Live at the Fillmore East: A Photographic Memoir (Paperback)

~ (Author), Ruth Gruber (Author), Mickey Hart (Foreword) "This book is a labor of love: love of an era, love of a lifestyle, love of music, and love of a group of people..." (more)
Key Phrases: final concert, rock scene, Fillmore East, Bill Graham, Grateful Dead (more...)

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From 1968 to 1971 Bill Graham's Fillmore East in New York City was the East coast Mecca for the music that shaped a generation. Not only that: thanks to a visionary technical staff and unsurpassed psychedelic light shows, the Fillmore East stage was the place where rock music became rock theater. Now available in paperback, the highly acclaimed Live at the Fillmore East tells the story of its heyday with more than 200 black and white behind-the-scenes photographs and exclusive interviews. Included here are photos of the Who's premiere of Tommy in 1969; John and Yoko's surprise encore to a Frank Zappa concert; the jam between the Allman Brothers, the Grateful Dead, and Mick Fleetwood in 1970; Janis Joplin's first performance after singing with CBS records; Jimi Hendrix's New Year's Eve concerts; Van Morrison during the first-ever television taping of a rock concert in 1970; and many other defining moments of rock history "Amalie R. Rothschild's pictures bring back the entire Fillmore East experience in vivid detail. Rock and Roll was a baby back then and Bill Graham was it's midwife - he birthed the modern version of a rock and roll concert." -- Mickey Hart

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (October 12, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560252790
• ISBN-13: 978-1560252795
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 10.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #795,555 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Re-living an era, November 28, 1999

By	gadget man (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Fillmore East: A Photographic Memoir (Hardcover)

I frequented the Fillmore East. For almost 4 years it was a place I visited about twice a month. I was not alone. The Fillmore was a special place to listen to and see the best musicians of the time. There was a feeling one had when they entered the old building that wasn't found elsewhere.

After almost 3 decades since its closing, Amalie Rothschild hs put together an amazing compilation of photographs which attempt to capture that time. From the innerworkings of the theatre and its staff, led by Bill Graham she presents the production aspect of the Fillmore. The stars, however, as the stars - the performers themselves. Seen on stage and off, with a sharp eye, these photographs really bring back that special feeling the audience had at the theatre.

There will never be another Fillmore East, nor a theatre that even approaches its stature as a "rock palace", but "Fillmore East : A Photographic Memoir" does a phenomenal job in bringing it all back home.

Get this book for anyone who was there, anyone who wishes they were there, or anyone who needs to know it was there!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fillmore East Memoir - A Triumph!, February 14, 2000

By	richard m. galuppo (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Fillmore East: A Photographic Memoir (Hardcover)

New York's rock, blues, and yes, jazz shrine of music culture during the late 1960's and early 1970's has finaly been been given it's due thanks to Ms. Rothschild. We the faithful, who for the most part never knew the secrets of the venue and it's most powerful accoutrements, Lights & Sound, are now sated. Special thanks must go to Stacy Kreutzman and her fine publishing company for another glorius volume. Everything we always wanted to know about the venue is here wonderfully remembered in word and photo. You mean the Light Show was behind the stage! And, that "Exit sign" was the passageway backstage were the real fun was! Ms.Rothschild walks us through the place and it's inner workings taking special care to show and explain just how Joshua's Lights worked its magic. Her live concert photos are revelatory, especially that Holy Grail photo of the Dead, Fleetwood Mac and the Allman's onstage for their incredible, once in a lifetime jam. The photos of the outer lobby and ticket window took me instantly back to the place; and the memories lost for 30 years started flooding back. The uninitiated will love the book for its stunning photos of Miles, Jimi, and Duane, just to mention a few. The archivists will love the book for it's [apparently] thoroughly updated chronology of concerts. I love it all, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Total Time Machine, March 30, 2000

By	Frances A Dahl (Crockett, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Fillmore East: A Photographic Memoir (Hardcover)

Wow! I worked in this place for 2 plus years and didn't know half this stuff. Great therapy for all those fading brain cells. Left me with a smile on my face and music in my heart.