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vintage concert poster from 1966
for a performance at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco.
Key Information:
Artists: Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley. The poster is a famous work of psychedelic art and is known as "Girl with the Green Hair". The central image was adapted by the artists from an 1897 Art Nouveau advertisement by Alphonse Mucha for JOB cigarette rolling papers.
Bands: Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin), and Electric Train.
Dates: October 7 and 8, 1966.
Details: The poster is part of the Family Dog series, identified as FD-29. It is considered a seminal piece of the psychedelic era, with the concert taking place just after LSD was made illegal in California. |
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