Great to be able to see this sooo many years later...my how things have changed!

RIP Gary Duncan. You were an incredible guitar player.

@desayuno_psicodelico

4 жыл бұрын

Duncan and Cipollina one of the best guitar duos ever.

@swaggytaggy4206

4 жыл бұрын

what an underrated player he was - but will forever be remembered by the musically enlightened.

@desayuno_psicodelico

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@desayuno_psicodelico

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, and I forgot Marriott & Frampton, my bad.

@desayuno_psicodelico

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Cippolina & Duncan right up there in the all time ranks of classic rock guitar duos! Connoisseur classics... One of the top bands ever...

Have been listening to this magic since I was 14. Happy Tails forever❤️

@thenazarite2444

10 күн бұрын

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Both are gone now... Here it is, archived testimony, QMS at their finest, magnificent!

Quicksilver was truly a great, great band. If you weren't there its hard to appreciate how fine they were.

@SanFranciscoFatboy

Жыл бұрын

cippolina and jerry were kings :). such a heady beautiful time, eh :)

@macmccreadie8541

9 ай бұрын

@@SanFranciscoFatboy Bit psychedelic for many tastes ,...hung on to the feedback bit boringly too.

@SanFranciscoFatboy

9 ай бұрын

@@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...

@jasomkovac9115

5 ай бұрын

​@@SanFranciscoFatboyall so new, wasn't it. A wonderful thing.

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!!!

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!

@pesachBtov

4 ай бұрын

Ha! I haven't heard 'Window Pane' for 50 years!!!!

@notadummy2

4 ай бұрын

Seems like very few of us are able to remember....@@pesachBtov

@jongoldey3842

3 ай бұрын

4 way window pane!

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.

@gratefuldrifter6588

2 жыл бұрын

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

@iowa7693

2 жыл бұрын

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

@iowa7693

2 жыл бұрын

@@gratefuldrifter6588 ripple, dear hearthead

@EscaramBrujo

Жыл бұрын

Check out Samantha Fish.

@johncbernaysjohnc.bernays1790

Жыл бұрын

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.

@scotts.osborne5210

4 жыл бұрын

"Got a gopher snake for a necktie"

@mattcampbell3391

4 жыл бұрын

Cobra snake

@coolboarder

4 жыл бұрын

Coming to you post covid saying yes this is what the music performer holograms should be put to use doing!

@walt9nic

3 жыл бұрын

Blink again, it's 2020

@TommyTooter

3 жыл бұрын

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.

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!

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.

Thank you.....loved Quicksilver...loved Winter land.....sacred memories truly

This looks like the kind of concert that when it was over you didn't know which direction was home.

@TeaParty1776

21 күн бұрын

Or care...

They are one of the best rock bands I ever saw/heard in the 70’s and after. Their songs are unforgettable!

One of the most underrated rock bands in rock history. Before Fresh Air. My favorite line up.

@geoffreyhall2034

4 жыл бұрын

Damn ! Forever fan still walking in the park with me...Thank you Bob Traller I really miss you brother

@francescomacchi1602

3 жыл бұрын

daccordo, uno dei gruppi piu sottovalutati ma grandissimi. questo disco è una pietra miliare ma anche Shady Groove...

@nancylarson8973

3 жыл бұрын

What? That’s good!!!

@timothyallensmith-in-orbit8453

3 жыл бұрын

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!!!!!

@markrentz6610

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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 😊

@bagua8

11 күн бұрын

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!

What kínd of music, still sounds powerfull, One of many real rock bandós. Nothing today can compare to the Them.

@irocitZ

2 жыл бұрын

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..

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

3 жыл бұрын

Still my go to! 😂🤫

@nancylarson8973

3 жыл бұрын

Did you get to see them?

@jeffreywilliams144

3 жыл бұрын

Albums from great bands did not "Drop". Thats a modern term pertaining to the worst music in the history of western civilization.

@sdubon7800

2 жыл бұрын

The interplay between him and Gary Duncan is unsurpassed.

@mmakshak

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.).

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.

@KittyGrizGriz

8 ай бұрын

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,

@pango-y8j

3 ай бұрын

Love from San Rafael Marin county San Francisco California 🍄🌛⚡🌜🍄🌁🌁🌁🌁🍄

@SuperNurfy

Ай бұрын

I can’t imagine he didn’t miss you, too

@raystreu5763

Ай бұрын

Location, location, location. Lucky sob!

@stefanschleps8758

5 күн бұрын

​@@pango-y8j😊 Greetings from Vienna!

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

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely nothing like Pink Floyd !

@WilliamJones-sf5pt

11 ай бұрын

@@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

10 ай бұрын

I meant Allmans were nothing like pink floyd. @@WilliamJones-sf5pt

@WilliamJones-sf5pt

10 ай бұрын

@@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.kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6hmu699lbHNis4.html

Rest Well Gary Duncan! One of the Bay Areas Greatest.

two of the greatest guitar players in this band.

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!

the great QMS...one of my favorite bands ever...I still love their music...RIP John and Dino...

@garymorgan3314

7 жыл бұрын

Cipollina, yes;. Dino, not so much (not at all, really).

Gary Duncan was always under-rated as a guitarist, because of John's amazing playing, but,man, Gary really shines here.

@KittyGrizGriz

Жыл бұрын

Agree, really like his playing~singing. Never got to see them perform; born 10 years too late. Whew! GARY and the band were on 🔥🔥🔥😎.

@ProfessorTime

Жыл бұрын

For 50 years I thought John played the main solo in this song. Boy, was I wrong. Gary was an AMAZING guitarist.

@maxsno

Жыл бұрын

Digit, nice close to show jam , I have most clean iTunes offerings , this jam ranks TOP SHELF !!

@haroldtyler

Жыл бұрын

Should be in the Rock Hall of Fame.

@danthefan5378

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

@MarcLiggett

Жыл бұрын

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.

@harryking917

10 ай бұрын

Shame on you Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

@jasomkovac9115

4 ай бұрын

​@@harryking917, what is it with you ppl about the r&rhof? It doesn't matter....

@harryking917

4 ай бұрын

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

"A graveyard hand in a tombstone mind, just seventy-two and I don't mind dying"... Happy Trails to you Shapeshifter travel safe!

@tomgrooms4046

4 жыл бұрын

@Dave State-61 Done?..Duck Dunn maybe...Love, Nick G. the Patriarch! Thx stay safe!

@nancylarson8973

3 жыл бұрын

Favorite album! Happy trails!

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 KZread that truly captures what the experience was like to hear Quicksilver live. So glad the concert was recorded and preserved!!!

@44flyboy

5 жыл бұрын

yes! I saw them @ THE FILLMORE IN 1970. This captures it perfectly.(what I can remember)

@TheRabbit1951

4 жыл бұрын

Me too Bonnie. Same age as you and probably saw you at many Fillmore/Winterland/Avalon shows

@robertkelly6282

2 жыл бұрын

Same age but nyc boy so lucky I got to see them live twice

@jameshicks8634

2 жыл бұрын

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

@larryleitch3803

Жыл бұрын

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

Saw them opening for The Dead and they just blew them away. They just weren't commercial enough for the time.

@gregorytimmons4777

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@jasomkovac9115

4 ай бұрын

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.

@bonnieknight8045

28 күн бұрын

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!

Gary Duncan, Master of tone and melody.

yes! one of the greatest of the great..sorely missed and died way to young!....I'm thankful to know his music

Can't imagine anyone on stage now in just a tee-shirt & jeans. Not enough 'staging' for modern sensibilities; to bad. Pure music here.

I can't stop listening to this - All day long!

I just gave my computer a standing ovation.

This vid ROCKS. Thx to whoever cleaned it up and posted it. There are so few from that time. This is a real treasure.

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 Quicksilver concert 🎶 well captures the intellectual and social zeitgeist of the times.

An exceptional performance.

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 😎

This is the best band I ever heard. I grew up with these guys. Thank you QMS.

This is so melodic, hard-driving and fresh, all at the same time--love these super memories!

Love that "Bo Diddley Beat" on some of their songs. Made them so danceable!

@garyjackson3894

5 жыл бұрын

That is what I thought

@yogijaya2897

3 жыл бұрын

💯

@KittyGrizGriz

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Better check your blood pressure if it doesn’t get you moving…….great rhythm!!!

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.

@garymorgan3314

6 жыл бұрын

Astounding is the word. Peeerless is another ..superatilave band.

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!

@bonnieknight8045

28 күн бұрын

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?

Some great early 70's SF psychedelic rock n roll, great lead & rhythm guitar work and nice percussion !

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.

@bagua8

11 күн бұрын

I agree 100%. John Cippolina was a great guitarist... but, Gary Duncan never received the credit he deserves!

Nobody ever has or ever will play guitar like Mr. John. Fantastic. 2 drummers; who knew? Just amazing

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 grew up seeing Quicksilver Messenger Service, they were absolutely fantastic, John Cipollino was one of my all time favorites, so sad he was born with such bad asthma, this is so good 😊 takes me back to the 70’s, we had so much fun 🤩 the music was hot, the guys were hotter, ooh baby, Quicksilver were so good. I loved Shadygrove, Happy Trails To You, I remember in about 1970, Quicksilver would do Merle Haggards “ We Don’t Smoke Marijuana In Muskogee, we would sing along and laugh our stoned asses off, lol 😆

Badass jam from a Badass Band.

This tune here cements Quicksilver's place in rock history! Man, This is a killer version!

The poor picture quality is no surprise, but us old- time stoners appreciate the thought.

@NickMirro

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't bother me. Before today this didn't exist.

@raystreu5763

Ай бұрын

Revern! It's the music!

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!!

@Rich915

5 жыл бұрын

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!

@KittyGrizGriz

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@KittyGrizGriz

Жыл бұрын

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.

This is how I remember the concerts at the Avalon and the Fillmore! This film has such a dream-like quality to it.

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

@calvinking8586

4 жыл бұрын

Anthony Congiunti great music from a great era. I’m 65 and I’m still listening man.

@urayoungsterbodybuildingfi9145

4 жыл бұрын

@@calvinking8586 Likewise.

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!!!

great rock band. great rendition of a classic

An incredible guitar duo. Underrated to be sure.

Finally playing together again.............. thanks for all those great years.

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.

One of my fav albums

Thank goodness someone had the foresight to record this.

@vegatyme1

7 жыл бұрын

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!

@richardbrice8330

7 жыл бұрын

Robyn Webb I so agree, Winterland was the greatest venue ever!

@garymorgan3314

7 жыл бұрын

Too true. Well said.

@hurdygurdyguy1

7 жыл бұрын

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!!

@AmeliaRoselina

6 жыл бұрын

AMEN!!

Rest in peace John & Gary, you're finally reunited in that big gig in the sky!

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

great.....just fantastic....real psychedelic rock!

Oh my this brings me back to the time of my best memories and the love of my life....

It was so amazing being in San Francisco with all of the clubs to go to with multiple venues every weekend.

@bonnieknight8045

28 күн бұрын

A golden time! Not only all the ballrooms, but all the free music the bands gifted their followers with in Golden Gate Park, too!

This is classic Quicksilver. Awesome! This is a more representative version of Who Do You Love? than the full Winterland 1975 version.

Still takes your breath away!

Totally made my day:) I never got tired of seeing them either V.

This was fabulous. These guys were great big beautiful people off stage too.

Wonderful unique gibson sound! Great performance!

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!

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.

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!

Loved Quicksilver as a young 17 year old punk in '73...They could jam!

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.

@jasomkovac9115

4 ай бұрын

Who or what is BGP?

@amellowsoul

4 ай бұрын

@@jasomkovac9115 Bill Graham Productions

RIP Garry... this is brilliant...

I'M back in the 70 and I feel young again,,,,!!!what music can do with you....!!!!music are vitamines for your soul....!!!!!! :-)

John Cippolina and the entire line up of Quicksilver were powerful Haight Ashbury bands. I saw them live nearly every week when I lived there either at the Fillmore, Avalon, or Carousel Ballrooms and of course Sundays free at the panhandle in Golden Gate Park in the Haight. Sadly very few people understood the entire movement because by the time they discovered it in the Summer of Love it was over. In the late Spring of that year, we gathered around a real coffin and most of us old-time young hippies tossed our beads, etc into the coffin and carried it to Golden Gate and buried the Hip movement. You see by the end of 1966 bus tours were all around the Haight. Dark drugs and darker dealers arrived. And the caravan of the young lost abused kids of America arrived and the name Street People came into being. But the music lives on even as my generation is passing away. It was uplifting indeed but not about flower children, flower power, free -sex, etc but yes it was about Rock n' Roll.

@JerkyJones100

3 жыл бұрын

Very well written. Cool lil insight back into the day. Thanks for that. ✌

@jerroldkazynski5480

3 жыл бұрын

Popularity is also measured by $ (record sales & concerts). And Stoners didn't have that going for them. So there's that.

@brushcountry6361

2 жыл бұрын

Regardless your state is up shit creek. . .

@YehudaKaminsky

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this comment. Very enjoyed to read. Even it seems like rock'nroll is over these days, but rock'n'roll is alive and kicking. I'm born in 1973 and probably the rock'n'roll spirit came into me so I play rock'n'roll too

@TimH86

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience. Its easy to romanticize, but the period after seems real dark to me and not romantic at all. I saw some documentaries on it, and it is sad to me to see so much longing to be, left unanswered mostly. I never knew about this ceremonial goodbye, good to hear that it was clear to you that it was time to move to a different place.

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.

What a fabulous old relic! Thank you so much for posting this.

She was my friend's housekeeper. She danced with a lot of the bands at Winterland and fillmore west.

@TheRabbit1951

4 жыл бұрын

Renee Labalaster

Precious relics from a lost civilization...we were there, man...

I'm a Briton alerted to QMS by the NME about 1976. First album I truly wore out - and I'm a Deadhead! - but as far as I am concerned this lot were IT!Too wonderful for words...Cipollina sorely missed, as much as even Started Jerome Garcia, which is saying something!Peace, my brother's and sisters..this is America in essence.Garyx

@garymorgan3314

7 жыл бұрын

I should add that Duncan and Cipollinio are my favourite duelling guitarists not excluding Duane Allman/Betts and even Allman/Clapton...from me that is saying a LOT! 'Happy Trails' the first album I wore out! Wonderful, alchemical, matchless......Peace...Gary (British)

@pjbscript

Жыл бұрын

you got that right!

R.I.P. Gary Duncan.

@johng4250

3 ай бұрын

I guess the happy part is these guys are never dead they are always available on vinyl and CD’s.

Every time I hear this tune, which is the last five days in a row, I think of the Allman Brothers at the fillmore east. Did the Allman's get any inspiration from Quicksilver? Man, this song is amazing, the way they improvise, especially at the end. WOW, is this tune good! This will be the 2nd time I have heard this tune today. What talent!!!!!

So So underrated! this is the real deal it's called ROCK and ROLL!

They were my favorite for a long time...but I do think it's funny that people think of Gary Duncan as the rhythm guitarist when he played just as much lead as John...and probably more in this vid!

@Streetbob07

Ай бұрын

Two lead guitarists is how it should be described . But if you listen to alot of people you would think Duncan filled the Bob Weir role .

Thank God that someone had the foresight to record this I was just going through KZread 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

10 ай бұрын

Bill Graham recorded everything, most QMS stuff was too dark to see much of anything

@msimon6808

6 ай бұрын

@@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.

These guys are fire.

I spent almost every weekend in front of Grandfather of the San Francisco Sound as Bill Graham introduced them on many a night as close to the stage as you could get. Always got between John & Gary & then they took off! What a ride!

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.

The blonde dancer in Renée "Dancing Girl" LeBallister.

That was 20 minutes of my life I don't mind living over a few times. Awesome. Thanks for posting it!

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!

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 studio album was an incredible piece of artistry.