Gaura Dasa: The Maverick was a rare contemporary of 1960’s underground newspapers like the San Francisco Oracle, the Berkeley Barb, Seattle’s Helix and New York City’s Village Voice. The Maverick was published in both San Francisco and Haight-Ashbury.
In Vol.1, No. 2, 1967, there’s a multi-page article entitled “Welcome To San Francisco“, written as a survival guide for all the hippies arriving for the Summer of Love. Also included in this issue is an ad for the Straight Theater.
Most amazing is the centerfold spread – a brilliant, rainbow hued Lord Krishna, advertising Hare Krishna at the Fillmore Auditorium on Monday, June 26, 1967. We can’t determine what bands (if any) joined the devotees that night. Perhaps it was a rare solo appearance?
