From Public Figures 

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bio

Bill Graham and the Rock and Roll Revolution

2020 Video Remembering Bill

We adjourned to the dressing room while Roland Kirk went on for his first set. During the break I somehow became deeply engrossed in a conversation with Butterfield’s organ player, who seemed to me like he might have had some of the same stuff I did, because we were excitedly and diligently translating radio beeps that we figured were being received from outer space. Suddenly Bill Graham, with his notoriously fierce temper, was staring at me, angrily asking, “Young man, do you realize what time it is?”

“Yes, it’s now, it’s always now,” I replied.

“You get down onto that stage or you’ll never play in this hall again!!” Graham threatened. “You were supposed to be down there five minutes ago! You’re not a big enough star to make these people wait,” he roared.

Excerpt from A Night at the Fillmore