Fact #75518
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Short story:
Jefferson Airplane play the first of six nights at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Gabor Szabo and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix and his band are paid $500 a night. On the same day, co-manager Mike Jeffery signs a contract with US rock entrepreneur Dick Clark, to have The Experience support The Monkees on their upcoming tour.
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Marty Balin (guitarist/vocalist, Jefferson Airplane) : When we play at The Fillmore, it's like being in the middle of the whole world. Everything is happening. The walls are alive. Every bit of your senses is alive. You feel love, you see, you feel, you smell - everything is happening to you at once. It's overpowering.
(Source : interview in Hit Parader, 1967)
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(Source : interview in Hit Parader, 1967)