@realjohnboy,
my 2nd hangout in the 60's was denver's Family Dog operated by Barry Fey. Denver's Family Dog opened with Big Brother and the Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin. Others who graced the stage were Blue Cheer, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Grateful Dead, The Doors and Buffalo Springfield.
The club, which never made any money, in part because tickets were $3.50, eventually morphed into The Dog until it closed with the return of Joplin in June 1968. "The week before we closed Bobby Kennedy was shot," Fey said.
Fey also recalled a little-known chef named Paul Prudhomme who worked at a "little grill" not far from The Dog. "He used to bring me food and I'd let him into shows," Fey said.
Tulagi’s (on The Hill in Boulder) had a house band called The Astronauts, who were hugely popular. Judy Collins was beginning then. I saw her many times at the Exodus club in Denver. In ’67, I went to San Francisco, and saw Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver at the Fillmore and Avalon. It wasn’t until The Rainbow opened in the late ’70s that Denver had a concert scene, which at that time was primarily New Wave: Iggy Pop, Talking Heads, Devo. Those were some of the best concerts I’ve ever seen.
All Time Favorites: Gene Vincent, a Rockabilly artist from the ’50s, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Billy Holiday, Dave Brubeck, Hank Williams, The 13th Floor Elevators, Radiohead, and going through old vinyl collections.
There was the Filmore San Francisco, Filmore NYC and Filmore Denver. Filmore Denver (the original Mammoth Gardens) was where I first say Santana and Country Joe.
