Artist: Quicksilver Messenger Service
Genre(s):
Rock: Psychedelic
Discography:
Happy Trails
Year: 1969
Tracks: 10
The ring that became Quicksilver Messenger Service originally was conceived as a rock vehicle for folk singer/songwriter Dino Valente (b. Nov. 7, 1943, d. Nov 16, 1994), author of "Get Together." Living in San Francisco, Valente had set up guitar player John Cipollina (b. Aug. 24, 1943, d. May 29, 1989) and isaac M. Singer Jim Murray. Valente's friend David Freiberg (b. Aug. 24, 1938) joined on basso, and the group was accomplished by the addition of drummer Greg Elmore (b. Sep. 4, 1946) and guitarist Gary Duncan (b. Sep 4, 1946). As the band was beingness put together, Valente was imprisoned on a dose charge and he didn't retort Quicksilver until by and by. They debuted at the goal of 1965 and played round the Bay Area and then the West Coast for the next deuce geezerhood, building up a big following simply resisting offers to record that had been interpreted up by such San Francisco acidulent rock'n'roll colleagues as Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead. Quicksilver ultimately signed to Capitol toward the goal of 1967 and recorded their self-titled debut album in 1968 (by this prison term, Murray had left). Happy Trails, the 1969 follow-up, was recorded live. After its release, Duncan left the band and was replaced for Shady Grove (1970) by British sitting piano player Nicky Hopkins. By the sentence of its release, however, Duncan had returned, along with Valente, qualification the mathematical group a sextet. This variation of Quicksilver, prominently featuring Valente's songs and lead vocals, lasted only if a class, during which deuce albums, Precisely for Love and What About Me, were recorded. Cipollina, Freiberg, and Hopkins then left, and the leftover ternion of Valente, Duncan, and Elmore hired replacements and cut another couple of albums ahead disbanding. There was a reunion in 1975, resulting in a unexampled album and a tour, and in 1986 Duncan reanimated the Quicksilver name for an record album that as well featured Freiberg on background vocals.
