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Thursday, November 25, 2010

DAN HICKS & HIS HOT LICKS FAMILY TREE - SHOWS LIST

This story is the work of Bruno Ceriotti. Help in putting this together has been provided by Jaime Leopold, Naomi Ruth Eisenberg, Bob Scott, Maryann Price, Brian Voorheis, Mike Somavilla, Rob Branigin, Steve Hathaway, Rock Tour Database, The Concert Database, Greg Vick, Dennis Donley, Brian Wright, Michael Parrish, Laurie Birdsall, Rob Frith, Dave Lee, Journeybear, Mike, Dan F., and Dave C., to whom I'm most grateful.


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #1 (FEB ?, 1967 - DEC ?, 1967)
1) Daniel Ivan 'Dan' Hicks vocals, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, autoharp, banjo, harmonca, percussion
2) David LaFlamme violin
3) Jaime 'Himey' 'Skippy Sanchez' Leopold string bass


February 8-11, 1967: F.W. KUH Memorial Auditorium (formerly The Old Spaghetti Factory), 478 Green Street near Grant Avenue, San Francisco, CA  

March 17-18, 1967: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with The Charlatans

May 24-27, May 31, June 1-3, 1967: F.W. KUH Memorial Auditorium (formerly The Old Spaghetti Factory), 478 Green Street near Grant Avenue, San Francisco, CA with Penny Nichols

June 8-10, 1967: F.W. KUH Memorial Auditorium (formerly The Old Spaghetti Factory), 478 Green Street near Grant Avenue, San Francisco, CA with The Congress of Wonders (8-10), Lynn Hughes (9-10) 

November 30 and December 1-2, 1967: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with Sandy Bull, Big Brother and The Holding Company (only Dec 1)


DAN HICKS (DEC 1967 - JAN 1968)


December 29-31 , 1967: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with Siegal Schwall Blues Band

December 31, 1967: Straight Theater, San Francisco, CA with Salvation, Clover, The Charlatans, and others "Stoned New Year"


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #2 (JAN 1968 - MAR 1968)
1) Dan Hicks
2) David LaFlamme
3) Bill Douglas string bass
+
THE LICKETTES #1
1) Mitzi Douglas backing vocals (Bill's wife)
2) Patti Urban backing vocals


January 26-28, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Country Joe and The Fish, Charlatans
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks #2 first gigs.


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #3 (MAR 1968 - SEPT 1968)
1) Dan Hicks
2) Bill Douglas
+
THE LICKETTES #1
1) Mitzi Douglas
2) Patti Urban


April 1, 1968: New Committee Theatre, 836 Montgomery Street, North Beach, San Francisco, CA with Cleveland Wrecking Company "April Fool's Day Dance"
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks #3 first gig.

April 24, 1968: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Johnny Cash

April 25, 1968: Both/And Jazz Club, 365 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA with Peter Welker Sextet "A Benefit for Dr. Joel Fort's legal assistance fund"

April 26, 1968: San Francisco State College, San Francisco, CA with Tim Hardin, Gale Garnett, Dino Valenti, Electric Flag, Merle Travis, Vern and Ray, Crome Syrcus, Curley Cook's Hurdy Gurdy Band, Gordon Lightfoot, and many more "7th Annual San Francisco State Folk Festival"

May 8, 1968: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with The Charlatans 

May 16, 1968: California Hall, 625 Polk Street at Turk, San Francisco, CA with Sopwith Camel, Rejoice, Gale Garnett and The Gentle Reign, Peter Bowen and many surprise guests "Beilenson Be-In"

May 24-25, 1968: Straight Theater, San Francisco, CA with Charlie Musselwhite, Savage Resurrection

June 12, 1968: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Steve Miller Band, The Charlatans, Lights by Brotherhood of Light "Fire Dance - Alton Kelly Benefit"

June 16, 1968: Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA with Santana, Big Brother and The Holding Company, Steve Miller Band, Sandy Bull "Matrix Benefit" (Dan Hicks cancelled and H.P. Lovecraft replaced him)
The band was billed only as 'Dan Hicks' on the poster.

June 28-30, 1968: Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA with Ten Years After, Canned Heat

July 3-6, 1968: The Ark, Gate 6, Sausalito, Marin County, CA with The Charlatans, Flamin' Groovies, Gale Garnett and The Gentle Reign
The Saturday, July 6 show was cancelled after the Ark burned down in the early morning in the middle of the Friday, July 5's 9pm to 6am show. 

July 19, 1968: Deno and Carlo's, 728 vallejo Street, North Beach, San Francisco, CA

July 26-28, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Howlin' Wolf (cancelled 26-27 and maybe 28 too)


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #4 (SEPT 1968 - DEC 2?, 1968)
1) Dan Hicks
2) Jaime Leopold
3) Jon Weber lead guitar
+
THE LICKETTES #2
1) Sherry Snow backing vocals
2) Christina Viola 'Tina' Gancher backing vocals, piano, celeste



November 26-28, 1968: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA with Harvey Mandel

December 8, 1968: Fairfax Park Pavilion, Fairfax, CA with Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Erik Frandsen, Mike and Debby, John Stewart and Buffy Ford, Michael Hunt, Gil Turner "2nd Phoenix Benefit for the Lion's Share to rise out of the ashes and into a new location" (from 2:00pm to 12 midnight)


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #5 (DEC 2?, 1968 - 1969)
1) Dan Hicks
2) Jaime Leopold
3) Jon Weber 
4) 'Symphony Sid' Page lead violin, mandolin
+
THE LICKETTES #2
1) Sherry Snow 
2) Tina Gancher


unknown date, 1969: Ice House, Pasadena, CA


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #6 (1969 - DEC 8, 1969)
1) Dan Hicks
2) Jon Weber
3) Jaime Leopold
4) Sid Page
+
THE LICKETTES #3
1) Sherry Snow or Tina Gancher?
2) Nicolee Dukes backing vocals


April 1-6, 1969: Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA with Doc Watson

April 11-13, 1969: Doug Weston's Troubadour Club, 9081 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA with Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
The band was early advertised, as Dan Hicks & His Authority, to play here from April 10 to 13, but a subsequent ad, where they were billed as Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks, advertised them to play here from April 11 to 13 exactly. 

May 16-17, 1969: Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, CA

May 27-28, 1969: Mandrake's, 1048 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA "Mandrake's Blues Festival"

June 29, 1969: Frost Ampitheater, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA with Country Joe McDonald, The Lamb and many others "Festival of Green Grass"

July 4-5, 1969: New Orlenas House, Berkeley, CA with Flamin' Groovies (Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks and Flamin' Groovies cancelled and were replaced by Sweet Linda Devine on 4, and John Mahr Blues Band on 5)

July 4-5, 1969: The Barn, Rio Nido, CA with Frumious Bandersnatch, Weird Harold

July 25, 1969: The Poppycock, Palo Alto, CA 

July 30-31, 1969: New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA

August 20-23, 1969: Ledbetters, 1621 Westwood Boulevard, West Los Angeles, CA with Tim Williams

August 30 and September 1, 1969: 360-acre Rainier Hereford Ranch, two miles north of Tenino, south of Olympia, Thurston County, WA with Gordon Lightfoot (30, 1), Terry Dolan (30, 1), Floating Bridge (30), Collectors (30-31), Mark Spoelstra (30), New Lost City Ramblers (30, 1), Cleanliness & Godliness Skiffle Band (30, 1), Flying Burrito Brothers (30, 1), Kaleidoscope (30, 1), Crome Syrcus (30), Congress Of Wonders (30), Mike Russo (30, 1), Big Mama Thornton (30, 1), Alice Stuart (30, 1), Smith (30), Larry Coryell (30, 1), Country Weather (30, 1), Anonimous Artists Of America (30), Terry Reid (30), Frumious Bandersnatch (30, 1), Los Flamencos (30), Charles Lloyd (30, 1), Universal Medicine (30, 1), Dr. Humbead's New Tranquility String Band (1), Billy Roberts (1), Elyse Weinberg (1), Sons Of Champlin (1), Bluebird (1), Crow (1), Guitar Shorty (1), James Cotton (1), Buddy Guy (1), The Steve Miller Band (1), Blacksnake (1) "The Second Annual Sky River Rock Festival & Lighter Than Air Fair - A Benefit For Cultural & Ecological Organizations In The Pacific N.W."   

September 13, 1969: Starlight Bowl, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA with Love, Aum, Lights by Electric Sams Lights, Sound by Bill Blue

September 19-20, 1969: Inn of the Beginning, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, CA with Chris Kearney

October 23, 1969: Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA with Country Joe and The Fish, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Youngbloods, Vern and Ray, Jaet Smith, Jeffrey Cain "Berkeley Folk Festival"

November 21, 1969: The Moonrose Forest (formerly George's Long Cabin), 2629 Bayshore Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Deviants, Life, 20 Dollar Friendship "Grand Opening"

November 28-30, 1969: Family Dog on the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Vern & Ray String Band (28-30), Dr. Humbead's New Tranquility String Band (22-30), Floating Bridge (29), Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (28, 30)

December 5, 1969: The Bear's Lair, Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union building, Lower Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley campus, Berkeley, CA
Violinists Richard Greene and David LaFlamme played with the band tonight as guests.  


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #7 (DEC 9, 1969 - SEPT 1970)
1) Dan Hicks
2) Jaime Leopold
3) Sid Page
4) Jon Weber
+
THE LICKETTES #4
1) Nicolee Dukes
2) Maryann Price backing vocals, percussion


December ??, 1969: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks #6 first gig.

January 16-17, 1970: Inn of the Beginning, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, CA

February 13-14, 1970: Brown's Hall, 390 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley, CA with Muskidine Blues Band

February 23, 1970: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Santana, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, It's A Beautiful Day, Lights by Glenn McKays Headlights "Grateful Dead Benefit"

March 13-14, 1970: Inn of the Beginning, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, CA with Dave and Cici

April 12, 1970: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA with Cold Blood, Elvin Bishop, Aum, Lamb, John Buckley "The First Annual Green Grass and Blue Sky Frolic and Concert"

May 16, 1970: Auditorium, A.P. Giannini Middle School, San Francisco, CA with Vince Guaraldi, Terry Dolan

June 25-28, 1970: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Sha Na Na, Pacific Gas & Electric, Lights by Abercrombie

August 18-23, 1970: Doiug Weston's Troubadour (North), San Francisco, CA with John Stewart "Opening Nights"

August 28 or 29 or 30 or September 4 or 5 or 6, 1970: Edwin Tate's 160 acres farm, end of Keep Road, off Leher Road, several miles north of the town of Washougal, Clark County, WA "3rd Annual Sky River Festival & Lighter Than Air Fair" (Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks canceled?) 


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #8 (SEPT 1970 - ca. APR 1971)
1) Dan Hicks
2) Jaime Leopold
3) Sid Page
+
THE LICKETTES #5
1) Maryann Price
2) Naomi Ruth 'Miami' Eisenberg backing vocals, second violin, percussion


September ?, 1970: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks #7 first gig was a private party for the daughter of their new record company's president.  

September 20, 1970: New Orleans House, 1505 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA with Styx River Ferry

October 24-25, 1970: Pepperland, 737 E. Francisco Boulevard, San Rafael, CA with Steve Miller Band, Jerry Hahn Brotherhood

November 26, 1970: Family Dog at the Great Highway, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Vince Guaraldi "350th Mayflower Reunion Festival"

December 7, 1970: Poor Richards (formerly Family Dog at the Great Highway), 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Joy Of Cooking, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Jeffrey Cain, Joe Ricco and Full Sack Jack, Snow, Travus T. Hipp (MC), Sound by Alembic, Lights by Gary Fisher's Lightest Show On Earth "A Benefit For Establishment Of A Free Mobile Clinic"

December 21, 1970: Pacific High Recorders, San Francisco, CA with Country Joe McDonald, Cat Mother, Jamilla Salin-Tour and The Ball-Anat Dancers "Second Annual Christmas Celebrations"

December 28, 1970 - January 2, 1971: Gastown Saloon Coffee Parlour, 137 Water Street, Gastown, Vancouver, BC, Canada 

February 11, 1971: Ackerman Union A-Level Patio, UCLA campus, Los Angeles, CA "free noon concert"

February 11-14, 1971: Doug Weston's Troubadour Club, West Hollywood, CA with Emmit Rhodes
The February 11 show was recorded and later released that same year as their 2nd album: 'Where's The Money?'.

February 19-20, 1971: Inn of the Beginning, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, CA

February 26-27, 1971: Pepperland, 737 East Francisco Boulevard, San Rafael, CA with Spencer Davis Group with Peter Jameson, Country Weather, Brotherhood of Light

March 7, 1971: New Orleans House, 1505 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA with Chris Williamson, John Mewborn

March 19-21, 1971: Messiah's One World, Telegraph and Haste, Berkeley, CA with Cleveland Wrecking Company, Ali Akbar Khan School of Music, Krishna Society, Ishrani Indian Dancers, Integral Yoga, Mendelbaum, Gavin Arthur "Grand Opening"


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #9 (ca. APR 1971 - DEC 2?, 1972)
1) Dan Hicks
2) Jaime Leopold
3) Sid Page
4) John L. Girton (aka Johnny Guitar) lead guitar, dobro, flute 
+
THE LICKETTES #5
1) Maryann Price
2) Naomi Ruth Eienberg


April 2, 1971: Gymnasium, Contra Costa College, 2600 Mission Bell Drive, San Pablo, CA with Southbay Experimental Mash, Hades "Benefit, concert & dance for Coperative Babysitting Service"

April 9-10, 1971: Family Dog at the Great Highway, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother and The Holding Company, Gold
The band was billed only as 'Dan Hicks' on the poster.

April 19, 1971: Friends & Relations (formerly Family Dog at the Great Highway), 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother and The Holding Company, Gold, Lights by Windows & Clouds "Benefit Reality House"

May 1, 1971: University of California (aka UC San Diego, aka UCSD), La Jolla, San Diego, CA with Jesse Ed Davis

May 28-29, 1971: Inn of the Beginning, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, CA with Uncle Vinty

June 29 - July 4, 1971: The Boarding House, 960 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA
One of the shows was recorded and later released posthumously on their album: 'At The Boarding House' (1990).

July 3-6, 1971: In Your Ear, Palo Alto, CA with Ooganookie

July 23-25, 1971: Doug Weston's Troubadour Club, Los Angeles, CA with Joe Mama

July 28-30 and August 1, 1971: In The Alley, Escondido, San Diego County, CA with The Dillards

August 21, 1971: Cleveland Public Hall, Cleveland, OH with Steppenwolf, Fanny, Redbone

August 28, 1971: Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ with Elton John

August 30, 1971: Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, WI with Elton John

September 2-6, 1971: The Main Point, 874 Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, near Philadelphia, PA with Mike Nesmith

September 22-23, 1971: Inn of the Beginning, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, CA with Dennis and Lola Kalfas

October 8, 1971: Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University campus, Stanford, CA with Country Joe McDonald (cancelled)

November 2-7, 1971: The Boarding House, 960 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA

November 29, 1971: McPherson Playhouse, 3 Centennial Square, Victoria, BC, Canada with Company 1

December 2, 1971: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA with The Doors, Albert King

December 22, 1971: Pacific High Recorders, San Francisco, CA with The Charlatans, Sopwith Camel, plus extra added attractions "Third Annual P.H.R. Christmas Celebration"

January 28-30, 1972: Fox West Coast Theatre, Long Beach, CA with Albert Collins, Pollution, Utopia 

February 5, 1972: Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA with Quicksilver Messenger Service

February 15-16, 1972: Public House Saloon, Sacramento, CA

February 26, 1972: College of Marin, Kentfield, CA with Curly-Mack

March 14-19, 1972: Old Town Theatre, Los Gatos, CA with Sid Clifford

March 28 - April 2, 1972: The Boarding House, 960 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA

April ??, 1972: Doug Weston's Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA

April 30, 1972: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Hot Tuna, Copperhead, Stoneground, Wavy Gravy "Legalize Pot Benefit (aka CMI Benefit)"
The show was recorded and now released on-line on the "Wolfgang's Vault" website.

May 12, 1972: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Cold Blood (cancelled)

May 31, 1972: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada with Stampeders, Johnny Rivers, High Country (Dan Hicks were also advertised to play here as solo performer on June 1-2 and 4)

July 1, 1972: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA with Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Asleep At The Wheel

July 3, 1972: 'The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson', NBC-TV Show, Los Angeles, CA with The Committee, Dave Megessey, Kenny Rankin, Debbie Reynolds (broadcast date)

July 8-9, 1972: Resurrection Cabaret, 10 South Van Ness Avenue at 1545 Market Street, San Francisco, CA with Stoneground, Luis Gasca, Sylvester and The Hot Band, Swanson Sound Service

July 28, 1972: unknown venue, Fresno, CA with Cheech & Chong

August 4-6, 1972: The Boarding House, 960 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA

August 12, 1972: Houston Music Hall, Houston, TX with Cheech and Chong

August 25-26, 1972: Tampa Jai Alai Fronton, Tampa, FL with Cheech & Chong, Whole Oats

September 18-19, 1972: Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX with Balcones Fault

September 21, 1972: Cowtown Ballroom, Kansas City, MO

September 28, 1972: 'The Flip Wilson Show', NBC-TV Show, Los Angeles, CA with Melba Moore, Don Knotts (broadcast date)
The band perform: 'Milk Shakin' Mama'.

November 5, 1972: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA with Flo & Eddie, Batdorf & Rodney

November 8, 1972: Longshoremen's Hall, 400 North Point, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, CA with Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, Tom Fogerty, The Fletcher Bros., The Natural Act "A Benefit"

November 11, 1972: Robertson Gymnasium, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA with Hot Tuna

November 18, 1972; 'Rollin', CFTO-TV Channel 9 (CTV Network), Scarborough, Toronto, BC, Canada with April Wine (broadcast date....rebroadcasted on January 8, 1973)

November 20-25, 1972: El Mocambo Club, Toronto, BC, Canada

November 26, 1972: Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA with John Mayall, Delbert & Glenn

December 1972: Palace Theater, New York City, NY with Marty Mull


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #10 (DEC 2?, 1972 - MAY ?, 1973)
1) Dan Hicks
2) Jaime Leopold
3) Johnny Guitar
4) Sid Page
5) Bob Scott drums
+
THE LICKETTES #5
1) Maryann Price
2) Naomi Ruth Eisenberg


December 28-31, 1972: The Boarding House, 960 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA with Gerard Saxon
Bob Scott's first gigs with the band. The December 28 show was being broadcast over KPFA, a FM radio station located in Berkeley. 

1973: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

1973: unknown venue, Spokane, WA

1973: Catamaran Hotel, Pacific Beach, San Diego, CA

February 1973: Agora Theater, High Street, Columbus, OH

February 2, 1973: The Rivoli Theater, Indianapolis, IN with Limousine, Flash Gordon Episode *2 (tv show)

February 6, 1973: Eaton Chapel, Beloit College, Beloit, WI

February 14, 1973: The New Gym, Virginia Commonwealth, University, Richmond, VA with Bruce Springsteen

February 17, 1973: Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, MI with Bob Seger

February 18, 1973: Irvine Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania campus, 3401 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA

February 20, 1973: Max's Kansas City, New York City, NY

April 6, 1973: Lewis & Clark University, Portland, OR

April 7, 1973: Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

April 13-14, 1973: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with The Kinks, Mason Proffit

April 19, 1973: Doug Weston's Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA with Steve Martin

April 22, 1973: 'One of a Kind', KCET-TV Channel 28, Los Angeles, CA (broadcast date....rebroadcasted on January 6, 1974)

May 1, 1973: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA with Albert King, Dr. John, Miles Davis, Slade, Johnny Nash, T. Rex, John Kay, Grass Roots, Beck, Bogart & Appice
The event was filmed for broadcast on ABC-TV's series "In Concert". The Hot Licks performance was broadcasted on May 25 at 11:30pm (episode #11) and then again on November 23 from 11:30pm to 1:00am (special first anniversary episode). 

May 1-5, 1973: The Boarding House, 960 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA with Jim Rinehart (juggler)



DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #11 (MAY ?, 1973 - ca. JUL 1973)
1) Dan Hicks
2) Jaime Leopold
3) Johnny Guitar
4) Bob Scott 
+
THE LICKETTES #5
1) Maryann Price
2) Naomi Ruth Eisenberg


May 31-June 4, 1973: Tulagi, Boulder, CO

June 7, 1973: Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University campus, Stanford, CA with Pure Food featuring Harvey Mandel (cancelled)

June 11, 1973: Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA with Tower of Power

ca. July 1973: University of California (UC Davis), Davis, CA
The band last gig.


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #12 (SEPT 26, 1977)
1) Dan Hicks
2) ???????? + others unknown 


September 26, 1977: Old Mill Tavern, Mill Valley, CA


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #13 (1991)
1) Dan Hicks
2) Jaime Leopold
3) Sid Page
4) Johnny Guitar
+
THE LICKETTES #5
1) Maryann Price
2) Naomi Ruth Eisenberg




1991: Paramount Theatre, Austin, TX


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #14 (SEPT - OCT 2001)
1) Dan Hicks
2) ???????? + others unknown


September 13, 2001: Magic Bag, Ferndale, MI

October 3, 2001: Higher Ground, Burlington, VT with Heather Eatman

October 12, 2001: Magic Bad, Ferndale, MI


DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #15 (SEPT 2, 2007)
1) Dan Hicks
2) ???????? + others unknown


September 2, 2007: Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA with Moby Grape, The Charlatans, Taj Mahal, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Canned Heat, Country Joe McDonald, The All Night Flight, Jefferson Airplane, and others "40th Anniversary: Summer of Love"



DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS #16 (APR 6, 2012)
1) Dan Hicks
2) Sid Page
3) Jaime Leopold
4) Jon Weber
+
THE LICKETTES #5
1) Maryann Price
2) Naomi Ruth Eisenberg


April 6, 2012: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA with Rickie Lee Jones, Tuck & Patti, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Harry Shearer, Maria Muldaur, John Hammond, Van Dyke Parks, Roy Rogers, Jim Kweskin, Ray Benson, Bruce Forman, The Hometown Homeboys, The K&K Dancers, The Hicksville Express Stage Band, The Millenium Hot Licks "Dan Hicks' 70th Birthday Bash"

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY FAMILY TREE - SHOWS LIST

This story is the work of Bruno Ceriotti. Help in putting this together has been provided by Val Fuentes, Carlo V Fuentes, Brian Voorheis, Steve Ramirez, Michael Parrish, Gerard Daily, Russell Spornberger, Hewitt Jackson, David Roberts, John Stege, Greg Vick, Colin Hill, Karim Brichi, Butch, Susan Krieger, The Concert Database, Rock Tour Database, Bill Andresen, Christopher Hjort, Sacramento Rock & Radio Museum, The Daily Pennsylvanian,Alan Schekter, Rob Frith, Alaska Dale, Murray Gilkeson, The Oak Leaf, San Francisco Good Times, Berkeley Tribe, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, The Sacramento Bee, Jeff McCurdy, The Daily Evergreen, and Randy M. Foley, to whom I'm most grateful.


IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY #1 (SEPT 1967 - ca. FEB 1968)
1) David LaFlamme vocals, violin
2) Linda Rudman (aka Linda 'Neska' LaFlamme) organ
3) Patricia Dora 'Pattie' Santos vocals, tambourine
4) Hector Valentin Fuentes (aka Valdrum 'Val' Fuentes) vocals, drums
5) Mitchell 'Mitch' Holman bass


December 1-2, 1967: San Francisco Sound (formerly Encore Ballroom), 1214 East Pike Street at 13th Avenue, Seattle, WA with Tripsichord Music Box, Lights by Don Paulson's Lux Sit & Dance Company  
It's A Beautiful Day's first gigs.

December 8-9, 1967: San Francisco Sound (formerly Encore Ballroom), 1214 East Pike Street at 13th Avenue, Seattle, WA with Indian Puddin and Pipe, Games, Lights by Don Paulson's Lux Sit & Dance Company  

December 15-16, 1967: San Francisco Sound (formerly Encore Ballroom), 1214 East Pike Street at 13th Avenue, Seattle, WA with Indian Puddin and Pipe, Games, Lights by Don Paulson's Lux Sit & Dance Company  

December 29-31, 1967: San Francisco Sound (formerly Encore Ballroom), 1214 East Pike Street at 13th Avenue, Seattle, WA with Indian Puddin And Pipe, The Games, Lights by Don Paulson's Lux Sit & Dance Company  

January 18-20, 1968: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA with Santana Blues Band 
The band was mis-billed as 'Beautiful Daze'. 

February 10, 1968: Eleanor Green Building, 51-55 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, CA with It's A Beautiful Day, Lights by The Great Northwest Phantasmagoria "Sharrie Gomez's Chinese New Year's Parade Party"

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY #2 (ca. FEB 1968 - ca. APR 1968)
1) David LaFlamme
2) Linda LaFlamme
3) Pattie Santos
4) Val Fuentes
5) Mitchell Holman
6) Pete 'Bomb Eyes' Kearney guitar


February 10, 1968: Eleanor Green Building, 51-55 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, CA with Santana Blues Band, Lights by The Great Northwest Phantasmagoria "Sharrie Gomez's Chinese New Year's Parade Party"

March 22-24, 1968: Straight Theater, San Francisco, CA with James Cotton Blues Band, Mint Tattoo

March 27, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sons Of Champlin, Jeremy and The Satyrs "KMPX Strike Fund Benefit"

April 3, 1968: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Electric Flag, Malachi, Moby Grape "Super Ball - KMPX First Birthday Benefit"

April 5-7, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with The Nazzare Blues Band, The Blues Project, Lights by Jerry Abrams Headlights

April 12-13, 1968: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Moby Grape, Sweet Rush



IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY #3 (aka #1) (ca. APR 1968 - MAY 25, 1968)
1) David LaFlamme
2) Linda LaFlamme
3) Pattie Santos
4) Val Fuentes
5) Mitchell Holman


April 26-28, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with The Charlatans, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Lights by Electra

May 10, 1968: Utah State Fairpark Coliseum, 155 North 1000 West, Salta Lake City, UT with Smoke Blues Band, Holden Caulfield, Lights by Electro Luminescence

May 16-19, 1968: Whisky a' Go Go, 8901 Sunset Boulevard at Clark Street, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA with Three Dog Night

May 23-25, 1968: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Yardbirds, Cecil Taylor, Lights by The Holy Set


IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY #4 (MAY 26, 1968 - 1969)
1) David LaFlamme
2) Linda LaFlamme
3) Pattie Santos
4) Val Fuentes
5) Mitchell Holman
6) Hal Wagenet guitar


May 28, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Allmen Joy, Country Weather, Linn County, A.B. Skhy Blues Band, Loading Zone, Phoenix, Crystal Syphon, Indian Head Band, Initial Shock, Mint Tattoo, Santana Blues Band "Spring Medicine Show - A Benefit For The Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic"

June 14-16, 1968: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Tim Buckley, Booker T. and The MG's

June 18-20, 1968: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Chambers Brothers, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

June 28-30, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Santana Blues Band, Dog, Youngbloods

July 2-4, 1968: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Creedence Clearwater Revival, Steppenwolf

July 7, 1968: Greek Theatre, Lower Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Howlin' Wolf "Berkeley Folk Music Festival"

August 16-18, 1968: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Creedence Clearwater Revival, Albert Collins

August 29-31, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Initial Shock, Youngbloods

September 2, 1968: Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm, a 40-acre pasture on the banks of the Skykomish River, just outside Sultan, Snohomish County, WA with Grateful Dead, Big Mama Thornton, James Cotton Blues Band, Buddha (MC), Lights by Retina Circus, and many others "Sky River Rock Festival & Lighter Than Air Fair - Benefit For American Indians & Black People"
The band closed the festival at 3:00am (so it was actually Tuesday, September 3). 

September 25, 1968: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Steve Miller Blues Band, Santana, Flamin' Groovies, The Womb, Frumious Bandersnatch, Country Weather, Cleveland Wrecking Company, Lights by The Garden of Delights "Peace & Freedom Benefit for Cabaret"

September 26-28, 1968: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Bloomfield & Kooper, Loading Zone

October 4, 1968: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA with Cream, The Collectors
Both It's A Beautiful Day and The Collectors filling in for Traffic who had a sick Stevie Winwood.

November 15-16, 1968: Sound Factory, Sacramento, CA with Creedence Clearwater Revival, Santana
The Saturday show also featured a jam between members of Santana and It's A Beautiful Day. 

November 22, 1968: South Gym, Chico, CA with Jesse Fuller 

November 27, 1968: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Santana "Thanksgiving Eve's private party"

November 28 - December 1, 1968: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Deep Purple, Cold Blood

December 31, 1968: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, Santana, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Lights by Brotherhood of Light

January 14-16 1969: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with David Blue

January 24-25, 1969: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Moby Grape, The Other Half, Tim Hardin, Jerry Abrams Headlights

January 30-31, 1969: Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, WA with AUM

January 31, 1969: Rainbow Ballroom, Fresno, CA with Fleetwood Mac, Shag, Lights by Holy See

February 7-8, 1969: New Dream Bowl Ballroom, Highway 79, Napa-Vallejo, CA with Country Weather

February 11, 1969: Gymnasium, Woodside High School, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA with Santana, People, Spontaneous Interruption, Lights by Mr. What

February 14-16, 1969: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Country Weather, Big Mama Thornton

February 26 - March 2, 1969: Whisky a' Go Go, 8901 Sunset Boulevard at Clark Street, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA with Elephant's Memory (filling in for Illinois Speed Press)

March 8, 1969: Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT with Smoke, Holden Caulfield, Lights by Jerry Abrams Headlights

March 12, 1969: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with A.B. Skhy Blues Band, Grateful Dead, Cleveland Wrecking Company "Benefit For The San Francisco State Legal Defense Committee"

March 14, 1969: Pavilion Building, Santa Clara Cunty Fairgrounds, 344 Tully Road, San Jose, CA with Santana, Counry Weather, Frumious Bandersnatch, Stained Glass, Lights by Missionary Lights

March 26, 1969: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Santana, Allmen Joy, Lamb, AAA (Anonymous Artists Of America), Brotherhood of Light "Rockarama!!! 5 Days Of Music At The Avalon Ballroom"

April 1, 1969: Gymnasium, Las Lomas High School, 1460 South Main Street, Walnut Creek, CA with Santana, Sky Blue, W.C. Fields Movies

April 4-5, 1969: The Rose Palace, Pasadena, CA with The Collectors, Vanilla Fudge

April 15-17, 1969: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with Congress of Wonders

April 18, 1969: Gym, Henry M. Gunn High School, 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA with Cold Blood, Lamb, A.B. Skhy

April 25, 1969: Selland Arena, Fresno Convention Center, Fresno, CA with Deep Purple, Cold Blood, Wild Honey

May 3, 1969: Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University Way NE (aka The Ave), University District, Seattle, WA with Santana, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Country Weather, Spring, Alice Stuart Thomas, Gazebo, Juggernaut "Spring Flush"

May 8-11, 1969: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with AUM, Albert King 

May 16-18, 1969: Fillmore East, 105 2nd Avenue, New York City, NY with Sweetwater, The Who

May 18-21 (21 cancelled), 1969: Steve Paul's The Scene, 301 West 46th Street, Theatre District, Manhattan, New York City, NY with Sweetwater (19-20)

May 21-22, 1969:Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with Dr. John The Night Tripper (21), The Stooges (22)

May 22-24, 1969: Boston Tea Party, 53 Berkeley Street, Berkeley, MA with Bonzo Dog Band

May 30-31 - June 1, 1969: Electric Factory, 2201 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA with American Dream, Fat Band

June 13-14, 1969: Kinetic Plyground, Chicago, IL with Eric Burdon, Chicago Blues All Stars

June 21, 1969: Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT with Santana, Lights by Rainbow Jam

Summer 1969: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA with Cold Blood, Sanpaku

July 4-6, 1969: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Eric Burdon and His Band, Cat Mother and The All Night News Boys

July 7, 1969: Family Dog At 660 The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Joan Baez "Benefit for Wild West Festival"

July 25-26, 1969: Gold Creek Park, Woodenville, WA with Crome Syrcus (25), Albert Collins (25-26), Santana (25-26), Bo Diddley (25-26), Flying Burrito Brothers (25), Youngbloods (25), Ten Years After (25), Tim Buckley (25-26), Guess Who (25-26), Murray Roman (25), The Byrds (25), Floating Bridge (26), Ike and Tina Turner Revue (26), Charles Lloyd (26), Lonnie Mack (26), The Flock (26), Chicago Transit Authority (26), Chuck Berry (26), Lights by The Retina Circus (25-26) "Seattle Pop Festival"

July 25-27, 1969: Exhibition Hall, Honolulu International Center, Honolulu, HI with Grateful Dead (canceled)

August 5-7, 1969: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Butterfield Blues Band, SRC, Lights by Brotherhood Of Light (It's A Beautiful Day and Butterfield Blues Band filled in for Fleetwood Mac)

August 16, 1969: Gym, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA with Sons Of Champlin, Country Weather, Catharsis, Lights by Deadly Nightshade

August 22, 1969: Miller Lite Racetrack Grandstand, California State Fairgrounds, Sacramento, CA with Young Rascals, The Pulse of Brent Lewis, Chuck Roy (MC)

August 24, 1969: Family Dog On The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with The Youngbloods, Buddy Miles Express, South Bay Experimental, Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band, Shag, Transatlantic Railroad, Mother Bear, Maudle Baum, Alice Stuart & Minx, Nazgul, Cold Turkey, Faun "Benefit for Wild West Festival"  (IABD played from 10pm to 1am)

August 30, 1969: Black Cultural Center, Tenino, WA "Sky River Rock Festival II"

August 30 - September 1, 1969: Louisiana International Speedway, Gonzales, LA "New Orleans Pop Festival"

September 6, 1969: Menlo Circus Club, Atherton, CA with Frumious Bandersnatch "Susan Zellerbach's Debutante Ball"


IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY #5 (1969 - MAR 1?, 1971)
1) David LaFlamme
2) Pattie Santos
3) Val Fuentes
4) Mitchell Holman
5) Hal Wagenet
6) Freddy Webb vocals, organ


September 12-14, 1969: Family Dog On The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Fourth Way, Sons Of Champlin, Lights by Garden of Delights 

September 19-20, 1969: Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, WA with Tyrannosaurus Rex

September 24, 1969: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Sons Of Champlin, Ace Of Cups, The Outlaws, Sanpaku, Terry Dolan "Bay Area Drug Committee Presents A Benefit Show Save The Children"

September 27, 1969: Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA with Elvin Bishop Group, Santana 

Octobder 2, 1969: Family Dog On The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Timothy Leary, Lazarus, SF Radical Laboratories, Phoenix

October 4, 1969: Lake Amador Meadows, Lake Amador, Plumas County, CA with Santana, Taj Mahal, Dangerfield, Grateful Dead (canceled), Kaleidoscope, Bo Diddley, Albert Collins, Al Wilson, Ike and Tina Turner, John Fahey, Cold Blood, Sons Of Champlin, Southwind, Linn County, Daybreak "Gold Rush Festival" (It's A Beautiful Day cancelled)

October 5, 1969: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA with Mike Bloomfield-Nick Gravenites and The Mob (cancelled), Cold Blood, Southern Comfort (cancelled), Buddy Guy (cancelled), Stone Rock Outcrop, Sanpaku, Old Davis "Benefit for MidPeninsula Free University"

October 7-9, 1969: Family Dog At 660 The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Phoenix, Steve Gaskin, Timothy Leary, Asoke Fakir, Mlachi, Alan Watts, Lazarus, Michael Lorimer, Master Choy, Schlomo, Reverend Henslee, Allen Noonan, Jim Kimmel, Golden Toad, Tup Fisher, Osceola, Chiran Jeed, Garden of Delights, Sweet Misery, Jerry Abrams Headlights, The Holy Sea, Rainbow Gem, Sebastian Moon, Dr. Zarkov, May Flower, Adam "Holy Man Jam"

October 10-11, 1969: Fillmore East, New York City, NY with Vanilla Fudge, Dr. John The Night Tripper, Lights by Joshua Light Show (It's A Beautiful Day canceled and AUM filled in for them)

October 18, 1969: Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT with The Youngbloods

October 24-25, 1969: Sound Factory, Sacramento, CA with Linn County with Kathy Rose, Crabs 

October 30-31 and November 1-2, 1969: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Ike & Tina Turner, Alice Cooper, Lights by Little Princess 109

November 7-8, 1969: Fillmore East, New York City, NY with Santana, Humble Pie, Paul Butterfield Blues Band

November 20, 1969: Family Dog At 660 The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Richmond Symphony, ESP, New Tranquility String Band

November 26, 1969: Main Exhibition Building, Contra Costa County Fairgrounds, 1201 West 10th Street, Antioch, CA with The Kinks, Cold Blood, Dry Creek Road, Lights by Deadly Nightshade

December 13, 1969: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA with Iron Butterfly

December 31, 1969: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Santana, Elvin Bishop, Joy Of Cooking

1970: University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH with Steve Miller Band, Boz Scaggs

January 17, 1970: Freeborn Hall, UC Davis, Davis, CA with Sons Of Champlin, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (cancelled?)

January 30-31, 1970: Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, WA with AUM

February 1, 1970: PNE Garden Auditorium, Vancouver, BC, Canada with AUM

February 7, 1970: Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA with Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, Lights by Glenn McKay's Headlights

February 8, 1970: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA with Frank Zappa, Love, Sweetwater, Penrod

February 21, 1970: Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, TX with Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, John Mayall with Duster Bennett

February 22, 1970: Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX with Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, John Mayall with Duster Bennett

February 23, 1970: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Santana, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Ligths by Glenn McKays Headlights "A Benefit for The Grateful Dead"

March 19-22, 1970: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Loading Zone, Chuck Berry

April 10-12, 1970: Fillmore East, 105 2nd Avenue, New York City, NY with Santana, American Dream (filling in for Free)

April 18, 1970: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK with Santana, Taj Mahal "Sounds Of The 70's"

April 19, 1970: Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with Spread Eagle, First Lights 

May 3, 1970: The Roundhouse, London, UK with Taj Mahal, Keef Hartley Big Band, Renaissance, Spring, Ginger Johnson's African Drummers "Camden Rock Festival"

May 29-30, 1970: Warehouse, New Orleans, LO with Aum

May 30-June 1, 1970: Thunderbird Beach, 20 miles north-west of Baton Rouge, LA with Youngbloods, MC5, Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bob Seger System, Brownsville Station, Buckinghams, Ides Of March, Mason Proffit, Alice Cooper "The Festival Of Man and Earth" 

June 13, 1970: Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, GE with Love (canceled), Third Rial, Funk Inc., Sun Country, Shelly Isaacs, Baby, Majester Ludi, Ten Years After (canceled), Sweetwater (canceled), Sabudi, Fat Jessie, Ike and Tina Turner (canceled),  Albert King (canceled), Traffic, Allman Brothers, Mothers Of Invention, Mountain, Murray Roman (MC), Sound by Bill Hanley "Cosmic Festival"

June 18, 1970: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA with Santana, Muddy Waters

June 23, 1970: Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark with Santana, Rainbow Band

June 26, 1970: Kralingen Forest Park, Rotterdam, Netherlands "The Holland Pop Festival '70"
This three-day festival (26-28) was sponsored by 'Coca-Cola'. The whole festival was filmed and a film titled 'Stamping Ground' was released in theatres on the same year.

June 27, 1970: Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK with Pink Floyd, Johnny Winter, Maynard Ferguson, Joe Jammer, Keef Hartley Band, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Steppenwolf, John Mayall, Canned Heat "Bath Festival Of Blues And Progressive Music '70"

July 3-4, 1970: Aragon Ballroom, 1106 Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, IL with Aum, Rare Bird, Grateful Dead (canceled)

July 5, 1970: Middle Georgia Raceway, Byron, GA with The Allman Brothers Band featuring Thom Doucette & Johnny Winter, Ten Years After, Grand Funk Railroad, Lee Michaels, Johnny Winter & Rick Derringer & Edgar Winter & Randy Jo Hobbs, Jethro Tull, Spirit, Terry Reid, Mott the Hoople "2nd Atlanta International Pop Festival"

July 6, 1970: WREK-FM (91.1), Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Some members of It's A Beautiful Day, along with some members of Sweetwater, did an interview for WREK, a radio station staffed by the students of th Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, that aired today at 8:30pm. 

July 7, 1970: Tanglewood, Lenox, MA with The Who, Jethro Tull, Bill Graham (MC)
The show was filmed. 

July 31 and August 1-2, 1970: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Elvin Bishop, Boz Scaggs

August 7, 1970: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA with Leon Russell, Fritz

August 14-16, 1970: Family Dog At 660 The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Elvin Bishop Group (filled in for Osceola), Sawbuck, Temporary Optics 

August 28 or 29 or 30 or September 4 or 5 or 6, 1970: Edwin Tate's 160 acres farm, end of Keep Road, off Leher Road, several miles north of the town of Washougal, Clark County, WA "3rd Annual Sky River Festival & Lighter Than Air Fair" (It's A Beautiful Day canceled?) 

September 19, 1970: Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada with Frank Zappa, Jay Caress, Songbird

September 20, 1970: Pacific Memorial Stadium, Stockton, CA with The Byrds, Lamb, Stuart Little, A Brother My Cousin and I 

October 1-3, 1970: Boston Tea Party, 15 Landsdowne Street, Boston, MA with Flock, Chris Smithers

October 9-10, 1970: Fillmore East, New York City, NY with John Mayall, Flock

October 18, 1970: The Forum, Inglewood, CA with JethroTull

unknown date, 1970: Colorado State University (?), Fort Collins, CO 

January 22, 1971: Music Hall, Houston, TX

January 23, 1971: Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, TX with Canned Heat, Souhwind

February 11, 1971: Inn of the Beginning, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, CA "Benefit for the Inn of the Beginning"

February 18-21, 1971: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Blues Image, Tower Of Power March

March 13, 1971: Bohler Gymnasium, Washington State University campus, Pullman, WA with Cold Blood 


IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY #6 (MAR 1?, 1971 - OCT or NOV 1972)
1) David LaFlamme
2) Pattie Santos
3) Val Fuentes
4) Freddy Webb
5) Billy Gregory guitar
6) Tom Fowler bass


March 19-20, 1971: Pepperland, 737 East Francisco Boulevard, San Rafael, CA with Odetta, Victoria

Supposedly Billy Gregory and Tom Fowler's debut gigs with the band. 

March 20, 1971: Pacific High Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA with Tom Donahue (MC) (the show was broadcasted live on KSAN-FM radio) 

March 27, 1971: Nevada Sports Palace, Commercial Center, Las Vegas, NV with Poco, Blues Image, Alice & The Soul Sensations

April ?, 1971: unknown venue, Pacific Beach, San Diego, CA with Boz Scaggs

April ?, 1971: Washington State University, Pullman, WA with Cold Blood

April 10, 1971: The Nevada Sports Palace, Las Vegas, NV with Pece, Blues Image

April 10, 1971: Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA with Elvin Bishop, Brotherhood Rush

April 16, 1971: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA with Elvin Bishop, Cold Blood

April 17, 1971: The Establishment, Lawrence, KS

April 23, 1971: Hill Hall Field, University of Pennsylvania campus, Philadelphia, PA with Steve Miller Band

June 9, 1971: Beach Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL

June 19, 1971: Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, UT with Poco, Brewer & Shipley
The show was canceled due to low ticket sales.

June 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28, 1971: Cypress Pointe Plantation, McCrea, near Baton Rouge, LA "Celebration Of Life"

July 1, 1971: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Elvin Bishop, Grootna, Lamb, Lights by  Little Princess
The show was recorded and the tape circulated around Internet.

July 24, 1971: Midway Stadium, St. Paul, MN with Poco, Allman Brothers Band, Little Richard, Joy of Cooking

August 1, 1971: Wally Heider Studios, 245 Hyde Street, San Francisco, CA with Tower Of Power, Tom Donahue (MC) (the show was broadcasted live on KSAN-FM radio)

September 17-18, 1971: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Elvin Bishop, Grootna, Van Morrison

September 24-25, 1971: Warehouse, New Orleans, LO with Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah

September 26, 1971: Cowtown Ballroom, Kansas City, MO with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

October 16, 1971: Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA with Boz Scaggs and another unknown local band

October 19, 1971: Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN with Frank Zappa, Lee Michaels

October 20, 1971: Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee, WI with J. Geils Band, Woodbine

December 2, 1971: Washington State Penitentiary, 1313 N 13th Ave, Walla Walla, WA with Taj Mahal 

December 4, 1971: University of Washington, Seattle, WA with Taj Mahal

December 17-18, 1971: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Chambers Brothers, Grootna, Kimberley, Lights by San Francisco Light Works

December 29, 1971: Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY with The Mahavishnu Orchestra
The show was recorded and released one year later on their album: 'At Carnegie Hall'.

unknown date, 1971: Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA with Charlie Musselwhite

unknown date, 1972: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
Violinist 'Symphony Sid' Page of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks filling in for David LaFlamme that night.

January 14, 1972: Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA with Big Brother and The Holding Company, Stoneground

February 25-27, 1972: Fox Theatre, Long Beach, CA with Lamb, Elvin Bishop Group

March 17, 1972: Wachovia Spectrum Center, Philadelphia, PA with The Beach Boys

March 21, 1972: Music Hall, Houston, TX with Seatrain

April 14, 1972: Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA with The Beach Boys

April 19, 1972: Fieldhouse, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH with Taj Mahal, Genya Ravan

May 4, 1972: Bowen Field Houe, Ypsilanti, MI with Taj Mahal

May 5-6, 1972: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Cold Blood
The band was missbilled as 'Beautiful Day'.

May 19-20, 1972: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Copperhead, Tower of Power, Herbie Hancock (or Tongue and Cheek)

May 26, 1972: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA with Spirit, Elvin Bishop Group, Boone's Farm

June 1-3, 1972: Cowtown Ballroom, Kansas City, MO with Stoneface

June 23, 1972: Aragon Ballroom, 1106 Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, IL with Spirit, Ever (replaced Blue Oyster Cult who cancelled)

July 14-16, 1972: Inn of the Beginning, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, CA

August 10, 1972: Owen J. Bush Stadium, Indianapolis, IN with Foghat, Chuck Berry, Seals & Croft, Harvey Mandel and Pure Food & Drug Act, Siegel-Schwall Blues Band, Danny O'Keefe, Flash "Indianapolis Pop Festival" 

August 17, 1972: Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX with Argent, Wishbone Ash

August 18, 1972: Warehouse, New Orleans, LO with Blackmoor (filling in for Brownsville Station)

September ?, 1972: Pirate's World, Dania, FL with Argent, Commander Cody

September 10, 1972: Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV with Humble Pie

October 14, 1972: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Poco, Lighthouse

October 15, 1972: County Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA with Poco, Wild Rose

October 22, 1972: Cole Field House, University of Maryland, College Park, MD with Poco, Gunhill Road


IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY #7 (OCT or NOV 1972 - JAN or FEB 1973)
1) David LaFlamme
2) Pattie Santos
3) Val Fuentes
4) Freddy Webb
5) Billy Gregory
6) Bud Cockrell bass, vocals


November 10, 1972: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO with Poco

November 17, 1972: Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO with Poco, Stoneground

November 24-25, 1972: Academy Of Music, New York City, NY with Savoy Brown (24-25), Hoodoo Rhythm Devils (24), Wild Turkey (25) 

December 4, 1972: Stokley Athletic Center, Unviersity of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN with Poco, Gunhill Road

December 8, 1972: Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN with Poco, Jim Croce

December 21, 1972: Tulsa Civic Center, Tulsa, OK with Poco (canceled), El Roacho

December 22-23, 1972: Kinetic Playground, Chicago, IL with Bloodrock (filling in for Poco), Eggs Over Easy

December 31, 1972: Pirates World, Dania, FL with Black Oak Arkansas, REO Speedwagon


IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY #8 (JAN or FEB 1973 - JUL 2?, 1973)
1) Pattie Santos
2) Val Fuentes
3) Freddy Webb
4) Billy Gregory
5) Bud Cockrell
6) Greg Bloch violin, mandolin


February 16-17, 1973: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Cold Blood, Steely Dan, Lights by Brotherhood of Light

March 13, 1973: Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI

March 15, 1973: Embassey Theatre, Fort Wayne, IN

March 22, 1973: Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT with Sylvester 

March 24, 1973: Lane County Fairground Building, Eugene, OR

March 28, 1973: Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA

March 30, 1973: Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM

March 31, 1973: Community Center, Tucson, AZ

April 3, 1973: Kiel Municipal Auditorium, St. Louis, MO

April 5, 1973: Rivoli Theatre, Indianapolis, IN

April 6, 1973: Kinetic Playground, Chicago, IL

April 7, 1973: Cowtown Ballroom, Kansas City, MO with Bloodrock, Sylvester and The Hot Band

April 10, 1973: Memorial Hall, Joplin, MO

April 11, 1973: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

April 13, 1973: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada

April 16, 1973: Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, MN 

April 16-17, 1973: Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Des Moines, IA with Foghat, Doobie Brothers

April 21, 1973: Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, MI with Siegel-Schwall Band, Bloodrock, Sylvester and Hot Band 

April 22, 1973: Kleinhaus Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

April 23, 1973: Shady Grove Music Fair, Rockville, MD

April 27, 1973: Fort Homer Hesterly Armory, Tampa, FL

April 28, 1973: Pirate's Word, Sheridan Street, Dania, FL with Bloodrock, Cold Blood, Sylvester and The Hot Band

May 3, 1973: John Scher's Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ with Cold Blood

May 7, 1973: unknown venue, Princeton, NJ

May 18, 1973: Warehouse, New Orleans, LA with Charlie Daniels Band, Elvin Bishop

May 19, 1973: Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL

June 17, 1973: Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA with Cold Blood, Sylvester & His Hot Band (IABD canceled and were replaced by Elvin Bishop)

June 22, 1973: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Dr. John, Sylvester and The Hot Band (It's A Beautiful Day cancelled and were replaced by Mike Bloomfield)

June 29, 1973: University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

July 4, 1973: Soledad Prison, Soledad, CA

July 13, 1973: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA

July 14, 1973: Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR

July 20, 1973: Selland Arena, Fresno, CA