Playboy After Hours

April, 1970

Just a beer-can's throw across the great highway from a stretch of unswimmable surf, the pinball and tilt-a-whirl world of Playland-at-the-Beach plays incurious host to a famous San Francisco rock dance hall, The Family Dog. The Dog is slightly inaccessible from downtown, but at this hospitable site, the neighbors are not the kind to be offended by hippie high jinks, and it's a prime choice for an evening of heavy rock. Not long ago, on a Tuesday night, we dropped in not for a dance but for the...