Editing Chet Helms (section)

==Arrival in San Francisco==
After arriving in San Francisco in 1962, he scrounged a living in various ways, including selling marijuana, an occupation that caused him to go to a boardinghouse at 1090 Page Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-08-ls-40338-story.html|title=Big Brother Was Watching|first=STEPHEN M. H.|last=BRAITMAN|date=October 8, 1997|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref> The house was in [[Haight-Ashbury]], then a rundown, low-rent neighborhood. Having met many musicians in his trade, and appreciating the vibrant music scene in San Francisco, he instinctively recognized the need for a forum for musicians to play music together. When he saw the large basement at Page Street, he began arranging jam sessions for the local bands and musicians. Helms, an astute organizer, made those sessions popular and started charging an admission fee of 50 cents.<ref>{{cite book
| last =Selvin
| first = Joel 
|author-link=Joel Selvin
| year = 1995
| title = Summer of Love
| url =https://archive.org/details/summerofloveinsi00selvi
| url-access =registration
| publisher = Plume/Penguin
| isbn = 978-0-452-27407-5 
}}</ref> His career as a rock concert promoter began. Big Brother and the Holding Company formed and Helms functioned as their informal manager. He teamed up [[Janis Joplin]] with Big Brother for music sessions in the Haight-Ashbury basement.