 2004 |
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| Slim's |
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333 11th Street, San
Francisco, CA 94103 |
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Note: Boz Scaggs leased
an old restaurant named The Warehouse in 1987, and transformed it into a
nightclub with the help of Huey Lewis And The News manager Bob Brown. Opened
in 1988, the venue was supposed to be primarily a rhythm and blues club,
but it soon welcomed local alternative rock acts and wolrd beat, folk, jazz,
country and anything. The 600-seat room hosted artists such as David Bowie,
Pearl Jam, The Black Crowes, Rickie Lee Jones, Huey Lewis And The News. Joe
Louis Walker and Irma Thomas have recorded live albums at this popular nightspot,
voted several times Best Nightclub in America by Pollstar Magazine, and Best
Bar & Club by the readers of the San Francisco Chronicle. |
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Santana Dates:
March 14, 1990 -
April 8, 1999 |
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| Stern
Grove |
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19th Avenue at Sloat
Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94132 |
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Note: Stern Grove was
purchased by Rosalie M. Stern, and given as a gift to the City of San Francisco
in 1931, in memory of her husband Sigmund, a prominent civic leader. George
Greene originally homesteaded the Grove - a tract of sand dunes and marshes
- in the 1840's. The Greene family planted the first eucalyptus trees in
the Grove, and built the Trocadero Inn, a popular recreation spot until its
closure in 1916. Marveling at the Grove's natural acoustics, Mrs. Stern
determined that the site would be preserved as a park in which the public
could enjoy admission-free music, dance, and theater performances. On June
4, 1932, Stern Grove was dedicated. Two weeks later, the San Francisco Symphony
played the first concert in the Grove. Mrs. Stern, then President of the
San Francisco Recreation Commission, formed the non-profit Stern Grove Festival
Association in 1938, stipulating that all concerts were to be free to the
public, and designed for everyone's enjoyment. Mrs. Stern chaired the Festival
until her death in 1956. Her daughter, Elise Stern Haas, served as chairman
until 1969; she was succeeded by her daughter, Rhoda Haas Goldman. Following
Rhoda Goldman's untimely death in 1996, her son, Dr. Douglas E. Goldman,
became Festival Chairman. Today, Stern Grove, a natural amphitheater surrounded
by giant eucalyptus, redwood, and fir trees, is one of Northern California's
favorite concert sites. In keeping with Mrs. Stern's vision, the wide selection
of performers reflects the Festival's commitment to exceptional programming
and to serving diverse audiences. A beloved Bay Area tradition, every summer
Sunday for nearly seven decades, family and friends gather to relax, picnic,
and enjoy performances by some of the world's greatest artists in this glorious
natural setting. While Stern Grove itself is still owned and operated by
the City of San Francisco, and Mrs. Stern's descendents remain actively involved,
today the Festival is truly a community institution. |
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Santana Date:
July 10, 2005 |
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| The
Stone |
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412 Broadway Avenue,
San Francisco, CA 94133 |
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Note: In 1967, Tony Bennett
opened this venue called "Mister D's", an elegant supper club named after
Sammy Davis Jr. In 1973, Dick Griffey and Don Cornelius took over the room,
renaming it "Soul Train", and in the late 1970's, the venue was known as
"The Hippodrome". In 1980, Freddie Herrera and Bobby Corona took over the
lease to establish The Stone. This partnership included two more clubs, Keystone
Berkeley and Keystone Palo Alto, and was able to offer big-name rock acts
interesting three-night mini tours. In the following years, the 700-seat
venue became an alternative to Bill Graham-run clubs. The Stone presented
artists such as Prince, John Lee Hooker, James Brown, Muddy Waters, Robert
Cray, and more. But higher talent costs, competition in the limited Bay Area
market, and some disagreements with his partners, began to take their toll
on Herrera. Slowly, he began to sell his beloved clubs. The first to go was
his favorite, in Berkeley, and then the Keystone Palo Alto. Finally, in January
1990, he sold the Stone to technical wiz John Nady, who is the inventor of
the Nady Wireless, a device that allows electric guitars and microphones
to operate without cords. At that time, Nady was aready operating the "Omni"
nightclub in Oakland, and was looking forward to putting on shows on both
sides of the bay. He never enjoyed similar success, and vacated the lease
a few years later. |
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Santana Dates:
Dec 1, 1980 -
March 30, 1985 -
Aug 8, 1985 |
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| Straight
Theatre |
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1702 Haight Street, San
Francisco, CA 94117 |
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Note: The Haight Theatre
was built in 1919, and was operated by Golden Gate State Theatres up until
its closing (as a film theatre) on September 22, 1964. It reopened on July
21, 1967 as the Straight Theatre, a hippie-run alternative to the commercially
successful Fillmore Auditorium and Avalon Ballroom. Long before its reopening,
the Grateful Dead used the place as a rehearsal hall. The venue seated 1,310
people, and its main floor was leveled with a parquet surface for dancing.
As an essential part of the Haight/Ashbury counter culture, the Straight
Theatre hosted many famous rock bands of that era, including Quicksilver
Messenger Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Charlatans, and
Country Joe and the Fish. For a period, the venue lost its dance permit,
so they offered dance lessons with the Grateful Dead as one of the instructors.
A year and a half later, the venue closed. In 1979, the building was demolished,
and was replaced by a Goodwill store. |
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Santana Dates:
Dec 1/2/3, 1967 -
Dec 26, 1967 -
Jan 30/31/Feb 1, 1968 -
March 1/2, 1968 -
April 12/13, 1968 -
May 7/8/9/10/11, 1968 -
Nov ?, 1968 |
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The Haight Theatre |
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| Warfield
Theatre |
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982 Market Street, San
Francisco, CA 94102 |
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Note: Named after native
San Franciscan and veteran actor, David Warfield, this venue opened in 1922.
The Victorian influence can be seen in the architecture and accoutrement,
ornate ceiling designs, chandeliers, and wrought-iron balustrades. Gold-leafed
opera boxes overlook the palatial stage, and the period mural that brightens
up the top of the stage. Early entertainment at the theatre included silent
films and vaudeville shows featuring Charlie Chaplin, Al Jolson and Rin Tin
Tin. After the death of vaudeville, stage shows didn't return until the 1940's
with attractions such as Louis Armstrong and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. In
1979, Bill Graham produced several Bob Dylan gospel shows, and some years
after, acts such as Liza Minnelli and Shirley MacLaine. When the Kabuki Theatre
closed down in 1984, Graham convinced a brother-sister pair to invest into
the renovation of the venue, maintaining the master lease for himself. |
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Santana Dates:
Nov 17, 1979 -
March 25, 1980 -
Nov 13, 1980 -
June 29, 1982 -
Aug 9, 1985 -
April 18, 1990 -
April 30/May 1, 1991 -
Dec 20, 1991 -
March 11, 1995 -
March 9, 1996 -
Dec 30/31, 1996 -
Nov 14, 2000 -
May 31, 2003 -
Feb 26, 2004 -
June 22/23/24, 2004 |
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| Winterland |
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2101 Sutter
Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 |
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Note: Originally, the
Winterland Ballroom was an old ice skating ring. The building had a capacity
of 5,400 people. After the closing of Fillmore West on July 4, 1971, rock
promoter Bill Graham took over the old hall that soon became legendary for
the shows that happened there. The Grateful Dead made their home at this
venue. In 1976, Martin Scorcese shoots "The Last Waltz". Released in 1978,
the film chronicled a concert featuring The Band, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell,
Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, and Muddy Waters. The occasion of
the show was the announced retirement from the road of The Band. The Sex
Pistols played their last show at Winterland on January 14, 1978. The venue
closed on December 31, 1978 with a concert by the Grateful Dead, New Riders
of the Purple Sage, and the Blues Brothers. It was torn down a few years
later, and replaced by apartment condominiums and a restaurant. |
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Santana Dates:
Dec 31, 1968 -
May 28, 1969 -
Oct 3/4 1969 -
Dec 18/19/20/21, 1969 -
Feb 23, 1970 -
March 26/27/28, 1971 -
March 26, 1972 -
Oct 4/5/6, 1972 -
April 6, 1973 -
Dec 31, 1973 -
Sept 13/14, 1974 -
?, 1974 -
Nov 14/15, 1975 -
May 21, 1977 -
Oct 29, 1977 -
?, 1978 |
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Original Winterland |
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Winterland Site Today |
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Bill Graham in front of the
original Winterland |
Closing Night Dec 31,
1978 |
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Original Winterland |
Closing Night Dec 31, 1978 |
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| Wolfgang's |
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901 Columbus Avenue,
San Francisco, CA 94133 |
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Note: The 8,000 square
ft. building was built in 1923 as a nightclub, and has always remained so.
"The Lido Lounge", complete with floorshow, catered to San Francisco's politicos
and society's elite of the late 1920's and 1930's. The "Italian Village",
later renamed "The Village", wowed the troops during World War II with big
bands and USO shows, continuing through to the late 1950's. In the 1970's,
during the disco era, the place went by "Dance Your Ass Off". In 1982, David
Allen renamed it "The Boarding House", and booked some comedy shows, but
later closed the club for insolvency. Former Old Waldorf owner Jeffrey Pollack
took over Allen, and operated the room as "Bal Tabarin", and eventually managed
to interest Bill Graham to buy a second club from him. After closing the
Old Waldorf, Graham reopened the place on July 4, 1983 as "Wolfgang's", his
real first name. The room soon became of the city's top club, hosting acts
such as John Hiatt, Midnight Oil, Ry Cooder, Randy Newman… On Saturday
nights, deejays spun records for hundreds of dancers. On July 31, 1987, a
fire broke out in the hotel above, and burned most of the club's ceiling,
forcing Wolfgang's to close forever. The place reopened as the "7th Note"
jazz and dance club in the 1990's. In November 2003, the building became
"Cobb's Comedy Club", which was formerly located in Fisherman's Wharf. |
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Santana Date:
Nov 28, 1984 |
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Miscellaneous |
| Columbia
Studios/The Automatt |
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827/829 Folsom Street,
San Francisco, CA 94107 |
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Note: At the dawn of the
1970's, the Bay Area music scene was strong and diverse. The Grateful Dead,
Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Santana,
It's a Beautiful Day and other groups were successfully touring and selling
a lot of records. No longer bound by the requirements of their record labels
to record at in-house studios in New York and Los Angeles, they mostly worked
in Bay Area studios. With Wally Heider's San Francisco operation going strong,
and Bill Putnam's Coast Recorders recent move to Folsom Street, people outside
of the Bay Area suddenly decided that there was money to be made from the
Northern California music scene. In September 1970, Columbia bought Coast
Recorders' new facility on Folsom Street, bringing in a trio of top engineers
from New York: Roy Halee, Roy Segal and Glenn Kolotkin. Coast Recorders moved
out to 1340 Mission Street, taking over Mecury Recordings. Coast Recorders
on Mission went through several owners, and was renamed "Toast" during the
1990's. In 2002, Paul Stubblebine took over the facility, and reclaimed the
Coast Recorders name. At Columbia's on Folsom Street, Paul Simon, Santana
and Blood, Sweat & Tears were among the acts who worked there in the
first year, and there seemed to be a steady stream of acts moving in and
out of the studio. However, Columbia was a very conservative company, with
very strict rules about how long sessions could go and, of course, about
drugs. The San Francisco music scene was really very loose, and ultimately,
CBS decided to divest itself of its San Francisco property. David Rubinson,
who had been renting a studio space dubbed "The Automatt" on the second floor
of the building with great success since the fall of 1976, managed to convince
CBS to turn the lease over to him. In late 1978, he took over the former
Columbia Studios to make The Automatt, a three-studio operation. The Automatt
was certainly the toniest and best equipped studio in the city, with Harrison
and Trident TSM consoles, MCI 24-track recorders and a crack engineering
staff that started with Catero and went on to include Ken Kessie, Leslie
Ann Jones, and others during its eight-year history. Many great acts came
through there, including Santana, the Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock, Journey
and many others... After suffering a heart attack, Rubinson closed the place
in 1982. After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the building's owner decided
to level the place for a parking lot. |
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| Wally
Heider Recording Studios |
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245 Hyde Street, San
Francisco, CA 94102 |
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Note: Wally Heider opened
his San Francisco studio in 1969, in a building that was previously home
to an assortment of film offices, screening rooms and storage for 20th Century
Fox. Heider's was a quick success, counting among its first clients the Jefferson
Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival and the Grateful Dead. Heider's equipment
was revolutionary. He became the proud first owner of 16-track Ampex machines,
and was the first to install a Quad 8 Board. As well as luring bands with
up-to-date technology, Heider instructed his staff to do anything to make
their clients happy. It was this dedication and accomodation that attracted
some of the biggest bands during the studio's golden age. But within five
months everything changed drastically. Manager Mel Tanner, left the studio,
and within a month the bottom fell out completely. The oil crisis, the recession
of 1973, the record companies' executive staffs crashing, all led to real
changes in recording budgets. Because Heider was a trailblazer, and had opened
with cutting-edge equipment when he began Filmways/Heiders, it was necessary
to update the equipment in 1974. But the advent of 24-track recording made
it imperative that the studio update its gear or fall behind competing studios.
Heider's went to Filmways, and asked for the money to upgrade, but Filmways
refused. Thus, began the demise of Filmways/Heider's studios. Heider became
so distraught about the decline of the studio that he maneuvered his way
into being fired, and went into private life in his home state of Oregon.
After Wally Heider's departure, Filmways sent up Gary Blum, whose Los Angeles
style seemed at odds with the more laid-back San Francisco scene, and the
staff at Filways/Heider's rallied together to oust him. Yet, Filmways continued
to resist funding the declining studio. In 1978, David Rubinson, a mainstay
at Heider's, left and reluctantly started his own studio, "The Automatt"
on Folsom Street. In 1980, a partnership composed of Dan Alexander, Tom Sharples
and Michael Ward reopened the studios, as Hyde Street Studios. Ward and his
partners were willing to spend money, and began remodeling the studios. As
one of the nation's largest dealers of second-hand audio, Alexander played
a major part in the selection of new equipment. His large collection of vintage
tube microphones, tube compressors and other exotic gear gave the studio
an edge over local competition. Under the new ownership, the studio's patrons
have included artists Joe Satriani, Blue Oyster Cult, the Dead Kennedys,
Ronnie Montrose, Chris Isaak and Robert Cray. Tom Sharples left the partnership
in 1985, and Ward and Alexander later divided the studios, with Alexander
taking Studio C and Ward keeping the rest of the building and the Hyde Street
name. In 1986, Alexander leased Studio C to Sandy Pearlman, who ran it as
Alpha & Omega Studio until 1991. Ward kept control of his studios, except
for a brief sublease of Studio A to a producer who ran it as Power Stroke
Studios, catering to early heavy metal and thrash acts. Alexander later ended
his involvement with Hyde Street, but Ward continued to run the studio. An
extensive three-year program of rebuilding and consolidation led to a complete
redo in Studio A. That put Hyde Street Studios in a position to match the
glory from its past, following the dictums laid out by Wally Heider 25 years
earlier. |
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| "Inspire
To Aspire" Mural |
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South Van Ness Avenue
& 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 |
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South Van Ness Avenue
& 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 Note: In
June
1987, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Santana, Michael Rios created
the mural that spans three buildings. The mural represents musical heroes,
icons and symbols common to those who lived in the Mission District. The
two other artists depicted in the painting are conguero Armando Peraza on
the left, and pianist Eddie Palmieri on the right. That inspiration became
a beautiful friendship and a long artistic collaboration between Santana
and Rios. During the making of the mural, Carlos Santana's father Jose Santana,
used to come and play with his mariachi band on the parking lot, just in
front of the building. Several other events celebrated Santana during that
month. |
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Santana Date:
June
1987 |
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| Hotel
Triton |
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342 Grant Avenue, San
Francisco, CA 94108 |
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Note: The Hotel Triton
is a trendy, funky, and eclectic hotel with Californian warmth and a chic,
upscale flair located opposite the majestic Dragon Gates of Chinatown, and
only three blocks from Union Square. It offers unique rooms and features
such as zen dens with incense burning, and suites designed by their rock
star namesakes like Jerry Garcia, Carlos Santana, and Graham Nash and an
Eco Floor for earth-lovers, with filtered air and biodegradable toiletries.
The Carlos Santana Suite features historic photos on the wall, and memorabilia
provided by the Santana Management, as well as some drawings made by fans.
Artist Michael Rios painted the bed cover, bathroom curtains, and angels
on the ceiling. The entrance hall is also decorated with some legendary Fillmore
posters. On the inauguration day, Carlos Santana put his autograph on the
wall. The Carlos Santana Suite has been later renamed "The Black Magic
Bedroom". |
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Santana Date:
June 13, 1996 |
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| Mission
Cultural Center |
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2868 Mission Street,
San Francisco, CA 94110 |
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Note: The Mission Cultural
Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) was established in 1977 by artists and community
activists with a shared vision to promote, preserve and develop the Latino
cultural arts that reflect the living tradition and experiences of Chicano,
Central and South American, and Caribbean people. The MCCLA makes the arts
accessible as an essential element to community development and well-being.
Programs include theater, music, film and video, poetry readings, cultural
forums and media panels. The center houses a 142-seat theater, performing
and visual art studios, a state-of-the-art print screen facility and the
Galeria Museo, which presents local and international exhibitions throughout
the year that target audiences not traditionally reached by mainstream museums
and galleries. As a community non-profit arts organization, MCCLA prides
itself in enriching, in a most unique way, the cultural and artistic life
of the Mission, San Francisco, and Bay Area residents as well. The Board
of Directors, Management and Staff, share a commitment to providing quality
and relevant art programs and services, and to working with community individuals
and groups in the pursuit of this vision. |
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Santana Date:
June 9, 1987 |
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| James
Lick Middle School |
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1220 Noe Street, San
Francisco, CA 94114 |
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Note: James Lick Middle
School sits in a large, white, imposing four-story building in Noe Valley.
Its entry hall feels like one of California's old missions, airy and tall,
with colorful tile stairs lined with trees in planters. The giveaway that
it's a school are the messages which cover the walls, belying the school
culture: "Teachers are very special" "We are creating a better world: peace,
sisterhood, brotherhood, nonviolence". A banner hanging from the ceiling
has the word "Welcome" in several languages. Paper cutouts of diverse people
holding hands drape the doorways to the north and south wings. A corner area
by the front door displays lively signs and a calendar of school events for
parents. And artfully mounted at eye level are statements of the school's
objectives. Clearly printed is the following problem statement: "Our African
American, Latino, and English Language Learner students do not experience
the same levels of student achievement as other student populations". From
the direct articulation of this problem stem James Lick Middle School's reform
efforts. |
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Santana Date: 1963 |
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| Mission High School |
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3750 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114 |
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Note: Mission High School
is the first comprehensive high school in San Francisco, and the first such
school west of the Rocky Mountains. The first building was formally dedicated
in 1897. Mission High has its own museum on campus that highlights the evolution
of the school over the past 100+ years. Located in the heart of the Mission
District, the school is proud of its ethnic diversity, and tries to instill
positive social values, acceptance and tolerance in the students. Mission
High welcomes parents and community members to be involved in the educational
process, and has an active English-Language Advisory Committee and School
Site Council. The academic focus school is aimed at improving literacy with
all the students. Mission High has a very focused three-year literacy plan
that includes a myriad of professional development opportunities for teachers
on-site, local, and statewide. |
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Santana Dates:
1964 -
1965 -
Oct 24, 2011 |
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| Dipti Nivas
Restaurant |
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216 Church
Street, San Francisco, CA 94114 |
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Note: In September 1973,
guru Sri Chinmoy prompted Carlos Santana's wife Deborah Santana to launch
a vegetarian restaurant, which she and her sister Kitsaun ran for almost
ten years. Carlos Santana (Rolling Stone): "We don't give money to Sri
Chinmoy. Only sometimes when I go to the Center, like in New York, just like
in churches, there are self-offerings. I have a restaurant-boutique-health
food store opening in San Francisco, called Dipti-Nivas (the Abode Of Light)
with my wife Debbie. That's how I contribute. The restaurant in reality belongs
to humanity. It's Guru's will". Today, Deborah Santana says that the
opening of Dipti Nivas was the most gratifying result of following the guru.
Through managing the restaurant, she regained confidence in her intelligence
and business skills. She occasionally gave lectures on meditation at the
restaurant. |
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Santana Dates:
Sept 1973 -
Aug 1981 |
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| Temple
Emanu-El |
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2 Lake Street, San Francisco,
CA 94118 |
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Note: Established in
1850, Emanu-El is the oldest congregation west of the Mississippi. Dedicated
in April 1926, the building is the third site of this congregation. Designed
by Arthur Brown, Jr. (who also created Coit Tower, the War Memorial Opera
House, and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge), the building was influenced
by the Haggia Sophia in Istanbul. In 1927, the American Institute of Architects
selected Temple Emanu-El as the finest piece of architecture in Northern
California. The congregation's commitment to helping the secular community
began as far back as 1849-1850. The Eureka Benevolent Society is the largest
Jewish organization in the West, and was formed by many who became active
at the Temple. The first two presidents of Emanu-El were local officeholders,
and Jews were part of California State government, serving in the State Assembly,
on the State Supreme Court, and in other key positions. Commitment to the
local community is evidenced through the congregation's renewed mission
statement, and is exemplified by the members, the community service projects
and the community partnership projects funded through the Emanu-El Community
Service Fund. Congregation Emanu-El has been influential in other ways as
well. Cantor Reuben Rinder, who served the congregation from 1913 to 1966,
discovered and nurtured the talents of Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern and
much later, Itzhak Perlman. He also helped initiate the Israeli Philharmonic
orchestra. International leaders including Golda Meir, Abba Eban, Abraham
Joshua Heschel and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. have spoken in the Sanctuary.
Most recently Maya Angelou, Elie Weisel, and Dr. Cornell West have addressed
large audiences at the Temple. |
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Santana Dates:
Oct 28, 1991 -
March 1, 1992 |
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Temple Emanu-El in the
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