Winterland Ballroom (more commonly known as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland ) was an ice skating rink and music venue in San Francisco , California , United States. The arena was located at the corner of Post Street and Steiner Street. It was converted for exclusive use as a music venue in 1971 by concert promoter Bill Graham and became a popular performance location for many rock acts. Graham later formed a merchandising company called Winterland Productions , which sold concert shirts, memorabilia , and official sports team merchandise.
15-539: The venue was opened on June 29, 1928, as the New Dreamland Auditorium . It served as an ice skating rink that could be converted into a seated entertainment venue. Sometime in the late 1930s the building's name was changed to Winterland , and it successfully operated through the Great Depression . It was built in 1928 for $ 1 million (equivalent to $ 17.7 million in 2023). The New Dreamland
30-599: A double bill of Jefferson Airplane and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band , Bill Graham began to occasionally rent the venue, which had an audience capacity of 5,400, for larger concerts that his nearby Fillmore Auditorium could not properly accommodate. After closing the Fillmore West in 1971, he began to hold regular weekend shows at Winterland. Various popular rock acts played there, including such bands and musicians as Bruce Springsteen ,
45-467: The Destroyers . It was released in 1977 by the label Rounder Records . Consisting mostly of covers of blues hits, it includes a medley of John Lee Hooker 's "House Rent Boogie" and " One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer ", the latter a song written by Rudy Toombs for Amos Milburn , and later covered by Hooker. In 2015 Rounder Records released a new remix of the original album was released under
60-693: The E Street Band . Springsteen's December 15 show was broadcast on local radio station KSAN-FM . Winterland closed on New Year's Eve 1978 / New Year's Day 1979 with a concert by the Grateful Dead , New Riders of the Purple Sage , and The Blues Brothers . The show lasted for over eight hours, with the Grateful Dead's performance—documented on DVD and CD as The Closing of Winterland —lasting nearly six hours, beginning at midnight with Bill Graham's favorite Dead tune, Sugar Magnolia. After
75-1111: The Rolling Stones , the J. Geils Band , the Who , Black Sabbath , James Gang , Kansas , Mahogany Rush , Quicksilver Messenger Service , UFO , REO Speedwagon , Queen , Slade , Boston , Cream , Yes , Fleetwood Mac , Kiss , the Doors , Jimi Hendrix , Steppenwolf , Lynyrd Skynyrd , Styx , Van Morrison , the Allman Brothers Band , Grateful Dead , the Band , Big Brother and the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin ), Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Neil Young, Jethro Tull , Pink Floyd , Ten Years After , Wishbone Ash , Rush , Electric Light Orchestra , David Bowie , Genesis , Santana , Jefferson Airplane , Sons of Champlin , Sex Pistols , Traffic , Golden Earring , Grand Funk Railroad , Humble Pie , Bob Seger and
90-842: The Silver Bullet Band, Robin Trower , Emerson, Lake & Palmer , Sha Na Na , Loggins and Messina , Lee Michaels , Heart , Journey , Deep Purple , J.J. Cale , Spirit , the Chambers Brothers , Alice Cooper , Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention , Foghat , Mountain , B.B. King , Montrose , George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers and Elvis Costello . Led Zeppelin first performed their song " Whole Lotta Love " there. The Tubes headlined New Year's Eve 1975 with Flo and Eddie . Many of
105-607: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 218671437 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:44:32 GMT George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers George Thorogood and the Destroyers is the self-titled debut studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and
120-480: The bass overdubs by Billy Blough, which were added after the original recording sessions. It also adds the previously unreleased Elmore James track "Goodbye Baby". George Thorogood and the Destroyers received positive reviews from critics. A Cashbox reviewer wrote "Thorogood deals strongly in early '50s style rock and timeless blues and this album captures him at his slidin', pickin', wailin' best." Billboard magazine wrote "Rocking rhythm and blues, accented by
135-538: The best-known rock acts from the 1960s and 1970s played at Winterland or played two blocks away across Geary Boulevard at the original Fillmore Auditorium . Peter Frampton recorded parts of the fourth-best-selling live album ever, Frampton Comes Alive! , at Winterland. The Grateful Dead made Winterland their home base, and The Band played their last show there on Thanksgiving Day 1976. That concert, featuring numerous guest performers including Neil Young , Eric Clapton , Bob Dylan , Joni Mitchell , and many others,
150-434: The course of American blues or rock ‘n’ roll but it made them a bit more enjoyable. It is an album for the beer hall or smoky night club." (*) The song is titled "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer", but is a medley of that song preceded by "House Rent Boogie", also called "John L's House Rent Boogie". The songwriter is credited as John Lee Hooker, who was indeed the author of "House Rent Boogie". John Lee Hooker's version of
165-428: The name George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers. Rounder Records released George Thorogood and the Destroyers on August 16, 1977. The album eventually sold more than 600,000 copies. Three tracks from the album were released as singles. In 2015 Rounder released George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers , a new remix of the album featuring the three-piece band as originally recorded and mixed. It omits
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#1732779872228180-478: The show, the crowd was treated to a hot, buffet-style champagne breakfast. The final show was simulcast live on radio station KSAN-FM and the local PBS TV station KQED . Winterland was eventually razed in 1985 and replaced by apartments. A number of films and recordings were made in whole or in part at the Winterland Arena. Ice skating rink Too Many Requests If you report this error to
195-533: The slide guitar, gives the album a nostalgic '60s sound. Rhythm section backup is tight while the vocals, though somewhat strained, are distinctive enough to stand out." AllMusic `s Stephen Thomas Erlewine says "this album isn't about groove and it's certainly not about virtuosity -- it's about bashing out the blues at a punishing volume, and their lack of subtlety is why this 1977 debut still sounds powerful years after its release." David Bowling of Daily Vault wrote " George Thorogood And The Destroyers did not change
210-827: Was built on the site of the Dreamland Rink (midway on the west side of Steiner between Post and Sutter) and Sid Grauman 's National Theatre (on the corner of Post and Steiner). In 1936, Winterland began hosting the Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies . Impresario Clifford C. Fischer staged an authorized production of the Folies Bergère , the Folies Bergère of 1944 , at the Winterland Ballroom in November 1944. The Ballroom hosted opera , boxing and tennis matches. Starting on September 23, 1966, with
225-615: Was filmed by Martin Scorsese and released in theaters and as a soundtrack under the name The Last Waltz . Winterland also hosted the Sex Pistols ' final show, on January 14, 1978. During Winterland's final month of existence, shows were booked nearly every night. Acts included the Sex Pistols , The Tubes , Ramones , Smokey Robinson , Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , and on December 15–16, 1978, Bruce Springsteen &
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