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Bill Graham (born Wulf Wolodia Grajonca; January 8, 1931 – October 25, 1991) was a German impresario and rock concert promoter. In the early 1960s, Graham moved to San Francisco , and in 1965, began to manage the San Francisco Mime Troupe . [1]
Oct 27, 1991 · Bill Graham, the acid-tongued concert promoter who championed rock acts during San Francisco’s psychedelic era and went on to play a leading role in pop music’s emergence as a cultural force,...
May 6, 2022 · Graham was managing a Grateful Dead concert at Winterland—a former ice skating rink turned rock & roll venue at the corner of Post and Steiner streets on the edge of Japantown—when a member of the band’s coterie asked him who she should see about selling T-shirts during the show.
Feb 13, 2020 · Bill Graham — the promoter who got started in hippie-era San Francisco, opened the Fillmore East in New York City in 1968 and went on to present concerts worldwide — was by no means...
- Jon Pareles
Bill Graham is arguably the most iconic concert promoter in the history of live music. He is largely responsible for shaping the San Francisco music scene of the mid to late 60s, which still flourishes across America today.
Learn about the life and career of Bill Graham, a renowned music promoter who helped launch and support rock & roll legends. Explore his personal story as a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany and his social justice advocacy.
Sep 21, 2016 · The promoter behind the American production was Bill Graham, by then a music industry legend who had transformed the business of rock ’n’ roll beginning in the mid-1960s in San Francisco.
