East Village, Manhattan St. Marks Place. On June 27, 1967, the Electric Circus opened in the same space with a benefit for the Children's Recreation Foundation whose chairman was Bobby Kennedy. The Grateful Dead, The Chambers Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone, and the Allman Brothers Band were among the many rock bands that performed there before it closed in 1971. On March 8, 1968, Bill Graham opened the Fillmore East in what had been a Yiddish Theatre on Second Avenue at East 6th Street in the Yiddish Theater District. The venue quickly became known as "The Church of Rock and Roll", with
Lamb (rock band) Lamb (rock band) Lamb was a San Francisco-based rock group. They tend to be remembered only for their appearance on the "Fillmore: The Last Days" concert album, where they were one of several non-star artists on a set dominated by bigger names like the Grateful Dead, Santana, and Jefferson Airplane. They also played at the Ribeltad Vorden in San Francisco. They issued three albums: "A Sign of Change" (Fillmore, 1970), "Cross Between" (War. Bros., 1971) and "Bring Out The Sun" (War. Bros., 1971 - Billed as: "Barbara Mauritz & Lamb"). Lamb were formed by the duo of Texan singer Barbara