A lot of the bands used to bitch about Bill Graham's making money off the Bay area music scene. But he paid those guys, paid pretty well, and always paid on time.
Most of those bands would never have made it without Graham's "profiteering".
Art and commerce go hand-in-hand, and nobody knew that better than Bill Graham.
@countZZero
Truth.
He ran a very tight ship.
Sure he was a bastard to the original owner of the Fillmore. But still today that organization is one of the best run in the country.