| Great American Music Hall | |
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| Background information | |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Capacity | 470 |
| Location | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Website | GAMH Official |
Great American Music Hall (Often abbreviated simply as GAMH) is a concert hall in San Francisco, California. It is located on O'Farrell Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood on the same block as the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre. It is known for its decorative balconies, columns, and frescoes and for its history of unique entertainment, which has included burlesque dancing as well as jazz, folk music, and rock and roll concerts. The capacity of the hall is 470 people.
Background[]
Blanco's and Music Box[]
Great American Music Hall[]
Recordings[]
- Billy Joel recorded a set on June 8, 1975. He recorded “New York State of Mind” there that year which was released on Spotify, et al, on November 4, 2021. The album "Live from the Great American Music Hall" was released in April 2023.
- The Grateful Dead's album One from the Vault, the first of its "From the Vault" series, was recorded at the Great American Music Hall in August 1975.
- David Bromberg recorded portions of How Late'll Ya Play 'Til? at the Great American Music Hall in June 1976.
- Ry Cooder recorded Show Time on December 14 & 15, 1976.
- McCoy Tyner recorded The Greeting on March 17 & 18, 1978.
- Sonny Rollins recorded Don't Stop the Carnival on April 13, 14 & 15, 1978.
- Carmen McRae recorded "At The Great American Music Hall" in 1976.
- Doc and Merle Watson recorded "Live and Pickin' " on October 11–13, 1978. At the Grammy Awards of 1980 "Big Sandy/Leather Britches" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.
- Betty Carter recorded her live vocal jazz album The Audience with Betty Carter at the Great American Music Hall in 1979.
- The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets recorded on January 30 - Feb 1, 1987 at the Great American Music Hall.
- Herbie Mann made a direct-to-disc recording, All Blues/Forest Rain, in 1980.
- Carla Bley recorded Live! on August 19–21, 1981.
- Robin Williams filmed his 1982 HBO special, "An Evening with Robin Williams" at the Great American Music Hall.
- The Radiators Live at the "Great American Music Hall" in 1998.
- Boz Scaggs recorded his CD/DVD Greatest Hits Live in 2004
- The Secret Chiefs 3 recorded their DVD Live at the Great American Music Hall in 2007.
- Jonathan Coulton recorded his album Best. Concert. Ever. in February 2008.
- Fantômas recorded their album and video The Director's Cut Live: A New Year's Revolution on December 31, 2008.
- Richard Thompson recorded portions of his album Dream Attic in February 2010.
- The Mother Hips Live at the Great American Music Hall December 15-16 2017
- Ry Cooder recorded his 2011 concert with Corridos Famosos at the Great American Music Hall
Selected Performers at the Venue[]
- Altamont
- Asunder
- Big Business
- Boris
- Comets on Fire
- Dead Meadow
- Earth
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Harvey Milk
- Helms Alee
- High on Fire
- ISIS
- Kikagaku Moyo
- Kylesa
- Mastodon
- Melvins
- Mogwai
- Mondo Generator
- Mono
- Motörhead
- Neurosis
- Om
- Oxbow
- Pelican
- Porn (The Men Of)
- Sleep
- Slint
- Sunn O)))
- Thrones
- Tribes of Neurot
- Torche
- Chelsea Wolfe
- Hank Williams III
- Mark Lanegan
- Nick Oliveri
- Nik Turner
- Scott Kelly
- Steve Von Till
- Dwarves
- Fantômas
- Fushitsusha
- Grateful Dead
- The Jesus Lizard
- Low
- The Radiators
- Secret Chiefs 3
- Shellac
- Swans
- Zeni Geva
- B.B. King
- Billy Joel
- Carla Bley
- Henry Rollins
- J Mascis
- Herbie Mann
- Jean-Luc Ponty
- Jello Biafra
- Jerry Garcia
- John Lee Hooker
- John Prine
- Jonathan Coulton
- Lee Ranaldo
- Lydia Lunch
- Maceo Parker
- Merzbow
- Michael Gira
- Pharaoh Sanders
- PJ Harvey
- Ray Charles
- Ray Manzarek
- Richard Thompson
- Robert Fripp
- Robin Williams
- Roky Erickson
- Ry Cooder
- Sheila E.
- Tom Waits
- Townes Van Zandt
- Van Morrison