To have a Rock n Roll Hall of Fame without bands like Quicksilver Messenger Service and Spirit is a travesty. Posted by Bob Falcey on Thursday, 19:45pm Sorry for the long winded statement, but it had to be said It's a shame that they did not make it when most members where alive and it's a travesty if they never get in, when there are bands that are in that don't belong. Both Quicksilver and Spirit belong in any Hall that has to do with R&R. Randy started the band Spirit with his stepfather and Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin doth used Spirit to open most of my heir tours in US. Jimi Hendrix met Randy ( Jimi named him California because he had another Randy in his band ) when Randy was 14 and thought enough about him he asked His parents if Randy could join his new Band in England. If you listen to their Happy Trails album you will know that they belong in the Hall, along with Spirit. With 2 of the finest guitar players John Cipollina and Gary Duncan with Nicky Hopkins on keys along with Dino Valentine vocals and Greg on drums, you got your money's worth with them on stage. When they did Mona and Who do you love, the balcony was actually rocking up & down about 6 " and they almost stopped the show for fear the balcony would collapse. I saw Quicksilver at The Fillmore East 2 time and they brought the house down and when Greg Elmore did his solo the place was memorized. Both of these bands are not in because they they would not do 3/4 minutes songs for top 40 radio. If they play it true and with passion, they will melt minds. I am waiting for some enterprising tribute band to pick up on the QMS sound. The Original Score from.Revolution is a great time capsule of excellent 60s music and features two QMS numbers. Happy Trails is a full-on, psychedelic concert with some great music. QMS did things in this song not heard before or since.įor anyone who needs to know this band, the first album (Quicksilver Messenger Service) is perfect. If you have not heard it, get undistracted, turn off the phone, stop texting, slide the headphones on, and submerge into the 12 minute version. St.Stephen (above) called "The Fool" a "masterpiece." is. Not only that, their lyrics ran the gamut from politics ("Pride of Man" - remarkable, TIMELESS song "What About Me" - a great environmental statement) to love ("Light Your Windows").Ĭheesecrop (above) mentioned "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You." You gotta believe that Led Zep adopted this number because of what QMS did to make it so powerful. So, if you think those movie portrayals of Voodoo rituals depicting bodies writhing on the floor and whirling like dervishes are fantasy, I am here to testify that the Bank concert was that scene. They certainly laid the foundation for the evolution of Pink Floyd and others who explored electronica and feedback. They took everyone's breath away with their arrangements and sonic inventiveness. I was a veteran of the Fillmore in the 60s.BLESS you Bill Graham and friends! After moving to SoCal in 1968, I saw QMS at a place called the "Bank." That concert was one of the loudest, most astounding musical presentations. QMS "tore the roof off" long before Parliament-Funkadelic. No one who attended one of their concerts in the 60s will ever say they don't remember it.even though this might be the only thing they remember from the 60s.
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