Arlington Theatre??/??/??: Lee Michaels, Tim Buley Blues Band
October 27, 1979: "Point Conception Indian Center Benefit" Jackson Browne, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Roger McGuinn, Danny O'Keefe
The Back Door (Front Street, Ventura, CA)
Although only open for the year of 1968, The Back Door, owned and operated by Bob Jones, is remembered fondly. Located on Front Street
Luther Allison
Hoyt Axton
Tim Buley Blues Band (opened for Canned Heat)
Canned Heat
Ramblin' Jack Elliot
Jesse Ed Fuller
Richard Greene
John Hammond
Lightnin' Hopkins
The Hour Glass
Kalidescope
Rabbit Mackay
Taj Mahal
The Maze/The Knack??
Lee Michaels
Long Gone Miles and Bernie Pearl
Charlie Musselwhite Band
Rose (opened for Ramblin' Jack Elliot)
George Harmonica Smith
Paul Sykes
Turquoise
Bluebird Cafe
01/17/75: Flying Burrito Brothers, Cach Valley Drifters
Earl Warren Showgrounds
December 17, 1962: The Beach Boys*
??/??/64: T.A.M.I. Show (Jan & Dean, Leslie Gore)*
August 4, 1964: The Beach Boys, Eddie Hodges, Lynn Easton, The Kingsmen*
12/31/65 (?): The Leaves. What's Left*
??/??/1966: Neil Diamond*
Summer 1966: Lovin' Spoonful*
July, 2, 1966: The Beach Boys*
July 28, 1966: Them, Count Five, The Doors*
August 6, 1966: The Seeds, The Doors (Flower Building)*
August 27, 1966 : Yardbirds*
October 29, 1966: Mothers of Invention, The Factory
12/31/66 (?): The Leaves. What's Left*
??/??/1967 : The Turtles*
February 3, 1967: Buffalo Springfield, ESP, Ken Koblun
03/04/1967: Love, Sons of Adam, ESP
April/May 1967(?): Jefferson Airplane*
April 29, 1967: Grateful Dead, The Doors, UFO, Captain Speed
Grateful Dead played two sets, before and after the Doors.
May 27, 1967: The Doors, Country Joe and the Fish, Andrew Staples, Captain Speed
June 24, 1967: Canned Heat*
July 1, 1967: Jimi Hendrix Experience, Country Joe and the Fish, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Captain Speed (According to eyewitness, show was cut short when power was shut off, perhaps due to curfew). Even though I attended this show, I do not remember this. :-)
August 5, 1967: The Doors, Lavender Hill Mob, Joint Effort
August 19, 1967: Jimi Hendrix Experience, Moby Grape, Tim Buckley, Captain Speed
September 16, 1967(?): The Seeds, The Midnighters, Chocolate Watchband, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band*
September 30, 1967: Quicksilver Messenger Service, Clear Light, The Van Morrison Group, Blue Cheer
October 7, 1967: Jefferson Airplane
November 4, 1967: Buffalo Springfield, Watts 103rd Street Band, Lewis and Clark Expedition
November 25, 1967: Canned Heat, Youngbloods, Merry Go Round, Clear Light
December 7, 1967: Buffalo Springfield, Charlie Musselwhite, Three Dog Night, Sields
January 6, 1968: Buffalo Springfield, Charles Lloyd, Turquoise
January 20, 1968: Vanilla Fudge, The Stone Poneys, Taj Mahal
February 3, 1968: Big Brother and the Holding Company, Electric Flag, Sweetwater
February 11, 1968: Eric Burdon and the Animals, The Fugs, Eire Apparent
February 24, 1968: Cream, Taj Mahal, James Cotton Blues Band
March 16, 1968: Blue Cheer, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Nazz ( changed name to Alice Cooper after posters were printed)
March 25, 1968(?): Blues Magoos, The Knack, ESP*
April 6, 1968: Electric Flag, Traffic, Steppenwolf
August 29, 1968: The Who (in Arena)*
May 10, 1968: Yardbirds, Dave, Dee Dozy, Beaky, Mich, Tich and Turquoise
September 2, 1968: Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sunshine Company, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Alexander's Timeless Blooz Band
March 1, 1969: Iron Butterfly, Santana Blues Band (in Arena)*
June 6, 1969: Jefferson Airplane, Steve Miller Blues Band, Pulse (power is cut before the end of show, Airplane drummer continues on for a few minutes, then ends show) (in Arena)
August 1, 1969: Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, The Fraternity of Man (in Arena)
August 16, 1969: Blind Faith, Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, Free (Salzer speaks to audience before Blind Faith intro with regard to crowd breaking in to venue; this is the last show he promotes)(in Arena)
September 6, 1969: Poco, Three Dog Night, Savoy Brown
December 22, 1974: The Beach Boys*
Granada Theatre
04/26/72: Van Morrison, Leo Kottle (PP)
05/18/72: Steve Miller Band, Fleetwood Mac (PP)
03/28/73: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Robbie Basho
06/06/74: Firesign Theatre
October 25, 1975-6?? Elvin Bishop, Richmond Shepard Mime Company, Animal Bob and Michael
Isla Vista Beach
June 3, 1967 : Raw Violet, Flying Circus, Alexander's Timeless Blues Band, Mad River, Phoenix, Underground Railroad, and The Group. Poets: Richard Brautigan, Lenore Kandel, Charles Upton, Bill Fritch, Lew Welch, Jeff Sheppard, and Andrew Hoyem. Lights were provided by Aurora Clorialis [Pacific Coast Free Thing]
Lobero Theatre
04/02/71: Sweetwater, Goldstreet
Robertson Gym/Harder Stadium/Storke Plaza - UC Santa Barbara
October 22, 1966 : Jefferson Airplane, The Syndicate of Sound
April 1, 1967: Buffalo Springfield, The Sounds Five, Druids*
October 28, 1967 : The Doors, Lyrics, Alexander's Timeless Blooz Band
February 11, 1968: Jimi Hendrix, Soft Machine, East Side Kids
May 24, 1968: Cream, Electric Flag
April 10, 1969: Canned Heat, Poco, Ace of Cups
May 29, 1969: Grateful Dead, Lee Michaels, The Youngbloods (The Dead cut their set short due to sound system issues as chronicled by Michael Lydon in Rolling Stone article)
November 9, 1969: Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Steve Miller Band, Sweetwater (Harder Stadium) (Crowd rushes gates and breaks in; there will not be another stadium show until 5/20/1973. Stage is set up at west end of stadium, the only time that configuration was used; from here on in, stage will be at the east end of the stadium) Steve Miller Band was scheduled but did not play.
February 1970: The Band*
April ??, 1970: Poco (Storke Plaza)
February 7, 1971: John Sebastian, Poco, Jo-Mama
October 10, 1971: The Allman Brothers Band
Spring 1972(?): Scott McKenzie (Storke Plaza)
November 11, 1972: Hot Tuna, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks (The Hot Tuna set was hands down the loudest I ever personally witnessed)
March 17, 1973: The Beach Boys (remains one of the all-time great shows I ever attended - the Beach Boys play a sock-hop in the gym - pandemonium from start to finish)
May 2, 1973: Beck, Bogert & Appice, Tower Of Power
May 13, 1973: Loggins & Messina*
May 20, 1973 - Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage (Harder Stadium)
October 13 1973?: The Faces, Rory Gallagher (Harder Stadium)
October 25, 1973: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Sly and the Family Stone*
January 21, 1974: Loggins & Messina, Jesse Colin Young
February 17, 1974: Frank Zappa, Tom Waits
February 27, 1974: Poco, Leo Kottke
April 28, 1974: Dave Mason, Honk
May 3, 1974: Electric Light Orchestra, Dan Hicks, Elvin Bishop
May 12, 1974: The Kinks*
May 25, 1974: Grateful Dead, Maria Muldaur, Great American String Band (Harder Stadium)
June 23, 1974: Steely Dan, Kiki Dee Band*
August 2, 1974: Santana, Bad Company
September 27, 1974: Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Honk
November 27, 1974: Little Feat*
February 13, 1975: Tower of Power, Taj Mahal
March 23, 1975: Beach Boys, Jesse Colin Young, Honk (Harder Stadium)
January 12, 1975: Linda Ronstadt*
May 4, 1975: Doobie Brothers, Dave Mason, Henry Gross (Harder Stadium)
September 27, 1975: Frank Zappa*
November 1, 1975: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
December 12, 1975: Fleetwood Mac*
San Marcos High School Auditorium
October 15, 1966: The Mothers of Invention, Abnuceals Emuukha Choir Factory, The English Sound Project
Santa Barbara City College
06/28/68: The Doors, Chambers Brothers, Boston Tea Party (La Playa Stadium)
02/05/72: Quicksilver Messenger Service, Dan Hicks
Santa Barbara County Bowl
??/??/1960's(?): The Kingston Trio*
July/??/1963(?): Peter, Paul and Mary*
July 2, 1966: The Beach Boys, Sir Douglas Quintet, The Association
??/??/1970's: Jethro Tull
??/??/1970's: Boz Scaggs, Weather Report, Batdorf & Rodney
??/??/1972: The Beach Boys
October 16, 1972: Poco, It's a Beautiful Day, Wild Rose
April 20, 1975: Joe Walsh, Kingfish (PP)
May 11, 1975: Jackson Browne, Phoebe Snow (PP)
May 26, 1975: Jefferson Starship (PP)
June 8, 1975: Van Morrison, Tom Scott & The L.A. Express (PP)
June 28, 1975: Seals & Crofts, Batdorf & Rodney (PP)
August 3, 1975: Average White Band, Kokomo (PP)
August 17, 1975: Jesse Colin Young, Emmylou Harris (PP)
September 3, 1975: Loggins & Messina, Fairport Convention (PP)
September 14, 1975: David Crosby & Graham Nash (PP)
October 4, 1975: Three Dog Night, Beau Brummels (PP)
The Starlight Ballroom
?, ?, 1966 The Hollies
July 28, 1966: The Doors, Them, The Count Five* (from doorshistory.com, which shows the same show at Earl Warren Showgrounds)
July 28, 1966: The Doors, Them, The Count Five* (from doorshistory.com, which shows the same show at Earl Warren Showgrounds)
August 5, 1966: The Doors, The Seeds (same source as above, also shows the Doors at Arcade Records)
Ventura College Gym
1969-1970
February 27, 1970 - Santana, Elvin Bishop Group, Wolfgang (Spirit, Tim Buley Blues Band?)
Steppenwolf, Tim Buley Blues Band
Canned Heat
March 29, 1969: Poco, Lee Michaels, Black Pearl
Ventura County Fairgrounds
June 21, 1970 - Jimi Hendrix, Grin*
Ventura High Auditorium
August 27, 1966: Yardbirds, The Del Rayz, what's Left, Alan Thornhill
* denotes incomplete entry
