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the lion’s share
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When Janis Joplin died, she left $2,500 in her will for a funeral party (in her own words) "so my friends can have a ball after I'm gone."
It was held here at this small club called The Lion's Share on October 26, 1971. Invitations to the party were given to 200 people, and The Grateful Dead performed.
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After Janis Joplin was cremated, her ashes were scattered from a plane over the Pacific Ocean and also from Stinson Beach.
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Janis Joplin was cremated here, according to her wishes.
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The Grateful Dead recorded two live albums, entitled Vintage Dead and Historic Dead, here in the autumn of 1966.
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Built in 1911 as the Colin Traver Academy of Dance, the Avalon Theater was open from 1966 to 1968, and then again in 2003.
In the 60s, bands that played the Avalon included Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Steve Miller Band, Moby Grape, The Doors, 13th Floor Elevators, The Butterfield Blues Band and Big Brother and the Holding Company, which impresario Chet Helms organized around singer and performer Janis Joplin in the spring of 1966.
Joplin traveled to San Francisco to audition with the band at the Avalon on June 10, 1966. Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company were the house band at the Avalon for much of 1966-67.
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