Bill Graham

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Bill Graham was a legendary rock concert promoter and impresario who played a pivotal role in shaping the San Francisco music scene and the rise of 1960s counterculture.


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instanceOf concert promoter
impresario
music industry executive
person
activeIn New York City
San Francisco, California
alsoKnownAs Bill Graham
Wolfgang Grajonca
associatedWith Bill Graham Presents
Fillmore Auditorium
Fillmore East
Fillmore West
birthName Wulf Wolodia Grajonca
burialPlace Eternal Home Cemetery, Colma, California
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth Germany
dateOfBirth 1931-01-08
dateOfDeath 1991-10-25
emigratedTo United States of America
eraActive 1960s
1970s
1980s
ethnicity Jewish
genreFocus psychedelic rock
rock music
honor inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
influenced development of modern rock concert business
presentation standards for live rock shows
knownFor founding Bill Graham Presents
founding the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco
founding the Fillmore East
founding the Fillmore West
mannerOfDeath helicopter crash
notableFor promoting rock concerts in the 1960s and 1970s
shaping the San Francisco music scene
supporting the 1960s counterculture movement
occupation concert promoter
impresario
producer
organizedEvent The Last Waltz concert by The Band
anti–Vietnam War concerts
large-scale benefit concerts
placeOfBirth Berlin, Germany
placeOfDeath Vallejo, California, United States
promotedArtist Bob Dylan
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Grateful Dead
Janis Joplin
Jefferson Airplane
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Santana
The Allman Brothers Band
The Band
The Doors
The Rolling Stones
The Who
The Who's 1969 and 1970 tours
residence New York City
San Francisco, California
RockAndRollHallOfFameInductionYear 1992
subjectOf biographical books about his life and career
documentary film "Bill Graham"
survivedHolocaustAsChild true
workedWith Chet Helms
San Francisco psychedelic rock bands

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Bill Graham
alsoKnownAs
San Francisco Civic Auditorium
namedAfter
1974 Bob Dylan and The Band Tour
tourPromoter

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