LOVE STREET LIGHT CIRCUS
AND FEELGOOD MACHINE!!!
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LOVE STREET, AS IT WAS COMMONLY CALLED, WAS THE PREMIER PSYCHEDELIC NIGHTSPOT OF HOUSTON DURING THE LATE 1960S. IT FEATURED MANY OF THE AREA'S TOP BANDS--PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT RECORDED ON THE INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS LABEL (13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS, BUBBLE PUPPY, ETC). BUT OTHERS, LIKE JOHNNY WINTER, ALSO PERFORMED ON A REGULAR BASIS. EVENTUALLY, THE CLUB MERGED WITH INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS. LOVE STREET ATTEMPTED TO EXPAND AND OPENED A CLUB IN CORPUS CHRISTI (VERY SHORT LIVED) AND ANOTHER CLUB IN SAN ANTONIO (ALSO SHORT LIVED). IT EVEN PUT ON A SHOW IN WACO, TEXAS FEATURING BUBBLE PUPPY! TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, LOVE STREET OPENED BEFORE THE VULCAN GAS COMPANY OPENED IN AUSTIN!!!HOWEVER, THE VULCAN WAS PRODUCING SHOWS AT OTHER VENUES (SUCH AS DORIS MILLER AUDITORIUM) BEFORE LOVE STREET OPENED IN HOUSTON. LOVE STREET'S MAIN COMPETITION IN HOUSTON CAME FROM THE CATACOMBS. OF COURSE, THE LARGEST ACTS (HENDRIX, BEATLES, ETC) PERFORMED AT THE SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM AND OTHER HUGE CONCERT HALLS. BE SURE TO VISIT THOSE WEBSITES TOO!!! AND PLEASE REMEMBER THAT I BUY CONCERT POSTERS!!! SEE THE NOTICE BELOW!!!
THIS IS THE GRAND OPENING
POSTER FOR THE
LOVE STREET LIGHT CIRCUS AND FEEL GOOD MACHINE
IN HOUSTON, TEXAS ON JUNE 3rd 1967. THE BANDS
INCLUDED THE RED CRAYOLA, THE STARVATION
ARMY BAND AND FEVER TREE. THE REVERSE SIDE
OF THIS HANDBILL IS AUTOGRAPHED BY MEMBERS
OF JEFFERSON AIRPLANE WHO VISITED LOVE STREET
AFTER A PERFORMANCE IN HOUSTON. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS THE
SECOND VERSION OF THE HANDBILL THAT WAS PRINTED AND THAT IT
WAS MORE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED THAN THE FIRST VERSION. DURING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ORIGINAL OWNER, HE INDICATED THAT NO ONE
COULD READ THE FIRST VERSION (SEE BELOW!)
THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST VERSION OF THE GRAND
OPENING
POSTER (OR LARGE HANDBILL) FOR THE LOVE
STREET LIGHT CIRCUS. IT PROMOTES THE SAME BANDS
AND THE SAME DATES, BUT INCLUDES A LOT
OF INFORMATION IN THE PSYCHEDELIC LETTERING
AN ENTIRE WALL INSIDE THE
CLUB
WAS COVERED WITH THESE GENERIC
LOVE STREET POSTERS!
IF YOU FIND ONE OF THESE POSTERS WITHOUT A WHITE
BORDER, IT HAS BEEN TRIMMED!
THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS PERFORMED
AT LOVE STREET NUMEROUS TIMES.
THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS PERFORMED
AT LOVE STREET ON NOVEMBER 22, 1967.
THE SAME IMAGE USED ON THE
13 FLOOR ELEVATORS HANDBILL
ABOVE WAS USED ON THIS HANDBILL PROMOTING
A NOVEMBER 3, 1967 SHOW AT LOVE STREET.
IT WAS ALSO USED TO PROMOTE SAN ANTONIO SHOWS
(SEE BELOW)
THIS BEAUTIFUL
SILK-SCREENED,
DAY-GLO POSTER PROMOTES A MUSIC MACHINE
CONCERT AT LOVE STREET
JOHNNY WINTER PERFORMED REGULARLY
AT LOVE STREET. WINTER WAS FROM BEAUMONT AND
LIKED TO HANG OUT IN HOUSTON.
BEFORE FORMING Z.Z. TOP,
BILLY GIBBONS WAS
THE LEAD GUITAR PLAYER IN THE MOVING SIDEWALKS.
THIS ACID ROCK BAND PERFORMED AT LOVE STREET ON
A REGULAR BASIS AND SERVED AS THE BACK-UP BAND FOR JIMI HENDRIX ON ONE OF HIS
TOURS OF TEXAS.
AFTER LEAVING THE MOVING
SIDEWALKS. BILLY GIBBONS FORMED ANOTHER BAND. Z.Z. TOP PERFORMED ITS FIRST
EVER SHOW AT LOVE STREET. THIS HANDBILL PROMOTES THAT SHOW. THE LINE-UP
DID NOT INCLUDE DUSTY OR RUSTY.
THE NAZZ AND THE TREEKS
PERFORMED AT LOVE STREET,
BUT MOST NATIONAL ACTS PERFORMED AT LARGER VENUES
LOCAL HEAVY METAL BANDS
SUCH AS SATURNALIA ALSO PERFORMED
AT LOVE STREET. THIS CONCERT IS A BENEFIT FOR THE LOCAL
UNDERGROUND NEWSPAPER, THE SPACE CITY NEWS.
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BAND, THE SHERWOODS,
PERFORMING AT LOVE STREET.
NOTE THE INCREDIBLE LIGHT SHOW
ANOTHER IMAGE OF THE SHERWOODS AT LOVE STREET
IMAGE FROM THE INTERIOR OF LOVE STREET
CIRCA LATE 1967
NOTICE THE GO-GO DANCERS ON THE LEFT, THE J.W.EP. LIGHT SHOW
AND THE CUSHIONS PROVIDED FOR THE "ZONK OUTS" ON THE FLOOR!!!
HERE IS AN IMAGE OF THE GRAND OPENING HANDBILL
FOR THE SHORT-LIVED LOVE STREET IN
CORPUS CHRISTI. FRIENDS FROM CORPUS TELL ME
THAT THE LOCAL POLICE WOULD PARK ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE CLUB AND ARREST PATRONS AS THEY DEPARTED.
THIS HANDBILL PROMOTES BUBBLE PUPPY, GINGER VALLEY
AND THE ZACHERY THAKS.
HERE IS AN IMAGE OF A HANDBILL
FOR THE SHORT-LIVED LOVE STREET IN
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. IT DIDN'T LAST
VERY LONG IN THE ALAMO CITY!
HERE IS AN IMAGE OF A LARGE
POSTER
FOR LOVE STREET IN SAN ANTONIO.
NOTICE THAT IT PROMOTES "HEMISFAIR 1968"
ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF THE POSTER!
HERE IS AN IMAGE OF HANDBILL
PROMOTING A BUBBLE PUPPY CONCERT
IN WACO, TEXAS. THAT MUST HAVE BEEN INTERESTING!
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE
HAVE AN IMAGE OF A
COUPON FOR ADMISSION AND A FREE DRINK
AT LOVE STREET!!!
IF YOU HAVE ANY
POSTERS, HANDBILLS OR OTHER MEMORABILIA FROM
LOVE STREET OR OTHER PSYCHEDELIC CLUBS IN TEXAS PLEASE CONTACT ME!
HIGHEST DOLLAR PAID!!!
PLEASE
EMAIL ME AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW
dennishickey@missouristate.edu