Concert impresario Bill Graham, the namesake of this website, was once referred to as a mix between Mother Theresa and Al Capone. In this 1989 interview with Scott Muni, there is only evidence of the former. The two chat almost entirely about 1967’s Human Be-In, an event that helped to shape and define the San Francisco scene and the Summer of Love.

00:00 – Intro to the Human Be-In 01:09 – No rule book / young people in San Francisco 01:35 – A success in trust / a dangerous word 02:12 – Birth of the Summer of Love 03:15 – Some of the performances, the flower paratrooper 03:51 – How many people were there 04:01 – The local talent 04:36 – The pride 05:01 – Running overtime 05:38 – Crowds cleaning up after themselves 06:49 – New Year’s Eve with the Grateful Dead 07:42 – Some new talent / some good reunions 09:08 – Some praise for Bill Graham / outro

Outtakes 10:10 – Other performers at the Be-In 11:00 – A Jerry Garcia sighting? / a great guy 12:49 – Musicians in the Bay Area 13:20 – Recent developments in Bill’s life / racquetball