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05/30/2026

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The Spike Drivers appearance at the Cavern in Northville on September 1, 1967 was well publicized between Peg Tiilikka’s...
05/29/2026

The Spike Drivers appearance at the Cavern in Northville on September 1, 1967 was well publicized between Peg Tiilikka’s poster and these ads. In addition, there was a published phone interview with band member Marycarol Brown, who happened to be a graduate of Northville High School.

For a post-Ted Lucas/Richard Keelan snapshot of the group, she named the band members as her husband Sid on lead guitar, Larry Cruse drummer, Marshall Rubinoff guitar, and Ron Cobb bass, keyboards, and horns. She also described the band’s itinerary as arriving in Northville from Ohio, a show at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, and a two-week engagement at a ski resort in Vermont.

A super-rare large poster of the Leni Sinclair photo of Rob Tyner that was used for the Gary Grimshaw “Black to Comm” G...
05/27/2026

A super-rare large poster of the Leni Sinclair photo of Rob Tyner that was used for the Gary Grimshaw “Black to Comm” Grande Ballroom, September 29-30, 1967, poster. Noted, “Copyright 1967 Pisces Eye Poster Co.”

Flyer for Roy Loney & the Phantom Movers at Bookie’s Club 870 in Detroit, October 12-13, 1979.
05/25/2026

Flyer for Roy Loney & the Phantom Movers at Bookie’s Club 870 in Detroit, October 12-13, 1979.

Flyer by Rudy Kowalski for the Rockabilly Cats at Spanky’s Saloon in Redford, Michigan, October 9-10, 1981.
05/25/2026

Flyer by Rudy Kowalski for the Rockabilly Cats at Spanky’s Saloon in Redford, Michigan, October 9-10, 1981.

Flyer by Mike Skill for the Romantics at the Red Carpet Lounge in Detroit on March 7, 1978.
05/25/2026

Flyer by Mike Skill for the Romantics at the Red Carpet Lounge in Detroit on March 7, 1978.

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05/24/2026

we'll be open

Flyer for Gary Fabulous & the Black Slack with Algebra Mothers at Bookie’s Club 870 in Detroit, August 29-30, 1980.
05/23/2026

Flyer for Gary Fabulous & the Black Slack with Algebra Mothers at Bookie’s Club 870 in Detroit, August 29-30, 1980.

next upcoming uploadThis is Volume Three – 1967, a year that Detroit is known for the 12th Street Riot/Uprising in that ...
05/23/2026

next upcoming upload
This is Volume Three – 1967, a year that Detroit is known for the 12th Street Riot/Uprising in that hot July summer, but we see it documented as a full bloom of psychedelic rock posters. Gary Grimshaw was still creating the bulk of the posters for the Grande Ballroom but was joined during the year by Donnie Dope and Carl Lundgren. Nationally, psychedelic art entered the mainstream culture, mainly exploited for advertising amid the dubious “Summer of Love” media invention, but it did land Stanley Mouse on the cover of magazines. Dennis Loren, still residing on the west coast, created his first posters.

The two largest San Francisco acid rock bands, Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead, both made their Detroit debuts. The Supremes were at “The Happening”, and at the Michigan State Fair, and in ad campaigns from Hudson’s department store to Wonder Bread. The Blues Magoos from the Bronx, NYC wrapped up an eight-month, fifty-show engagement at the Chess Mate in Detroit, where the coffeehouse scene was flourishing with local celebrities Chuck and Joni Mitchell, and a powerhouse drummer Steve (later Muruga) Booker.

The release of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by the Beatles in June was a cataclysmal reimagination of pop music and the world that goes with it.

Movie poster for the 2017 film “Detroit” which dramatized the story of the Algiers Motel incident involving members of t...
05/23/2026

Movie poster for the 2017 film “Detroit” which dramatized the story of the Algiers Motel incident involving members of the R&B group the Dramatics on the night of July 25, 1967, the third night of the 12th Street Riot/Detroit Uprising.

A multi-show flyer for the Fred E. Boots Movement, starting at the Bowery in Hamtramck on January 14, 1982, followed by ...
05/22/2026

A multi-show flyer for the Fred E. Boots Movement, starting at the Bowery in Hamtramck on January 14, 1982, followed by Bookie’s in Detroit the following week and at Paychecks in Hamtramck the week after that, plus the Polish Village in Hamtramck on January 30.

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