I have conversations with friends about bands that have been around for decades, who continue to tour playing the songs from days gone by. Many people believe that these older acts should hang it up and retire. They think that the songs no longer are valid and they feel that these older groups should make way for the younger bands coming around in the 21st century. I say you didn't see Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Pinetop Perkins, or Hubert Sumlin retire, did you? Read more »
"In this dirty town, there's nothing going for me..." Presenting a lunar ten pack for your listening pleasure. Just sit back and watch that ole devil come down. Thin White Rope - Moonhead Quicksilver Messenger Service - Maiden Of The Cancer Moon Dead Moon - Dagger Moon Jonathan Wilson - Valley Of The Silver Moon Lucia Pamela - Walking On The Moon Graham Parker & The [...]
This is a selection of studio outtakes from Quicksilver Messenger Service during the recording of their first album in 1968 and probably came from founder member John Cipollina's personal archive. The first album was noted for its instrumental passages (most notably in "Gold and Silver" and "The Fool"), the album displayed the group's jam sound amidst lighter pop-oriented songs. Unlike contemporaries such as the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver's jams were highly planned as can be heard by comparing the studio versions of songs with those from bootleg live performances. Quicksilver Messenger Service are [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News In the mid-1960s when San Francisco became ground zero for the birth of the modern day rock concert, Longshoreman's Hall, near the tourist-minded Fisherman's Wharf, was something of a launching pad. Predating Bill Graham's Fillmore dance space across town, Longshoreman's Hall hosted many concerts by the Grateful Dead , including the famed Trips Fest -- an acid test that also featured Janis Joplin (with Big Brother & the Holding Company ). It was also the place [...]
Quicksilver Messenger Service: Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder [ purchase ] Quicksilver Messenger Service circa 1969, from the one album they made while famed British session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins (a/k/a "Edward") was a member of the band. Hopkins played on hits by just about everyone on both sides of the Atlantic in the '60s and '70s (a partial list includes The Who, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Jeff Beck Group, Rod Stewart, Cat Stevens, Donovan, Jefferson Airplane, The Steve Miller Band, Art Garfunkel, Jerry Garcia, [...]
After the old man yelled for months, our big sister got a job - which leaves lots of time for us to peruse the record collection in her bedroom. Today we found a true psychedelic relic - Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service. At least I have always heard it is a classic; it sure doesn't sound that way to me. Fire up a fat one: this is certainly a record best enjoyed with a little, ah, stimulation. Released in 1969, Happy Trails is the San Francisco band's second album and it was [...]
Rather than interview J Mascis ourselves, we thought it would be more fun to continue our tradition of getting famous people to interview famous people for nothing more than the thrill of taking work off our hands. This interview was conducted by director Allison Anders, who cast Mascis in films such as Grace of My Heart , and Tiffany Anders, the musician/singer/co-curator of Don't Knock the Rock and also Allison's daughter.
Back in the late '60s, San Francisco's Quicksilver Messenger Service was thought to be the best band in town by many people. Though they never achieved the success of The Dead or The Airplane, QMS was just as important to the city's psychedelic rock movement. Click here to view the embedded video. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Mona (Live)
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This Mix Tape was inspired by my trip out to San Francisco this summer. SF just oozes with an energy and feel that makes you understand how the psychedelic rock movement originated and blossomed there. Anyone that has seen a show at The Fillmore can attest to that, that room's just filled with the ghosts of the past. So with that in mind, I thought we'd take a trip back to the '60s for some tunes from the some of the bands from that era... We kick things off with [...]
A band known for their formation during the sixties with helping the onset of the psychedelic scene, Quicksilver Messenger Service's seventh album (first with keyboard player Chuck Steaks), Comin' Thru is brain child of guitarists Dino Valente and Gary Duncan. Although the band's most notable albums such as their self-titled album (1968) and Happy Trails (1969) show progressive notions of San Francisco's psychedelic scene, Comin' Thru shows more of the band's musical influences of blues, jazz and folk. This album doesn't follow a typical Quicksilver song montage of jamming then losing your mind for an allotted amount of time, but [...]
Did you know that Tom Petty was in a band before Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers made Gainesville famous? I mean, I assumed he had been in a number of bands while starting out, but I didn't think any were of much consequence. I guess perhaps had it not been for Tom inviting the original members of Mudcrutch up to his place for some reminiscing and recording he wouldn't have been...but he did, and it was. Now, I'm not gonna try and paint myself as some Petty maniac. I like 6 or 7 songs off each album but [...]
The music world lost a legend last week when Bo Diddley passed. Creater of the famous Diddley beat and player of the almost-as-famous square cigar-box guitar, he never got the respect of his peers Little Richard and Chuck Berry, but his music lives on. And if The Raconreurs did it on Conan , we can here, paying tribute to both the man and his beat. The Animals - The Story of Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley) One of those covers that does way more than the original, Eric Burdon [...]
i first heard about mudcrutch , tom petty's early seventies, pre-heartbreakers band, while watching last years expansive (& excellent) documentary, runnin' down a dream ...but this new album completely snuck up on me...i had heard something about petty getting the band back together, but never would have expected the laid back, country rock gem that was recorded live to tape in only ten days...apparently they only needed one take on the nine & a half minute, dead influenced "crystal river", which is pretty incredible when you [...]
Looks like the Jukebox is stuck on repeat a bit today. The 60's were a time when bands played covers so often that they became veritable standards. A few songs were particular to the garage set (think Louie, Louie/ Money) but Buffy Sainte-Marie's Cod'ine became a crossover from garage on into psych mainly due to its heavily drug oriented lyrics and story of redemption. Despite her original being a very strident folk song, it did lend itself well to harder interpretations and still continues to be a favorite today (I last recall Oakley Hall doing a pretty great version). So [...]
Four decades ago, legions of young people trekked to San Francisco and its famed Haight Asbury district, the epicenter for the youth-driven counterculture revolution that was transforming American culture. They came for peace, politics, community, love...and they came for the music, the most enduring legacy of that very special place and time. It has proven to be the element that really tells the true story of San Francisco in the 1960s. Love Is The Song We Sing : San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 is a [...]
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You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson Those of you (like me) in the NYC area who missed your chance to see Roky Erickson at a couple of recent shows can still check out this documentary dvd from Palm Pictures . While the film is mainly concerned with Roky's present-day struggles, it includes plenty of great live performance footage in its extra features -- none of them wilder than this "American Bandstand" appearance by the Elevators, playing "You're Gonna Miss Me." (Unfortunately this youtube clip cuts off before Dick Clark comes out to [...]
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