Palisades-News-July-8-2015

July 8, 2015 Palisades News Page 23Graham used duct tape to mend KeithRichards’ boots during the Rolling Stones’1981 Tattoo You tour. Photo: Robert WedemeyerGraham(Continued from Page 22)always improving the sound, lighting andanything else that would enhance the concertgoers’experience.“People were there for the music, thedancing and the kinship,” says Erin Clancey,describing what drew them to early showsproduced by Graham.The memorabilia—some never beforeseen—includes Graham’s beginnings withthe San Francisco Mime Troupe, when hestaged the first of his many benefit concerts.Over the years, if someone needed helpwith a benefit, they would go to Graham:the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic,the San Francisco public school district, theAmerican leg of Live Aid, voter registrationdrives, Amnesty International and more.Remember that white suit Peter Framptonwore on the cover of Frampton ComesAlive!? It’s in the show, as are a pair of bootsKeith Richards wore—and Graham personallyfixed—during the Rolling Stones tourthat Graham managed in the early 1980s.They were a gift from the guitarist who, accordingto Greenfield, told Graham, “Bill,you’ve been a driving asshole, but you madeit happen. We’re never going to go on theroad without you again.”Additional highlights include clips fromGraham’s performances in feature films,including Apocalypse Now and Bugsy, anda menorah that was mostly destroyed whenGraham’s offices were firebombed by aMolotov cocktail in the 1980s. He lostmuch of his memorabilia in that fire.Clothing worn by Grace Slick and JanisJoplin, which Graham treasured, is alsoincluded in the exhibit.While Graham was always making sure hisconcerts were well run, New Year’s Eve waswhen he was in the limelight, coming out atmidnight during Grateful Dead shows. Twoof his costumes are on view (Father Time anda butterfly), decked out with Dead imagery.His custom-made, two time-zone watchhangs on the wall, an homage to the dayswhen he took the red-eye every Thursdayto work at Fillmore East all weekend beforereturning home to the Bay Area on Sunday,showing up for work Monday morning.Come Thursday, he would do it all again.This went on for about three years.There’s even a room that pays homageto the light shows that were a staple at manyGraham shows. Joshua White did lightDAN URBACH PRESENTSBill Graham as Father Time at the Grateful Dead’s New Year’s Eve concert at the OaklandColiseum in 1987.Photo: Ken Friedmanshows at Fillmore East, and created “TheJoshua Light Show” specifically for the Skirballexhibition, which is shown in a darkroom. If you feel the need to do some interpretativedancing, no one can really seeyour face, so let your freak flag fly.Graham’s Day on the Green series waspretty much the beginning of stadium rock,and Graham began producing the outdoorshows in 1973. Top acts of the day performed,such as The Who, Tower of Power, Aerosmith,Van Halen, AC/DC and Green Day.Graham’s sons, David and Alex, attendedthe recent press preview of the exhibit. Whenasked by the Palisades News about his father’slegacy, David, who’s on the board of the BillGraham Memorial Foundation, talked abouthow his father took action when he saw aninjustice in the world. “He didn’t just complain,he actually did something about it.”“Clearly he was a hardcore businessmanwhen he had to be, but at the end of theday, he was sort of everyone’s dad. 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