January 06, 2006

A little New York rock history in Bill Graham's vault

When legendary rock promoter Bill Graham died in 1991, he left behind a serious stash of memorabilia, including posters, tickets, pictures, VIP badges and buttons for stars such as the Rolling Stones, Cream, The Who, Madonna, the Grateful Dead, Nelson Mandela and U2.

Among them are many items important to New York rock and political history, and a lot of its for sale on Wolfgang's Vault.

There's a huge gallery of items from Graham's Fillmore East, including this Jimi Hendrix poster, at right, for the May 10, 1968 show, suported by Sly & the Family Stone. The Fillmore East was located at 2nd Avenue and 6th Street.

Graham, incidentally, grew up in a Jewish foster home in the Bronx after escaping Nazi Germany. He was born Wolfgang Grajonca in 1931 to Russian Jews in Berlin.

(Link found via U2Log.)

January 6, 2006 05:13 PM in History, Shopology

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