Wolfgang was Bill Graham, the man whose genius for bringing performer and audience together shaped the rock concert as we have come to know it. Born Wolfgang Grajonca in Berlin in 1931, he escaped Nazi Germany to grow up in a foster home in the Bronx and anglicized his name at the age of 18. Bill Graham, who would come to be known as the midwife of the modern rock concert, was smart and forward-thinking, an opportunist and a listener, fair and ferociously demanding, and he remembered his roots: in the 1980s he opened a small San Francisco club and named it Wolfgang's.
A few years back another opportunistic soul bought the warehouse of Graham's company Bill Graham presents for a couple of million without realizing the full extent of it's contents. Needless to say it was a good investment.
Beginning with the seminal concerts of the mid 1960s and continuing through today, they have assembled a superb collection that is being cared for in state-of-the-art facilities.
They have only begun to mine the depths of the Vault. Opened in October 2003 with an unparalleled collection of Poster Art and extraordinary vintage t-shirts, backstage passes, laminates and books shortly thereafter. In 2004 they released the BG Archive photography collection, and since then they have become the exclusive online source for five of the greatest rock photographers of all time; Jim Marshall, Baron Wolman, Michael Zagaris, Joe Sia and Gene Anthony.
But the REAL gem is the Live Concert Recordings...... Enjoy this LINK: Wolfgang LIVE
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