Mona (1969) - Quicksilver Messenger Service
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- Quicksilver Messenger Service with an outstanding outdoor performance in 1969. From Ralph J. Gleason's "Go Ride the Music" produced for KQED. This excerpt is presented under fair use for educational purposes.
IMHO the finest Quicksilver Messenger Service performance available on video!
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P.S. You might want to consider buying the DVD; it's inexpensively packaged with "West Pole" and has a ton of previously really rare & unreleased material on it.
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True concert footage of Quicksilver Messenger Service remains rare, and any hardcore fan of the band will want to get the limited edition 3 DVD set "Recoil" which includes never before seen video (seen by me anyway) of Quicksilver Messenger Service live in concert! A truly bitchin' extended psychedelic version of Who Do You Love is my personal fave! Watching the duel lead guitars of John Cipollina and Gary Duncan is something to see!
anyway, get "Recoil" here while it's still available
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This video is from Sonoma State College in April of 1970. This was a free concert for the college students and local community. This is a well-recorded video/ audio for it's time. What was truly amazing was guest artist, Nicki Hopkins, playing a grand piano somewhere in the background. I was there with my friends, dancing in the fresh spring air. What a different world it was! So glad that this showed up on you tube.
I arrived one or two days later. Only managed to see the Bronze Hog and Osceola. Slept on the island overnight (or maybe that was somewhere else?). Sense of Freedom was great. Tried not to think too much about the people being killed in SE Asia..
Sure wish I could have seen these guys in their prime.
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Memories warm an old heart when the years get colder.
The best film of Quicksilver .
I was 22 when this film was made. All of those pretty young people in the audience are now in their 70's or dead. Me? I'm still 22 and rock to Quicksilver regularly. Everyone thinks I'm in cognitive decline while it's only that I never grew up.
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Me too.
That’s the way we do it!!👍💃
😅✌🏽✌🏼✌🏽✌🏿✌🏽✌🏻
Growing up is overrated. Hope you're still doing well
the most underrated band of all time. unbelievable.
Yes !!! My All Time favorite Band Ever!! Mona on my daily Playlist ! Swooned over Cippolina at the Avalon Ballroom ! Love Gary Duncan too !
Best kept secret treasure truck buried in a back of Chevy trunk about to get stuck on train tracks before you kiss me back and let’s not just drive let’s kiss the sky goodbye and yes I like to drive. But I can also float a boat out to furthest corner of flat world we can fold and seal with a little blood and wax just one kiss so I can spit it back. Is the end of the world or the beginning of eternity. If you make that face one more time I’m going to have to leave you here and come back someday? What? I have my universe and you be in reverse. Merry go round style? Or round about, spin your partner. Who who calling a square? Im so high I can fly. But I’m much better down on the ground and breaking glass and showing off the thing I love and do best which is dance
They were huge in the 60’s.
Yes indeed.. and I listen to them all...
absolt
This is one of the best Bo Diddley covers ever. QMS was a great band.
The Rolling Stones have a great cover of this song on The Rolling Stones, Now!
@@ericdailey8587 Yeah, it is a great cover, saw them do it live back in the 60's, but this is special. The Bo Diddley beat is masterful. And the hippie vibe brings back plenty of memories. So glad that I can remember those days.........
I have to say that I prefer the Who Do You Love from Happy Trails. But then again, I went on the Golden Road, and never really came home.
@@ericdailey8587Phenomenal cover version by the Stones so love them!
I love the kid running between Gary and John at 1:10. It's representative of how close you could get to the artists back then and so unlike the huge venues of today where the only way to see the artists is with binoculars.
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@@samanthadubon7304 Sam, you know what I’m talking about, don’t ya?
Talk about back then. Back then there was only one overweight young woman pictured. All the rest of us were skinny and she looks out of place. 53 years later, I'm still thin and 22. What about you?
@@meredithmericle7487 Meredith: When I went for my Selective Service physical at age 19 I was issued a draft card that listed my stats as 6’-4” and 150 lbs. That wasn’t unusual back then. I worked for a large stable and ate like the horses I cared for, but was all muscle without an ounce of fat.
I attended a high school reunion last October. I still have my hair, very few wrinkles, and I stayed thin - just not the “rock star thin” I was in the 60’s. Judging from the attention I received at the reunion, I’d say that I was still 19.
Thanks for indulging me.
The 1st time i saw this video, i noted it as well at 1:10 when the kid ran through the grass stage, right next to Gary Duncan who, at that moment, jumped on the song. A moment Representative of the time. Thanks, an Old Youth.
Quicksilver doing what they best, performing live, truly one of the best bands from the San Francisco area,
The 2 best guitarists of their time: Gary Duncan & John Cipolinna! Thanks for sharing.
Umm a guy named Hendrix should be included.
u must be drunk
Agreed 🎸 John on the song " the fool"
One of the Greatest West Coast Bands from the classic 60s Era. A stellar lineup of talent and songwriting. When you hear an old Quick Silver song it is unmistakable to not recognize their place in History. I love The Alman’ Brothers and Butterfield Blues Band-But these guys had it going on too!!!!
A long time ago.
Those were the days.
Had to get my Quicksilver fix again. This is still the best video that captures the spirit of the band.
On the eve of anniversary of 'Happy Trails' being released in 1969, just like to say...THIS IS DEFINITIVE ROCK AND ROLL performance of all time.
Does it get any better than this?! Man, I got heavy into this band in '68 and I'm still into them. Sorry to hear of the passing of Gary Duncan--we were the same age.
Nothing better then a QMS gigs. Takes be back to 1966 & going to the city every
weekend to see the Quicksilver Messenger Service through 1970. They were the king of the jam bands. The dueling lead guitar work between John Cipollina & Gary Duncan where phenomenal. The band was so tight.
Just had to come back for my fix, been hooked on the Quicksilver Messenger Service since 1966. It takes me back to my youth when we were young & had hope. Just need some Fresh Air!
I’m wishing Gary Duncan, had a house built right next to me 🥰Whew!! He’s such a handsome man, love his voice and guitar slinging skills.
What’s weird is the outfit he’s wearing looks like it could have come out of my closet, back then too. Love the fashions we had, a great time to grow up
I'm currently blown away. I think I need another hit, of sweet California sunshine.
Back in the 60's we would have called a great group like " Quicksilver" ... "Bitchin "
any other Californians out there who remember that endearing term ?
Dana Brinkmeier I thought it was "bitchen." But who cares, those were the days in CA :D
That was a Calif dialectic expression that I never heard anywhere else.And nobody outside of Calif. did care LOL !
We'd call them fucking insane, where I lived.
Dana Brinkmeier I heard it from surfers starting at least by '62 or '63 in the South Bay, L.A. As many transitioned into hippiedom it continued. Another term in use at the time was 'boss'. Then there was stoked, misterioso, etc. Tom Wolfe got it all down in The Pump House Gang.
Dana Brinkmeier Yup! And I'm from Wisconsin. (Lived in San Diego '66 -'67)
Quicksilver live footage is pretty rare,so thanks for posting this.
loved them live in the 60's and i still do. was at this show. this music makes me happy.
I was only 11, so while I may have missed the "scene" at the time, I discovered Happy Trails when i was about 15 and still listen to it every once and a while, and it still makes my heart go bumpidy bump....!
one of the most moving rock bands of all time. glad i got to see them live. musically big part of my life.
@TheQuicksilverdog That's 'cause they were hanging out in Hawaii and we were the fortunate recipients of the best band around. Lots of free concerts, we were big fans and groupies!
Those are some mighty high flood water bell bottoms the singer is wearing.
Yeh, noticed that first time I saw this. Down here (NZ) we call them half mast'.
Unfortunate, because it detracts a wee bit from the music. Whenever there's a full shot of Gary Duncan, instead of watching his great guitar playing, my eyes drift down to those half-mast pyjamas. Probably the height of cool in SF in 1967 though.
Gary Duncan can rock anything he’s wearing; if I didn’t know better his outfit looks like something I’d have been wearing in the 70’s, and I’m a lady.
I always loved these guys R. I. P. Dino, John, and Gary.
What a delightful recording. Rock, beauty, and youth at its sweetest.
When the camera shifts from the drummer to the singer's eyes, perfectly aligned, it deserves a little Oscar.
makes me wish I was young again...Gary Duncan is jaw dropping gorgeous
+Susan Hayden Makes me wish I was young again and HE was young again. Don't know how he looks now but you're right---gorgeous! I agree with ege1993: the most underrated band of all time.
...but both you guys are just young, studletts!
Read his wife's book. quicksilver girl.
@@mybingobrainmaybe it’s best not to meet your heroes?
Never get tired of seeing the best jam band of 60's San Francisco Sound. I saw them every weekend from 1966 till late 1968. Still saw them in the 70's but they weren't playing the the city every weekend like the old days.
I bet there's a good book in those memories.
Think I could watch this everyday & never get tired of it. Quicksilver was the best back of the city bands (SF) in 60's. Used to see them almost every weekend from '66 till the road off into the sunset.
The absolutley best band from that era in my humble opinion! Just love Happy Trails back then and now!
Bo Diddley will get you everytime!
This was out behind Sonoma State (College at the time) in front of the pond, a freebie unannounced noon concert . . we thought we were getting the best education possible . . Dino Valente made an ingratiating show of throwing joints out to the audience
An invisible Nicky Hopkins playing the killer piano here.
Yeah, this clip rocks! But "Go Ride the Music" was only available in third and fourth generation bootlegs for years and years; The now commercially available DVD set includes "West Pole" and is a seriously quite inexpensive.
Unlike "Fresh Air" all I did here was post an excerpt under fair use for educational purposes, without any audio or video tweaking.
There is little video of the band available, sadly. I'm glad you share my joy at seeing them play & exposing others to the wonder.
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Well Good Grief!!
I bought the Hapy Trails album the month it came out - and until today (about 40 years later) I'd never seen them moving.
Outstanding!!
Thanks so much for putting this film on.
x David (happy in London)
Love the wah wah! This was before the suits took over music.
Those early days in Golden Gate Park, sweet breeze blowing up from the ocean with the perfume of “Mary Jane”. All of us of one mind and heart. All for free. The “Flower Kids” from parts unknown hadn’t been invited to the party yet. Just us native Californians.
For you rock gear folk, John C's amp that you see at 2:14 is on display at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
It's really hard to believe his amp and all that was attached to it still SURVIVED all the gigs John played. I've heard from various sources that John and this amp, in concert back in the day, was so LOUD it would almost make you stagger. I also heard that the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland won't let you take photos of anything inside...NO CAMERAS allowed. I sure hope that is just a bad rumor.
On my bucket list, cool!
What a great sound! Really moving post. Two fantastic sides to this band. No better outdoor jam, and then Shady Grove. I feel lucky to have heard this when I was young. It became a permanent part of me. Just got a copy of Shady Grove today, which got me to searching here. If you haven't been back to that album in ages (20 years for me), you've got to hear tracks 1,2,4 and 8. Thanks Aurora!
This video captures, I contend, the real spirit of the "summer of Love". You had a great band doing a great extended version of a rock classic to a highly entusiastic live audience. God, I miss those days...but they were great while they lasted.
Great band and amazing film footage, the sourroundings,the sky ,the people dancing in trance, the wha wha pedal, thanks you for sharing this amazing video.
Oh those were the days, best time of my life. Nothing better then going to the city every weekend to see the Quicksilver Messenger Service back in the 60's. What a stage trip it was.
Damn is this shit TIGHT!! 1969 AWESOME...Gary duncan just kills it and Cipollina is a guitar go!!
Absolutely fantastic--Ive listened to Maiden Of The Cancer Moon and all for decades now--but this is the first time Ive seen them live---look at how authentic the whole hippy thing is, Look at the technology these guys are playing with, it looks like the speaker cabinets are home made, so authentic, true spirits of the west coast psych scene.
Ps I always get a real feeling of the old west from listening to quicksilver ( Even tho I'm from Scotland---superb
Yes I was, you can see me running behind Gary Duncan at 1:10
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Hallo aurora . Thanks for the Video, QSM was a great Band. I was1956 in East-Berlin was born behind the Wall !❤🎸👍
2 great guitarists
Duncan's playing and singing are phenomenal on this one, sweet bluesy tone and that's one cool 50's LP Custom he's playing too!
I love this video. You have a bunch of middle class, pasty white kids dancing around to one of the best acid rock, long haired bands around, at the height of the Haight ashbury era.
Takes me right back to Flower Power, thanks Minstral2
Is that the Marin County Fairgrounds in the background? Bought my first house in San Rafael in 1974 for $48,500. Now it's priced around $1 million. Strange doesn't begin to describe it.
$48K was a lot of money in 1974
Possibly the best live vid I've ever seen!
@NolanVoid-dr1ch possibly the best live film I’ve ever seen
Hey man, the is an awesome band... a lost treasure of 60'. Cipollina is one of the greatest ever guitarists!
What a beautiful era!!!
THESE GUYS ARE SO GOOD, LIVE--WHATEVER, THE VOICE IS JUST AS GOOD AS RECORDED
Hey, how it going over there, Elmo Quicksilver's drummer was at Nick Gravenites 80th B-Day Bash up here on the Russian River. They did "Pride of Man" for Nick's friend John Cipollina. What a gig that was! Everyone hip from SF 60s & still with us were there!
greetings from the other coast! Sounds like a great party!
@@aurora1957A Best gig in 30 years, small venue. Was surprised only 2 videos of it is all that's out, was hoping they would make a DVD of whole day.
@@aurora1957A Annie Sampson was up 1st, am in video. can you find me, LOL. ruclips.net/video/ISAHv9jU3Ds/видео.html
His voice, that guitar tone..My spirit is stirred up. Haha but really thank you for this live upload! Stay weird folks!
The high water mark of a beautiful long-lost time.............
West Coast music at its best 🎶🎸
This Band had talent, Man!! Their Music will LIVE...
Bo Diddley's beat is in my soul. His music still raises the hair on my neck. I was blessed with seeing him back in the day. 1st saw him at the original "Fillmore Auditorium" in the 60’s. Been hooked on Bo since I saw him on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1955. He played “Bo Diddley”.
Fantastic!!! Those were the days!
More soulful than the original. Cipollina so good.
Gary Duncan’s playing and singing lead….wow!!💘
Remarkable footage - less is more when it comes to the stage and lack of backdrop. It's like watching someone playing in your back garden, really laid back and the essence of live music at that point in time.
One of my Fav Marin bands ! Got too talk too gary duncan, bought JC a drink one night and meant Dino V son !!!
Happy Trails to y'all x
I woke this morning with HAPPY TRAILS to YOU & YOURS on my mind and the opportunity I had to work with ROY & DAYLE..When I was a child I grew up watching Roy I met ROY DAYLE & DUSTY and ended up doing a Documentary for A&E on them what a great opportunity to work face to face with one of your childhood hero's.. TO this day I had "HAPPY TRAILS" in my sign off.. we grew up in great times when hero's where indeed our hero's.. and life was much simpler ,,and of Course Quick Silver
@cullyred ....DAMN, I went to Sonoma State University from 1982-1984. Would've been nice to see shows like this. They used to call it "Granola State".....Those rolling hills that can be seen in the backround has a place called GRAVITY HILL....We used to do bowls of skunk and sometimes trip on L, and freak as our car rolled backward while going uphill !
I loved QMS, saw them several times, in 1968-1971, John Cippolino was such an excellent guitar player. My husband and I were lucky enough to go ona New Years Eve cruise of the Oakland/San Francisco bay, in 1981, John was playing in the band that night, at the private party we were invited to, it was awesome 👏
Great Story ❤🎸👍 Greetings from Berlin 👍
i love the way people danced in those times
I have not been that impressed for a long time. All I need for Christmas is to watch this video again.
I attended this concert! Infuckingcredible! [The acid was good, too!] LtF
outstanding sound after all these years...I love Gary Duncan..John C was pure geniuous...what an excellent band...who do you love? quicksilver messenger service..lol
Amazing performance from 50 years ago.
Ahhhhhhhhhh the good old days! Great post.
Thank you.
We haven't had this feeling here since 1969
Ahhh Beautiful. I miss this peaceful hippy scene. People alway criticized this culture, but it was peaceful and no one was out burglarizing the cars. Every once in a while someone would sell you a purple sweet tart and tell you it was purple haze but that is another matter ..... Let's start a new peace movement based on protecting the environment ....
Thanks for this particular version of QMS playing Mona! It has a distinctly hot live sound.
Has it been remixed and retweaked? Because the guitar sound and the rhythm section are
clear and right there. Besides loving QMS the sonic, driving tone of this version is right in
your face it almost makes me feel or its 1967 again; and I'm seeing them again! And that's
good. Hoping there's more groovadelic versions of the them mixed like that! Thanks again
more people need QMS.
I second that. Cippolina was awesome!!!
Amen.
This is so freakin' amazing. Thanks a lot for the upload! I appreciate it !
That overstated, pushy, little phony "Chet Powers" or Dino Valenti ruined the band. He is utterly incongruous, bumbling around, shaking his shoulders. Fortunately he was in jail for QMS first two albums. Hard to believe he wrote such an excellent song in the form of "Get Together" as performed by the Youngbloods.
I just love this!! Another watch before I call it a NIGHT!!
Haven’t heard this song in years or even thought of it. Don’t know why; it’s classic.
...i love pure rock blues tone like this legendary band - ...so raw and alive/ nice classic rock groove/shuffle
The true Acid Cowboys of the Purple Sage. Blues with a distinctive spin upwards with scents of whiskey, leather, incense, and patchouli.
Best description of them I've seen so far
Kudos should go to bwaje who originally posted this.. it's only recently became commercially available along with West Pole, I think you will absolutely love the 2 DVD set and it's a tremendous bargain. IMHO.
I've noticed (when radio intrudes) a bit of PCs have changed everything, but a 128 track studio in ones home does not replace the hard work, practice, and constant live shows these folks did.
Some things will never be the same...
Such incredibly interesting sound❤
So you got a band already on their way to being legendary basically just playing out on the grass somewhere that looks like a free concert? Yes, those were the days. John Cipollna gets the credit for their great guitar sound, but Gary Duncan drove much of it. You can see him do that here. Maybe not that easy to catch given the camera work and editing, but he’s definitely the star.
Sonoma State University
Dropping by for a top up Aurora..Happy Trails mate.
...chur, and more chur!
What a great snap shot in time. The world will never be the same again.
YEAH . this song rox , i want back to 60 !!! I am hippie and i love that music and similiar !!!! DAMN !!
Yes, Nicky Hopkins is playing for this show, you can catch just a glimpse of him on another of the QMS videos of this same show on "Go Ride the Music".
My information is that this lineup lasted until early 1970.
Amazing and underrated band.
Happy Trails was my main album back then.Cipollina was brilliant.
So was GARY!!!!!.
Great!!! Five Stars!
I saw this band in L.A. a few weeks before this gig. A great show at the old Olympic Auditorium in downtown LA, where they used to have the wrestling and roller derby!! If you can find an old EMI English import LP called the Best of Quicksilver Messenger Service, the cover photo was shot at the Olympic. Gary Duncan was one of my favorite players. Along with Jerry Garcia, they inspired me to pick up the guitar.
Such a great band.
I got to see QMS long time ago in Orlando. John Cippolina was amazing that night. Great Live Band.
hippie child runnin through at 1:12 :D amazing. i love them so much, san francisco scene back in 60s produced best rock and roll music ever.
freakin awesome video! thanks for sharing this. I love the QMS!!!!
This is absolutely wonderful, and somewhat miraculous, for the age, considering camera and sound equipment in 1969. Truly a great clip. QMS were the best. Tragic they were separated in their prime by the repressive marijuana laws of the day.