August 18, 2012 Red Dog Saloon, Vir­ginia City, NV
Moon­al­ice poster by Den­nis Loren

Accord­ing to Moon­al­ice leg­end, in the begin­ning there was the blues. Then jazz. Then rock ‘n’ roll and the British Inva­sion. Then came 1965 and the Char­la­tans. The Char­la­tans got the San Fran­cisco music scene started. With­out them, we would not be here tonight. On June 21, 1965, the Char­la­tans began a res­i­dency here at the Red Dog Saloon which was notable for at least two things: the band took LSD before the show and printed a psy­che­delic poster. While its pos­si­ble that another band had taken LSD at a show before that night, there is no doubt that the poster — now known as The Seed — was the begin­ning of psy­che­delic poster art. Tonight’s poster by Den­nis Loren is an homage to The Seed. This show is an homage to the Charlatans.

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