Bill Graham interviewed outside Fillmore West (1968)

KRON-TV news footage from circa July 1968 with reporter Art Brown featuring an interview with impresario and concert promoter Bill Graham outside the Fillmore West venue on South Van Ness Avenue, which is being prepared for what will be its opening weekend of July 5-7, 1968. Brown begins by asking Graham: "How soon does the name change to Fillmore West?" and they go on to discuss: Graham's career history and continuing success in the industry; the relative importance of rock group names; the "responsibility of being a rock n roll star" in communities; how listening to live rock music is becoming more prevalent than actual dancing at venues and how rock music will potentially evolve. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

This 16mm film reel was kindly donated to the TV Archive by David Webb Peoples in April 2023, who used to work as a film editor for KRON in the 1960s.

This 16mm reversal film print was re-transferred in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in April 2023.