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	Bill Graham (promoter) - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bill Graham was born Wolfgang Grajonca in Berlin, the youngest son of a Russian Jewish family that had emigrated to Germany prior to the rise of Nazism.
		Graham was drafted into the United States Army in 1951 and served in the Korean War, where he won the Bronze Star and Purple Heart in combat.
		Graham had attended the event to discuss promoting a benefit concert for the victims of the 1991 Oakland firestorm, after a great portion of the Oakland/Berkeley Hills burned down.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Bill_Graham_(promoter) (1711 words)

	Bill Graham (promoter)
		Bill Graham (January 8, 1931 – October 25, 1991) was a well-known concert promoter, beginning in the 1960s.
		Bill Graham was born Wolfgang Grajonca in Berlin, the youngest son of a Jewish family that had emigrated to Germany prior to the rise of Nazism.
		Bill Sagan (Former CEO of EBP) of Minnetonka, MN recently bought a warehouse belonging to Bill Graham and has found hundreds of millions of dollars worth of merchandise and video/audio recordings of concerts in its basement.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Bill_Graham_(promoter) (1650 words)

	Vintage T-Shirts, Rock Posters, Concert T-Shirts, Concert Posters, Rock T-Shirts, Concert Shirt, Music Memorabilia, ...
		Graham staged a benefit for the group's legal defense fund with a line-up that included Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jefferson Airplane, the Fugs, and John Handy on November 6, 1965.
		Graham expanded his productions to New York City in 1968, and for three years the Fillmore East was the East Coast music Mecca for the tune in, drop out generation.
		Graham saw the future coming in the early 70s and didn't much like the look of it, but he figured if it was going to happen in his city it should be done right.
	www.wolfgangsvault.com /about.aspx?Type=BillGraham.htm (1471 words)

	Always Alone
		At a telling point in "Bill Graham Presents," the one-man show based on the life of the late rock 'n' roll impresario, Graham argues with a rabbi who is protesting the dance hall permit he needs to open the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco.
		The pugnacious Graham, once described as "a cross between Mother Teresa and Al Capone," was at the center of it all.
		Greenfield met Graham under more cordial circumstances in the 1970s, when he was a rock journalist and author researching his book "STP: A Journey Through America with the Rolling Stones." The writer and the impresario later "clicked" while commiserating during a disappointing concert of the Jefferson Airplane.
	www.jewishjournal.com /old/billgraham.5.5.0.htm (1179 words)

	Bill Graham (promoter) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bill Graham (January 8, 1931–October 25, 1991) was a well-known concert promoter, beginning in the 1960s.
		The San Francisco Civic Auditorium was renamed for Graham as a tribute and a memorial service held for him in Golden Gate Park attracted one of the biggest crowds the park had ever seen and included many of the bands Graham had been instrumental in supporting.
		Bill Sagan (Former CEO of EBP) of Minnetonka, MN recently bought Bill Graham Presents and has found hundreds of millions of dollars worth of merchandise and video/audio recordings of concerts in its archives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Graham_(promoter) (1672 words)

	Remembering Bill Graham by Seth Rogovoy
		As much as Graham accomplished professionally -- which was considerable, starting out as he did a penniless war orphan and winding up a multi-millionaire, all by the dint of a career he improvised practically out of thin air -- Greenfield says that there was a tragic side to Graham.
		Graham's dramatic story begins with his fateful march across Europe ahead of the Nazis and ends with his death in a helicopter crash in 1991 at age 60.
		Graham was midwife to the psychedelic San Francisco scene, nurturing such groundbreaking outfits as Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead.
	www.berkshireweb.com /rogovoy/interviews/graham.html (1049 words)

	Direct Textbooks Price Comparison for ISBN 0306813491: Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Graham was able to present virtually all the cutting edge bands of the time, including some acts, like Santana and the Allman Brothers, before they even had their first record out.
		Graham did with BGP, the Fillmore, and the Shoreline, to name but a few, was so enriching to the Bay Area musical community, not to mention he also put on shows in the far reaches of the world.
		Bill Graham was an inspiring, hard-headed, revolutionary and daring character that made the concert experience what it is today, both for punters and roadies. A must read for rock or any music fans.
	www.directtextbook.com /price.php?q=0306813491&p=prices&shippingtime=5 (1054 words)

	Bill Graham
		His father's life having been claimed in an accident just days after Bill's birth, his mother was forced to place both him and one of his sisters in an orphanage; later, while studying in France on an exchange program, the two were forced to flee the country during the Nazi invasion.
		Graham eventually made his way to New York and was raised in foster home in the Bronx.
		In 1980, Graham began occasionally hosting performances in the original Fillmore building, and by 1988 a branch of the now-monstrous entity Bill Graham Presents was again regularly presenting shows until the club was forced to close as a result of structural damage suffered in the 1989 earthquake.
	www.nndb.com /people/560/000044428 (534 words)

	.: BILL SILVA MANAGEMENT :.
		Bill Silva’s journey in the music industry began early in his life with a love of rock and roll.
		Bill grew up in the Bay Area attending concert pioneer Bill Graham’s “Days on the Green” at Oakland Coliseum.
		Bill also organizes and promotes nationwide tours, most notably 2000’s "Up in Smoke" tour with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog and Eminem, which became the most successful major tour of rap artists of all time.
	www.billsilvapresents.com /aboutus.html (1548 words)

	MTV: 'Bill Graham' To Premiere In Beverly Hills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		TV and film star Ron Silver has signed on to portray legendary concert promoter Bill Graham in a one-man play, "Bill Graham Presents," scheduled to premiere at the Canon Theater in Beverly Hills on April 30.
		Graham was an instrumental figure on the San Francisco music scene during the ’60s, promoting concerts for such artists and musicians as The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Doors, and The Allman Brothers, among others.
		Graham was killed in a helicopter accident on October 25 with two other members of his Bill Graham Presents production staff.
	www.u2world.com /news/article.php3?id_article=1835 (251 words)

	Bill Graham Presents review
		Bill Graham does most of the talking, but it's not a whitewash - there are interviews with Graham's detractors as well.
		Reflecting Graham's trailblazing efforts in the field of promotion, the book presents a great account of the development of the music scene in mid-1960's San Francisco, and, to a lesser extent, to the growth of artist-produced (as opposed to commercially produced) Rock and Roll from a small regional niche market to a major entertainment behemoth.
		Graham played a crucial role in this head-on collision of Art and Commerce; by his own account, he was not pleased with the result.
	mysite.verizon.net /trionic/trionic/graham.html (920 words)

	bill graham promoter information -- bill graham promoter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Promoter Bill Graham plays the faded hippie skeptic, bemoaning the kidsí swastika sensationalism and lack of chops, while rock critic Robert Hilburn shows that punkís noise and postures were already...
		So the promoter Bill Graham brought him into the dressing room for like a bit of solidarity, and the first thing he says is [assuming spot-on Dylan voice]: "Hey, Ian, what are they wearing...." And I...
		The ABB were a favorite of promoter Bill Graham and in their December 1970 appearance at his Fillmore East, they were in such rare form that they played encore after encore, not giving up the stage...
	www.seamgraham.info /billgrahampromoter (940 words)

	Legends: Mr. Bill Graham
		Bill Graham was born Wolfgang Grajonca, the child of Russian Jews who had moved to Berlin before his birth in 1931.
		Bill did much to promote other artistic endeavors and, truly, poking around that site, we find snippets of interviews, as well as a list of awards he received.
		Graham didn't simply stage thousands of rock concerts, that was business as usual for his skilled organization.
	designerjones.com /2005/12/25/legends-mr-bill-graham (539 words)

	WFMU Message Board - Bill Graham's rock archives
		The owner of the Graham archive is optimistic that some of the seminal performances will make it to retailers' shelves as CDs and DVDs by year's end.
		Six years after Graham died in a helicopter crash, SFX purchased Bill Graham Presents for $65 million.
		Gregg Perloff, a former exec at BGP hired by Graham in 1977, says that, contrary to some recent press reports, most BGP employees were knowledgeable about the archive.
	www.wfmu.org /messageboard/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=WFMU;action=display;num=1139958454 (747 words)

	Walfredo: Photos: Remembering Bill Graham
		We owe it to Bill for the San Francisco music venues we hold dear, and the phenomenon that he invented, a Rock Concert.
		Bill's vision was to create a space where people could gather and enjoy music and performance art in a safe, comfortable, and creative setting.
		Bill was as much a fan of the music and art of his generation as the people that patroned the venues he created throughout his career, from his first, the Fillmore Auditorium, to one of his last, The Shoreline Amphitheatre.
	www.walfredo.com /bill_graham.html (302 words)

	Bill Graham Presents
		BGP is also a major producer of televised figure skating (1994, '95, '96 and '97 "Ice Wars: USA vs. The World," 1994, '95, '96 and '97 "Rock-n-Roll Figure Skating Championships," 1994 "NationsBank Festival on Ice" and gymnastics (1993 "Tour of Champion Gymnasts," 1995, '96 and '97 "Rock-n-Roll Gymnastics Championship") events.
		BGP has produced and promoted hundreds of benefit events, showing a continuing interest and enthusiasm in aiding those less fortunate.
		In 1998, Bill Graham Enterprises was pruchased by SFX Entertainment, a publicly held company and the country's leading promoter abnd venue operator for live entertainment events and specialized motor events.
	www.yubasutterez.com /bill_graham_presents.htm (634 words)

	Amazon.ca: Rage & Roll: Bill Graham and the Selling of Rock: Books: John Glatt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bill Graham, the flamboyant rock concert promoter whose life, as depicted here, was a quest for sex, drugs, megabucks and stardom, arrived in the U.S. as a penniless eight-year-old refugee in 1939.
		In a fast-moving, colorful and well-researched portrait of the king of rock promotion, who died in a helicopter crash in 1991, freelance journalist Glatt limns an abrasive, hot-tempered impresario derailed by cocaine, sleeping pills, ego and self-doubt, who slept with a girlfriend while his wife Bonnie MacLean went into labor with their child.
		Graham came to the United States from Germany in 1941 in order to escape the Holocaust.
	www.amazon.ca /Rage-Roll-Bill-Graham-Selling/dp/1559722053 (600 words)

	Fillmore posters and Bill Graham poster series'
		Bill Graham was the founder and CEO of the world famous music production company Bill Graham Presents, or BGP.
		Bill Graham wanted all aspects of his concerts to be of the highest quality.
		This Bill Graham poster series commemorates concerts in New York at the Fillmore East and in the San Francisco Bay Area, Haight-Ashbury music scene at the Fillmore West from 1966 to 1971.
	www.visualtransformation.com /content/bgp.php (817 words)

	Bill Graham and Neil Young
		The reader is taken from Graham's childhood as a Jewish orphan, his escape from Nazi Germany on the eve of World War I, to becoming a success in the U.S., and up until his tragic death in 1991.
		As the consummate showman, Graham was constantly hyping both the press and fans, and his efforts to elevate CSNandY to a mythical status was somewhat characteristic.
		After Graham died in a helicopter crash on the way home after a Huey Lewis and the News show, there was really only one way to pay tribute to the man who invented rock promoting: a giant benefit concert.
	www.thrasherswheat.org /rns/graham.html (665 words)

	Market Wire News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bill Graham, for whom the Promoter of the Year award is named, is best known for his marriage of business acumen and musical vision.
		Attal is one of the youngest ever to be nominated for the Bill Graham Award and was also the most-nominated with four total nods: Promoter of the Year, Music Festival of the Year, Independent Promoter of the Year, and Nightclub of the Year for Stubb's BBQ, which Attal books and co-owns.
		CAP currently promotes over 800 shows a year and was listed in Pollstar as the 20th ranked promoter worldwide as measured by tickets sold.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_printer_friendly?release_id=110967&category= (597 words)

	Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out - PowerBookSearch! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Rock music promoter Graham and Greenfield (STP: A Journey Through America with the Rolling Stones) were collaborating on this unfailingly entertaining portrait when Graham died in a helicopter crash in 1991.
		Gritty, moving, funny, and always fascinating, Bill Graham Presents is the inside story of the explosive and unforgettable man who created the business of rock.
		Bill Graham Presents is the inside story of the explosive and unforgettable man who created the business of rock.
	www.powerbooksearch.com /booksearch0306813491.html (892 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com Television Guide
		A Holocaust refugee, an Eastern European Jew whose original name was nothing close to Graham, the promoter and manager midwifed the 1960s music scene in San Francisco and ultimately operated concert halls on both coasts and promoted concerts by the most prominent artists of his time.
		Graham visited her there, decided he liked the place and, in 1963, got a job as the business manager for the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the storied guerrilla theater company.
		But on his 50th birthday, Bill Graham told a friend: "I looked in the mirror this morning, I didn't know who I was, I didn't know who I was seeing.
	www.signonsandiego.com /tvradio/remote_bill_graham.html (813 words)

	Bill Graham: Promoting Rock and Roll
		Graham owned the Fillmore, San Francisco's premier club of the 1960s and also Fillmore East, which he opened in New York City in 1968.
		Bill Graham was born to Jewish-Russian parents in 1931 and was orphaned soon after.
		Hart was a soda jerk; Graham was a waiter.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/roadshow/series/highlights/2004/oklahomacity/fts_hour3_1.html (660 words)

	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium History
		Just at the entrance of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium are six bronze disks embedded into the sidewalk, each representing a Bay Area musician or personality who has been acknowledged for lifetime achievement in contributing to an original sound in American music.
		Concert promoter Bill Graham and musical innovators Carlos Santana and Jerry Garcia were the first to be included in the Walk of Fame.
		"Bill Graham had a vision that in San Francisco there was a huge audience hungry for inspired music by artists who were finding their own sound and their own message.
	www.billgrahamcivic.com /press/history.htm (1034 words)

	Jewhoo! - Biographies
		Bill Graham was a German Jewish refugee who barely escaped to China and then immigrated to America.
		Bill settled in San Francisco and in the mid-60’s became a rock promoter.
		Graham, as the book states, was a success because he was both a good businessman and someone who really cared about his audience and the performers.
	www.jewhoo.com /editor/profiles/amalierothschild.html (969 words)

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