Last Rites Are Merry Ones at the Fillmore East
Mike Jahn, New York Times, 29 June 1971
WITH SEVERAL thousand dollars worth of free food and beer and what one Fillmore regular described as "the best vibes since the place opened," the Fillmore East closed its doors early yesterday morning.
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