Archive for the ‘The Keystone’ Category


Early Slayer show at the Keystone Berkeley (VIDEO)

Archive Entry Date: 5/23/84

Slayer rips apart the Keystone Berkeley

Hugh Mundell Live (AUDIO)

Archive Entry Date: 5/30/82

Hear Hugh Mundell at the Keystone Berkeley

John Seabury’s Pino Jam Extravaganza flyer

Archive Entry Date: 8/10/81

This fun flyer, drawn by Psycotic Pinneapple bassist John Seabury

Dead Kennedys Stir Up Trouble At the Keystone (AUDIO)

Archive Entry Date: 6/28/81

The urgent sounds of the Dead Kennedys

Flipper play a KALX benefit at Keystone Berkeley (AUDIO)

Archive Entry Date: 6/28/1981

The slow churning sounds of Flipper

Psycotic Pineapple Live at the Keystone Berkeley (VIDEO)

Archive Entry Date: 3/11/79

Psycotic Pineapple play No Hard Feelings

Psycotic Pineapple flyer

Archive Entry Date: 3/11/79

Quirky sounds at the Keystone Berkeley

Nicky Hopkins Getting Creative

Archive Entry Date: 8/28/78

Versatile piano man Nicky Hopkins

The Talking Heads First National Tour Hit the Keystone Berkeley

Archive Entry Date: 12/7/77

First time The Talking Heads play Berkeley

April ’77

Archive Entry Date: 4/1/77

Soul, Blues, Country, Rock, Punk- The Keystone Berkeley had you covered in April 1977

January 1977

Archive Entry Date: 1/1/77

Herrara used this calendar to advertise the new Keystone in Palo Alto

A Showcase for Garcia’s Styles

Archive Entry Date: 12/23/76

Freedom of musical expression and style was possible for musicians at the Keystone Berkeley

Jerry Garcia Band at the Keystone Berkeley (AUDIO)

Archive Entry Date: 12/22/76

Musical experimentation and appreciation goin' down in 1976

November 1976

Archive Entry Date: 11/1/76

The busy fall season at the Keystone

October 1976

Archive Entry Date: 10/1/76

Susan Brook's spooky artwork for Halloween was the centerpiece for this local band filled calendar

June 1976

Archive Entry Date: 6/1/76

Slower summer month with jazz greats Herbie Hancock and Larry Coryell

April ’76

Archive Entry Date: 4/1/76

Local band heavy in April '76

September 1975

Archive Entry Date: 9/1/75

Commander Cody one night and John Lee Hooker the next. The Keystone could handle it all.

August 1975

Archive Entry Date: 8/1/75

Local reggae acts and legendary Blues men at the Keystone in the summer

July 1975

Archive Entry Date: 7/1/75

The James Cotton Blues Band, Roy Ayers, and Graham Central Station made for a funky summer

Keystone Berkeley calendar June 1975

Archive Entry Date: 6/1/1975

A typically wide-ranging lineup of artists

From Country to Jazz—A Snap

Archive Entry Date: 6/14/1974

What was old is new again. The Great American String Band combine styles to make something new at the Keystone Berkeley

The Great American String Band from the Keystone Berkeley (AUDIO)

Archive Entry Date: 6/13/1974

Americana on display in this June 13, 1974 Great American String Band set.

Waiting for Jerry Garcia

Archive Entry Date: 5/10/74

Sam Silver evoked the bold music on offer at the Keystone Berkeley, and the bold audience that welcomed it

Garcia At the Keystone

Archive Entry Date: 2/22/74

Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunder's musical beauty could outshine commercial ugliness

Jerry and Merl at the Keystone Berkeley (AUDIO)

Archive Entry Date: 2/16/74

The funky sounds of Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders

Keystone Kangarood

Archive Entry Date: 09/21/73

Freddie explains some of the difficulties associated with running a small nightclub

Johnny Winter Frosted by Nixed Keystone Hype

Archive Entry Date: 8/24/73

A telling battle, over music promotion, between the guitarist Johnny Winter and the Keystone's owner