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"Quicksilver’s final performance of a three-night Winterland run. This night they were opening for local friends Jefferson Airplane.
It's New Years Eve 1967/68, and QMS is surrounded by friends and family both on the stage and off. It's obvious from the relaxed instrumental beginning that this will be a long, psychedelic night. With little or no thought of time constraints, almost all the material from the previous two nights is included again in this set. Strong improvisational versions of "Who Do You Love," "Smokestack Lightning" and another extended jam on "Gold and Silver" are highlights, as is the set closing "Mona," which travels to the outer regions of psychedelia and showcases John Cipollina and Gary Duncan's intertwining guitar work - essentially a preview of where they would head on their next album, Happy Trails.
Disc One - QMS set Following sets by Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Jefferson Airplane, a free form jam ensued, featuring members of all three bands - a memorable way to ring in the New Year, to say the least."
Calvary or Golgotha are the English language/Western Christian names given to the site, outside of ancient Jerusalem’s early 1st century walls, ascribed to the crucifixion of Jesus.
1 Wolf Run (part 1) 2 Maiden Of The Cancer Moon 3 Calvary 4 Cobra 5 Acapulco Gold And Silver 6 Calvary Babylon 7 The Fool 8 Local Color 9 Spindrifter 10 Calvary 11 Wolf Run (part 2)
Quicksilver Messenger Service 1/31/76 late show partial My Father's Place, Old Roslyn, NY
one disc:
d1t01 - Fresh Air d1t02 - Doctor Feelgood d1t03 - Baby Baby d1t04 - Cowboy On The Run d1t05 - Bittersweet Love d1t06 - The Hat d1t07 - They Don't Know d1t08 - What About Me
Surely, one of the highlights of their '75 "Solid Silver" tour was the show given on December 28, 1975 in the Winterland arena. QMS went on stage with John Cipollina, Gary Duncan, Greg Elmore, Michael Lewis, Skip Olson and Dino Valenti. On this audience recording they sound relaxed and not at all like being on the edge of splitting once again. I like the way they boogy the "Worryin Shoes", the drive Greg produced on several tracks, the magic John and Gary developed throughout the show and the smoothness Dino applied to "Baby, Baby", "Cowboy on the run" and "What about me". Michael and Skip added a lot of power to the groups stunning performance that special evening.Comments from the JC discography page.
n 1975, original members Greg Elmore, Gary Duncan, Dave Freiberg, John Cipollina, and Dino Valenti reunited for a reunion album, Solid Silver featuring cameo performances by Nicky Hopkins on a couple of the tunes. Various San Francisco area musicians including Jefferson Starship's, Pete Sears, contributed to the album. The Lp did not provide the results the band had hoped for and that last incarnation of QMS came to and end. I personally enjoy that LP and believe it provides several great songs from the band Provided here is a post of one of the rehearsal sessions for that time frame.
Since Solid Silver, Gary Duncan has assembled various different lineups performing as Quicksilver Messenger Service and is still still performing today.
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE - ALBUM REHEARSAL,
S.I.R., JUNE 1975
Disc 1
Tracks
1. The Letter Take 1 1:31
2. The Letter Take 2 5:23
3. Stranger in a Strange Land Take 1 2:30
4. Stranger in a Strange Land Take 2 1:53
5. I Hear You Singing Take 1 5:11
6. I Hear You Singing Take 2 4:43
7. Heebie Jeebies 5:29
8. Bittersweet Love (cut) 4:15
9. Gypsy Light (fades in) 3:01
10. They Don't Know 3:48
11. City of Stone 8:25
12. P.A. Lecture Dino 0:54
13. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight 6:40
14. Freeway Song Take 1 2:25
15. Freeway Song Take 2 (fades out) 4:41
Disc 2
Tracks
1. Untitled 5:59
2. The End of the World 7:39
3. Bittersweet Love Take 1 5:47
4. Bittersweet Love Take 2 10:13
5. Bittersweet Love Take 3 6:24
6. Bittersweet Love Take 4 2:17
7. Bittersweet Love Take 5 5:16
8. Gypsy Light 5:54
9. Heebie Jeebies 5:57
10. City of Stone (aka Lady of the Night) 9:42
11. I'm A Believer (fragments) 1:47
Disc 3
1. I Want To Fly
2. Highway Song
3. City Of Stone
4. If Its Alright
5. Share Babe
6. Play My Guitar
7. I Heard You Singing (Instrumental)
8. Nobody's Business
9. I Wonder Where You Are
10. Unvicious Circle
11. I Wonder Where You Are 2
12. Gypsy Lights
13. Jam (w/Kathi McDonald)
14. Jam
I do not know anything about this one short set here. It is a partial show. The sound is fair. Dino is crooning like a lounge act on this one. From the waning days of 73 the band sounds truly like it is about to go under. By this time in OMO they should have dropped WDYL in their rotation and concentrared more on Dino's originals
1 Losing hand 2 Play My Guitar 3 Mojo 4 What About Me> The Hat 5. Who Do You Love
The final live recorded concert with John Cipollina. Nicky Hopkins had left a few months earlier and David Freiberg was about to leave unexpectedly (not of his choice) QMS was about to change again. From the 1970 New Year's Eve Costume Ball
Tracks Disc 1 1. Fresh Air 9:56 2. New Year's Jam 3:49 3. Baby Baby 4:57 4. Too Far 3:50 5. The Truth 7:56 6. You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond 4:23 7. Dr. Feelgood 6:36 8. Cobra 5:40 9. Song For Frisco 6:14 10. Mona 9:33 11. Subway 4:19 12. What About Me 7:15 13. Call On Me 16:21 14. Pride of Man 7:03 15. Local Color 5:17 16. Not Fade Away 8:18 17. Mojo 10:32 18. Freeway Flyer 8:57
Personnel Dino Valenti Gary Duncan David Freiberg John Cipollina Greg Elmore
A repost of the nice East Coast Stoneybrook show. Good Show before the band makes it's way to the Hawaiian Islands for the recording sessions of " Just For Love" and "What About Me"
Another early 1970 show. This is proclaimed to be from John's master tapes.The sound is pretty good even with the evident electrical problems that happen throughout the set. tracks 9-10-11 feature James Cotton setting in for a couple of jams. Thanks to the original posting party for this gem
Quicksilver Messenger Service The Old Mill Tavern, Mill Valley, CA March 29th 1970.
Disc One.
1. Subway pt. 1 (fades out) 6:01 2. Subway pt. 2 (fades in) 2:07 3. The Truth 9:12 4. John Talks 0:12 5. Mona 8:39 6. Baby Baby (first time played) 8:05 7. Rain 5:52 8. Mojo 7:58 9. Blues Jam #1 (w/ James Cotton) 7:58 Disc 1 Total 56:07
Disc Two.
1. Blues Jam #2 (w/ James Cotton) 15:04 2. Flip Flop (w/ James Cotton) 16:39 Disc 2 Total 31:43
If Quicksilver being driven by Dino is your cup of tea then this one is for you. There are many who thought that Dino's obsession with HIS band was a reason for their demise. The different versions are each great in their own way. If you listen closely to Dino's comments at the start of the"SenorBlues" track you will get the feeling that by the time of this recording that he was in full command.He states.... " I get the feeling that if I didn't say anything we would go on playing these fucking gigs the same old fucking way" One of the first studio sessions by Quicksilver's then new line-up of Dino Valente (vocals), John Cipollina (guitar), David Freiberg (bass & vocals), Greg Elmore (drums), with the British session pianist Nicky Hopkins. Mainly acoustic, it took place in Corte Madera, California in late 1969/early 1970.The sound and mixes are excellent. The songs are often spontaneous, spare and unfinished in places and were likely intended as references for later development by the group. The downside to this piece of work is one can feel the old QMS being slowly suffocated out of existence.
As most of you know (who have checked in on my site )you will realize that QMS is one of my favorite bands. I was impressed at an early stage by their first LP. The song The Fool was a song written by Gary Duncan and David Freiberg. It showcased the guitar work of Cipollina and Duncan. Freiberg's bass underlines the whole score.Quicksilver played some incredible music in their early stages and The Fool made a big impact on my delving into the San Francisco music scene. I have chosen to highlight this song on a comp. Versions from an early QMS session to the final release on the first lp( with a few side trips into some live versions)
Can you hear it in the morning, it sings the golden song, I saw his moving ever on the run, from and to the sound of one Turning in, turning out, spirals high, never down, Wonder, wonder wanders, loving, loving lovers, Freefall, tumbling walls, one world, one one truth, If if it's above life is low, life is slow, Love is life, it's love, love Original Posting 11-09
This one has been around for a while but I thought it was a great QMS posting and since I like them it had to be.
Babylon title taken from the lyrics of Pride Of Man which ironically does not appear on this bootleg. And I am sure you know that famous guitar on the back cover.
1.
Codine
4:55
2.
Your Time Will Come
3:03
3.
Too Long
3:12
4.
Who Do You Love
5:57
5.
Walkin' Blues
3:07
6.
Dino's Song
3:20
7.
Acapulco Gold and Silver
2:36
8.
Light Your Windows
2:39
9.
I Hear You Knockin'
3:19
10.
The Fool
14:45
11.
Calvary
6:31
12.
Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder
8:42
13.
Joseph's Coat
3:44
14.
Holy Moly
4:40
15.
Shady Grove
2:28
Total
73:03
Tracks 1-5: Pacific High Studios, San Francisco, California, early 1967 Tracks 6-11: Continental Sound Studios, Hollywood, California, late 1967 Tracks 12-15: Out-takes from "Shady Grove" Sessions, 1969
I thought I would interject a line or two in here to see if I can get some feedback on the Quicksilver December. I will stick with QMS posts here ( Trying for One A Day) Sounds like a vitamin fix here. Please let me know what you think! I realize that alot of you folks may have some of these already but for the ones who don't Here Tis'
Quicksilver Messenger Service - H.A.L.O. Benefit, Winterland, San Francisco, California, May 30th 1967
Haight Ashbury Legal Organization (Halo) Benefit along with the Dead, Jefferson Airplane and others
1. Blues Jam > Tom Donohue intro 2. Pride Of Man 3. Walking Blues 4. Dino's Song 5. Mona > Maiden Jam > 6. If You Live Your Time Will Come 7. Runaway 8. Who Do You Love 9. Smokestack Lightning 10. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You 11. Back Door Man 12. Too Long 13. The Fool
Lineup: Gary Duncan Guitar/Vocal, John Cipollina Guitar, David Freiberg Bass/Vocal, Greg Elmore Drums.
Gary Duncan , John Cipollina, David Freiberg, Jim Murray. Greg Elmore
Set 1 1. Suzy Q (incomplete) 2. I Hear You Knockin' 3. Dandelion 4. Acapulco Gold and Silver 5. You Don't Love Me 6. Codine 7. Instrumental 8. Smokestack Lightnin'
Set 2 1. Dino's Song 2. It's Been Too Long 3. Walkin' Blues 4. Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You 5. Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut 6. Hoochie Coochie Man 7. All Night Worker 8. Stand by Me 9. Pride of Man
Posted early 2009 Updated artwork . This was the middle show of a three night stand in Feb. The other nights have been released and are available on CD's Bootleg CD
Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock band, formed in 1965 in San Francisco and considered to be a part of the city's psychedelic scene. Essentially a jam band, Quicksilver Messenger Service gained wide popularity in the Bay Area and with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe. Many of their albums ranked in the top 30 of the Billboard Pop charts. Though not ultimately as popular as contemporaries Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, the band was integral to the beginnings of their genre. With their jazz and classical influences, as well as a strong folk background, the band attempted to create a sound that was individual and innovative. Member Dino Valente pulled heavily from musical influences learned during the folk revival of his formative musical years. The style he developed from these sources is evident in Quicksilver Messenger Service's swung rhythms and twanging guitar sounds. After many years, the band has attempted to reform despite the deaths of band members. With the modest success of these ventures, many members have also attempted solo careers. Among these is Gary Duncan, former guitarist of Quicksilver Messenger Service. He has had a prolific musical career after parting ways with the group.
The original band members were John Cipollina (guitar), Gary Duncan (guitar, vocals), David Freiberg (bass guitar, vocals and viola), Greg Elmore (drums), and Jim Murray (vocals, guitar and harmonica), though Murray left before the band recorded.
There is some confusion as to the real origins of the group. According to John Cipollina:
“It was Valente who organized the group. I can remember everything Dino said. We were all going to have wireless guitars. We were going to have leather jackets made with hooks that we could hook these wireless instruments right into. And we were gonna have these chicks, backup rhythm sections that were gonna dress like American Indians with real short little dresses on and they were gonna have tambourines and the clappers in the tambourines were going to be silver coins. And I'm sitting there going, 'This guy is gonna happen and we're gonna set the world on its ear.”
The next day, Valente was arrested for possession of marijuana, and spent the better part of the next two years in jail. But Gary Duncan notes:
“That’s the story Cipollina told everybody. But according to Dino, that wasn’t the case at all. When he’d been looking for a band, he’d talked to Cipollina, and everybody somehow put two and two together. He actually lived with us when he got out of prison, and while we played some music together and wrote songs, he had no interest in playing in Quicksilver; he wanted to start his own career. Well, when his own career didn’t do so well, he had more interest in playing in Quicksilver!.”
Whether Quicksilver Messenger Service was what Valente had in mind, it appears from Duncan's recollections that he had at least talked with Cipollina about forming a band; Cipollina remembered that:
“I was recommended to Dino, probably because I was the only guy playing an electric guitar, let alone lead, at the time ... We talked about rehearsing one night and planned to rehearse the following night but it never happened. The next day Dino got busted.”
At the same time, David Freiberg, a folk-guitarist friend of Valente's, was recruited to the group. He had been in a band with Paul Kantner and David Crosby previously, but had just been released from jail. "We were to take care of this guy Freiberg", Cipollina recalled, and though they had never met before, Freiberg was integrated into the group. The band also added Skip Spence on guitar and began to rehearse at Marty Balin's club, the Matrix. Balin, in search of a drummer for the band he was organizing, soon to be called Jefferson Airplane, convinced Spence to switch instruments and groups.
To make up for his theft of Spence, Balin suggested that they contact drummer Greg Elmore and guitarist-singer Gary Duncan, who had played together in a group called The Brogues. This new version of the band had its first paying performance in December 1965, playing for the Christmas party of the comedy troupe “The Committee”.
It was a band without a name, Cipollina recalled:
“Jim Murray and David Freiberg came up with the name. Me and Freiberg were born on the same day, and Gary and Greg were born on the same day, we were all Virgos and Murray was a Gemini. And Virgos and Geminis are all ruled by the planet Mercury. Another name for Mercury is Quicksilver. And then, Quicksilver is the messenger of the Gods, and Virgo is the servant, so Freiberg says 'Oh, Quicksilver Messenger Service'.”
Having parted company with Murray, the band began a period of heavy touring on the West Coast of the United States. They refrained from signing a record deal at the time but eventually signed to Capitol Records in 1967. Capitol had failed to sign a San Francisco “hippie” band during the first flurry of record company interest and, consequently, Quicksilver Messenger Service managed to negotiate a better deal than many of their peers. At the same time, Capitol signed the Steve Miller Band, with whom Quicksilver Messenger Service had appeared on the movie and soundtrack album Revolution, together with Mother Earth.
Quicksilver Messenger Service released their eponymous debut album in 1968, followed by Happy Trails the following year. These two albums define a classic period in their career and are most strongly associated with their unique sound, emphasizing extended arrangements. Cipollina's highly melodic, individualistic lead guitar style, combined with Gary Duncan's driving guitar work, feature a clear jazz sound.
Archetypal Quicksilver Messenger Service songs include an elongated, multiply re-titled suite of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?". This cover incorporates the classic “Bo Diddley rhythm” and evokes images of machismo and connects the listener with the history of Bo Diddley's music as well.
Duncan left the group after the recording of Happy Trails. "Well, let's put it this way," he reminisces 18 years later, "at the end of 1968, I was pretty burned out. We'd been on the road for, really, the first time in our lives. I just left for a year. I didn't want to have anything to do with music at all. And I left for a year and rode motorcycles and lived in New York and L.A. and just kind of went crazy for about a year."
Freiberg later recalled that "the engine" of the band had been removed. Nevertheless, Duncan was replaced by the English piano journeyman Nicky Hopkins, who had played on albums by The Rolling Stones, The Who and Steve Miller, among many others. This version of the group released 1969's Shady Grove, dominated by Hopkins' virtuoso piano boogie. Bio from unknown source
QUICKILVER MESSENGER SERVICE FILLMORE AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA,USA NOVEMBER 5,1966
Disc 1 01. DINO'S SONG 02. HAIR LIKE SUNSHINE 03. I HEAR YOU KNOCKIN' 04. BABE I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU 05. SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING 06. IF YOU LIVE 07. ALL NIGHT WORKER
Disc 2 01. GOT MY MOJO WORKIN' 02. YOU DON'T LOVE ME 03. SUZY Q 04. HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN 05. BABE I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU 06. GOLD AND SILVER 07. STAND BY ME 08. PRIDE OF MAN
"Quicksilver’s final performance of a three-night Winterland run. This night they were opening for local friends Jefferson Airplane.
Following sets by Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Jefferson Airplane, a free form jam ensued, featuring members of all three bands - a memorable way to ring in the New Year, to say the least."
