Live at the Fillmore East: A Photographic Memoir

Live at the Fillmore East: A Photographic Memoir by Amalie R. Rothschild. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781560252443.

From 1968 to 1971 Bill Grahams Fillmore East in New York was the headquarters of the rock explosion. Live at the Fillmore East tells the story of its heyday with hundreds of behind-the-scenes photographs and exclusive interviews. Included here are photos of the Whos premiere of Tommy in 1969; John and Yokos surprise encore to a Frank Zappa concert; the jam between the Allman Brothers, the Grateful Dead, and Mick Fleetwood in 1970; Janis Joplins first performance after signing with CBS records; Jimi Hendrixs New Years Eve concerts; Van Morrison during the first-ever television taping of a rock concert in 1970; and many other defining moments of rock history. The book features more than 200 black-and white photographs as well as interviews with Bob Dylan, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Tina Turner, Pete Townshend, Carlos Santana, Elton John, and many others.