Fillmore East was promoter Bill Graham's rock palace in the East Village area of New York City. Bill Graham (born Wolfgang Grajonca January 8, 1931 in Berlin, Germany - October 25, 1991) was a well-known concert promoter, beginning in the 1960s. ... Avenue A from Tompkins Square Park The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ...

It opened in March of 1968, to give Graham an East Coast counterpart to his Fillmore West establishment in San Francisco, and quickly became "The church of rock and roll," with two-show concerts several nights a week. Graham would regularly alternate acts between the two theatres; some of those acts included The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Allman Brothers Band, Jimi Hendrix, Country Joe and The Fish, Big Brother and The Holding Company, and many more. 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The Fillmore, also known as Fillmore Auditorium, is a legendary music venue in San Francisco, California made famous by Bill Graham (1931-1991). ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Jerry Garcia later in life The Grateful Dead was an American rock band, which was formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the remnants of another band, Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions. ... // Biography Valentes Involvement Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of San Franciscos original psychedelic bands in the 1960s. ... The Allman Brothers Band is a pioneering and innovative Southern rock and Blues group from Macon, Georgia originally popular in the 1970s, described by Rolling Stones George Kimball in 1971 as the best . ... Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix (27 November 1942 – 18 September 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. ... Country Joe and the Fish, from the cover of Feel Like Im Fixin to Die Country Joe and the Fish was a rock music/folk music band known for musical protests against the Vietnam War, from 1965 to 1970. ... Big Brother and the Holding Company was a rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene that also produced the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. ...

Many live albums were recorded at the Fillmore East, the most notable of them being The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East, generally considered one of the best live albums ever. A live album is a musical recording containing recorded concert performances. ... At Fillmore East is a Southern rock album by Allman Brothers Band, released in July of 1971 (see 1971 in music). ...

Due to changes in the music and concert industry, Graham closed down the Fillmore East, with its final concert taking place June 27, 1971, with the Allman Brothers and others in performance. The former Fillmore East site on Second Avenue in the East Village later became the trend-setting disco The Saint. Today (2005) it's a branch of the Emigrant Savings Bank. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Looking south on Second Avenue from 85th Street, May 2005 Second Avenue is an avenue on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City that extends from Houston Street to the Harlem River Drive. ...

External link

• Fillmore East Preservation Home Page
• Fillmore East building in 2001