Gigs - (update of 10-22-2007)
November 19-21, 1965 KBTR battle of the bands, Denver
November 31st (???) , 1965, Denver Theatre, KBTR promo show
December 3, 1965, Student Union, Denver University (25 cents admission)
December 31, 1965 – Jan. 9th, The Mad Dog, Aspen, first gig with Kim King
January 26-Feb. 6, 1966, Exodus, Denver
February __? Too weird gig in Grand Junction, CO
February 10, 1966, Friends of Folk Music concert, IBEW Hall, Denver
February 1, 8, 15, 22nd. 1966, Tiger a-Go-Go, Denver
March 2-13, 1966, Exodus, Denver
March 18-26, 1966, The Mad Dog, Aspen
March 30-April 10, 1966, Exodus, Denver
April 5, 1966, Johnson MacFarlane Hall, Univ. of Denver
April 15th, Clancy’s FAC, Fort Collins, CO – W.C. Wright walks off.
April 30, 1966, some Rug Room, Englewood, CO - first gig with Paul Conly
May 4-15, 1966, Exodus, Denver - Paul's first appearance at the Exodus
May or June, '66, La Pichet (the Pitcher), we sub in on the usual turf of The Rainy Daze
May 15, 1966, Exodus Woodsie party in the foothills - all our amps blow up.
June 8- 19th, 1966, Exodus, Denver, last show before Spoonful concert
June 26, 1966, Red Rocks show - moved to the Denver Coliseum, with the Lovin
Spoonful
August 1-3, 1966, Trude Heller's, NYC
August 9, 1966, The Night Owl Café, NYC-Hand People debut there.
August 16-20, 1966, Night Owl, our first full week there.
September __, 1966, Night Owl Café, NYC, we're the house band.
September _ (?), 1966, Café a Go-Go , NYC,with Richard Pryor
September or October ___, 1966, private party at Earl Doud’s; we meet Paul Simon
October 5 - 16, 1966, The Village Gate, NYC with the Byrds; we meet Andy Warhol, Nico & Tim Leary
November 9-13, 1966, Exodus, Denver
November 18-20, 1966, The Fillmore Auditorium, SF, with the Grateful Dead & James Cotton
January 19, 1967, Fashion Institute of Technology concert, New York City
January 20, 21, 1967, Andy Warhol's Balloon Farm, with the Chambers Brothers
January 27, 28, 1967, Andy Warhol's Balloon Farm. Tim Buckley took tickets at the door
February 17, 1967, Andy Warhol's Balloon Farm, with Mothers of Invention (?)
February 18, 1967, Wollman Auditorium, Columbia University concert
February 24-26, 1967, The Trauma, Philadelphia (2121 Arch street) - the debut of this club; Paul and Tom sleep on Todd Rundgren’s floor.
March 3-5, 1967, Trauma, Philadelphia
March 10-11, The Boston Tea Party, with the Orphans
March 17, 18, 1967, The Boston Tea Party, with the Hallucinations (Peter Wolf)
April 14, 15, 1967, Boston Tea Party, with the Front Page
April 27, 1967, Expo 67, Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Canada, with the Blues
Project, Tiny Tim, Suzanne Verdal
May (?), 1967, Richard Avedon’s party for his son & subsequent photo shoot with Avedon
June 2-4, The Trauma, Philadelphia, with Mandrake Memorial
June 9-11, The Trauma, Philadelphia, with Mandrake Memorial
June 16-18, The Trauma, Philadelphia, with Mandrake Memorial
June 30, July 1, 1967, Boston Tea Party, with the Shakers
July 21, 22, 1967, The Crosstown Bus, Allston, Mass.
September 1, 2, 1967, Capitol Theatre, Washington, D.C.
September 29, 1967, Family Dog, Denver, with Captain Beefheart (Doors poster)
September 30, 1967, Show in Casper, Wyoming where our road manager was punched
out by some cowboys
October 27-28, 1967, Family Dog, with All Men Joy
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November 3-5, 1967, Avalon Ballroom, SF, with Canned Heat, All Men Joy
November 10-12, 1967, the Trauma, Philadelphia with Mandrake Memorial
November 17-19, 1967, the Trauma, Philadelphia
December 8, 9, 1967, The Second Fret, Philadelphia
December 22, 23, 1967, Boston Tea Party, with Beacon Street Union
April 28, 1968, Generation, NYC, with Buddy Guy
June 21,22, 1968, Le Garage, Spray Beach, New Jersey
July 18-20, 1968, Boston Tea Party, with the Hallucinations (Wolfgang’s Vault says it’s 1969!)
August 2, 3, 1968, Le Garage, Spray Beach, New Jersey
November 29, 30, 1968, Boston Tea Party, the dancing robots poster.
October 4, 5th, 1968, (?) April 4, 5, 1969, (?) July 4, 5, 1969 (?) Madison Square Garden Felt Forum, New York City. It’s gonna be one of these three sets of dates.
February 6-8, 1969, Boston Tea Party, Boston, with the Raven
Possibly Feb. 27, 28, 1969 The Electric Factory, Philadelphia with Blood, Sweat and Tears.
Winter and springtime, 1969, The Scene, New York City, jams with Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter.
June 12-14, 1969, The Ark, Boston, with Sea Train
August 3, 1969, Atlantic City Pop Festival, New Jersey (Janis Joplin on top of bill)
August 9, 1969, outdoor gig in Boston or Cambridge (date approx.)
November 1, 1969, SUNY at Albany concert, New York state
November 15, 1969, Middlebury, Vermont
December 12. 1969, Amherst College
March , April, 1970, The Astor Place Theatre, Sam Shepard plays; Paul, Ru and
Sam as the Hand People (with Mark Von Lehmden sitting in on harmonica
sometimes.
Other gigs we barely remember or where the dates are lost in the haze of the past:
the Cheetah (or some big disco w/ a rip off benefit where we played for free)
A debutante party in New Canaan where the hostess got really drunk
Another freebie - Earl Wilson's birthday party attended by Johnny
Carson, Barbra Streisand and, my personal favorite, Orson Bean.
The fashion show where they wanted the theremin but then asked us to play "Just In Time" with the words, "Mr. Klein."
Richard Avedon’s party for his son - - 1967 (May?)
Museum of Modern Art Sculpture Garden
Max’s Kansas City – with Nick Venet in the audience – Spring,1969
Sheri’s Shack (?)
Yale – with a stripper
The World, Westchester County, where they locked us in our dressing
room & ripped up Tom's cigarette.
The Catacombs in Boston – when Paul threatened the club owner with the leg from the Wurlitzer piano.
The Ark, Boston, MA
We must have done something else in '68!!
