John lived across the street from me on mount tam we called it rock and roll hill as Santana lived on the other side from John about once a month John would come over out of smoke and he would clean all my pipes and get the resin out and we would get so fucked up and sit for hours John would tell me story’s of mount Tam.he knew about all the places the live stock hung out.John would baby sit my son Sean when my wife and I would go out. he lived i a real small cabin and he had a open coffin that he called his bed and he would sleep in it and he had a pet tarantula that romed around the room. I miss our friendship he was a good guy.
Wow, loved reading your story about John, a unique gifted musician, could picture everything you said. Funny about the Tarantula, my older brother had a pet one too, named Titan🕷️ haha. Take care,
So grateful for this video! I am a San Francisco native, born in 1951, and went to almost every Quicksilver concert between 1967 and the mid-1970s when Cipollina, my idol, left the band. This video is one of the few I have seen on TH-cam that truly captures what the experience was like to hear Quicksilver live. So glad the concert was recorded and preserved!!!
That must have been marvelous my parents always played this then my mother moved on Dad raised nine of us I'm in the middle Brothers the oldest. So when David come home from work and kick back he would play some of this what you going to do about me. So hush Little baby. Spectacular music from Days gone by but never forgotten it stays alive in my heart mind body and soul. Along with all the other unique music he would listen to
I attended Fillmore concerts and Winterland in late 60s early 70s. QMS was always one of my favorite groups. With Cipollina wailing on guitar, and top of the line vocals, it made for an amazing evening
I first commented on this some 8 years ago, got it on vinyl and CD. I’m 79 now but still play it. This just might be one of the finest examples of real rock and roll. So called musicians of today just can’t compare.
John i here you man,these guys i love, my to favourite guitar players are john and garry,im a deadhead jerry garcia is very good,i cant say that.Grateful dead were really glorious but Quicksilver are just the best i love those guitar players,john allways was my favourite,coz im SG man.Ive got a Other QSM record on the way.Respect john 79 my friend i wish you many more beautiful years and you will.Whats your favourite QSM record?Peace brother
It's been a long strange road for me since 1973 and now it's 2020. We danced hard to this in 1973 and some of us old hippie boomers are still out dancing hard , waving our freak flags as "Stupidity and Selfishness" fight it out to the death.
One, if not, the best of the '60's guitar bands: incredible jam of a Bo Dudley song that for years defined guitar jams with a Rock'n'roll vibe and rocking beat. One of the best of the psychedelic '60's bands, especially live. Long live Quicksilver Messenger Service!!!
You said it brotch!!! George Thorogood had the pipes & the guitar work was gr8 gfi remake but I just don't feel it can eminate the same mi nd rippin psychedelic aura that these guys could not help but pump out w/ the maddest of Luv!!! I absolutely Luvvv it!!!!!
Saw QMS, Grateful Dead, John Mayall, and It’s A Beautiful Day, all in one concert in Houston in 1970. All for about $10. All were great but QMS complete Who Do You Live Suite was the stealer. Even surpassed Mayall’s Room to Move.
My first concert ever. 1973 Boise Idaho. Chambers Brothers opened. They closed there set with Time Has Come Today. The Window Pane took effect right around the time these guys took the stage. What an experience!
In the 47 years since this album dropped, no one has ever really duplicated Cipollina's signature sound.....a screaming guitar pitch that grabbed you by the balls and could etch into your bones at high volume. We played the Who Do You Love? album a thousand times back in the day.
@@nancylarson8973 They played at my high school. Santana played twice at one of my other high schools(Washington High School in Fremont[QMS], Ca. and Moreau High School in Hayward.).
I clearly remember a friend sitting me down on his couch and telling me "you ain't never heard who do you love like this" as he put on Happy Trails album... he was right... still is. Fell in love with Cipollina and Duncan. To this day that album remains a favorite.
@@XMIR10C I don't think so mate, (IMO) at least Duncan & Cipollina, Green & Kirwan, Betts & Allmann, Powell & Turner are better than those two. Real counterculture rock musicians not like Ted.
Love the danseuse in bright white sneaking to the front of the stage -- quite the visual "blast" for those with dilated pupils and/or heavily influenced brains. Quite the show. Was only ever exposed to the album version; this is a wonderful rendition by a famous SF EXPERIENCE! QMS must have given The Dead a real run for their money! Yes, infinity kudos to whoever arranged for filming and a great job on sound engineering (usually the most thankless job for concert recordings -- consider Woodstock 1969!!!). Thanks so much for posting this seldom seen gem!
The dancer girl was often onstage with many of the big S.F. Bandsin the late 60s and eary 70s -- this video above is the only footage I have ever seen of her dance preserved. When I was a teenager, spending every moment I could at the Avalon, the Fillmore, Winterland, all the ballrooms with "the Quick and the Dead," she was always on the stage. I wonder what became of her?
@@haroldtyler Jann W & Robbie R ruled the roost, Ahmet E Probly balanced things out for the better at~(Cleveland, ? i wish that was a nod to Alan Freed~it was a Rumor when they were picking cities)~The RnR HOF GR8 Architecturally! I don't know what current RnR HOF policy is but as of 2012 they would let touring bands in for free & the last 1/2 hour to 40 mins before close (& before soundchecks) was always free to the public, that is enough time to check any new revolving featured Artists. That said, QSMSx Deserves But Do Not need no Stinking HOF. They are running out of Artists & for 5 to 7 years have been forced to add older & newer artists they Never would have before, imho that all got traction when Patti/PSG/The Patti Smith Group got in~(Lest We not forget Guitarist Lenny Kaye who put out "The NUGGETS" compilations), but in the end Album sales still are a big part of it & the many comfortably numb Pleasant Valley Sunday honcho's there. Bests, dtf Ps, QSMSx still gets Indie & College RADio Airplay in Chicago, it depends on the DJ's tastes but even if it's not their thing all those stations here take & play requests & have QSMSx in their Libraries as well as much of/most of the main Lineages going back to the roots & DJ's will bring records from home to spin too. Since 1972 through & till '93/'94 & Seattle Grunge WXRT Chicago & Later WMSE Milwaukee & WORT Madison Wi played QuickSilver & their ComRADS Often at night~The Best time imho, now they like many are hindered by corporate manAGEMENT & Are Run By the KGB Like "Audicy/Audicey"~sp, i know the WXRT DJ's tastes & the DJ's still go to Big & small mostly touring gigs and they do what they can with a Heavy Heart of being hindered. Last time i was in SF was 2011 & SF RADio for me had been in Decline, i was in shock! But KFJC (89.7 FM) ia non-commercial college radio station in Los Altos Hills, California & DJ Maybelline who i met at a Patti Gig was/?is a Friday?Saturday Eve GR8 DJ.& not the only GR8 1 there, Be Well, Bests, dtf~the name was bequeathed to me in "79 by fans & bands & club owners/Workers from a KINKS song. Ps, nothing like QuickSilver in the fog or if you have been dumped.
@@macmccreadie8541 right on, i can see that...... i was 14 yrs old in 1968..... i don't know if u were around but one thing we all forget is just how new ANY volume was in late 60's...... the only loud music on the planet was at Winterland and fillmore type places....no one had big systems at every lil bar....no kids owned big amps in the bedrooms...... so you are not wrong, there was a ton of noise that on tape sounds like shit..... but live it was exciting and frickin loud as f#$k....... Rock concerts were rare early on..... more of an event...and more experimenting w/ equipment.. cheers...
I am so glad that someone captured this event, as. Quicksilver in their prime with those2 guitarists was one of the best bands of the time, and there were few people who preserved these concerts. Rare. Too rare. Jefferson airplane and others were very good but ... the dead, of course, had the master, jerry. There will never be another quicksilver, and their talent is all the more precious because they did not last long, and, as I understand it,had their flat nights, and they had to contend with Dino.".....all the rest of the guitarists of the time, including jerry, recognized cippolino as a unique guitarist, but I would also like to acknowledge Gary Duncan. How many bands have had 2 great guitarists
Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop in the Butterfield Band. Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes, and Derek Trucks in the Allman Bros. John Cipolina and Gary Duncan in Quicksilver. That's it.
Jason Cova the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame actually means nothing to me it's just a shame that if it's not going to represent rock and roll it shouldn't be called The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Right on, its mind-blowing that some people listen to today's music at all. Sometimes I'll walk past my teenagers bedroom, I hear some pretty horrific stuff on the other side of that door sometimes. Is that the evolution of music? Haha..
Gary said his favorite music is Coltrane, Miles (Davis), and Jobim. I can hear a lot of Trane in Gary's modal solo here. What an amazing, and grossly underestimated guitarist he is... His concisely succinct and beautiful solo on "All In My Mind" blows a lot of Jazz guitar players away. No other rock player (except for Carlos Santana) could emulate such magnificent tone of his guitar no matter what guitar and amp he plays. The guy's a true genius!! Thanks for posting this aurora1957A!!
MIkiko Murdoch I concur! His jazz influences are all over the place in his playing. Miss those days. Saw J Cippolina when he was near his end at a small club im the south bay. Leon Russell, D Frieberg, Edgar Winter, Barry Melton were all there. Twas quite a nite... I’ll never forget it!
@@Rich915 omg!! So lucky!!! I love QMS but born 10 years too late to see them live. Grew up with Leon Russell~JJ Cale aka the “Tulsa Sound” and lots of live music. Bumped into Leon when 19 at a small venue; had no idea who he was at the time. He was alone, playing his upright piano and there seemed to be a glow surrounding~emitting from him. Long gray hair/beard. It’s hard to explain but I was totally mesmerized; still picture visual today, thanks for the memory.
Highly concur! Great explanation of a wonderful, talented man; Gary Duncan had “it”. Wish I’d seen him live but glad to have vids. Love his playing & that voice; Double Threat.
wow, my friday night here and remembering how lucky we were...i saw QS for a 2$ ticket along with Country Joe if memory serves....they rocked the house and I still listen and feel like I am 14 yo and knew the score....we probly did compared to the circumstances now...60s and 70s were amazing and intense, thank you!
Aye Bonnie what Legends the Quicksilver are! Wish I'd been able to c them live in the Bay Area! John's guitar 🎸 Style is very powerful he is the master of the Tremelo/ Whammy Bar!! Never seen anyone use it as Savagely as John Great Sounds from his SG! Welsh Rockers loved the Vibe n Sounds of the Bay Area! John Guest's on Mans Superb Live Album Maximum Darkness! He Introduced himself but the Man Band didn't Believe he was John Cipollina! So they asked him to do the Growl which he did! And that's how he came to play with them! I love Maximum Darkness! And Happy Trails 👣! Would love there to be More Live Album's of their's! As Performing live they were at there Best! Some Bands r More Studio Orientated! But Quicksilvers Sound n Performance is Best Observed at a Live Gig! Like their fellow Bay Area Giant's The Grateful Dead! Live Band every times over Studio Album's! Sadly John's passed away! True Legend of Mine Along with Skydog Duane Allman Rory the Irish Wizard Gallagher! Sinner Boy done good! And Koss of the Superb Free! He was the King of Sustain No Effects Pedals Needed! Koss on! One love Rasta Jake Bonnie Scotland the Brave
This performance is astounding. I always did love these guys. Look at what a unit they were. They talked to each other with guitars and whispers. This song doesn't feel like it's being performed toward the crowd, but rather that the crowd is invited to observe the re-creation of it as a free form jam. I have their double LP record, and I love it. This epic piece reminds me of why. You know, in a sense, it reminds me of that Vanilla Fudge jam, "Break Song," that took up the whole side of an LP.
Love the black and white!. Great version that brings out the intricasies of lyrics and instruments! Feel like I'm present at the performance--Wow! Great groove by the drums! Nice blending into one tune bringing in psychedelic nicely after strong upbeat beginning, then back to easygoing followed by excellent psychedelic, ending with exciting beat and sudedenly tearing into final guitars raising the roof! Showing this supremely talented group at a level greater than studio version! Great ride!
Winterland was the first place to have in house video. There was this mezzanine that went round the whole place, where the concessions were....there were a couple of bars and a head shop and the usual merch stuff....hot dogs and such.....the video and the audio feed from the board was distributed to all those locations....there's a great wealth of old Dead shows and other stuff out there from Winterland....Saw many shows there.....best venue ever!
Before the internet it was a challenge to plug into the bootleg tape trading circles and being a kid from a small farming based town I had no idea there were bootleg recordings available until the early 90's (and those were only advertised in the classified section of vinyl collecting mags for wa-a-a-a-y too much money) and I didn't catch on to the tape trading until the late 90's but when I did I made up for lost time and made some great friends who I thank eternally for getting me started with those QMS boots!!
This band had two great lead guitarists, some of the best keyboardists in the business, solid bass and drums, and three players who could sing lead vocals. Not too shabby!
They remind me alot of the Allman Brothers. What is hidden in all this sound is that they were tremendously proficient as musicians. The psychodellic American Pink Floyd that never sold out to commercialism. Buried treasure.
@@andrewarthurmatthews6685 Both groups were psychedelic. Pink Floyd was experimental in this fashion until the second side of the album Meddle. David Gilmore mentioned this. Quicksilver was a San Francisco underground band. They could have become much more popular as they were tremendously talented as musicians. In contrast, Pink Floyd sounded kind of experimental, noisy, and undisciplined until the album Meddle.
@@andrewarthurmatthews6685 Actually, Quicksilver was a psychedelic band like early Pink Floyd and jammed early on like the Allman Brothers. They weren't just a bunch of long hairs. At times, they would turn on the proficiency. The Flute Song by Quicksilver: music.th-cam.com/video/et2YMDeNgZk/w-d-xo.html
Okay kids this was 46 years ago or so. I remember way back in the late '60 seeing this band and it was an amazing experience. The music went on and on every four minute track turned into these amazing jams much like the video you are watching. Like I said amazing absolutely amazing 😎
Superb Gary Duncan. Equally brilliant and rudely not acknowledged. Makes other front men guitar singers look pathetic. Great drumming too. And the JC. A legend.
John and his Gibson SG.............a priceless snapshot of a happier, more youthful time. But I'm listening now.........and I'm feeling awfully good. Perhaps more great things came out of our era than most people are willing to admit; if music happens to be the largest part, then who am I to complain. RIP John; you made growing up a real, exciting adventure..........
The Dead were brilliant at their best but awfully inconsistent from one gig to the next. When they had their timing down and Jerry was playing inspired solos they were a very interesting band but at times they were simply a mess.
From everything I've read, the labels were trying for a while(the Dead, Jefferson, Moby,et al) , were all making it big and the record companies wanted them. But QMS weren't interested. Just wanted to play.
The "Quick and the Dead" were a double bill in all the hippie ballrooms. Their popularity in 1967 (when I discovered both) was pretty equal at the time. It wasn't that one was opening for the other -- the members of QMS and the Dead were all good friends and great musicians!
I'm presuming this was a Bill Graham show. THANKS to all involved for recording this. Thanks Bill; you gave us so many unforgettable pleasurable experiences. Special thanks to the lovely, graceful dancer.
@@KaiserBlade Did you know that Bill Graham produced many, many shows at Winterlnd? All those plaques on the balcony with pictures of just some of the artists that played shows at Winterlandas seen in The Closing of Winterland video? Those are Bill Graham produced shows...Look it up. Too bad you never went to any of those shows. I went to some of them; they were great. You would have loved them.
Excellent! So glad to see this clip. Gary Duncan was/is tremendous, and one of the most underrated lead guitarists ever! Cip got all the attention, and I don't know why Gary doesn't get just as much love. Visually, Cip had the cool factor down, but I love Gary's guitar style and those sort of latin-flavored licks. QMS were brilliant.
they were an incredible pairing..each different from the other and yet perfectly dovetailed. I remember well when the first album was released.. I played it over and over and over and ‘tried’ to play along with them.. It was incredible music.. completely admire them both.. Rest in Peace Cip., health and peace to Gary
Gary was good -excellent even -John was a genius -who's playing is immediately recognizable and singular. Hip factor has zero to do with it a dumb and demeaning thing to say about the finest guitarist of that whole scene played out at the Avalon and the Fillmore West -was John an incredible presence onstage? Yes. He was also the far less prosaic of the two geetar players in that band...a band I saw many, many, times..... Even Duncan has noted in interviews John was the better guitarist.....and live onstage- it was readily apparent -even here his licks are like John made ordinary with standard blue based chops -but clearly back then Gary wasnt happy being the front man and second guitarist -you could see the tension onstage....unfortunately, it destroyed the band -and hurt Garys legacy -as just think of what Quicksilver could have gone on to do with the original lineup -without the addition of the talentless, patently awful, Ego Valenti -but we were all young then....
I'd be wary of chucking the word genius around and the need to play Cipollina against Duncan is, I think, unnecessary since the point is how good they were together. I'd rate their partnership as up there with Clapton (in the days when he was one mean, serious mother) and Allman, as the best I have heard. 'Happy Trails' is the only record I have actually worn out as I played it so much! Anyway yours isn't a post I entirely agree with but it's interesting and good to find a Cipollina-lover as QMS remain criminally underrated. Best wishes to yez.
Happy trails best guitar magic ever ,when i check out the record will go with me,my family knows how it is.Crazy yes, sane NO,hahaha thats life living on the warm red wine,doc said stop i say helps me play and get that groove on mojo working yes.Ever time i watch i know i got something to say!I love what i here man.Peace and love to all.
My older brother Joe born in 49 introduced me to this band with the Shady Grove album still have the vinyl album, Edward the Mad Shirt Grinder is a epic song!!!
amazing rendition...68 my high school heard them at Palo alto lodge dance...they all ways had small American flag on drum setup. remember the fool from set back then. my appreciation of their talent now more in awe, than then sadly..saw them at Fillmore West too...happy trails!
J'avais 13 ans lorsque j'ai découvert ce groupe outre Atlantique, un séisme pour moi et mes copains, nostalgie, nostalgie, j'ai maintenant 58 ans, et j'adore toujours autant ces excellents musiciens et John Cipollina. Je vous aime fort, Isabelle
Damn I can't believe I've never seen this! Gorgeous and heavily instrumental! A time when musicians could write whatever the hell they wanted to. That's quoting someone from QMS interviewed in 1980 when I was in college. Though I love Shady Grove, that live jam is second to nothing! So glad this is getting the exposure it deserves. Aurora you rock!
Thank God that someone had the foresight to record this I was just going through TH-cam and I happened onto this Quicksilver recording these guys could just Jam they were so great I wish I had a time machine and could go back to San Francisco to the Fillmore in the winterland and Avalon Ballroom and see all these greats their first album is still one of my favorite albums what can I say they're just too cool man
@@aurora1957A I met Bill (he was tending the juice bar) at a Butterfield gig. It was "10 Years After's" first US visit. Bill said they were the next big thing. They were. I was trippin heavy that night. Quicksilver was always a favorite.
Yes. Harold Aceves as drummer #2. A friend of mine. He passed away a few years ago now. I had this footage for years, but couldn't share as Harold was worried that BGP would find out, and he would be in trouble (he was a VERY sweet person, never wanted to step on toes) for it. Cipollina was a "guest" because his band, at the time, was Copperhead, which was the opening band to QMS at this gig.
Whoever was able to see them live oh my gosh, I’m so jealous! Especially like Gary Duncan’s voice~conviction and the weaving between his and John’s guitars>>>phenomenal.
QMS Happy Trails Live @ Filmore East and West is and has always been one of my all time favorites. It doesn't get any better than this. I've been looking for footage of those live recordings and this is the closest I've seen so far. There has got to be footage out there....PLEASE, whoever has it...POST IT!
One of my favorite bands, it's too bad they never made it to my neck of the woods. Happy Trails is in my Top Ten LPs, and stands alongside Live at Leeds and Band of Gypsys as best live album ever recorded. While I liked some of the later work, they really really should have stayed a guitar band.
Thank you. Nice to know details of that remarkable period in history. The musicians and obviously dancers learnt their crafts because they loved music and that's why the music was so good. This is an excellent performance too bad this isn't on a CD. Better than anything that came after Happy Trails.
Incroyable prestation , Je me dis que Quicksiver Messenger Service est un des meilleurs groupes des années 60 , Je suis trop jeune pour avoir vu cela , mais j'aurais aimé participer à ce concert .
Never saw QMS even though I am the same age group; also never heard of this line up for this band. Having the second drummer really added a lot to their sound. MAGNIFICENT psychedelia !!!! Howard White, Columbus OH 12-8-2012
so cool to see that duncan cippolina guitar-sharing kick-ass riff along with the drum insisting all along with bass that this band did the moments proud. i remember hearing these guys, thinking along them, "yeah, what about me?", and realized that the best are mostly under the radar, but felix sure did let his freak flag fly; Happy Trails to all even as we play the songs that make it a better place.
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John lived across the street from me on mount tam we called it rock and roll hill as Santana lived on the other side from John about once a month John would come over out of smoke and he would clean all my pipes and get the resin out and we would get so fucked up and sit for hours John would tell me story’s of mount Tam.he knew about all the places the live stock hung out.John would baby sit my son Sean when my wife and I would go out. he lived i a real small cabin and he had a open coffin that he called his bed and he would sleep in it and he had a pet tarantula that romed around the room. I miss our friendship he was a good guy.
Wow, loved reading your story about John, a unique gifted musician, could picture everything you said. Funny about the Tarantula, my older brother had a pet one too, named Titan🕷️ haha. Take care,
Love from San Rafael Marin county San Francisco California 🍄🌛⚡🌜🍄🌁🌁🌁🌁🍄
I can’t imagine he didn’t miss you, too
Location, location, location. Lucky sob!
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So grateful for this video! I am a San Francisco native, born in 1951, and went to almost every Quicksilver concert between 1967 and the mid-1970s when Cipollina, my idol, left the band. This video is one of the few I have seen on TH-cam that truly captures what the experience was like to hear Quicksilver live. So glad the concert was recorded and preserved!!!
yes! I saw them @ THE FILLMORE IN 1970. This captures it perfectly.(what I can remember)
Me too Bonnie. Same age as you and probably saw you at many Fillmore/Winterland/Avalon shows
Same age but nyc boy so lucky I got to see them live twice
That must have been marvelous my parents always played this then my mother moved on Dad raised nine of us I'm in the middle Brothers the oldest. So when David come home from work and kick back he would play some of this what you going to do about me. So hush Little baby. Spectacular music from Days gone by but never forgotten it stays alive in my heart mind body and soul. Along with all the other unique music he would listen to
I attended Fillmore concerts and Winterland in late 60s early 70s. QMS was always one of my favorite groups. With Cipollina wailing on guitar, and top of the line vocals, it made for an amazing evening
Great to be able to see this sooo many years later...my how things have changed!
Thank you.....loved Quicksilver...loved Winter land.....sacred memories truly
I first commented on this some 8 years ago, got it on vinyl and CD. I’m 79 now but still play it. This just might be one of the finest examples of real rock and roll. So called musicians of today just can’t compare.
John i here you man,these guys i love, my to favourite guitar players are john and garry,im a deadhead jerry garcia is very good,i cant say that.Grateful dead were really glorious but Quicksilver are just the best i love those guitar players,john allways was my favourite,coz im SG man.Ive got a Other QSM record on the way.Respect john 79 my friend i wish you many more beautiful years and you will.Whats your favourite QSM record?Peace brother
My brother was stationed in San Diego , and he brought me back all the good stuff. All these years later this is one of my favorite albums
@@gratefuldrifter6588 ripple, dear hearthead
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I was Stunned by Quicksilver Messenger Service I am 74 now and Drooling over this, as one should!
"I walked 47 miles of barbwire" and now it's 2013, man I only blinked. Give me a thumbs up if you feel the same way.
"Got a gopher snake for a necktie"
Cobra snake
Coming to you post covid saying yes this is what the music performer holograms should be put to use doing!
Blink again, it's 2020
It's been a long strange road for me since 1973 and now it's 2020. We danced hard to this in 1973 and some of us old hippie boomers are still out dancing hard , waving our freak flags as "Stupidity and Selfishness" fight it out to the death.
Cippolina & Duncan
right up there in the all time ranks of classic rock guitar duos!
Connoisseur classics...
One of the top bands ever...
One, if not, the best of the '60's guitar bands: incredible jam of a Bo Dudley song that for years defined guitar jams with a Rock'n'roll vibe and rocking beat. One of the best of the psychedelic '60's bands, especially live. Long live Quicksilver Messenger Service!!!
This looks like the kind of concert that when it was over you didn't know which direction was home.
Or care...
Great clip! These guys played at my High School (Pleasant Hill HS) in 1966 and just blew all of our little Beatle minds....
Rare footage. Absolute gold dust 🎉. I'm a Brit, but love 60s/70s West Coast sounds. Great download, thanks 😊
Ian,
I'm a West Coast native who also loves the California bands of that era; but, I REALY love the British bands of that era!
AWESOME GUITARS, GREAT FOOTAGE. THANKS FOR POSTING 🥃🎸
The poor picture quality is no surprise, but us old- time stoners appreciate the thought.
Doesn't bother me. Before today this didn't exist.
Revern! It's the music!
You don’t hear with your eyes, do you?
Picture quality in 1973 ? We had those big console TV's back than
One of the most underrated rock bands in rock history. Before Fresh Air. My favorite line up.
Damn ! Forever fan still walking in the park with me...Thank you Bob Traller I really miss you brother
daccordo, uno dei gruppi piu sottovalutati ma grandissimi. questo disco è una pietra miliare ma anche Shady Groove...
What? That’s good!!!
You said it brotch!!! George Thorogood had the pipes & the guitar work was gr8 gfi remake but I just don't feel it can eminate the same mi nd rippin psychedelic aura that these guys could not help but pump out w/ the maddest of Luv!!! I absolutely Luvvv it!!!!!
Saw QMS, Grateful Dead, John Mayall, and It’s A Beautiful Day, all in one concert in Houston in 1970. All for about $10. All were great but QMS complete Who Do You Live Suite was the stealer. Even surpassed Mayall’s Room to Move.
My first concert ever. 1973 Boise Idaho.
Chambers Brothers opened. They closed there set with Time Has Come Today.
The Window Pane took effect right around the time these guys took the stage.
What an experience!
Ha! I haven't heard 'Window Pane' for 50 years!!!!
Seems like very few of us are able to remember....@@pesachBtov
4 way window pane!
Oh shit man, just read your comment and I'm still chuckling! Man, those days!
In the 47 years since this album dropped, no one has ever really duplicated Cipollina's signature sound.....a screaming guitar pitch that grabbed you by the balls and could etch into your bones at high volume. We played the Who Do You Love? album a thousand times back in the day.
Still my go to! 😂🤫
Did you get to see them?
Albums from great bands did not "Drop". Thats a modern term pertaining to the worst music in the history of western civilization.
The interplay between him and Gary Duncan is unsurpassed.
@@nancylarson8973 They played at my high school. Santana played twice at one of my other high schools(Washington High School in Fremont[QMS], Ca. and Moreau High School in Hayward.).
I clearly remember a friend sitting me down on his couch and telling me "you ain't never heard who do you love like this" as he put on Happy Trails album... he was right... still is. Fell in love with Cipollina and Duncan. To this day that album remains a favorite.
Both are gone now... Here it is, archived testimony, QMS at their finest, magnificent!
They are one of the best rock bands I ever saw/heard in the 70’s and after. Their songs are unforgettable!
RIP Gary Duncan. You were an incredible guitar player.
Duncan and Cipollina one of the best guitar duos ever.
what an underrated player he was - but will forever be remembered by the musically enlightened.
@@XMIR10C I don't think so mate, (IMO) at least Duncan & Cipollina, Green & Kirwan, Betts & Allmann, Powell & Turner are better than those two. Real counterculture rock musicians not like Ted.
Oh, and I forgot Marriott & Frampton, my bad.
@@XMIR10C Humble Pie guitar duo was before Pinera joined IB, and also that guitar duo is better than Ted's duo, thanks I almost forgot it.
Love the danseuse in bright white sneaking to the front of the stage -- quite the visual "blast" for those with dilated pupils and/or heavily influenced brains. Quite the show. Was only ever exposed to the album version; this is a wonderful rendition by a famous SF EXPERIENCE! QMS must have given The Dead a real run for their money! Yes, infinity kudos to whoever arranged for filming and a great job on sound engineering (usually the most thankless job for concert recordings -- consider Woodstock 1969!!!). Thanks so much for posting this seldom seen gem!
The dancer girl was often onstage with many of the big S.F. Bandsin the late 60s and eary 70s -- this video above is the only footage I have ever seen of her dance preserved. When I was a teenager, spending every moment I could at the Avalon, the Fillmore, Winterland, all the ballrooms with "the Quick and the Dead," she was always on the stage. I wonder what became of her?
Have been listening to this magic since I was 14. Happy Tails forever❤️
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Gary Duncan was always under-rated as a guitarist, because of John's amazing playing, but,man, Gary really shines here.
Agree, really like his playing~singing. Never got to see them perform; born 10 years too late. Whew! GARY and the band were on
🔥🔥🔥😎.
For 50 years I thought John played the main solo in this song.
Boy, was I wrong. Gary was an AMAZING guitarist.
Digit, nice close to show jam , I have most clean iTunes offerings , this jam ranks TOP SHELF !!
Should be in the Rock Hall of Fame.
@@haroldtyler Jann W & Robbie R ruled the roost, Ahmet E Probly balanced things out for the better at~(Cleveland, ? i wish that was a nod to Alan Freed~it was a Rumor when they were picking cities)~The RnR HOF GR8 Architecturally! I don't know what current RnR HOF policy is but as of 2012 they would let touring bands in for free & the last 1/2 hour to 40 mins before close (& before soundchecks) was always free to the public, that is enough time to check any new revolving featured Artists. That said, QSMSx Deserves But Do Not need no Stinking HOF. They are running out of Artists & for 5 to 7 years have been forced to add older & newer artists they Never would have before, imho that all got traction when Patti/PSG/The Patti Smith Group got in~(Lest We not forget Guitarist Lenny Kaye who put out "The NUGGETS" compilations), but in the end Album sales still are a big part of it & the many comfortably numb Pleasant Valley Sunday honcho's there. Bests, dtf Ps, QSMSx still gets Indie & College RADio Airplay in Chicago, it depends on the DJ's tastes but even if it's not their thing all those stations here take & play requests & have QSMSx in their Libraries as well as much of/most of the main Lineages going back to the roots & DJ's will bring records from home to spin too. Since 1972 through & till '93/'94 & Seattle Grunge WXRT Chicago & Later WMSE Milwaukee & WORT Madison Wi played QuickSilver & their ComRADS Often at night~The Best time imho, now they like many are hindered by corporate manAGEMENT & Are Run By the KGB Like "Audicy/Audicey"~sp, i know the WXRT DJ's tastes & the DJ's still go to Big & small mostly touring gigs and they do what they can with a Heavy Heart of being hindered. Last time i was in SF was 2011 & SF RADio for me had been in Decline, i was in shock! But KFJC (89.7 FM) ia non-commercial college radio station in Los Altos Hills, California & DJ Maybelline who i met at a Patti Gig was/?is a Friday?Saturday Eve GR8 DJ.& not the only GR8 1 there, Be Well, Bests, dtf~the name was bequeathed to me in "79 by fans & bands & club owners/Workers from a KINKS song. Ps, nothing like QuickSilver in the fog or if you have been dumped.
Quicksilver was truly a great, great band. If you weren't there its hard to appreciate how fine they were.
cippolina and jerry were kings :). such a heady beautiful time, eh :)
@@SanFranciscoFatboy Bit psychedelic for many tastes ,...hung on to the feedback bit boringly too.
@@macmccreadie8541 right on, i can see that...... i was 14 yrs old in 1968..... i don't know if u were around but one thing we all forget is just how new ANY volume was in late 60's...... the only loud music on the planet was at Winterland and fillmore type places....no one had big systems at every lil bar....no kids owned big amps in the bedrooms...... so you are not wrong, there was a ton of noise that on tape sounds like shit..... but live it was exciting and frickin loud as f#$k....... Rock concerts were rare early on..... more of an event...and more experimenting w/ equipment.. cheers...
@@SanFranciscoFatboyall so new, wasn't it. A wonderful thing.
This vid ROCKS. Thx to whoever cleaned it up and posted it. There are so few from that time. This is a real treasure.
I am so glad that someone captured this event, as. Quicksilver in their prime with those2 guitarists was one of the best bands of the time, and there were few people who preserved these concerts. Rare. Too rare. Jefferson airplane and others were very good but ... the dead, of course, had the master, jerry. There will never be another quicksilver, and their talent is all the more precious because they did not last long, and, as I understand it,had their flat nights, and they had to contend with Dino.".....all the rest of the guitarists of the time, including jerry, recognized cippolino as a unique guitarist, but I would also like to acknowledge Gary Duncan. How many bands have had 2 great guitarists
Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop in the Butterfield Band. Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes, and Derek Trucks in the Allman Bros. John Cipolina and Gary Duncan in Quicksilver. That's it.
Shame on you Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
@@harryking917, what is it with you ppl about the r&rhof? It doesn't matter....
Jason Cova the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame actually means nothing to me it's just a shame that if it's not going to represent rock and roll it shouldn't be called The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
What kínd of music, still sounds powerfull, One of many real rock bandós. Nothing today can compare to the Them.
Right on, its mind-blowing that some people listen to today's music at all. Sometimes I'll walk past my teenagers bedroom, I hear some pretty horrific stuff on the other side of that door sometimes. Is that the evolution of music? Haha..
the great QMS...one of my favorite bands ever...I still love their music...RIP John and Dino...
Cipollina, yes;. Dino, not so much (not at all, really).
Gary said his favorite music is Coltrane, Miles (Davis), and Jobim. I can hear a lot of Trane in Gary's modal solo here. What an amazing, and grossly underestimated guitarist he is... His concisely succinct and beautiful solo on "All In My Mind" blows a lot of Jazz guitar players away. No other rock player (except for Carlos Santana) could emulate such magnificent tone of his guitar no matter what guitar and amp he plays. The guy's a true genius!! Thanks for posting this aurora1957A!!
MIkiko Murdoch I concur! His jazz influences are all over the place in his playing. Miss those days.
Saw J Cippolina when he was near his end at a small club im the south bay. Leon Russell, D Frieberg, Edgar Winter, Barry Melton were all there. Twas quite a nite... I’ll never forget it!
@@Rich915 omg!! So lucky!!! I love QMS but born 10 years too late to see them live. Grew up with Leon Russell~JJ Cale aka the “Tulsa Sound” and lots of live music. Bumped into Leon when 19 at a small venue; had no idea who he was at the time. He was alone, playing his upright piano and there seemed to be a glow surrounding~emitting from him. Long gray hair/beard. It’s hard to explain but I was totally mesmerized; still picture visual today, thanks for the memory.
Highly concur! Great explanation of a wonderful, talented man; Gary Duncan had “it”. Wish I’d seen him live but glad to have vids. Love his playing & that voice; Double Threat.
yes! one of the greatest of the great..sorely missed and died way to young!....I'm thankful to know his music
wow, my friday night here and remembering how lucky we were...i saw QS for a 2$ ticket along with Country Joe if memory serves....they rocked the house and I still listen and feel like I am 14 yo and knew the score....we probly did compared to the circumstances now...60s and 70s were amazing and intense, thank you!
This is so melodic, hard-driving and fresh, all at the same time--love these super memories!
What a fabulous old relic! Thank you so much for posting this.
Rest Well Gary Duncan!
One of the Bay Areas Greatest.
Can't imagine anyone on stage now in just a tee-shirt & jeans. Not enough 'staging' for modern sensibilities; to bad. Pure music here.
Aye Bonnie what Legends the Quicksilver are! Wish I'd been able to c them live in the Bay Area! John's guitar 🎸 Style is very powerful he is the master of the Tremelo/ Whammy Bar!! Never seen anyone use it as Savagely as John Great Sounds from his SG! Welsh Rockers loved the Vibe n Sounds of the Bay Area! John Guest's on Mans Superb Live Album Maximum Darkness! He Introduced himself but the Man Band didn't Believe he was John Cipollina! So they asked him to do the Growl which he did! And that's how he came to play with them! I love Maximum Darkness! And Happy Trails 👣! Would love there to be More Live Album's of their's! As Performing live they were at there Best! Some Bands r More Studio Orientated! But Quicksilvers Sound n Performance is Best Observed at a Live Gig! Like their fellow Bay Area Giant's The Grateful Dead! Live Band every times over Studio Album's! Sadly John's passed away! True Legend of Mine Along with Skydog Duane Allman Rory the Irish Wizard Gallagher! Sinner Boy done good! And Koss of the Superb Free! He was the King of Sustain No Effects Pedals Needed! Koss on! One love Rasta Jake Bonnie Scotland the Brave
I just gave my computer a standing ovation.
This is the best band I ever heard. I grew up with these guys. Thank you QMS.
This performance is astounding. I always did love these guys. Look at what a unit they were. They talked to each other with guitars and whispers. This song doesn't feel like it's being performed toward the crowd, but rather that the crowd is invited to observe the re-creation of it as a free form jam. I have their double LP record, and I love it. This epic piece reminds me of why.
You know, in a sense, it reminds me of that Vanilla Fudge jam, "Break Song," that took up the whole side of an LP.
Astounding is the word. Peeerless is another ..superatilave band.
I can't stop listening to this - All day long!
Love the black and white!. Great version that brings out the intricasies of lyrics and instruments! Feel like I'm present at the performance--Wow! Great groove by the drums! Nice blending into one tune bringing in psychedelic nicely after strong upbeat beginning, then back to easygoing followed by excellent psychedelic, ending with exciting beat and sudedenly tearing into final guitars raising the roof! Showing this supremely talented group at a level greater than studio version! Great ride!
two of the greatest guitar players in this band.
Thank goodness someone had the foresight to record this.
Winterland was the first place to have in house video. There was this mezzanine that went round the whole place, where the concessions were....there were a couple of bars and a head shop and the usual merch stuff....hot dogs and such.....the video and the audio feed from the board was distributed to all those locations....there's a great wealth of old Dead shows and other stuff out there from Winterland....Saw many shows there.....best venue ever!
Robyn Webb I so agree, Winterland was the greatest venue ever!
Too true. Well said.
Before the internet it was a challenge to plug into the bootleg tape trading circles and being a kid from a small farming based town I had no idea there were bootleg recordings available until the early 90's (and those were only advertised in the classified section of vinyl collecting mags for wa-a-a-a-y too much money) and I didn't catch on to the tape trading until the late 90's but when I did I made up for lost time and made some great friends who I thank eternally for getting me started with those QMS boots!!
AMEN!!
This band had two great lead guitarists, some of the best keyboardists in the business, solid bass and drums, and three players who could sing lead vocals. Not too shabby!
They remind me alot of the Allman Brothers. What is hidden in all this sound is that they were tremendously proficient as musicians.
The psychodellic American Pink Floyd that never sold out to commercialism. Buried treasure.
Absolutely nothing like Pink Floyd !
@@andrewarthurmatthews6685 Both groups were psychedelic. Pink Floyd was experimental in this fashion until the second side of the album Meddle. David Gilmore mentioned this. Quicksilver was a San Francisco underground band. They could have become much more popular as they were tremendously talented as musicians. In contrast, Pink Floyd sounded kind of experimental, noisy, and undisciplined until the album Meddle.
I meant Allmans were nothing like pink floyd. @@WilliamJones-sf5pt
@@andrewarthurmatthews6685 Actually, Quicksilver was a psychedelic band like early Pink Floyd and jammed early on like the Allman Brothers. They weren't just a bunch of long hairs. At times, they would turn on the proficiency.
The Flute Song by Quicksilver:
music.th-cam.com/video/et2YMDeNgZk/w-d-xo.html
Okay kids this was 46 years ago or so. I remember way back in the late '60 seeing this band and it was an amazing experience. The music went on and on every four minute track turned into these amazing jams much like the video you are watching. Like I said amazing absolutely amazing 😎
I followed them everywhere…from S.F. all the way to a beach in Santa Cruz…hundreds of shows! They were my favorite! John C….a huge crush! I was young!
Superb Gary Duncan. Equally brilliant and rudely not acknowledged. Makes other front men guitar singers look pathetic. Great drumming too. And the JC. A legend.
I agree 100%. John Cippolina was a great guitarist... but, Gary Duncan never received the credit he deserves!
Yeah and Gary Duncan lived on to be 82 years old
"A graveyard hand in a tombstone mind, just seventy-two and I don't mind dying"... Happy Trails to you Shapeshifter travel safe!
@Dave State-61 Done?..Duck Dunn maybe...Love, Nick G. the Patriarch! Thx stay safe!
Favorite album! Happy trails!
That was 20 minutes of my life I don't mind living over a few times. Awesome. Thanks for posting it!
Totally made my day:) I never got tired of seeing them either
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Thank you, Thank you! This is truely AWESOME! I never grow tired of Quicksilver Messenger Service. These guys could really cook.
John and his Gibson SG.............a priceless snapshot of a happier, more youthful time. But I'm listening now.........and I'm feeling awfully good. Perhaps more great things came out of our era than most people are willing to admit; if music happens to be the largest part, then who am I to complain. RIP John; you made growing up a real, exciting adventure..........
Nobody ever has or ever will play guitar like Mr. John. Fantastic. 2 drummers; who knew? Just amazing
Saw them opening for The Dead and they just blew them away. They just weren't commercial enough for the time.
The Dead were brilliant at their best but awfully inconsistent from one gig to the next. When they had their timing down and Jerry was playing inspired solos they were a very interesting band but at times they were simply a mess.
From everything I've read, the labels were trying for a while(the Dead, Jefferson, Moby,et al) , were all making it big and the record companies wanted them. But QMS weren't interested. Just wanted to play.
The "Quick and the Dead" were a double bill in all the hippie ballrooms. Their popularity in 1967 (when I discovered both) was pretty equal at the time. It wasn't that one was opening for the other -- the members of QMS and the Dead were all good friends and great musicians!
I never saw them live. I had Happy Trails though and a poster 😂
Some great early 70's SF psychedelic rock n roll, great lead & rhythm guitar work and nice percussion !
Oh my this brings me back to the time of my best memories and the love of my life....
This Quicksilver concert 🎶 well captures the intellectual and social zeitgeist of the times.
I'm presuming this was a Bill Graham show. THANKS to all involved for recording this. Thanks Bill; you gave us so many unforgettable pleasurable experiences. Special thanks to the lovely, graceful dancer.
It's Winterland not the Filmore.
@@KaiserBlade Did you know that Bill Graham produced many, many shows at Winterlnd? All those plaques on the balcony with pictures of just some of the artists that played shows at Winterlandas seen in The Closing of Winterland video? Those are Bill Graham produced shows...Look it up. Too bad you never went to any of those shows. I went to some of them; they were great. You would have loved them.
@@KaiserBlade It's spelled FILLMORE.
Ren’ee LeBallister~Performance Artist. Renee helped to get the crowd up and out of their seats and dance along. She doesn’t get enough recognition! 💖
@@namcat53 i remember 4:30 am Winterland departures and Bill was serving apples and coffee to everybody leaving.
Excellent! So glad to see this clip. Gary Duncan was/is tremendous, and one of the most underrated lead guitarists ever! Cip got all the attention, and I don't know why Gary doesn't get just as much love. Visually, Cip had the cool factor down, but I love Gary's guitar style and those sort of latin-flavored licks. QMS were brilliant.
+Jon Van Horn AGREED!
they were an incredible pairing..each different from the other and yet perfectly dovetailed. I remember well when the first album was released.. I played it over and over and over and ‘tried’ to play along with them.. It was incredible music.. completely admire them both.. Rest in Peace Cip., health and peace to Gary
Agree completely. Band are beyond compare, really.
Gary was good -excellent even -John was a genius -who's playing is immediately recognizable and singular. Hip factor has zero to do with it a dumb and demeaning thing to say about the finest guitarist of that whole scene played out at the Avalon and the Fillmore West -was John an incredible presence onstage? Yes. He was also the far less prosaic of the two geetar players in that band...a band I saw many, many, times..... Even Duncan has noted in interviews John was the better guitarist.....and live onstage- it was readily apparent -even here his licks are like John made ordinary with standard blue based chops -but clearly back then Gary wasnt happy being the front man and second guitarist -you could see the tension onstage....unfortunately, it destroyed the band -and hurt Garys legacy -as just think of what Quicksilver could have gone on to do with the original lineup -without the addition of the talentless, patently awful, Ego Valenti -but we were all young then....
I'd be wary of chucking the word genius around and the need to play Cipollina against Duncan is, I think, unnecessary since the point is how good they were together. I'd rate their partnership as up there with Clapton (in the days when he was one mean, serious mother) and Allman, as the best I have heard. 'Happy Trails' is the only record I have actually worn out as I played it so much! Anyway yours isn't a post I entirely agree with but it's interesting and good to find a Cipollina-lover as QMS
remain criminally underrated. Best wishes to yez.
This was fabulous. These guys were great big beautiful people off stage too.
This is classic Quicksilver. Awesome! This is a more representative version of Who Do You Love? than the full Winterland 1975 version.
Happy trails best guitar magic ever ,when i check out the record will go with me,my family knows how it is.Crazy yes, sane NO,hahaha thats life living on the warm red wine,doc said stop i say helps me play and get that groove on mojo working yes.Ever time i watch i know i got something to say!I love what i here man.Peace and love to all.
Finally playing together again.............. thanks for all those great years.
This show was fantastic. Didn't expext it to be nearly all Gary solos. Thanks for the upload & big cheers from the Delta🤡😬
My older brother Joe born in 49 introduced me to this band with the Shady Grove album still have the vinyl album, Edward the Mad Shirt Grinder is a epic song!!!
amazing rendition...68 my high school heard them at Palo alto lodge dance...they all ways had small American flag on drum setup. remember the fool from set back then. my appreciation of their talent now more in awe, than then sadly..saw them at Fillmore West too...happy trails!
R.I.P Gary I thought he would live. Until his 80s at least we can put on. great stuff like this to remember him
Anthony Congiunti great music from a great era. I’m 65 and I’m still listening man.
@@calvinking8586 Likewise.
J'avais 13 ans lorsque j'ai découvert ce groupe outre Atlantique, un séisme pour moi et mes copains, nostalgie, nostalgie, j'ai maintenant 58 ans, et j'adore toujours autant ces excellents musiciens et John Cipollina. Je vous aime fort, Isabelle
awesome history here. fantastic, underappreciated band for sure. these guys could really rock! thanks for posting this gem!
Damn I can't believe I've never seen this! Gorgeous and heavily instrumental! A time when musicians could write whatever the hell they wanted to. That's quoting someone from QMS interviewed in 1980 when I was in college. Though I love Shady Grove, that live jam is second to nothing! So glad this is getting the exposure it deserves. Aurora you rock!
An exceptional performance.
Thank God that someone had the foresight to record this I was just going through TH-cam and I happened onto this Quicksilver recording these guys could just Jam they were so great I wish I had a time machine and could go back to San Francisco to the Fillmore in the winterland and Avalon Ballroom and see all these greats their first album is still one of my favorite albums what can I say they're just too cool man
Bill Graham recorded everything, most QMS stuff was too dark to see much of anything
@@aurora1957A I met Bill (he was tending the juice bar) at a Butterfield gig. It was "10 Years After's" first US visit. Bill said they were the next big thing. They were. I was trippin heavy that night. Quicksilver was always a favorite.
Yes. Harold Aceves as drummer #2. A friend of mine. He passed away a few years ago now. I had this footage for years, but couldn't share as Harold was worried that BGP would find out, and he would be in trouble (he was a VERY sweet person, never wanted to step on toes) for it. Cipollina was a "guest" because his band, at the time, was Copperhead, which was the opening band to QMS at this gig.
Who or what is BGP?
@@jasomkovac9115 Bill Graham Productions
This tune here cements Quicksilver's place in rock history! Man, This is a killer version!
great rock band. great rendition of a classic
Gary Duncan - What an awesome guitarist. I saw Quicksilver 12 times in NY, CA.
The musac these days is rubbish compared to the 60's.
Listen to ´Tainted Lady ´.............a great, fresh band..........you´ll love them !
You lucky dabber. I've seen ~Jeff Beck a lot lately, different but also wonderful.
Quicksilver was one of the best bands I've ever seen San Diego 1970
Check out Samantha Fish.
Whoever was able to see them live oh my gosh, I’m so jealous! Especially like Gary Duncan’s voice~conviction and the weaving between his and John’s guitars>>>phenomenal.
It was so amazing being in San Francisco with all of the clubs to go to with multiple venues every weekend.
A golden time! Not only all the ballrooms, but all the free music the bands gifted their followers with in Golden Gate Park, too!
I'M back in the 70 and I feel young again,,,,!!!what music can do with you....!!!!music are vitamines for your soul....!!!!!! :-)
Wonderful unique gibson sound! Great performance!
So So underrated! this is the real deal it's called ROCK and ROLL!
Rest in peace John & Gary, you're finally reunited in that big gig in the sky!
QMS Happy Trails Live @ Filmore East and West is and has always been one of my all time favorites. It doesn't get any better than this. I've been looking for footage of those live recordings and this is the closest I've seen so far. There has got to be footage out there....PLEASE, whoever has it...POST IT!
One of my favorite bands, it's too bad they never made it to my neck of the woods. Happy Trails is in my Top Ten LPs, and stands alongside Live at Leeds and Band of Gypsys as best live album ever recorded. While I liked some of the later work, they really really should have stayed a guitar band.
great.....just fantastic....real psychedelic rock!
Thank you. Nice to know details of that remarkable period in history. The musicians and obviously dancers learnt their crafts because they loved music and that's why the music was so good. This is an excellent performance too bad this isn't on a CD. Better than anything that came after Happy Trails.
This is how I remember the concerts at the Avalon and the Fillmore! This film has such a dream-like quality to it.
Love this i know ive said it,but listening to QSM,the dead and the airplane are my life,and my SG jamming along is all i do,and stay loaded.
Incroyable prestation , Je me dis que Quicksiver Messenger Service est un des meilleurs groupes des années 60 , Je suis trop jeune pour avoir vu cela , mais j'aurais aimé participer à ce concert .
Love that "Bo Diddley Beat" on some of their songs. Made them so danceable!
That is what I thought
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Yes! Better check your blood pressure if it doesn’t get you moving…….great rhythm!!!
Grasias por subir este registro,es la primera ves que veo a esta gran banda en vivo , acá en Chile es reconocida por el gran tema fresh air
Loved Quicksilver as a young 17 year old punk in '73...They could jam!
Still takes your breath away!
Amen brother. These guys hit the Soul. Thank you.
What just happened? My mind melted into musical bliss. Mind blowing around 9:30 and 15:40… this whole piece is a jam.
Never saw QMS even though I am the same age group; also never heard of this line up for this band. Having the second drummer really added a lot to their sound. MAGNIFICENT psychedelia !!!! Howard White, Columbus OH 12-8-2012
so cool to see that duncan cippolina guitar-sharing kick-ass riff along with the drum insisting all along with bass that this band did the moments proud. i remember hearing these guys, thinking along them, "yeah, what about me?", and realized that the best are mostly under the radar, but felix sure did let his freak flag fly; Happy Trails to all even as we play the songs that make it a better place.
Gary Duncan, Master of tone and melody.
Happy Trails is one of my top 5 albums. The live "Who Do You Love" is a classic with Gary and John cooking on guitar.