Members 2pacHendrix Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 This guitarist is seriously under-rated! Same with Quicksilver Messenger Service! I just bought Happy Trails and i love how raw and LIVE it sounds! Seriously it all seemed like one huge song. For those of you who are like "WFT!? Who is John Cipollina?" This might ring a bell; I stopped using a pick because of him. You guys really should check him out! So in this thread post everything that you like about QMS and John Cipollina, favortie songs, bands he has been in, albums etc... Here are some songs you should check out; crW2O-xP0Sc&feature=related ELOYLqW6iR4&feature=related Here is his memorial site! Wiki Check 'em out if you like Hendrix and all that hippy stuff, Happy Trails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeatherAnnePeel Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Count me in! I love this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2pacHendrix Posted September 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Count me in! I love this stuff. I knew you would be up for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members epi56ebony Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 I never saw Quicksilver, but one of my first concerts to Bill Graham's Winterland was Copperhead feat. John on lead guitar. Unbelievable!! Fantastic player. Here's the line up that night: Dave Mason (with, at that time, unknown Pointer Sisters on back up vocals) Tower Of Power (2 weeks before the release of Bump City with my fav of all their singers Rick Stevens who only sang on this one album) Copperhead with John Cipollina Opening the show was Herbie Hancock cost for ticket??? $2.50 the good ol days for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WoweeZowee Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 I LOVE QMS! I listen to Happy Trails at least once a week. John Cipollina was a fantastic player, he's one of the reasons I fell in love with SG's and Bigsbys. I wish Gary Duncan (the other guitarist) got more credit. I love his playing on that album too. I read in an interview that he was playing a 1946 Gibson L5 (with humbuckers and a soundpost installed) on that album. I feel like I can hear the air moving through the guitar on Happy Trails. I love when bands have two great lead guitarists. It's too bad that they had Dino Valente join the band. I like Just For Love somewhat, but I prefer the lineup on the first two albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2pacHendrix Posted September 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 I never saw Quicksilver, but one of my first concerts to Bill Graham's Winterland was Copperhead feat. John on lead guitar. Unbelievable!! Fantastic player.Here's the line up that night:Dave Mason (with, at that time, unknown Pointer Sisters on back up vocals)Tower Of Power (2 weeks before the release of Bump City with my fav of all their singers Rick Stevens who only sang on this one album)Copperhead with John CipollinaOpening the show was Herbie Hancockcost for ticket??? $2.50the good ol days for sure I wish i was alive back in the late 60s/ early 70s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DenverDave Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Cipollina's playing on 'The Fool' from the QMS first album is probably among the first songs that really got me listening to lead guitar playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cBc Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Cipollina's playing on 'The Fool' from the QMS first album is probably among the first songs that really got me listening to lead guitar playing. Word! That first QMS LP really singed my brain hairs back then & to this day. Killer dual guitarists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norcal_GIT_r Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Here's a little known JC band that I really dig.http://www.bay-area-bands.com/bab00015.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jackcheez Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 I don't usually post here, but I saw the name John Cipollina on the front page so I'm sticking my head in to give a and a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2pacHendrix Posted September 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Here's a little known JC band that I really dig.http://www.bay-area-bands.com/bab00015.htm Thanks Brian!Never heard of that band, I'll make sure to check them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2pacHendrix Posted September 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Cipollina's playing on 'The Fool' from the QMS first album is probably among the first songs that really got me listening to lead guitar playing. Yeah, it's a great album, but i prefer happy trails. Which is really hard to find in stores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 I dig them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Didn't we just do this thread last week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2pacHendrix Posted September 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Didn't we just do this thread last week? No that was a thread about unusual gear. And in conclusion, Cipollina's gear wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Always nice to see Cipollina and Quicksilver getting some love. I'm a big fan of both. I never got to see the original group, but have seen a couple splinter groups in recent years. In '98 I saw "Gary Duncan's Quicksilver" opening the show for the Jefferson Starship at the Fillmore. The band also included original member David Frieberg. They were good, although not incredible - not enough Quicksilver classics. Then a few years later, at the 35th Anniversary of The Summer Of Love in SF, I saw a group called Quicksilver Gold. They were awesome and played all the old QSMS favorites. The group included Joli Valenti, the son of Dino Valenti, on vocals who sounded exactly like his dad, and Mario Cipollina (John's brother) on bass, who's played with a number of bands including Huey Lewis and The News. The band also featured a number of Bay area musicians from groups like the Jerry Garcia Band, Sly, Chaka Kahn, etc. They played all the songs you would want to hear from Quicksilver, and if you closed your eyes, it was like hearing the originals - just great! Also on the bill that day were Country Joe & The Fish, Canned Heat, Love w/ Arthur Lee, and best of all, It's A Beautiful Day! But I sure would have loved to see the original group back in the day. I recently had an opportunity to have a recording session at my studio with Pete Sears who played with John Cipollina, as well as with Jefferson Starship, Rod Stewart and many others. He had some great stories about those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members buchanan-d Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Have all their old stuff on vinyl. Love the music and John's playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted September 24, 2008 Members Share Posted September 24, 2008 The 1st QMS album was great and the FOOL was just Incredible . Twin guitars in Harmony but not the normal 3rd like the ABB or Wishbone Ash. It was so far ahead of it time and no one sounded like John or has since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted September 24, 2008 Members Share Posted September 24, 2008 No that was a thread about unusual gear. And in conclusion, Cipollina's gear wins Oh, okay then. I think their first 2 albums are great. Pride of Man is one of my all time favorite songs. Happy Trails is one of the greatest complete albums ever. I've always been a big fan of Cipollina's playing. I got to see The Dead at the closing of Winterland New Years Eve show and I got to see John playing with The Dead on one of their many encores that night/morning. Good times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted September 24, 2008 Members Share Posted September 24, 2008 They had to have ESP the way they intertwined harmonies and melodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted September 24, 2008 Members Share Posted September 24, 2008 I really learned a lot from Happy Trails, I copped a lot of hot lix from that album back in the early 70s. I have an old Rolling Stone interview with Mike Bloomfield and QMS and Sons of Champlin were the only San Francisco groups that got any props from Bloomfield, the interview was from February, 1968. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2pacHendrix Posted November 28, 2008 Author Members Share Posted November 28, 2008 bump for a guitar GOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2pacHendrix Posted June 10, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 10, 2009 bump for a guitar GOD ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted June 10, 2009 Members Share Posted June 10, 2009 Happy Trails is one of my all-time favorite records. Saw Cippolina once before he died (long after QMS) and feel as though his seminal influence has never been properly recognized or equaled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bubbluz Posted June 10, 2009 Members Share Posted June 10, 2009 Have another hit ..of Fresh Air ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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