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THE BILL GRAHAM BENEFIT CONCERT

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 3, 2019…TWENTY EIGHT YEARS AGO A FREE CONCERT WAS HELD IN GOLDEN GATE PARK TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF PROMOTER BILL GRAHAM WHO DIED A WEEK EARLIER WHEN THE HELICOPTER HE WAS A PASSENGER IN CRASHED IN STORMY WEATHER. THE HELICOPTER STRUCK THE TOP OF A PG&E TRANSMISSION TOWER NEAR SEARS POINT AND EXPLODED. GRAHAM WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS CONCERT AT THE CONCORD PAVILION. GRAHAM HAD ATTENDED THE EVENT TO DISCUSS PROMOTING A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE 1991 OAKLAND HILLS FIRESTORM. THE CRASH, WHICH LEFT THE WRECKAGE DANGLING NEAR THE TOP OF THE TOWER, KILLED GRAHAM, HIS GIRLFRIEND MELISSA GOLD AND THE PILOT STEVE KAHN. CROSBY STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG, THE GRATEFUL DEAD, JOAN BAEZ, JACKSON BROWNE, SANTANA, JOHN FOGERTY AND JOURNEY WERE THE FEATURED ACTS . HERE’S ASSORTED VIDEO FROM THE TRIBUTE CONCERT:

JOHN FOGERTY JAMMING WITH THE DEAD

JACKSON BROWNE

CSN&Y

GRATEFUL DEAD (WITH NEIL YOUNG, JOHN POPPER, AND JOHN FOGERTY)

JOURNEY

JOE SATRIANI

ROBIN WILLIAMS

TRACY CHAPMAN

SANTANA

HERE’S A NEWS REPORT THAT AIRED ON CNBC COVERING THE EVENT

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