New Releases from the Bill Graham Archives

Dig into two new sets from improv heavyweights - Phil Lesh & Friends (including Warren Haynes, Merl Saunders and Steve Kimock) from 1999 and the simultaneous-multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk from 1971.

New Jazz from the GAMH

New releases recorded at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall in the mid-1970s include a gorgeously impressionistic set from the Bill Evans Trio and a buoyantly swinging performance from vocalist Chris Connor.

Download Deals from Winterland Ballroom

Currently home to condos, in 1970s-San Francisco, Winterland was the home of some of the biggest concerts Bill Graham produced.

Mahavishnu Orchestra: New Sets from ‘73

To commemorate the band's 40th anniversary, we'll be releasing roughly 20 new concerts from the Mahavishnu Orchestra throughout the year. Kicking things off are four new shows from their peak performing year of 1973.

S.N.A.C.K. Benefit Concert 1975

On March 23, 1975 Bill Graham recruited the biggest names in music to stage a benefit concert at Kezar Stadium which he titled “SNACK,” an acronym for Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks. The after-school programs in San Francisco had been drastically cut in the recession-era budget, and Graham, like the performers who stepped up to [...]

This Week’s Deals: The Faces of Fleetwood Mac

A blog that navigates the career of the wildly charismatic band from their early days in 1968 with Peter Green to the eve of critical mass in 1974.

Single Lady Lelia Broussard

Who doesn’t love a great rock and roll quest story — especially when we’re invited along? Here’s one in the making: In late 2010, Wolfgang’s Vault discovered an extremely talented singer and songwriter named Lelia Broussard. Lelia was on the “Quest For Glory” tour with Bess Rogers and Allison Weiss, when the three stopped by Wolfgang’s Vault to record [...]

Drummer DeJohnette Branches Out at GAMH

The very definition of a ‘multi-directional’ musician (a term he once coined to avoid being put into a stylistic box), drummer Jack DeJohnette showcases his openness and willingness to go in all directions on his October 10, 1975 appearance at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

Download Deals by Hot Tuna

Jefferson Airplane offshoot, Hot Tuna have been rocking their signature hippy-blues since 1969.

Old Concerts from New Hall of Famers

Give a listen to vintage performances by new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees including concerts from Alice Cooper, Dr. John and Leon Russell.