Lamplight Drivel

1972's FILLMORE alternates among some colorful performances - the bands who played The Fillmore West venue in San Francisco during its final shows and the guy who organized the event and ran the place, promoter extraordinaire Bill Graham.  What a character.  A natural for the camera.  Francis Ford Coppola agreed, giving him a role as an emcee in  APOCALYPSE NOW some years later.   By then he had also closed his beloved Fillmore East in NYC, knowing the party couldn't continue forever, seeing the changes in the music industry, which increasingly favored stadiums and arenas. In director Richard T. Heffron's documentary, Graham is seen sweating the line-up for the final week of shows, which concluded on on July 4th, 1971.  The talent isn't always cooperative.  Boz Scaggs keeps changing his mind about performing.   Santana wants a specific lighting design for the stage and are worried that a bootleg album will be recorded.  The Gratefu...