Concert program for Rod Stewart, Small Faces, and Black Sabbath at the Fillmore East on November 10, 1970, as well as for shows by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention on November 13-14. The program, 5.5 x 8.5, also features images and biographies of the performers, as well as vintage advertisements, and a “Bill Graham Presents in New York” schedule for November and December, which lists concerts by Traffic, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, and the Allman Brothers. In fine condition. An especially interesting, early piece of Black Sabbath ephemera, as they were just an opening act.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the closing of the now legendary Fillmore East. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, John Lennon, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Derek and the Dominos, the Allman Brothers Band and so many more performed at the Fillmore, most on several occasions. Unlike its counterpart the Fillmore West in San Francisco, which was a ballroom (it was a former dance hall) like most music venues were at the time, the Fillmore East was a theatre and it was a totally different experience for both the artist and the audience. Going to the Fillmore East was going to the theatre... a theatre that was built originally for vaudeville shows, which was perfect acoustically and seating wise for rock concerts. With the addition of a custom-made sound system and the visually mesmerizing Joshua Light Show (Joe's Light's later), it was a concert experience like no other. The Fillmore East itself is gone now, though its legend lives on and anyone who was ever fortunate enough to perform or attend a concert there can attest to the magic that occurred in that much missed theatre.
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