Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$360.00
Starting bid: $10.00
This fantastic "Blues Bag One" 1971 Lot includes: One original flyer; a pre event invitation; artist contracts (secretary signed) and newspaper reviews. The contracts include Duane Allman and Mississippi Fred McDowell. Newspaper pages are from the Philadelphia Inquire, Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Bulletin (see all lot photos).
We are pleased to offer this rare handbill from 1971 for "Blues Bag One", a charity event for disadvantaged youth held at Philadelphia Civic Center. The Allman Brothers headlined this once-in-a-lifetime blues jam. Promoter William Kelley conceived of Blues Bag and, with the counsel of Duane Allman, booked a blues-heavy lineup of guitar virtuosos. The lineup included Luther Allison and Buddy Guy, featuring legendary bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell and 22-year-old Bonnie Raitt.
In the summer of 1971, The Allman Brothers were on the cusp of critical and commercial success, having released the incomparable At Fillmore East album just a month earlier. However, as fate would have it, the band tragically lost its musical and spiritual leader within three months of this show. Duane Allman took his final ride on October 29, 1971, at 24.
There is very little detail left from the show other than these clippings
- https://www.duaneallman.info/chronologypart4.htm
- https://www.duaneallman.info/images/article08161971.jpg
- https://www.duaneallman.info/images/thephiladelphiainquirer08151971page6c.jpg
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: Blues Bag One Flyer
--GRADE: Mint 93 (Also the Pre-event invitation is 3 x 4 and Graded Mint 93).
--PERFORMERS: Allman Brothers Band, Buddy Guy, Fred McDowell, Bonnie Raitt, Luther Allison
--VENUE: Philadelphia Civic Center
--CITY: Philadelphia, PA
--DATE: 8/16/1971
--SIZE: 8.5 x 11"
--PRINTING: Original Flyer
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