• were Chester and Novella Helms. Helms' father, a manager at a local sugar beet mill, died when his oldest child was nine. Chet's mother, Novella, took the...
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    wife to San Francisco to meet with Chet Helms, co-owner (with Bob Cohen) of Family Dog Productions. At that time Helms was a primary figure in the San Francisco...
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    group by Chet Helms, a promoter who was managing Big Brother and with whom she had hitchhiked from Texas to San Francisco a few years earlier. Helms sent...
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    Shortly thereafter, Chet Helms arrived at Graham's office, asking how Graham could have cut him out of the deal. Graham pointed out that Helms would not have...
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  • refer to: Adam Helms (born 1974), American artist Bobby Helms (1933-1997), American country music singer Robert Lee Helms Chet Helms (1942-2005), American...
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    social groups. Psychedelic poster artist Bob Schnepf was commissioned by Chet Helms to create the official Summer of Love poster, which became a lasting icon...
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    resulting trio played open jam sessions hosted by entrepreneur Chet Helms in 1965. Helms found them a drummer, Chuck Jones, and "Big Brother and the Holding...
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    February 2007, NBC announced that Helms had been promoted to series regular on The Office, and in February 2010 Helms was added to the show's opening credits...
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  • "Secret Agent Man" "Help!" (performed twice during set) Introduced by Chet Helms. "San Franciscan Nights" "Gin House Blues" "Hey Gyp" "Paint It, Black"...
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    The Airplane also appeared at numerous Family Dog shows promoted by Chet Helms at the Avalon Ballroom. The group's first single was Balin's "It's No...
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