For more backstage pictures and MPEG's of Paul Kanter and the Starship crew, please click here... (Courtesy of Doug Moon & 304hollowayroad.com)
"On October 30, 2005 the clock was turned back at
Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park."
"For a tie-dyed crowd of more than an estimated 20,000 it was the '60s once again, as people danced in the sun to current versions of '60s headliners" such as Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe McDonald, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Canned Heat and others from the Woodstock era.
"Peace and love were in the San Francisco air again." But this time it was all about remembering Chet... (excerpts from SFGate.com)
Chet Helms Memorial Concert Produced by Family Dog
October 30, 2005 San Francisco, CA Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park
9am to 5:30pm - Admission FREE
"Country Joe & Friends" featured Country Joe McDonald (vocals and guitar), Michael Borbridge (drums), Michael Warren (bass), Michael Hinton (guitar), Freddie Roulette (lap steel guitar), Raymond Victor (keyboards), Jay Russio (background vocals), Pete Sears (accordian), Stacy (banjo), and David Freiberg, Linda Imperial and Diana Mangano (additional background vocals).
...hear what it was like to be backstage...
The Bands: Jefferson Starship: Paul Kantner, David Frieberg, Pete Sears,
Prairie Prince, Nick Gravenites, Harvey Mandel, Eric Burdon, Dan Hicks
and the Hot Licks, The Charlatans, Country Joe McDonald (Country Joe and The Fish) The Rowan Brothers, featuring Peter Rowan, Jerry Miller, Lee Osker (Schedule Permitting) Terry Haggerty and James Preston (Sons of Champlin), Zero II, Roy Rogers, and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. Cold Blood featuring Lydia Pense, Lee Michaels, Quicksilver Gold, featuring Joli Valenti and Mario Cipollina, Squid B. Vicious, Barry “The Fish” Melton, Blue Cheer, (Dickie Peterson, Leigh Stephens), Jorge Santana, George Michalski, Greg Errico (Sly and the Family Stone), Canned Heat, Narada Michael Walden, Natural Act (Hal Wagenet and Mitchell Holman), Jeff Blackburn, Howard Wales, Richi Ray, (Freedom Highway), Vince Welnick, (The Tubes and Grateful Dead), David Denny (Steve Miller), Peter Kaukonen, Herman Eberitzsch (Lee Oskar), Ross Valory (Journey), Judge Murphy, Stephen Gaskin, Howard Hessman, Greg Douglass (Steve Miller) Rock Hendrix, Bruce Latimer, David and Linda Laflamme (It's A Beautiful Day), Lydia Pense (Cold Blood), Annie Samson (Stone Ground), and Wavy Gravy.
Chet Helms was one of the founding fathers of the psychedelic
movement from the 1960's. As promoter for the "Family Dog", Chet developed
the concept of the modern rock concert and was one of the founding fathers of
the 1960's peace movement that swept the nation and made waves around the world.
Chet was also the catalyst that brought together Janis Joplin with Big Brother
and the Holding Company, which helped shape the San Francisco sound.
Without Chet Helms, as many have said, there would be no Grateful Dead,
no Jefferson Airplane, no Big Brother and the list goes on and on. He promoted
other acts such as the Charlatans, the Great Society, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors,
Peter Tosh, The Clash and countless others. Chet Helms continued promoting
pivotal concerts through four decades. In the 60's at the Avalon Ballroom,
Family Dog at the Beach, S.F. Golden Gate Park, Denver Dog, and Crystal Ballroom
in Portland.
