Comments on: Bill Graham: An Appreciation http://themoderatevoice.com/16936/bill-graham-an-appreciation/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:36:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SteveK http://themoderatevoice.com/16936/bill-graham-an-appreciation/comment-page-1/#comment-140797 SteveK Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:05:07 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/an-appreciation/16936/bill-graham-an-appreciation/#comment-140797 Being of the era (and in the neighborhood) my first thoughts of Bill Graham are initially anger... There was a lot of angry because he charged us $3 where as before he set up shop Speedway Meadows concerts happened almost every weekend during good weather and they were FREE!!! All in all though he's contribution to rock and roll is immeasurable. <br><br>Note: His last show (the <a href="http://www.dead101.com/1335.htm">"Bill Graham Memorial Concert"</a> at the Polo Grounds 11/3/91) was free and I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Being of the era (and in the neighborhood) my first thoughts of Bill Graham are initially anger… There was a lot of angry because he charged us $3 where as before he set up shop Speedway Meadows concerts happened almost every weekend during good weather and they were FREE!!! All in all though he's contribution to rock and roll is immeasurable.

Note: His last show (the “Bill Graham Memorial Concert” at the Polo Grounds 11/3/91) was free and I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

]]> By: GeorgeSorwell http://themoderatevoice.com/16936/bill-graham-an-appreciation/comment-page-1/#comment-140796 GeorgeSorwell Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:24:23 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/an-appreciation/16936/bill-graham-an-appreciation/#comment-140796 And as the doors fly open even the promoter smiles. And as the doors fly open even the promoter smiles.

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