Original Members:
John Cipollina - Guitar
Gary Duncan - Guitar, Vocals
David Freiberg - Bass Guitar, Vocals and Viola
Greg Elmore - Drums
Jim Murray - Guitar, Vocals (1965-1967)
Dino Valente - Guitar, Vocals
Nicky Hopkins - Piano (1969-1974)
Influences
Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Dave Brubeck, Bo Diddley, Smiley Lewis, Ray Charles, Mose Allison, Ennio Morricone.
Sounds Like
Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, Blue Cheer, The Grateful Dead.
Folk, Blues, Improvisational Jazz, and even Spanish and Classical guitar. One of those 60's San Francisco Acid Rock bands.
This is an unofficial site.
In the late 1960s, Quicksilver Messenger Service occupied an unusual position in the pantheon of major San Francisco Bay Area psychedelic bands. Not that most of those acts weren't unusual, even in relation to each other. Part of what set Quicksilver apart from their peers, though, was that they were not so much singer-songwriters as they were virtuoso players and creative interpreters and stylists. They were not the greatest of vocalists or composers, although they did pen some sturdy folk-rock tunes. Their strengths lay in the ziplocked tightness of their playing and arrangements; their ability to whip up a psychedelic brew from a diverse pool of sources encompassing folk, blues, improvisational jazz, and even Spanish and classical guitar; and their inventive rearrangements of unexpected, even left-field, blues, R&B, folk, and jazz classics.
Quicksilver Messenger Service - 1968
Happy Trails - 1969
Shady Grove - 1969
Just For Love - 1970
What About Me - 1970
Quicksilver Messenger Service's Friend Space (Top 27)
"All the peace and happiness of the whole globe, the peace and happiness of societies, the peace and happiness of family, the peace and happiness in the individual persons' life, and the peace and happiness of even the animals and so forth, all depends on having loving kindness toward each other." Lama Zopa Rinpoche
hello sirs.. amazing band you have.. great great music.. i live far away and i only could find your first cd.. its an amazing trip.. please.. never ever stop playing music.. your life is music¡
Happy easter ! Please support the Love Agents by downloading our music on ITUNES and check our other art projects on www.m-mission.com. Let the good sounds grow !
“An analogy for bodhichitta is the rawness of a broken heart. Sometimes this broken heart gives birth to anxiety and panic, sometimes to anger, resentment, and blame. But under the hardness of that armor there is the tenderness of genuine sadness. This is our link with all those who have ever loved. This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we’re arrogant and soften us when we are unkind. It awakens us when we prefer to sleep and pierces through our indifference. This continual ache of the heart is a blessing that when accepted fully can be shared with all. ”
~Pema Chodron~
I hope you are doing well...
Sharing love and hugs,Take care, Barbara
Good morning friend. I hope you are doing fine, and have a beautiful weekend.
Sending Love always,Barbara
There is a Tibetan saying,"Retain your reverence and admiration for the person, but subject the writing to thorough critical analysis. "
This demonstrates a healthy attitude and illustrates the Buddhist tradition known as the approach of the four reliances.
Do not rely merely on the person, but on the words.
Do not rely merely on the words, but on their meaning.
Do not rely merely on the provisional meaning, but on the definitive meaning, and,
Do not rely merely on the intellectual understanding, but on the direct experience.
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