1968 VG-680927 Jim Franklin Big Joe Williams Sky Blues Vulcan Gas Company Austin Handbill Near Mint 89

This original handbill by Texas artist Jim Franklin promotes Big Joe Williams and Sky Blues at the Vulcan Gas Company in 1968. During the 1960s, a small group of students began promoting psychedelic rock and blues concerts in the Austin area. They were originally known as the Electric Grandmother and later became the Vulcan Gas Company. Eventually they opened a venue under the same name. It was mostly a room for regional Texas artists and not frequented by the larger national touring acts of the day, however from time to time the more well-known bands would perform there.

Handbills from the Vulcan can be difficult to find these days in ANY condition. In many ways Austin local authorities were not prepared to have a bubbling psychedelic nightclub in the heart of the city in the late sixties. High school students at local schools were often expelled for distributing the handbills for these shows and local newspapers refused to run ads for any of the concerts. Original material from the Vulcan is scarce.

--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE VG-680927 Handbill
--GRADE Near Mint 89
--PERFORMERS Big Joe Williams, Sky Blues
--VENUE Vulcan Gas Company Austin
--DATE 9/27/1968
--SIZE 7.00 x 9.00
--PRINTING Original Pre-Concert First Printing Handbill


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