Editing Chet Helms (section)

===Founding===
In February 1966 he formed a loose connection with [[Family Dog Productions]] at 2111 Pine Street,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lanGAgAAQBAJ&dq=Chet-Helms+Family-Dog%7C2125-Pine&pg=PA243|title=Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan|first=William|last=Hjortsberg|date=12 February 2013|publisher=Counterpoint|isbn=9781619021051|access-date=24 October 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref> a [[hippie]] [[Commune (intentional community)|commune]], which hosted dances and events.<ref name="c487w9PuJOgC">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c487w9PuJOgC&dq=2125+Pine+Street&pg=PA171|title=Hippie Dictionary: A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 1960s and 1970s|first=John Bassett|last=Mccleary|date=22 May 2013|publisher=Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony|isbn=9780307814333|access-date=24 October 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QI3BAAAQBAJ&dq=2125+Pine&pg=PA244|title=1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music|first=Andrew Grant|last=Jackson|date=3 February 2015|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781466864979|access-date=24 October 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="7XImBgAAQBAJ">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7XImBgAAQBAJ&dq=2125+Pine+Street&pg=PA53|title=No Simple Highway|first=Peter|last=Richardson|date=20 January 2015|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781250010629|access-date=24 October 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVfRL_TpKb8C&dq=Chet-Helms+Family-Dog%7C2125-Pine&pg=PA6|title=Hippies: A Guide to an American Subculture: A Guide to an American Subculture|first=Micah Lee|last=Issitt|date=22 October 2009|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313365737|access-date=24 October 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiVMAAAAYAAJ&q=Chet-Helms+Family-Dog%7C2125-Pine|title=The Wire|date=1 January 2006|publisher=C. 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Helms was the ideal person to help this group organize their presentations and he moved into the Family Dog house. Their first formal production was a concert at Longshoremen's Hall.

In February 1966, Helms formally founded Family Dog Productions to begin promoting concerts at [[the Fillmore|The Fillmore Auditorium]], alternating weekends with another young promoter, [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]]. Helms was instrumental in introducing Bill Graham to the nascent music scene in the Haight Asbury District of S.F. Helms was nurturing when Graham caught wind of the excitement  Helms was creating and promoting. As the concerts became more popular, inevitable "conflicts" arose between the two promoters. Chet's style was "easy-going, mellow, soft-tempered until pushed." Graham's style was more driven. Within a few months Helms secured the permits necessary to host events at the Avalon Ballroom, an old dancehall at 1268 Sutter Street, on the corner of Sutter and Van Ness. [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]] debuted there in June 1966. Later Helms would get them the appearance that made them famous, the [[Monterey Pop Festival]], where [[Albert Grossman]] spotted Joplin and offered her a contract.