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Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution Opening Reception — at Florida Holocaust Museum

ByBGMF September 1, 2018October 13, 2018

Thank you to everyone who attended the sold out program!

Along with viewing the exhibition, the opening reception included a panel discussion with Radio Personality and Executive Director of the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation Bonnie Simmons, Vice President of the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation Rita Gentry, Music Producer and CFO of the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation Danny Scher, and Bill Graham’s sons Alex and David Graham. Additionally, Ed Greene host of WMNF’s 88.5 FM The Freak Show emceed this program.

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WSL Radio’s Sirott and Murciano Interview David Graham

ByBGMF September 8, 2017September 18, 2017

Bob and Marianne interview David Graham about his father’s Bill Graham Exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum, longtime Chicagoan weather forecaster Jim Tilmon stops by to talk about his new book, controversial doctor Joseph Mercola talks about alternative medicine and healthy eating, plus hurricane updates from NBC reporter Laura Rodriguez, Aviation Meteorology Professor Rick DiMaio,…

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“Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution” heads to NYC

ByBGMF October 14, 2019October 23, 2019

We are thrilled to announce that the next landing spot for Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution, a comprehensive retrospective of Bill’s life and career, will be the New York Historical Society Museum and Library, opening February 14, 2020 and running through August 9, 2020.

The exhibition is also accompanied by an immersive audio experience.

Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution is organized and circulated by the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, in association with the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation, and made possible by the support of Alex Graham, David Graham, and Danny Scher. The exhibition is coordinated at New-York Historical by Cristian Petru Panaite, associate curator of exhibitions.

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8th Annual SF Giants Bill Graham Tribute

ByBGMF September 2, 2018February 7, 2019

8th Annual Bill Graham Tribute Night at AT&T Park SF Giants vs Colorado Rockies Friday Sept 14th 7:15 PM game time We are happy to announce that the SF Giants Bill Graham Tribute Night will take place Friday Sept 14th at AT&T Park. The SF Giants will be up against the Colorado Rockies. Game starts…

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Rock & roll at Holocaust Museum? Life of legendary concert promoter Bill Graham makes it happen

ByBGMF August 1, 2018September 4, 2018

From The Jewish Press of Pinellas County The Florida Holocaust Museum’s upcoming exhibit will intersect the Holocaust with the rock & roll explosion that ignited in the 1960s. Opening in St. Petersburg in August, “Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution” is the first exhibition to explore the extraordinary life of renowned concert impresario Bill…

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Photos: NYC Exhibit Reception and Panel

ByBGMF March 5, 2020April 1, 2020

Bill Graham and the Rock&Roll Revolution

Photos of the Reception and Panel, and audio of panel with Robert Greenfield, Jerry Pompili, Allan Arkush, Amalie Rothschild, Joshua White

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“Grammy Salute to Music Legends” Special includes tribute to Bill Graham
ByBGMF July 9, 2018August 1, 2018

RECORDING ACADEMY™ TO HONOR 2018 SPECIAL MERIT AWARDS RECIPIENTS WITH “GRAMMY SALUTE TO MUSIC LEGENDS®” TELEVISION SPECIAL AS PART OF “GREAT PERFORMANCES” SERIES ON PBS NEIL DIAMOND, EMMYLOU HARRIS, QUEEN, TINA TURNER, AND OTHERS TO BE HONORED AT THIRD ANNUAL AWARDS AND TRIBUTE CONCERT SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (June 12, 2018) — The Recording Academy™ will…

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Nelson Mandela for a Free South Africa 1990

After his release from prison in February of 1990, Nelson Mandela traveled extensively, making several trips to the United States. He came to the Bay Area in June 1990, where he was honored at a sold-out concert at the Oakland Coliseum.

For Bill Graham, it was important that the show reflected the supporters of Mandela and the makeup of the greater Bay Area. During a press conference Bill said that he felt strongly about what the Bay Area stands for having been the home of the free speech movement and so supportive of the labor movement, and that recognition should be given to those factors. In addition to that “the music at the event must be roots music that emanated from Africa extending into gospel and jazz and blues and r&b.”

Ticket prices were kept to $5.00 to make the event available to as many as possible and performers included Zulu Spear, John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt, the Oakland-based Vukani Mawethu Choir, Baba Olatunji and Mickey Hart, Tramaine Hawkins, Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia, Gospel Hummingbirds, John Lee Hooker, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, John Santos, Kotoja, as well as Bay Area drum and dance troupes.

At the event, acknowledging the Bay Area’s role as a U.S. center of activism against apartheid, Mandela told the crowd: “You must remember that you are our blood brothers and sisters. You are our comrades in the struggle. Remember that we respect you, we admire you and, above all, we love you. ‘We are at a crucial historical juncture,” he told a cheering crowd of 58,000 people, ”We shall not turn back. Despite my 71 years, at the end of this visit I feel like a young man of 35. I feel like an old battery that has been recharged. And if I feel so young, it is the people of the United States of America that are responsible for this.”

Line up for the Nelson Mandela 1990 concert

OUR BOYS STEEL ORCHESTRA
OPENING INVOCATION AND MASSED DRUM PROCESSION FEATURING: BABA OLATUNJI / MICKEY HART / LADZEKPO BROTHERS / MANDELEO INSTITUTE / JONI HAASTRUP / JOSE LORENZO WITH BATUCAJE I MICHAEL PLUZNICK / MOTHERSTONE / HINTIL KUU KA POMO CHILDREN DANCERS / PLUS BAY AREA DRUM AND DANCE TROUPES / WITH SPECIAL GUESTS JERRY GARCIA AND BOB WEIR
TRAMAINE HAWKINS
THE CAST OF SARAFINA
GOSPEL HUMMINGBIRDS
JOHN LEE HOOKER WITH BONNIE RAITT
BAY AREA JAZZ ALL-STARS WITH: FAVE CAROL / JOHN HANDY / BOBBY HUTCHERSON / ED KELLY/ TROY LAMPKIN / PHAROAH SANDERS / E.W. WAINWRIGHT
OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
MACHETE ENSEMBLE FEATURING: DAVID BELOVE / JOHN CALLOWAY / BILL ORTIZ / JOHN SANTOS / WAYNE WALLACE
BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS
ZULU SPEAR
KOTOJA
VUKANI MAWETHU
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MASS CHOIR

Audio: Bill Graham at the Press conference for the Nelson Mandela event

Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution Opening Reception — at Florida Holocaust Museum

WSL Radio’s Sirott and Murciano Interview David Graham

“Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution” heads to NYC

8th Annual SF Giants Bill Graham Tribute

Rock & roll at Holocaust Museum? Life of legendary concert promoter Bill Graham makes it happen

Photos: NYC Exhibit Reception and Panel

Bill Graham and the Rock&Roll Revolution

“Grammy Salute to Music Legends” Special includes tribute to Bill Graham

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