Sunday, 11 November 2012

Babylon, 2504 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA

 
 

A Performance History (as we know it right now)

20 July 1969 Opening Night
24 July 1969 Purple Earthquake
25 July 1969 Purple Earthquake
26 July 1969 Purple Earthquake
29 July 1969 Purple Earthquake
30 July 1969 Purple Earthquake
22 August 1969 Purple Earthquake
29 August 1969 Purple Earthquake
09 September 1969 Peace Bread and Land Band
16 September 1969 Peace Bread and Land Band
19 September 1969 Wilderness
23 September 1969 Peace Bread and Land Band
26 September 1969 Purple Earthquake
27 September 1969 Purple Earthquake
28 September 1969 Peace Bread and Land Band
30 September 1969 Marriah
01 October 1969 Fantazia Turkish Billy Dance Group
02 October 1969 Something New
03 October 1969 Purple Earthquake
04 October 1969 Purple Earthquake
05 October 1969 Peace Bread and Land Band
06 October 1969 closed
07 October 1969 Marriah
08 October 1969 Belly Dancers
09 October 1969 Jim Carter and Dale Jerred
10 October 1969 Purple Earthquake
11 October 1969 Purple Earthquake
12 October 1969 Peace Bread and Land Band
14 October 1969 Marriah
15 October 1969 Belly Dancers
16 October 1969 Jim & Dale (Flamenco dancers)
26 October 1969 Peace Bread and Land Band
03 November 1969 Peace Bread and Land Band
09 November 1969 Peace Bread and Land Band
14 November 1969 Purple Earthquake
15 November 1969 Purple Earthquake
16 November 1969 Sonny Street Blues Band
19 November 1969 Belly Dancers
20 November 1969 Sonny Street Blues Band
21 November 1969 Purple Earthquake
22 November 1969 Sonny Street Blues Band
23 November 1969 Peace Bread and Land Band
25 November 1969 Marriah
26 November 1969 Bedia, Khalifa, Zania, Hoda (Belly Dancers)
27 November 1969 Sonny Street Blues Band
30 November 1969 Peace Bread and Land Band
11 December 1969 Lazarus
11 December 1969 Lazarus
15 December 1969 Lazarus
15 December 1969 Lazarus
18 December 1969 Lazarus
27 December 1969 Grand Canyon
30 December 1969 Andrew Hallidie
31 December 1969 Bedia, Khalifa, Zania, Hoda (Belly Dancers)
01 January 1970 Lazarus, Purple Earthquake
02 January 1970 Lazarus, Purple Earthquake
03 January 1970 Alistair Crowley
04 January 1970 Hades Blues Works
05 January 1970 Surprise band
06 January 1970 Belly Dancers, Canterbury Fair
07 January 1970 Lazarus 
17 January 1970 Alistair Crowley
18 January 1970 Hades Blues Works
23 January 1970 Purple Earthquake
24 January 1970 Backwater Rising
25 January 1970 Hades Blues Works
26 January 1970 closed
27 January 1970 Tide
28 January 1970 Black Ghost, Zephyr
29 January 1970 Black Ghost, Zephyr
30 January 1970 Purple Earthquake, Robert Savage Group
31 January 1970 Purple Earthquake, Robert Savage Group
01 February 1970 Purple Earthquake, Robert Savage Group
03 February 1970 Emily
04 February 1970 Sunrise
05 February 1970 Day And Night Blues Band
10 February 1970 Thompson Brothers
11 February 1970 Hades Blues Works
12 February 1970 Johnny Mars Blues Band
13 February 1970 Purple Earthquake
14 February 1970 Black Ghost
15 February 1970 Purple Earthquake
17 February 1970 Aba-z-Aba
18 February 1970 Hades Blues Works
19 February 1970 Flying Circus
20 February 1970 Hades Blues Works
21 February 1970 Purple Earthquake
22 February 1970 Hades Blues Works
23 February 1970 closed
24 February 1970 Mike Wolff Quintet
25 February 1970 Artichoke Jones
26 February 1970 Backwater Rising
27 February 1970 Purple Earthquake
28 February 1970 Backwater Rising
01 March 1970 Rags
03 March 1970 Sunrise
04 March 1970 Faun
05 March 1970 Sunrise
06 March 1970 Purple Earthquake
07 March 1970 Alistair Crowley
10 March 1970 Nymbus Motherfred
11 March 1970 Hades Blues Works
12 March 1970 Sunrise
13 March 1970 Rags, Thompson Brothers
14 March 1970 Purple Earthquake
15 March 1970 Rags, Thompson Brothers
17 March 1970 Bartley
18 March 1970 Hades Blues Work
19 March 1970 Rags
20 March 1970 Jonny Mars Blues Band
21 March 1970 Purple Earthquake
22 March 1970 Johhny Mars Blues Band
03 April 1970 Purple Earthquake
04 April 1970 Cleveland Wrecking Company
05 April 1970 Black Ghost
07 April 1970 Bus, Auditions
08 April 1970 Backwater Rising
09 April 1970 Canyon
17 April 1970 Robert Savage
18 April 1970 Black Ghost
19 April 1970 Black Ghost
21 April 1970 Virgin Forest, Auditions
22 April 1970 Chambray
23 April 1970 The Roaches
24 April 1970 Purple Earthquake
01 May 1970 Purple Earthquake
02 May 1970 Cleveland Wrecking Company
03 May 1970 Day and Nite Blues Band
06 May 1970 Chambray
07 May 1970 Blackwater Rising
05 June 1970 Foxglove
06 June 1970 Foxglove
26 July 1970 Foxglove
28 July 1970 Ofoedian Den
29 July 1970 Cookin' Mamas
30 July 1970 Livinstone
31 July 1970 The Crabs
01 August 1970 The Crabs
02 August 1970 Crazy Mike and His Bad All Stars
14 August 1970 Harbinger
15 August 1970 Mendelbaum
16 August 1970 Fine Arts
17 August 1970 Fine Arts
18 August 1970 Hoot
19 August 1970 Poor Edgar
21 August 1970 Crabs
22 August 1970 Crabs
23 August 1970 Loose Gravel
24 August 1970 John Bettis
25 August 1970 Carol Towers, Meadows
26 August 1970 Marriah
27 August 1970 Marriah
28 August 1970 Harbinger
29 August 1970 Harbinger
16 September 1970 Shake
17 September 1970 Charlie Musselwhite
18 September 1970 Harbinger, Beans
19 September 1970 Harbinger
20 September 1970 Sambo Annie
21 September 1970 Charlie Musselwhite
22 September 1970 Prince Bakaradi, Milk & Cookies
23 September 1970 Naked Lunch
24 September 1970 Harbinger
25 September 1970 Harbinger
26 September 1970 Crabs
01 October 1970 Sambo Annie
02 October 1970 Harbinger, Sambo
03 October 1970 Shine and Co
04 October 1970 Shine and Co
05 October 1970 closed
06 October 1970 Metro Sound Company
07 October 1970 Rubber Band
08 October 1970 Sunny Street
09 October 1970 Sunny Street
10 October 1970 Foxglove
11 October 1970 Foxglove
14 October 1970 Grayson Street, Carol Towers
22 October 1970 Prince Bakardi
23 October 1970 Full Moon (formerly Womb)
24 October 1970 Full Moon (formerly Womb)
25 October 1970 Nazgul
26 October 1970 Acoustic Concert
28 October 1970 John Lee Hooker
29 October 1970 Cleveland Wrecking Company
30 October 1970 John Shine & Co
31 October 1970 Sunny Street
01 November 1970 Acoustic Concert
02 November 1970 auditions
03 November 1970 auditions
04 November 1970 Berkeley Brickyard, Joe Crime and the Joodoo Rhythm Devils
20 November 1970 Earthquake
21 November 1970 Earthquake
22 November 1970 Jazz

4 comments:

  1. Additional date for Babylon: May 21, 1971 - Purple Earthquake

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    1. Yes they played that night. I owned the Babylon which I turned into The Long Branch. MALCOLM WILLIAMS 1969 TO 1976

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  2. Looking for anything about a Tom /Steve Talbot, who played in Berkeley around 1962. I saw him play in Canyon that year. He is crredited with inspiring the name, Jefferson Airplane.

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  3. Looking for photos of the interior of Babylon showing any paintings that were on the walls. Please.

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