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06/10/094:45 pm

Rockin' The Mint

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A vintage Fillmore Auditorium concert poster for Grateful Dead, Otis Rush and Canned Heat
Photos by Catherine Bigelow

 

The party beat is filled with rock stars. And last week at The Old Mint, the joint was jumping with these empyreal personages. Both literal and metaphorical.

In honoring innovators of the '60s-era San Francisco Sound, The San Francisco Museum and Historical Society got its groove on at the annual Standing Ovations event which pays tribute to individuals whose work forged our city’s unique cultural scene.

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It’s not much to look at — the decor is best described as early rec room — but the playlist is endless, and the DJ, Frank, merciless. If you’re really, really lucky, one of the regulars will take on "Bohemian Rhapsody."