The following narrative is from an ebay auction for a new Bob Masse reprint of his 8/5/66 poster http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3365022032&category=29920
The seller has a minimum bid of $22 for the poster but you can get it from Bob Masse's website, www.bmasse.com, for $20. The auction has a real nice scan of the poster (better than what's at Masse's site). This item is a second printing Poster produced by the original Artist Bob Masse for an early Gig Grateful Dead did in Vancouver, B.C. August 5th 1966. There was a large underground music scene developing up and down the west coast of North America, with San Francisco being the hub. Bands from SF were starting to look at Seattle and Vancouver as sites to visit and play. The Grateful Dead were one of the bands that came to Vancouver for the Trips Festival and the manager of the Afterthought had an opportunity to book them for a week, and immediately took up on the offer. He booked them into a basement of a motel on Kingsway ( it was one large room) and then set about promoting them with posters and information in the print media and on radio. While driving the band along English Bay, one of the band members commented on the bandshell located on Beach Drive, and within an hour, they had found a lifeguard to unlock the electrical panel, and were performing a free impromptu concert. Needless to say the traffic came to a halt, as many in Vancouver had never heard music such as this. It was a great success. Another story has it, about the band setting up to practice in a posh home in West Vancouver ( the parents were out of town), which turned into a large loud and late party. All who attended still remember it to this day. The Afterthought performance was a sell out and opened with the United Empire Loyalists. The Grateful Dead came on around 11 PM and the crowd never looked back. It was so packed that all one could do was stand and sway to the music and lightshow. As midnight approached the band went into the song, Wait Till the Midnight Hour and at the same time the city police arrived to make sure that the midnight curfew was held. They were escorted upstairs to the dance floor which was packed with patrons grooving and swaying. Not a inch of floor space did not have a body on it, and the police after looking at the crowd decided that they would not do anything until the band stopped playing. The concert went on until after 12:45 and it was this concert that had the Afterthought come of age. > -----Original Message----- > From: Marco Ungano/ADC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 2/12/70 > > > > Gentlemen, > > Regarding the above date dead show. > > Absolutely incorrect. My father was Nick Ungano, owner of > Ungano's night > club. Jerry and the boys, went to Ungano's in between shows at the > Filmmore. My father worked for Bill Graham as a promoter and booking > agent. Both my father and mother were at the show. > > It did happen. Just wanted to let you know.....couldn't > possibly come from > a more reliable source. > > Thanks, > Marco Ungano >
