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Family Dog at the Great Highway - Show Listings

from  CHICKENONAUNICYCLE & various sources

(Updates Coming)

 

1969

 

June 13, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway -- Charlatans, Jefferson Airplane, Pulse, Devil's Kitchen, Jim Reinhart (juggler)

 

June 14, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Charlatans, Jefferson Airplane, Pulse, Devil's Kitchen, Jim Reinhart (juggler)

 

June 15, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great  -  Charlatans, Pulse, Devil's Kitchen, Jim Reinhart (juggler

 

June 16, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great HighwayJefferson Airplane

 

June 20-22, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Sons of Champlin, Elvin Bishop

 

June 28-29, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Kaleidoscope, Barry Melton and Fish, Santa Lucia Flemenco Dancers

 

July 4, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Flying Burrito Brothers, Big Mama Willie Mae Thornton, Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band

 

July 7, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Joan Baez, It's A Beautiful Day

 

July 7, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Jefferson Airplane, Fourth Way, Ace of Cups, Phoenix

 

July 11-13, 1969 Family Dog on the Great Highway - Rubber Duck, Youngbloods, Lamb, Mother Bea

 

July 18-20 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Sir Douglas Quintet, Kwan Dios, Bicycle

 

July 22 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Congress of Wonders, Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band and Others

 

July 25-27 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Charley Musselwhite, Poco, Zoot Money, Deadly Nightshade, Harvey Mandel, Magic Sam

 

August 2-3, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Grateful Dead, Ballet Afro-Haiti, Albert Collins

 

August 7, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Tony Pigg, Daly Kids & Friends [Fuzzy Dice promoted Sock Hop]

 

August 8-10, 1969Family Dog on the Great Highway-  Country Joe & the Fish, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Tongue and Groove

 

August 13, 1969Family Dog on the Great Highway  - New Lost City Ramblers, New Riders of the Purple Sage [Hoe-Down, SF Hayride, Apple Bob]

 

August 15-17, 1969 -Family Dog on the Great Highway - New Lost City Ramblers, Mike Bloomfield & Nick Gravenites with Southern Comfort, Devil's Kitchen, Taj Mahal

 

August 19, 1969 -Family Dog on the Great Highway - Meeting of the "Common" to discuss the way forward with the FD - Jerry Garcia and Chet Helms amongst others were present.

 

August 26, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway The Great SF Light Show Jam--with 13 different light shows and taped music from three years of unissued tapes from the Matrix including tapes of Big Brother, Steve Miller, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger ServiceNot a Family Dog Show

 

August 29-30, 1969 --Family Dog on the Great HighwayGrateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Commander Cody, Rubber Duck Co.

 

August 31, 1969 -Family Dog on the Great Highwa - Gravity, Transatlantic Railroad, Devil's Kitchen, S. F. Radical Lab's Moog Synthesizer

 

September 6-7, 1969 -Family Dog on the Great Highway - Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane (may have just been the 6th - may not be an FD event as unadvertised. May be a replacement for cancelled August 1 event)

 

September 12-14, 1969 -Family Dog on the Great Highway - It's A Beautiful Day, The Fourth Way, Garden of Delights

 

September 15, 1969 -Family Dog on the Great Highway - Steve Gaskin

 

September 16, 1969- Family Dog on the Great Highway - Orion, Devil's Kitchen, In Search of America (film/light show), San Francisco, CA

 

September 17, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Five Hours of Independent and Experimental Films [Film Orgy]

 

September 18, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Richmond Symphony

 

September 19-21, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Carlos Carvajal, Moog Synthesizer, Garden of Delights, Shag, Devil's Kitchen,Super Gem [Circus of the Absurd Costume Ball]

 

September 25, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway- Stephen Gaskin, Various Light Shows

 

September 26, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Floating Bridge, Rainbow Jam, Rhythm Dukes

 

September 27, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Floating Bridge, Rainbow Jam, Rhythm Dukes

 

September 28, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Floating Bridge, Rainbow Jam, Rhythm Dukes

 

September 29, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Monday Night Class

 

September 30, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Commander Cody, The Fly, Circus, Deluxe [The Tom Mix Memorial Ball]

 

October 1, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Alligator, Old Davis, Maximum Speed Limit, Straight Phonk, Heavy Water

 

October 2, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Old Films and Comedy Night

 

October 3-5, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Charley Musselwhite, Congress of Wonders, Kaleidoscope

 

October 6, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Monday Night Class

 

October 7, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Steve Gaskin, Timothy Leary, Asoke Fakir, Malachi, Alan Watts, Lazarus, Michael Lorimer, It's A Beautiful Day, Phoenix, Master Choy, Schlomo, Carl Bach, Reverend Henslee, Allen Noonan, Jim Kimmel, Golden Toad, Tup Fisher, Osceola, Chiran Jeed, Garden of Delights, Sweet Misery, Jerry Abrams Headlights, The Holy Sea, Rainbow Gem, Sebastian Moon, Dr Zarkov, May Flower, Adam [Holy Man Jam]

 

October 8-9, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Steve Gaskin, Timothy Leary, Asoke Fakir, Malachi, Alan Watts, Lazarus, Michael Lorimer, It's A Beautiful Day, Phoenix, Master Choy, Schlomo, Carl Bach, Reverend Henslee, Allen Noonan, Jim Kimmel, Golden Toad, Tup Fisher, Osceola, Chiran Jeed, Garden of Delights, Sweet Misery, Jerry Abrams Headlights, The Holy Sea, Rainbow Gem, Sebastian Moon, Dr Zarkov, May Flower, Adam [Holy Man Jam]

 

October 8-9, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highwa - Alan Watts, Timothy Leary, It's A Beautiful Day and Many Others

 

October 10-12, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - AB Skhy, The Sons of Champlin, Brewer & Shipley

 

October 13, 1969- Family Dog on the Great Highway Steve Gaskin

 

October 14, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Steve Gaskin, Jim Kimmel, Canterbury Fair

 

October 15, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Garden of Delights & Horror Flicks

 

October 16, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Garden of Delights, Anonymous Artists of America

 

October 17, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Malachi, Floating Lotus Opera Company, Golden Toad

 

October 18, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Malachi, Floating Lotus Opera Company, Golden Toad, Alan Watts

 

October 19, 1969- Family Dog on the Great Highway - Malachi, Floating Lotus Opera Company, Golden Toad

 

October 20, 1969 -- Family Dog on the Great Highway - Monday Night Class with Stephen Gaskin

 

October 21, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - A Night of Guitar and Dance, Classical Flamenco, Folk and Rock

 

October 22, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - New Riders of the Purple Sage, Garden of Delights, Lazarus (replacing Apple Jam), Heavy Water (Lights) [Ecological Ball]

 

October 23, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway-  Acoustic Stringed Instrument Night

 

October 24, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Osceola, Barry McGuire & the Doctor, Shag, Missionary Light

 

October 25, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Osceola, Barry McGuire & the Doctor, Shag, Clover, Missionary Light

 

October 26, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Osceola, Barry McGuire & the Doctor, Missionary Light

 

October 27, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - "Peoples Night"

 

October 28, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highwa - Osceola, Occultist, Phoenix, Heavy Water, Beefy Red [The Cusp Night - Libra's and Scorpio's]

 

October 29, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highwa - "American Indian Well Baby Clinic" [Celebration of the Mended Spirit]F

 

October 24-30, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highwy - Dr Humbead's New Tranquility String Band and Medicine Show, Golden Toad [Minstral Night]

 

October 31-November 2, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Danny Cox, Golden Toad, Hell's Angels Own Band, Alan Watts, Grateful Dead

 

November 6, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Life, All God's Children, 25th Century Ensemble

 

November 7, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Velvet Underground, John Adam, Danny Cox, Maximum Speed Limit (Lights: Garden of Delights)

 

November 8, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Velvet Underground, John Adam, Maximum Speed Limit (Lights: Garden of Delights)

 

November 9, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Velvet Underground, John Adam, Danny Cox, Maximum Speed Limit (Lights: Garden of Delights)

 

November 10, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Steve Gaskin

 

November 11, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Beggar's Opera, Arizona, Deviants, Western Addition, Mellowtime Review

 

November 12, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Anonymous Artists of America, Jam (Lights: Garden of Delights)

 

November 13, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Garden of Delights, Anonymous Artists of America

 

November 14, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Apple Jam, Canterbury Faire, Osceola

 

November 15, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - AApple Jam, Canterbury Faire, Osceola

 

November 16, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Apple Jam, Canterbury Faire, Osceola

 

November 18, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - New Riders of the Purple Sage, David Laflamme (Square Dance)

 

November 19, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Poetry and Film

 

November 19, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Big Brother and the Holding Company (James Gurley, Sam Andrew, Peter Albin, David Getz), New Riders of the Purple Sage, Barry McGuire and the Doctor (Family Dog Benefit) - moved from Winterland

 

November 20, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway -  It's A Beautiful Day, Richmond Symphony, ESP, New Tranquility String BandFD-

 

November 25, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Anthrax, Sebastian Moon, Straight Phonk Unlimited, Tup Fisher

 

November 25, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Mayflower, Arizona, Tup Fisher

 

November 26, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Film Orgy

 

November 27, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - The New Riders of The Old Purple Sage (sic), Cleveland Wrecking Company, The Lamb, Deacon and The Suprelles [Music] Pitchell Players, East Bay Sharks, Morning Glory Theater, Rapphael Garratt Circus, [Theater] Newsreal, Punch by The Free City Puppets, Lights by the Holy See ["Free City Puppet Bash"]

 

November 28, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Poetry and Film

 

November 29, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Vern & Ray, Dr. Humbead's New Tranquility String Band, Floating Bridge

 

November 30, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Vern & Ray, Dr. Humbead's New Tranquility String Band, Commander Cody

 

December 12-14, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway -Canned Heat, Bob McPharlin, Rhythm Dukes (with Jerry Miller but not Bill Champlin)

 

December 26-28, 1969 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Lonnie Mack, Osceola, A. B. Skhy

 

 

1970

 

January 1-3, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway  -  Osceola, Cleveland Wrecking Company, Devil's Kitchen, Millard the Wonder Horse

 

January 4, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Osceola, Cleveland Wrecking Company, Mendelbaum, Phoenix

 

January 9-11, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Chambers Brothers and Friends

 

January 30-31, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Jefferson Airplane/Osceola

 

February 4, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Kimberly

 

February 6-7, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Freedom Highway, Mike Seeger

 

February 13-14, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Steve Miller Band, Elvin Bishop Group

 

February 20-21, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway -  Big Brother & the Holding Company with Nick Gravenites, Cat Mother and The All Night Newsboys (Cat Mother replaced The Rhythm Dukes)

 

February 28-March 1, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Grateful Dead, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen

 

March 6-8, 1970 -Family Dog on the Great Highway - Lee Michaels, Rhythm Dukes, Robert M Savage

 

March 13-15, 1970 -Family Dog on the Great Highway -  Country Joe & the Fish, Joy of Cooking

 

March 18, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Rolling Thunder (Shoshone Medicine Man), Hot Tuna, New Riders of the Purple Sage (Marmaduke, Jerry Garcia, Dave Nelson, Dave Torbert, Mickey Hart) [Benefit for the Sons of Thunder]

 

March 20-22, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Big Brother & the Holding Company, Kaleidoscope, Devil's Kitchen

 

March 27-29, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway,-  Youngbloods, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Jeffery Cain

 

April 3-5, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Eric Burdon & War, Ballin' Jack

 

April 10-12, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Albert Collins, Rhythm Dukes, AB Skhy

 

April 17-19, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - New Riders of the Purple Sage, Charlie Musselwhite, Mickey Hart & His Heartbreakers, Bobby Ace and His Cards from the Bottom of the Deck

 

April 24-25, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Osceola, Robert Savage Group

 

May 1-3, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Big Brother and the Holding Company, Aum, Back Yard Mamas, Nuttycomb & Lambert

 

May 8-10, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Osceola, Southern Comfort

 

May 15-16, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Big Mama Thornton, Sandy Bull, Mendlebaum, Doug McKecnenie and His Moog Synthesizer

 

May 22-24, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Shorty Featuring Georgie Fame, Jerry Hahn Brotherhood, Fourth Way

 

May 29-31, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Ali Akbar Khan, Indranil Bhattacharya, Zakir Hussain

 

June 7, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Various Gurus

 

June 13, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - First Anniversary at the Beach Party

 

June 17, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Michael Bloomfield & Marin Music Band, Charles Musselwhite Blues Band, Sandy Bull, St Jacques

 

June 19-21, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Flying Burrito Brothers, Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys, Rhythm Dukes with Bill Champlin and Jerry Miller

 

June 30-July 1, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Kinks, Osceola

 

July 2, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Kinks, Beggar's Opera

 

July 14-15, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Terry Reid, Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys, Ace of Cups

 

July 24-26, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Indian Puddin & Pipe, Tripsichord, Phanangawang

 

July 27, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - AC Bhaktivedanta Swami

 

July 31-August 2, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Youngbloods, Joy of Cooking, Jeffrey Cain

 

August 14-16, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - It's A Beautiful Day, Osceola, Sawbuck

 

August 21-22, 1970 - Family Dog on the Great Highway - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Robert Savage Group, Backyard Mamas, Deadly Nightshade

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