Mad River - Family Tree

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Mad River - A Live Performance History

Spring 1966	Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH	Mad River
Spring 1966	Yellow Springs, OH	Mad River
Summer 1966	Basement Club, Washington, DC	Mad River
Summer 1966	Bus Station Club, Washington, DC	Mad River
Summer 1966	The Blue Sparrow, Washington, DC	Mad River
Late 1966 to Spring 1967	Yellow Springs, OH	Mad River
March 1967	Unknown Studio Dayton, OH	Demos of the following songs were cut: Jerry's Tune, Leave Her Alone, Timothy and an early version of Wind Chimes
March 1967		Relocate to Berkeley
19 March 1967	Provo Park, Berkeley, CA	Loading Zone, Motor, New Delhi River Band, Ulysses S Crockett and the Afro Blues Persuasion, Mad River, Frumious Bandersnatch, Blue Cheer, Soul Purpose, Haymarket Riot [The Reversal of Earth Human Be-In]
09 April 1967	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA	Chambers Brothers, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Sandy Bull, Mad River (auditioning - thanks to contacts of Greg Dewey's sister)
14 April 1967	Panhandle Park, San Francisco, CA	Country Joe and the Fish, The New Age, Mad River, All Night Apothecary, The Groop, Morning Glory, The Moebills, Richard Brautigan [Candle Opera - Diggers free show, part of Spring Mobilization]
28 May 1967	Provo Park, Berkeley, CA	Loading Zone, Steve Miller Blues Band, Mad River, Purple Earthquake
03 June 1967	Isla Vista Beach, Santa Barbara, CA	Raw Violet, Flying Circus, Alexander's Timeless Blues Band, Mad River, Phoenix, Underground Railroad, and The Group. Poets: Richard Brautigan, Lenore Kandel, Charles Upton, Bill Fritch, Lew Welch, Jeff Sheppard, and Andrew Hoyem. Lights were provided by Aurora Clorialis [Pacific Coast Free Thing]
09 June 1967	New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
13 June 1967	New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
14 June 1967	New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
21 June 1967	Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA	Golden Gate Park, San Francisco with Big Brother and the Holding Company, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Mad River [Summer Solstice Festival]
08 July 1967	Pauley Ballroom, Berkeley, CA	Mad River, Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band, Hastings Street Opera [We Won’t Go Rock Dance Resistance Benefit]
11 August 1967	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	Moby Grape, Canned Heat, Vanilla Fudge (Mad River sit in using Moby Grape's amps on August 11)
13 August 1967	Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA	Patrick Sky, Mt. Rushmore, Mad River
15 September 1967	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	The Youngbloods, The Other Half, Mad River, North American Ibis Alchemical Co.
16 September 1967	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	The Youngbloods, The Other Half, Mad River, North American Ibis Alchemical Co.
17 September 1967	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	The Youngbloods, The Other Half, Mad River, North American Ibis Alchemical Co.
23 September 1967	Western Front, San Francisco, CA	Other Half, Freedom Highway, Peace, New Delhi River Band, Mad River
24 September 1967	Captain Ahab’s Homecoming, Muir Beach, CA	West Coast Natural Gas Co., Blue Cheer, Mad River, Freedom Highway, Serpent Power, Burgundy Blues, Raven, Travel Consul, Black Swan, Mark Spoelstra’s Jade Muse, Phoenix, Gail, Carol and Sue Crystal Lite Company (Captain Ahab's Homecoming)
05 October 1967	Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA	Mad River, Poets, Dr. David Smith [Benefit for Haight- Ashbury Free Clinic]
05 October 1967	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA	Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Grass Roots, Mad River, Lights by The Holy See
06 October 1967	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA	Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Grass Roots, Mad River, Lights by The Holy See
07 October 1967	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA	Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Grass Roots, Mad River, Lights by The Holy See
08 October 1967	Family Park, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA	Big Brother and the Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Mother Earth, Mad River, Freedom Highway, Ace of Cups, Dr. West’s Medicine Show [Haight Ashbury Medical Clinical Benefit]
13 October 1967	Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley, CA	Mad River (Send-off for Caravan for Washington (Oct 21), sponsored by Campus Mobilization Committee)
29 October 1967	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA	Jefferson Airplane, Mother Earth, Mad River, The Committee, Phoenix [Benefit for Prop P]
10 November 1967	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	The Youngbloods, Mad River
11 November 1967	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	The Youngbloods, Mad River
12 November 1967	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	The Youngbloods, Mad River
21 November 1967	Steppenwolf, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
22 November 1967	Steppenwolf, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
28 November 1967	Steppenwolf, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
29 November 1967	Steppenwolf, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
01 December 1967	Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA	Mad River, Santana Blues Band, Lights by Puppy Farm
02 December 1967	Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA	Mad River, Santana Blues Band, Lights by Puppy Farm
03 December 1967	Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA	Mad River, Santana Blues Band, Lights by Puppy Farm
05 December 1967	Steppenwolf, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
06 December 1967	Steppenwolf, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
16 December 1967	2677 Mission St, San Francisco, CA	Mad River [Anti-Policeman’s Ball]
17 December 1967	Steppenwolf, Berkeley, CA	Mad River, New Delhi River Band, Lincoln's Promise, Savage Resurrection, Sky Blue (Lights By Provo) [Peace and Freedom Party Benefit]
31 December 1967	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	Blue Cheer, Country Joe & the Fish, Lee Michaels, The Flamin' Groovies, Mad River, Mt. Rushmore, The Diogenes Lantern Works
07 January 1968	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA	Phil Ochs, The Loading Zone, Blue Cheer, Mad River, Mt. Rushmore, Committee Benefit for “Stop the Draft” Week.
26 January 1968	Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA	Mad River, Sons of Champlin, Peace
27 January 1968	Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA	Mad River, Sons of Champlin, Peace
30 January 1968	Pauley Ballroom, Berkeley, CA	Country Joe and the Fish, Charlie Musselwhite, Mad River [ASUC Benefit Dance]
02 February 1968	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	Electric Flag, Mad River, Fugs, 13th Floor Elevators
03 February 1968	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	Electric Flag, Mad River, Fugs, 13th Floor Elevators
04 February 1968	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	Electric Flag, Mad River, Fugs, 13th Floor Elevators
16 February 1968	Balconades, 181 W Santa Clara, San Jose, CA	Quicksilver Messenger Service, Freedom Highway, Mad River
31 March 1968	New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA	Mad River, Frumious Bandersnatch, Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band, Notes from Underground [Benefit for Port Chicago Vigil]
10 April 1968	Steppenwolf, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
14 April 1968	Provo Park, Berkeley, CA	Country Joe and the Fish, Mad River, Loading Zone, SF Mime Troupe performing “Ruzzante or The Veteran”
02 May 1968	Retinal Circus, Vancouver BC. Canada	Mad River, Mother Tuckers, Yellow Duck, Seeds of Time, Paisley Rain, Addled Chromish
03 May 1968	Retinal Circus, Vancouver BC. Canada	Mad River, Mother Tuckers, Yellow Duck, Seeds of Time, Paisley Rain, Addled Chromish
04 May 1968	Retinal Circus, Vancouver BC. Canada	Mad River, Mother Tuckers, Yellow Duck, Seeds of Time, Paisley Rain, Addled Chromish
16 May 1968	Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA	Mad River, Frumious Bandersnatch (Mad River were scheduled to also play the 17th, but for reasons I don’t recall they and Frumious Bandersnatch were replaced by Allmen Joy, Curley Cooke's Hurdy Gurdy Band and Petrus)
19 May 1968	Provo Park, Berkeley, CA	Mad River, The Circus, Crystal Syphon
24 May 1968	Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	HP Lovecraft, Clara Ward Singers, Mad River [replacing Big Brother and the Holding Company who had cancelled]
25 May 1968	Frost Amphitheatre, Stamford, Palo Alto, CA [McCarthy For President]	Peter, Paul & Mary, Mr Soul, Early Morning Fog, Mad River, Diamond Jim
25 May 1968	Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	HP Lovecraft, Clara Ward Singers, Mad River [replacing Big Brother and the Holding Company who had cancelled]
26 May 1968	Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	HP Lovecraft, Clara Ward Singers, Mad River [replacing Big Brother and the Holding Company who had cancelled]
23 July 1968	New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
24 July 1968	New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
25 July 1968	New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA	Mad River
10 August 1968	Provo Park, Berkeley, CA	Allman Joy, Immaculate Contraption, Mad River [GI Teach In]
20 September 1968	Marina High School, Hayward, CA	The People, Mad River, Abercrombie Lights [Welcome Dance]
15 October 1968	Matrix, San Francisco, CA	Harvey Mandel, Mad River
16 October 1968	Matrix, San Francisco, CA	Harvey Mandel, Mad River
17 October 1968	Matrix, San Francisco, CA	Harvey Mandel, Mad River
20 October 1968	Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA	Canned Heat, Grateful Dead, Mad River, Stonehenge, Linn County [All Cal Rock Festival]
25 October 1968	New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA	Mad River, Popcorn [who were replacing Orion who was originally scheduled to appear]
26 October 1968	Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton, CA	Johnny Rivers, Jose Feliciano, Eric Burdon and The Animals, Iron Butterfly, Fraternity of Man, Buddy Miles Express, Rejoice, Lee Michaels, Mad River, Womb, Spyders [San Francisco Pop Festival]
26 October 1968	New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA	Mad River, Popcorn [who were replacing Orion who was originally scheduled to appear]
03 November 1968	Mandrake’s, Berkeley, CA	Notes from the Underground, Mad River, Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band [Dick Gregory Benefit]
04 November 1968	Provo Park, Berkeley, CA	Notes from the Underground, Mad River, Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band, Sky Blue, Country Weather
29 November 1968	Pavilion Auditorium, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA	Mad River, Coffee, Groovy Cactus, Gilded Cage
16 January 1969	Pauley Ballroom, Berkeley, CA	Steve Miller Band, Sons of Champlin, Mad River, Mint Tattoo, Frumious Bandersnatch, Allmen Joy, Better Half (Corry suggests that the venue for January 16, 1969performance is probably the old Mariners Union Hall (as per Sons of Champlin road manager Charlie Kelly), not the Pauley Ballroom, pending other evidence)
28 February 1969	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	Love, Mad River, Zephyr
01 March 1969	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	Love, Mad River, Zephyr
02 March 1969	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA	Love, Mad River, Zephyr
21 March 1969	Finnish Center, Berkeley, CA (1819 10th Street, 10th & Hearst)	MC5, Mad River, Sky Blue, Flesh, Joy of Cooking [Benefit for Black & White Panther candidates for Berkeley city elections].  This venue may also have been known as the Finnish Cultural Hall.
22 March 1969	Finnish Center, Berkeley, CA (1819 10th Street, 10th & Hearst)	MC5, Mad River, Sky Blue, Flesh, Joy of Cooking [Benefit for Black & White Panther candidates for Berkeley city elections].  This venue may also have been known as the Finnish Cultural Hall.
11 April 1969	New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA	Congress of Wonders, Mad River
12 April 1969	New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA	Congress of Wonders, Mad River
01 May 1969	Vaudeville, Berkeley, CA	Mad River, Lamb, Douglas Mac and His Electric Moog, James Smith, Dementia, James Rinehart
02 May 1969	Poppycock, Palo Alto, CA	Mad River
03 May 1969	Poppycock, Palo Alto, CA	Mad River
23 May 1969	Practice Field, San Jose State College Aquarian Family Festival	Ace of Cups, All Men Joy, Birth, Beggars Opera, Boz Skaggs, Crabs, Crow, Cleanliness & Godliness Skiffle Band, Devine Madness, Denver, Scratch, Elgin Marble, Flaming Groovies, Frumious Bandersnatch, Gentle Dance, Greater Carmichael Traveling Street Band, Glass Mountain, High Country, Jefferson Airplane, Joy of Cooking, Last Mile, Libras, Lamb, Living Color, Linn County, Mother Ball,  Morning Glory, Mad River, Mt. Rushmore, Nymbus, Old Davis, Red Grass, Green Smoke, Rubber Maze,  Rising Tide, Rejoice, Sunrise, Sable, Sons of Champlin, Sounds Unlimited Blues Band,  Sandy Bull, The Steve Miller Band,  Stoned Fox, South Bay Experimental Flash, Throckmorton, Tree of Life, Weird Herald, Womb, Warren Purcell, Zephyr Grove
24 May 1969	Practice Field, San Jose State College Aquarian Family Festival	Ace of Cups, All Men Joy, Birth, Beggars Opera, Boz Skaggs, Crabs, Crow, Cleanliness & Godliness Skiffle Band, Devine Madness, Denver, Scratch, Elgin Marble, Flaming Groovies, Frumious Bandersnatch, Gentle Dance, Greater Carmichael Traveling Street Band, Glass Mountain, High Country, Jefferson Airplane, Joy of Cooking, Last Mile, Libras, Lamb, Living Color, Linn County, Mother Ball,  Morning Glory, Mad River, Mt. Rushmore, Nymbus, Old Davis, Red Grass, Green Smoke, Rubber Maze,  Rising Tide, Rejoice, Sunrise, Sable, Sons of Champlin, Sounds Unlimited Blues Band,  Sandy Bull, The Steve Miller Band,  Stoned Fox, South Bay Experimental Flash, Throckmorton, Tree of Life, Weird Herald, Womb, Warren Purcell, Zephyr Grove
25 May 1969	Practice Field, San Jose State College Aquarian Family Festival	Ace of Cups, All Men Joy, Birth, Beggars Opera, Boz Skaggs, Crabs, Crow, Cleanliness & Godliness Skiffle Band, Devine Madness, Denver, Scratch, Elgin Marble, Flaming Groovies, Frumious Bandersnatch, Gentle Dance, Greater Carmichael Traveling Street Band, Glass Mountain, High Country, Jefferson Airplane, Joy of Cooking, Last Mile, Libras, Lamb, Living Color, Linn County, Mother Ball,  Morning Glory, Mad River, Mt. Rushmore, Nymbus, Old Davis, Red Grass, Green Smoke, Rubber Maze,  Rising Tide, Rejoice, Sunrise, Sable, Sons of Champlin, Sounds Unlimited Blues Band,  Sandy Bull, The Steve Miller Band,  Stoned Fox, South Bay Experimental Flash, Throckmorton, Tree of Life, Weird Herald, Womb, Warren Purcell, Zephyr Grove
June 1969	Unknown Venue, CO	The final show was in Colorado. With an unclear future and Vietnam becoming a popular destination for many young men, the band call it a day. But 41 years later ....

 

 

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