Editing Chet Helms (section)

==Evolution==
Bill Graham Presents shows evolved more into high-power, professional lineups of better-known headline bands that made him known as the can-do guy that he was, while Helms, although managing to produce top-flight bands, still showcased bands that tended to be hipper and local. Helms didn't seem to have the need to hire zealous uniformed security guards, so teenagers found it easier to sneak into his dances. Helms ultimately allowed free admission after midnight. The San Francisco Family Dog dances later re-emerged in a new location, the Family Dog on the Great Highway at the edge of the Western World (its exaggerated sometimes heard full title) which opened in the summer of 69. It was the former Ocean Beach Pavilion [[Ballroom]] turned [[slot car]] track that was right next door to the old skating rink and "Bull Pup Enchiladas" at [[Playland (San Francisco)|Playland]], [[Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California|Ocean Beach]], at 660 The Great Highway in San Francisco's Richmond district.<ref>[[Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70]]</ref><ref>[[Grateful Dead Download Series: Family Dog at the Great Highway]]</ref>

In his career Helms used other locations like ventures in [[Denver]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XygEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Cohen&pg=PA40|title=Billboard|date=September 16, 1967|access-date=October 24, 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familydog.com/content/pay-attention-aka-spaceman-lithograph|title=Pay Attention aka Spaceman Lithograph - Family Dog|access-date=October 24, 2016|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503092358/http://www.familydog.com/content/pay-attention-aka-spaceman-lithograph|archive-date=May 3, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westword.com/news/barry-fey-is-dead-towering-figure-in-denver-music-scene-passes-away-5847788|title=Barry Fey is dead: Towering figure in Denver music scene passes away|first=Michael|last=Roberts|date=April 28, 2013|website=Westword.com|access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref> [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], and joint productions/promotions at the Fillmore, Longshoreman's Hall, and Haight Street's Straight Theater (not all formal Family Dog Dance-Concerts), etc.