This coming weekend, it'll be 50 years since an iconic rock 'n' roll venue went silent. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) BILL GRAHAM: I can guarantee you it's not a nice thing to say on the air, but ...
Darlene Roberts was only 18 when she answered the siren call of the “Harlem of the West” and journeyed to San Francisco’s Fillmore district from Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965. Roberts’ older brother, an ...
The Fillmore West in San Francisco hosted The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and other bands in the 1960s. As NPR celebrates its 50th... Remembering When The Fillmore West Closed Down 5 Decades Ago ...