Our Final Week - The Closing of the Fillmore West, Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, 7-1-1971, Part 3: The Elvin Bishop Group

Here's the third set from the second day of five days of concerts that closed the Fillmore West venue in San Francisco in 1971. (See my write-up on the Boz Scaggs set for general information about the closing.) This set features the Elvin Bishop Group.

These days, Elvin Bishop is considered a one-hit wonder, because his song "Fooled Around and Feel in Love" went all the way to Number Three in the U.S. singles chart in 1976. But he had a much longer and more distinguished music career than the one-hit wonder label would suggest. He was the lead guitarist for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band from 1963 to 1968, though his lead guitar took a backseat to the playing of Mike Bloomfield for the two years Bloomfield was part of that band. 

After the Paul Butterfield Blues Band broke up, Bishop formed the Elvin Bishop Group. His first album in 1969 wasn't well received, because his lead vocals were considered weak. So he recruited soul singer Jo Baker to sing lead on most songs. She was the main lead singer from about 1970 to 1974, and can be heard singing most songs here. (By the time "Fooled Around and Feel in Love" was released in 1975, she was replaced by Mickey Thomas.) 

Here's the Wikipedia entry for Elvin Bishop:

Elvin Bishop - Wikipedia

And here's the entry for Jo Baker:

Jo Baker (singer) - Wikipedia  

Like most of the music in this series, most everything here is unreleased. However, two songs from this set were released on the "Fillmore - The Last Days" album: "So Fine" and "Party 'Til the Cows Come Home." The sound quality is excellent, due to it being broadcast on local radio stations at the time. 

This album is an hour and 25 minutes long. 

01 talk (Elvin Bishop)
02 Stomp (Elvin Bishop)
03 talk (Elvin Bishop)
04 So Fine (Elvin Bishop)
05 talk (Elvin Bishop)
06 Get It (Elvin Bishop)
07 talk (Elvin Bishop)
08 Old Time Feeling (Elvin Bishop)
09 talk (Elvin Bishop)
10 Easy to Find (Elvin Bishop)
11 talk (Elvin Bishop)
12 [Your Love Keeps Lifting Me] Higher and Higher (Elvin Bishop)
13 The Sky Is Crying (Elvin Bishop)
14 Crazy 'bout You Baby (Elvin Bishop)
15 talk (Elvin Bishop)
16 Party 'Til the Cows Come Home (Elvin Bishop)
17 talk (Elvin Bishop)
18 Party 'Til the Cows Come Home [Reprise] (Elvin Bishop)
19 talk (Elvin Bishop)
20 I'm Goin' Fishin' (Elvin Bishop)
21 talk (Elvin Bishop)
22 Let It Flow (Elvin Bishop)

https://bestfile.io/en/GFFZCQy4gVl0i6I/file

The cover image is a screenshot I took from the "Fillmore" movie of this exact concert. It shows the band's usual lead singer, Jo Baker, instead of lead guitarist Elvin Bishop.