1967 Country Joe and the Fish Poster, Finnish Brotherhood Hall, Berkeley, San Francisco, Psychedelic folk rock music, wall art decor

1967 Country Joe and the Fish Poster, Finnish Brotherhood Hall, Berkeley University, San Francisco, Psychedelic folk rock, wall art decor

Original concert poster presented by the Golden Sheaf Bakery in Berkeley, San Francisco. This show featured Country Joe & The Fish, The Wildflower and The Wildflower.
Concert memorabilia.
Printed by San Francisco Poster Company - these are early 1970s reprints using the original printing plates.
Artist: Loren Rehbock 1966
Dimensions: 20 in x 15 in (51 cm x 38 cm)

Country Joe and the Fish was an American psychedelic rock band formed in Berkeley, California, in 1965. The band was among the influential groups in the San Francisco music scene during the mid- to late 1960s. Much of the band's music was written by founding members Country Joe McDonald and Barry "The Fish" Melton, with lyrics pointedly addressing issues of importance to the counterculture, such as anti-war protests, free love, and recreational drug use. Through a combination of psychedelia and electronic music, the band's sound was marked by innovative guitar melodies and distorted organ-driven instrumentals which were significant to the development of acid rock.

Of all the bands that made up the mid-‘60s San Francisco scene, the Wildflower may have been the perfect conglomeration of Haight Street expectations. Combining the streamlined, jet-age folk-rock sound of Takes Off-era Jefferson Airplane, jammy aspects of the Grateful Dead, the pretty harmonies of Sopwith Camel and We Five, bluesy numbers like Quicksilver Messenger Service and Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the folk punk of the Harbinger Complex, the Wildflower were not some cheap imitation of these groups. They were contemporaries of them, sharing smoky nightclubs and ballroom stages from day one. And though they were there from the beginning, were courted and trotted out with the best of them, the Wildflower never landed "the big one," and thus, sadly and unfairly, have remained but a footnote in San Francisco music history.

Because of the age of these posters, there are areas of wear and tear, particularly on the edges. I have done my best to take photos where they are torn or stained. The good news is that when framed, the tears press up well against glass, and edges can be hidden by mats. Any wear picked up from years are part of the vintage charm.

When framed these colourful and detailed posters, with vibrant colours can become a centre piece for any room, to remind us of a simpler time.

These posters are sent as unframed. They will be delivered in a cardboard tube for protection.

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