Psychedelia/Family Dog

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The following four lots are the property of Country Joe McDonald.

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Psychedelia/Family Dog
Three Family Dog/Avalon Ballroom concert posters: Balloon, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe And The Fish and others, 18th-19th November, 1966, art by Mouse and Kelley, FD35-1, signed and inscribed in black ink Country Joe McDonald, Peace And Love, additionally annotated with the CND symbol; One Year Anniversary, Big Brother And The Holding Company and others, 15th-16th October, 1966, art by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse, FD30-1, signed on the front by Alton Kelley in black ink; and Edgar Allan Poe, Country Joe And The Fish and others, 21st-22nd October, 1966, art by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley, FD-31-1, all -- 20x14in. (50.8x35.5cm.); accompanied by a letter confirming the provenance (4)

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Lot Essay

A close friend of Janis Joplin's, Country Joe played an active part at the heart of the San Francisco scene in the late 1960s. The psychedelic revolution saw innovative performers such as Country Joe And The Fish, Big Brother And The Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service on stage at the Family Dog Avalon Ballroom venue and Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium. Country Joe And The Fish started up in Berkeley clubs in San Francisco in 1965. They appeared at Woodstock and at Monterey in 1967 and shortly afterwards, their debut album Electric Music For The Mind And Body reached the Top 40 in the U.S. charts.

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