JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Original__1968__CONCERT TICKET__Fillmore West__EX++

Description

Here is an
authentic
Jimi Hendrix Experience
ticket
from February 1968
at The Fillmore West and Winterland, San Francisco.
This is a hard to find authentic & barely used JIMI HENDRIX concert ticket
from February 1968 at the Fillmore Auditorium and The Winterland Arena in San Francisco.
I believe this was their first appearance at the Fillmore and the larger Winterland.
This t
icket also shows John Mayall (whom was also hot at the time) was the opening act.
This ticket is in great condition and the one you see in the photos with minimal wear and nice color.  These tickets were used for a very short time in the lobby upon entrance.  This ticket originally came from Bill Graham's archives.  He had kept all the tickets from all the events he hosted or promoted.  The archive also contained extra tickets that were not actually used to get in, but are exactly the same as they were from the printing run, only no wear.
FILLMORE WEST
This is when Bill Graham Presents was alive and owned the Fillmore and Winterland venues in SF.  He decided to have his own promotional posters for the concerts designed in house.  First, he would choose an artist to draw and print a poster customized for each individual artist and show.  The tickets were just a reduced
facsimile of the posters and then typically color-coded to indicate multiple night engagements.  In the late 60's and 70's, the Fillmore West and Winterland were rather special venues that constantly held extended engagements by major performers.  This was probably due to being located in SF, which
became the focal point for psychedelic music and counterculture in general.  San Francisco was the ultimate city for rock concerts and Bill was a rarity by being both a promoter and owning the venues where they could play.  So that he could reconcile sales each night, patrons purchased tickets at the venue box office and handed them right back over at the door, thus most ending up in the archive in EX or NM- condition.  Today the original Fillmore in SF still operates with Live Nation having been leasing it and it is also expanding the Fillmore 'brand' by naming other venues it owns or leases around the country in cities such as Miami, Phili, Denver, Detroit, DC & NYC.
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