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 cultural figure in San Francisco during its hippie period in the late Sixties.
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,...
