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The Avalon Ballroom was a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at 1244 Sutter Street (or 1268 Sutter, depending on the entrance). The space operated from 1966 to 1969, at the height of the counterculture movement. ==History== The building that housed the Avalon Ballroom was built in 1911 and was originally called the Colin Traver Academy of Dance. The Family Dog was founded by "little"Michael Ludwig Vice President of Marketing for Bill Graham and his father Michael Ludwig and Chet Helms music production.(Originally located off Balboa and 50th. Below the Cliff House restaurant). Bands were frequently booked to perform at the Avalon on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Extraordinary posters advertising each event were produced by psychedelic artists, including Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley and Victor Moscoso. In the 1960s, at the Avalon, two bands typically performed two sets during the evening beginning at about nine o'clock. Many local bands, such as Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Steve Miller Band, served as backup bands, as did the early Moby Grape and headliners such as The Doors, the 13th Floor Elevators, the Butterfield Blues Band and Big Brother and the Holding Company, which Helms organized around singer and performer Janis Joplin in spring 1966. The Grateful Dead played at the Avalon 29 times from 1966 through 1969, and recorded two live albums, entitled ''Vintage Dead'' and ''Historic Dead'', in the autumn of 1966. 2 tracks of their famous "Live/Dead" album were also recorded there in early 1969, ''The Eleven'' and ''Turn On Your Love Light''.〔Live/Dead Booklet 2001 CD reissue, pag.14〕 On January 29, 1967, it hosted the Mantra-Rock Dance musical event, organized by the local Hare Krishna temple, which featured Hare Krishna founder Bhaktivedanta Swami, along with Allen Ginsberg, The Grateful Dead, Moby Grape and Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Avalon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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