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Happy Trails

On the cover of what is presumably Quicksilver's last album is a delightful picture that might remind one of the old Frederic Remington paintings of the Wild West; the lettering is done in pure Thirties World's Fair script; on the back are the members of the band in pen-and-ink, their cowboy portrai...

1994 RS: Not Rated

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Biography

Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of the vintage acid-rock San Francisco bands of the late '60s. Its early shows and albums (featuring the heavily tremoloed guitar work of John Cipollina, plus that of second guitarist Gary Duncan) contributed some of the best-remembered instrumental jam music of the period. But as the '60s ended, Quicksilver's popularity waned, and it never achieved the nation...

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