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
Hampton Grease Band cult following, and was re-released on CD in 1996 with several minutes of additional material that had been edited off the vinyl release. The band was the lead-off band for Frank Zappa/Mothers last appearance at the Fillmore East on June 6, 1971. It was at this concert that Zappa and the Mothers recorded part of the "Live at the Fillmore East" album. Later that evening they were joined by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, also available in recorded versions. Lead guitarist Harold Kelling died in May, 2005. The Hampton Grease Band held their first reunion concert on June 2, 2006,