Night At The Family Dog / Go Ride The Music / Westpole

San Francisco was at the center of an explosion of artistic creation during the mid-to-late 60’s. Whether it was art, poetry or music, the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco was the place for like-minded individuals to explore and create. Renowned jazz columnist and television producer Ralph J. Gleason took note of the exploding rock music scene and created several groundbreaking television documentaries spotlighting the music emerging from San Francisco.

A Night At The Family Dog was videotaped in February 1970 at Family Dog on the Great Highway in San Francisco. The show captures the heyday and diversity of the San Francisco sound with live performances from Santana, The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane.

Go Ride The Music was recorded in 1969, focusing on two of the Bay Area’s biggest bands at the time – Jefferson Airplane & Quicksilver Messenger Service.

West Pole is an essay on the San Francisco music scene, originally airing in 1969. It features rare performances from local and national favorites, including The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Steve Miller Band, Ace of Cups and Sons of Champlin.

Tracklist

A Night At The Family Dog

Incident At Neshabur - Santana

Soul Sacrifice - Santana

Hard To Handle – The Grateful Dead

China Cat Sunflower – The Grateful Dead

I Know You Rider – The Grateful Dead

The Ballad of You And Me And Pooneil – Jefferson Airplane

Eskimo Blue Day – Jefferson Airplane

A Super Jam - featuring Carlos Santana, Jerry Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Paul Kantner and more!

Go Ride The Music 

We Can Be Together – Jefferson Airplane

Volunteers – Jefferson Airplane

Mexico – Jefferson Airplane

Warm Red Wine – Quicksilver Messenger Service

Somebody’s Crying – Quicksilver Messenger Service

Subway – Quicksilver Messenger Service

Plastic Fantastic Lover – Jefferson Airplane

Somebody To Love – Jefferson Airplane

Mona – Quicksilver Messenger Service

Emergency – Jefferson Airplane

Wooden Ships – Jefferson Airplane

West Pole

Music – Ace Of Cups

Roll With It – Steve Miller Band

Greasy Heart – Jefferson Airplane

New Potato Caboose – The Grateful Dead

Dino’s Song – Quicksilver Messenger Service

Sittin’ In Circles – Steve Miller Band

Simplicity – Ace Of Cups

Freedom – Sons of Champlin

Gospel Song – Ace Of Cups