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Concert poster vintage
psychedelic rock concert poster for a show at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. The poster is known as "FD-4" in the Family Dog numbered series and is often nicknamed the "Dirty Old Man" poster.
Event Details
Headline Bands: The Love (or simply Love, led by Arthur Lee), The Sons of Adam, and The Charlatans.
Venue: The Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA.
Date: Friday and Saturday, April 8-9, 1966.
Artist: The poster was created by the acclaimed American artist Wes Wilson, a pioneer of the psychedelic poster art style.
Light Show: "Light Sights" by Tony Martin.
Promoter: Family Dog Productions, co-owned by Chet Helms.
Historical Significance
This poster is a classic example of early psychedelic art, notable for its use of distorted, flowing letters that made the text difficult to read, which was a deliberate challenge to traditional advertising. The central image is a figure of a man and a woman dancing wildly, signaling the emergence of a new, counter-cultural scene in the Bay Area.
The Sons of Adam were a popular Los Angeles-based garage rock band known for their loud volume and association with other notable musicians like Randy Holden (later of Blue Cheer) and Michael Stuart (later of Love), who was recruited after this period. |
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