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-- Gigs--
List of Performances 1968-1970:
| Dates |
Venues |
Notes |
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Feb 9, 10, 11, 1968 |
Hippodrome
805 N. 16th Street, Murphysboro, IL |
Grand Opening, OM with The Long Wave
Radio (Sat & Sun), the Mellow Fellows (Fri &
Sun); light show by The Walnut |
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Feb 23-24, 1968 |
Hippodrome
805 N. 16th Street, Murphysboro, IL |
OM
with Associated Sound (Fri) and The Long Island
Sound (Sat); lights by The Walnut |
|
Apr 26, 1968 |
Hippodrome
805 N. 16th Street, Murphysboro, IL |
OM |
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June 1968 |
Deno and Carlo's
North Beach
728 Vallejo Street, San Francisco, CA |
with Creedence Clearwater Revival (2 shows) ,
first gig as Devil’s Kitchen and
first gig in San Francisco
“We played there once or twice a week all
summer. It was pass the beer pitcher for pay.”
Other young, new groups at the time like CCR and
Santana did the same, sometimes the same
evening, splitting the take. |
|
June 1968 |
San Francisco Mime Troupe's loft, 924 Howard
Street, Mission District, San Francisco, CA |
"Bill Graham presents a Benefit for SF Mime
Troupe", Devil's Kitchen's 2nd gig in San
Francisco |
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Summer 1968 |
Stinson Beach, CA |
We played there a couple times that summer, at
least once with Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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Summer 1968 |
Muir Beach, CA |
We played there a couple times that summer, once
with the Land of Milk and Honey |
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Summer 1968 |
Headhunter’s
North Beach, San Francisco, CA |
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Summer 1968 |
Monterrey, CA |
Played a weekend at a bar after meeting some
locals who invited us down for a gig |
|
September 1968 |
Fillmore West
10 South Van Ness Avenue at Market Street, San
Francisco, CA |
"Tuesday Night Auditions" |
|
Oct 31-Nov 2, 1968 |
The Ark
Gate 6, Sausalito, CA |
with Initial Shock, Boogie, White Lightning |
|
Nov 29-30, 1968 |
The New Committee Theatre
836 Montgomery, North Beach, San Francisco, CA |
with Crome Syrcus, Glass Thunder |
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Dec 6, 1968 |
The New Committee Theatre
836 Montgomery, North Beach, San Francisco, CA |
with Sanpaku, Initial Shock |
|
Dec 10, 1968 |
Mandrake's
1048 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA |
Devil's Kitchen |
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Dec 11-12, 1968 |
The New Orleans House
1505 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA |
Sam 'Lightnin’ Hopkins,
Robbie, Brett and Steve were his backing band
on guitar, bass and drums |
|
Dec. 31, 1968 |
San Francisco Art Institute
New Year’s Eve Party |
with the Tubes |
|
Feb 25, 1969 |
Fillmore West
10 South Van Ness Avenue at Market Street, San
Francisco, CA |
with Steve Lock Front, Buffington Rhodes |
|
Mar 3, 1969 |
Fillmore West
10 South Van Ness Avenue at Market Street, San
Francisco, CA |
Jam night - with Alvin Lee from 10 Years After |
|
Apr 19, 1969 |
Sonoma Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA |
"Rock Jam" with The Bycycle, Sir Douglas Quintet,
Gentle Dance |
|
Spring 1969 |
San Francisco Art Institute
Party for the opening of the New Addition |
*Elvin Bishop and Harvey Mandel dropped in to
jam with us |
|
Spring 1969 |
The Poppycock
135 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA |
arrested for making a U-turn about 2 am after a
gig there |
|
Jun 13-15, 1969 |
Family Dog on the Great Highway
660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA |
Grand Opening with The Charlatans with
Lynne Hughes (13-15), Jefferson Airplane
(13-14), Pulse (13-15), Jim Reinhart (juggler)
(13-15), Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band
(13th only on the outdoor patio) |
|
July 4-6, 1969 |
Family Dog on the Great Highway
660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA |
Robbie played guitar for Willie Mae "Big Mama"
Thornton. Also on the bill were The Flying
Burrito Brothers and the Cleanliness & Godliness
Skiffle Band |
|
July 26, 27, 1969 |
Family Dog on the Great Highway
660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA |
with Magic Sam, we weren’t on the bill but
filled in for one of the other bands that didn’t
show up. Big jam at the end Saturday night with
Magic Sam leading the group… Peter Tork of the
Monkees showed up and sat in on the jam on the
opposite stage |
|
Aug 1, 1969 |
Family Dog on the Great Highway
660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA |
Played as Satan’s Sinners or something like that
to avoid problems with the musician’s union
which was striking the Family Dog |
|
Aug 15, 1969 |
Family Dog on the Great Highway
660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA |
with New Lost City Ramblers, Mike Bloomfield &
Nick Gravenites with Southern Comfort,
Brotherhood of Light |
|
Aug 31, 1969 |
Family Dog on the Great Highway
660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA |
with Gravity, Transatlantic Railroad, S. F.
Radical Lab's Moog Synthesizer |
|
Sept 4, 1969 |
Family Dog on the Great Highway
660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA |
"Carnival Ball and Coronation Honoring The
Playland Girls of 1969 sponsored by Playland-At-The-Beach"
with Metropolitan Sound Company |
|
Sept 16, 1969 |
Family Dog on the Great Highway
660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA |
with Orion, In Search of America (film/light
show with sound track by Devil’s Kitchen) |
|
Sept 19-21, 1969 |
Family Dog on the Great Highway
660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA |
with Carlos Carvajal, Moog Synthesizer, Garden
of Delights, Shag, Super Gem "Circus of the
Absurd Costume Ball" |
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Oct 1969 |
Brush Towers
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL |
“Homecoming Dance" |
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Oct 11, 1969 |
The Big Oval
15 miles east of Harrisburg, IL |
with Pear |
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Oct 14-18, 1969 |
Ludlow Garage
346 Ludlow Avenue, Cincinnati, OH |
with Mountain (14-16), Barry Goldberg Union
(17-18) |
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Oct 15, 1969 |
National Viet Nam Moratorium Day end the way
rally
University of Ohio, Cincinnati, OH |
see review on "More" page
- played that afternoon for the rally then that
evening at Ludlow Garage |
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Oct 25, 1969 |
Bonaparte's Retreat,
Carbondale, IL |
25 cent beer |
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Oct 31-Nov 2, 1969 |
Ludlow Garage
346 Ludlow Avenue, Cincinnati, OH |
"Halloween Weekend Special" with Elvin Bishop
Group, Humble Pie, Catfish, Schehera The Belly
Dancer with her 12 foot python accompanied by
Vince Sawma (electric Oud player) and Congo
Drums |
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Nov 7, 1969 |
The Flying Dutchman
on old Rt. 13, Murphysboro, IL |
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Nov 8, 1969 |
Carbondale Teen Center
211 Elm Street, Carbondale, IL |
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Nov 9, 1969 |
Carries
old Rt. 13, Murphysboro, IL |
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Nov. 22-23, 1969 |
Family Dog on the Great Highway
660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA |
with the New Riders of the Purple Sage,
Anonymous Artists of America |
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Dec 9-11, 1969 |
Keystone Korner
750 Vallejo Street, San Francisco, CA |
* Elvin Bishop dropped in to jam |
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Dec 26-27, 1969 |
New Orleans House
1505 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA |
with Mendelbaum |
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Jan 2-3, 1970 |
Family Dog on the Great Highway
660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA |
with Osceola, Cleveland Wrecking Co., Millard
the Wonder Horse |
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Late
Jan 1970 |
Bear Valley, CA |
Played a weekend gig at a ski lodge |
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Late Feb, early Mar 1970 |
The Golden Bear
Huntington BEach, CA |
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Late Feb, early Mar 1970 |
The Irma Hotel
Los Angeles, CA |
with Dominic Troiano |
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Late Feb, early Mar 1970 |
The Corral
Topanga Canyon, CA |
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Mar 10-15, 1970 |
The Brass Ring
15463 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA |
with Eric Mercury, Birthrite |
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Mar 16-17, 1970 |
Whisky a' Go-Go
8901 Sunset Blvd at Clark, West Hollywood, Los
Angeles, CA |
with Charlie Musselwhite (16), Savoy Brown (17) |
|
Mar 20-22, 1970 |
Family Dog on the Great Highway
660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA |
with Big Brother & the Holding Company,
Kaleidoscope
* Janis Joplin dropped by to sit in with her old
buds in Big Brother |
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Apr 3, 1970 |
The Field House of the University of Ohio
Cincinnati, OH |
with the Grateful Dead, the Lemon Pipers, the
Merry Pranksters |
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Apr 4 & 5, 1970 |
The Ludlow Garage
346 Ludlow Avenue, Cincinnati, OH |
with the Allman Brothers Blues Band |
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Apr 10-11, 1970 |
The
Gauntlet
Carbondale, IL |
"Anniversary Weekend" with The Touch (10th),
*Mug of Beer and a Hot Dog 40¢” (Steve
Sweigart’s last gig with Devil’s Kitchen) |
|
May 30, 1970 |
"Kickapoo Creek Outdoor Rock Concert“
Dave Lewis’s Farm
Heyworth, IL |
"Incident at Kickapoo Creek", with 30+/- other
bands including B.B. King, Amboy Dukes, Canned
Heat, REO Speedwagon, Joe Kelly Blues Band and 60,000
other folks
(Randy Bradle joined on drums)
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June – July, 1970 |
free concerts at Giant City State Park, Makanda,
IL |
Bob left after the first of these
performances. We carried on for a few more dates
as a trio with Brett on bass, Randy Bradle on
drums, Robbie on guitar. |
|
Aug – Sept, 1970 |
THE FINAL FINAL DAZE… |
merged with Coal Dust band (Carla Peyton, Bob
Pina, ???) formed Coal Kitchen
(Brett left after a couple weeks to go back to
school, then Robbie and Randy along with Bob
Pina left several months later to form Rolls
Hardly – no Kitchen left in the Coals) |
Special thanks to Bruno Ceriotti who compiled the bulk
of this listing and corrected some dates/venues we added. This is a partial listing of most of our gigs as best we can
determine or remember when and where
they occurred.
"The golden moments in
the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but
sand;
the angels come to visit us and we only know them when
they are gone"
- George Elliot |
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