Family Dog FD-5 — Blues Project / Great Society, Avalon Ballroom 1966, Wes Wilson
The poster for the first Family Dog show at the Avalon Ballroom. An original, not a reproduction.
Wes Wilson drew it for Friday and Saturday, 22 and 23 April 1966 — The Blues Project, from New York, with The Great Society, lights and stuff by Tony Martin, nine o'clock, Avalon Ballroom on Sutter Street at Van Ness. It is also the first Family Dog sheet to carry the house line: MAY THE BABY JESUS SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND OPEN YOUR MIND.
PRODUCT DETAILS
• Series: Family Dog, FD-5
• Artist: Wes Wilson
• Bill: The Blues Project with The Great Society
• Venue: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street at Van Ness, San Francisco
• Dates: Friday and Saturday, 22–23 April 1966
• Presentation: framed under glass with a gilt frame
• Condition: Good, presenting well in the frame. Not examined out of it.
The Great Society was Grace Slick's band before Jefferson Airplane, which puts this sheet at the hinge of the San Francisco sound — and FD-5 is where the Avalon run begins.
It has not been out of the frame. We will unframe it and photograph the bottom margin on request before you commit.
From a Charlotte, North Carolina estate.