The Allman Brothers Band's 50th anniversary celebration continues with the release of the four-CD set "Fillmore West '71," a freshly unearthed collection of music every bit as rich, rewarding and ...

On the third night of a three-night stint at San Francisco's Fillmore West in 1971, Aretha Franklin pulled an "impeccably dressed" man from the audience onto the stage. He was dressed in "charcoal ...

Like virtually all the previously-releases from The Allman Brothers Band Recording Co., this latest archive release, Fillmore West '71, is a mixed blessing. The four-CD set might better have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American bass guitarist Jerry Jemmott during the recording session of Aretha Franklin's studio version of song 'The Weight' which ...

“We’re gonna ask you to do just one thing, all right? And that’s just to relax, loan your soul to us for a few minutes, I promise you we’ll give it back. … I promise you when you leave here, you will ...

One of the most anticipated and ultimately satisfying run of shows ever to occur on the Fillmore West stage occurred in March of 1971, when Bill Graham presented three consecutive nights featuring ...

This coming weekend, it'll be 50 years since an iconic rock 'n' roll venue went silent. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) BILL GRAHAM: I can guarantee you it's not a nice thing to say on the air, but ...

Legendary rock impresario Bill Graham closed the Fillmore West in early summer 1971 with five nights of all-star concerts, the last curtain going down on July 4. The storied San Francisco venue had ...

A piece of San Francisco musical history will be brought back to life at the end of the month, at least temporarily. The historic Fillmore West—most recently the site of a Honda dealership on the ...

The Fillmore West in San Francisco hosted The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and other bands in the 1960s. As NPR celebrates its 50th anniversary, we look back on important events of that year.