Quick Silver Messenger Service

[velocetakis]

please stop !

[summermusic67]

This is awful. My friends and I play this better than these leftovers.

[pbyardh]

i HAVEN'T looked through all of this, but is there a date on this video? I love the audience response.....

[Realitytourist]

Man, if that was Gary Duncan on guitar - I'm sad. :(

[Casino2004]

I love the sound! I hope to see them live someday.

[banjohappy]

I had a QMS album once and I don't recognize the cover from any of these that are up on you tube. It had "Never Been To Spain" on it and a bunch of other cool stuff that I'd never heard before. The sound was more country ballad rhythm&blues type and I like it a lot better than any of these. Can anybody help me out and put up the tunes from that album?

[SpainishArcher]

They all sounded great on the vinyl.

I'll treasure my QMS albums for all times, especially the 1st 2.

I would have loved to have seen them do " The Fool ."

Sorry to hear about them not getting along , but that's kind of what happens in most bands.Somebody has to have the big EGO.

[bdinoc]

Duncan was essential to QMS, his interplay with Cippolina was alchemical music magic. He's easily the most underrated guitar player of the era, equally at home on rhythm or lead. How'd YOU like to try and play with John Cippolina!!?? And the term "carried on" without Cippolina is accurate: the band was very different, more of a backing ensemble for Dino Valente's wailings. I saw them dozens of times from '65-72 and all the die-hard QMS fans HATED Dino Valente for what he did to the music.

[6749er]

Bdinoc sounds just like me & everyone

I ever knew or met from there & then who saw them in Action as much as we did about how good Duncan was.

He sure wasn't underrated with us.

And how HATED dino was for what his wailings & ego & act did to the music that then lead to Cippolina's Guitar!! & soon after David's Vocals & Bass to leave away from dino.

Duncan was essential.

That's why to get him back they took dino with the deal, the only reason he got in.

We loved QMS Hated dino's act

[sk8punk3d288]

Normally I have a problem with a band existing w/out any constant members. I also wonder why Greg Elmore isn't involved in this reunion and why Freiberg isn't playing bass anymore. But who cares, it's a miracle any of them are still alive let alone performing together 40+ years later and they still sound pretty good. Besides, QMS carried on for a while without Cippolina in the 70s too. Got tickets to see these guys in a couple months and I can't wait.

[aurora1957A]

You'll enjoy them! Many bands go through lineup changes, I agree it's quite something that at least two of the original members are still out there doing their thing. DF doesn't' play bass with JS either, but it's still fun to see these guys on stage; Cippolina of course was in a class by himself, extraordinarily talented, and how very sad he died so young. I don't know the origins of the 30 years of spite directed at GD, he's a great guitarist and musician... Now where did I put those doses?

[BILLPERKS5]

THIS video iS DIFFICULT TO BRING COMMENTARY ON, As iT is A CINE'-- ARCHIVAL Attempt TO Provide a Cultural MEDIA far Removed from the MUSIC & Golden ERA OF QMS. W/o THE essential contributions of D. Valenti & J. Cippolina. We at least have a sound -byte available. Sadly the SOUND Magnificant of QMS shall Never Be Heared in its " Fillmore" Intensity, Again!

[stewyshepiro]

I lived in cottage grove oregon for about 7 months in 2007. It's a pretty nowhere in the middle of nowhere. Bad memories. Don't remember a summer of love festival. I must of been drunk

[tintop1948]

Big block engines, chopped hogs, good gas, and rock'n roll.....I bought their albums new off the shelf and still have them..Shivers down my spine...I don't know how I survived...we were wild in the streets.....

[mikimcal]

It'd be great if Cipollina and Valenti were still alive and could perform together with Duncan and Freiberg, but that's not the case, and I'm glad that at least these two are still playing the great music.

[6749er]

Cipollina & Freiburg & Nicky Hopkins all quit QMS to get away from Dino.

[Themostancient]

Yeah, child #4 was named Duncan...for a reason.

[mikimcal]

If you pay attention when listening to any of their recordings, it's obvious that Duncan's interesting modally mixed solos created the unique stellar QMS sound. Besides, many of their tunes were written by Duncan whose virtuoso artistry is so under-recognized. When it comes to improvisational creativity, Duncan is right up there with Pat Metheney and John Scofield, and it's not an overstatement to say that "Clapton was the Cream, Duncan was the QMS."

[Cielamouroux]

With all due respect, most of those "modally-mixed" soloes were by Cipollina. And it's silly to say that "Duncan was QMS."

[greasytruckers]

with you all the way .....and that's from a cold uk. Yeah we love and miss John as well...big time.

[Faroutdog]

All the members of QMS were great, but if John Cipollina was not there in the 60's, there wouldn't have been a Quicksilver Messenger Service as we know them. Mean no disrespect to any of them, they were all my favorites. The dual lead guitar work was the best of the best. Ducan & Cipollina complimented each other. No one had done the dual guitar work they did.

[Jiffxx]

Thanks. Saw them Saturday and wish I would have done some video. They sure sounded a lot better in person.

As founding members and lead singers and writers in QMS, I don't have any problem with David Freiberg and Gary Duncan using the name after Cipollina left.

[dkinblu]

John didnt own the name,Duncan and Freiberg do. John had a style but he had lots of problems keeping his guitar in tune and his work after QMS doesnt hold up. Duncan was overshadowed by John, but Duncans songwriting and guitar playing has always had that QMS sound and today he is going farther with Freiberg another key sound to the QMS sound. I am glad since John is no longer with us, QMS is moving on. God Bless em.

[greasytruckers]

I agree that to the fact that it aint the same without John. But the comments prior to this are a bit out of order and I cannot believe they came from a JC fan, it's not what the scene or music of the time was promoting. Live and let live it aint harming you!

[WEIR4EVER]

All I have to say is The Grateful Dead had the decency not to use that name anymore after the demise of Jerry Garcia. I wish these guys would have done the same for John Cipollina A LONG TIME AGO.

And one more thing: the way you went out and played 'Who do you love" with the Grateful Dead AFTER John's passing disgusts me even more.

You really cannot set your ugly little puny little egos aside.

I speak for John as he ain't there.