1960s rock and roll
1960s rock music
A01=Bill Graham
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Author_Bill Graham
Author_Robert Greenfield
Category=AV
classic rock
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the fillmore
Product details
- ISBN 9780306813498
- Weight: 677g
- Dimensions: 150 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 05 May 2004
- Publisher: Hachette Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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As a child, Bill Graham fled Europe to escape Hitler's armies. He grew up on the streets of New York and in the dining rooms of the hotels in the Catskills. After failing as an actor, he headed for San Francisco right before the Summer of Love where he founded the Fillmore and launched the rock icons of a generation- Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, the Grateful Dead, and more. He was a complex, caring, compassionate whirlwind of energy who rock stars either loved- or hated.In his own voice and those of the people who knew him- Jerry Garcia, Keith Richards, Grace Slick, Ken Kesey, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Carlos Santana- we hear Bill's story as well as the scoop on the major events in rock for more than three decades, ending with his tragic death in a 1991 helicopter crash. Gritty, moving, funny, and always fascinating, Bill Graham Presents is the inside story of the explosive and unforgettable man who created the business of rock.
