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Saturday, December 8, 2007


"Quicksilver Messenger Service - What About Me- 1971 ":
'Quicksilver Messenger Service' was one of San Francisco 's original psychedelic bands of the late '60s . Essentially a jam band , their early albums and live shows contributed to some of the best instrumental jams of the period. They were popular around the Bay Area and achieved international recognition among devotees of psychedelic rock , but they did not reach the broader popularity enjoyed by their San Francisco contemporaries, Jefferson Airplane , Grateful Dead , and others.

Their first album charted at 63 and their next four albums charted in the top 30 of the billboard Pop Albums charts.

'What About Me' is the fifth album by 'Quicksilver Messenger Service '.

Released in 1971 and recorded partly at the same sessions that produced 'Just For Love ', the album is the last to feature pianist Nicky Hopkins and the last pre-reunion effort to feature founding members David Freiberg and John Cipollina .

3 comments:

Heavypsychman said...

I Remember this album. The one with the "I smoke marjuana"line.

These 70's albums were very patchy.

Just for love is good, this one okay as is Shady Groove. The 73 s/t is quite good and I recommend it.

It's been said that Quicksilver had 3rd rate songs and first rate playing. Kinda sums up the 70's for em.

germt said...

Tal vez no sea tan bueno como sus 2 primeros discos, pero también es un gran disco de los Quicksilver.

karo said...

thank you for presenting QMS in your great blog

move on! - karo