Chet Helms, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetChet Helms
American music promoter
Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1942
Place of Birth: Santa Maria, California, United States
Date of Death: 25-Jun-2005
Profession: music executive
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Chet Helms
- Chester Leo "Chet" Helms (August 2, 1942 – June 25, 2005), often called the father of San Francisco's 1967 "Summer of Love," was a music promoter and a counterculture figure in San Francisco during its hippie period in the mid- to-late 1960s. Helms was the founder and manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company and recruited Janis Joplin as its lead singer.
- He was a producer and organizer, helping to stage free concerts and other cultural events at Golden Gate Park, the backdrop of San Francisco's Summer of Love in 1967, as well as at other venues, including the Avalon Ballroom. He was the first producer of psychedelic light-show concerts at the Fillmore and the Avalon Ballroom and was instrumental in helping to develop bands that had the distinctive San Francisco Sound.
- Helms died June 25, 2005 of complications from hepatitis C.
- He was 62.
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