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Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
General Jackson
Artist and historian Jack Jackson remembered by those who knew him well
"...and fellow dissenters included Freak Brothers artist Gilbert Shelton, Avalon Ballroom founder Chet Helms, singer Janis Joplin, and a..."
Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser
Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes
When Jack Jackson wasn't studying, researching, and presenting history in painstakingly drawn graphic novels, this wildly talented artist and scholar was making it himself
"...Out in Haight-Ashbury, Jackson began creating posters for Avalon Ballroom concerts as an art director with Family Dog,..."
June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Page Two: Loss Upon Loss
Legendary cartoonist, historian, and Texan Jack Jackson passes on
"...charge of concert posters, mostly for shows at the Avalon Ballroom. In 1969, Jackson co-founded Rip Off Press with..."
June 16, 2006 Column by Louis Black
Naked If I Want To
Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape
"...The release was celebrated with a gig/party at the Avalon Ballroom, thrown by Columbia. With writers flown in from..."
Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black
Livin' On
Up on the 13th Floor, the 10-CD Sign of the 3 Eyed Men lives on and on and on
"...official biographer. Longtime Elevators collector Patrick Lundborg provided the Avalon tape for the Live in California disc. In other..."
Aug. 14, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Space Cowboy Steve Miller's Not Joking
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist details the pompitous of musical education
"...the staple bands at both the Fillmore and the Avalon Ballroom, because I was a real musician. The Grateful..."
July 22, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Powell St. John Brought Us the Message, 1940-2021
Psychedelic visionary and Janis Joplin bandmate – a "man for the ages"
"...The psychedelically-informed rhythm and blues act performed at the Avalon Ballroom and the Fillmore Auditorium and signed with Mercury..."
Aug. 23, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
New Janis Joplin Biography Favors Love Over Sensationalism
Author Holly George-Warren shows the love in Janis: Her Life and Music
"...and the Holding Company's raw "freak rock" at the Avalon Ballroom or exploring the later soul of her Kozmic..."
Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall
After Dark
Young promoter David Ziolkowski nabs Tito Larriva, tonight!
"...and the Fillmore duking it out against Chet Helms’ Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco’s Sixties heyday...."
May 8, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser
Moby Grape
Reissues
"...quintet's alchemic earthquake. The raw fidelity of a 1967 Avalon Ballroom recording opens on all five singing band members..."
May 14, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
The Report Card
"...and collector Patrick Lundborg donated the recording of this Avalon Ballroom show from 1966. Previously released and heavily bootlegged,..."
Aug. 14, 2009 Music Feature
Off the Record
Soaring gas prices put local bands in a pinch at the pump and a homecoming of sorts for Janis Joplin and the Butthole Surfers
"...promises of fame and fortune from former Austinite and Avalon Ballroom booker Chet Helms, but she never stopped looking..."
June 13, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell
Gram Parsons
Gift Guide
"...6, 1969, opening for the Dead at San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom, the 2-CD set is superbly recorded and presents..."
Dec. 14, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman
Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, the Pioneers of Psychedelic Sounds
Roky Erickson, the early years
"...by the band members and the likes of late Avalon Ballroom promoter Chet Helms and Casey Monahan of the..."
Nov. 30, 2007 Music Review by Austin Powell
The Kingdom of Heaven
Psychedelic pioneer Powell St. John, on the Right Track Now
"...a place to stay. Chet Helms was running the Avalon Ballroom, and I felt there'd be room to maybe..."
Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Bay area, profited handsomely from Texpatriates, who founded the Avalon Ballroom, Rip-Off Press, and played large roles in the..."
Aug. 25, 2006 Column
Not the Early Sixties but the Early Seventies
Aug. 17, 2006 Postmarks
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends
"...going to get to San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium and Avalon Ballroom, and I knew instantly there was no going..."
Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley
'Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas' Myths
"...28]. I can certainly remember hearing it at the Avalon Ballroom in Amarillo every Saturday night in the late..."
Dec. 1, 2003 Postmarks
Both Sides Now
Jack Jackson remembers the Alamo
"...from being the art director for San Francisco's legendary Avalon Ballroom and is celebrated for his illustrated histories --..."
Oct. 11, 2002 Books Feature by Margaret Moser
Timeline/Discography
A timeline / discography of Doug Sahm
"...rejoins Sahm in the Quintet, who begin playing the Avalon Ballroom and the Fillmore West in San Francisco...."
Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Dancing About Architecture
Blind in Texas or: Ken Don't Know Dick
"...show and a Thirteenth Floor Elevators poster from the Avalon Ballroom, but Clark admits that there's no specific connection..."
June 6, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Music Amidst Used Furniture
The History of the Red River Strip
"...Eighties to describe certain cultural icons like San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom. Certainly by 1991, the low- ceilinged club with..."
Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature
Jaxon on Crumb:
"...director for the Family Dog, doing posters for the Avalon Ballroom shows. We were Bill Graham's competition. And I..."
June 30, 1995 Arts Feature
Music Recommended
Kut Fall Fundraiser
"...Texas Union Ballroom, Sunday 8 In case you hadn't heard, KUT is..."
