Quicksilver Messenger Service: Happy Trails LP, Audiophile Vinyl, Pure Pleasure

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Quicksilver Messenger Service: Happy Trails

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Label: Capitol / Pure Pleasure

Date of release: 2009

"Happy Trails" - John Cipollina, Gary Duncan, David Freiberg (b,g,voc); Greg Elmore (dr, perc)

Without a doubt, this follow-up to Quicksilver Messenger Service's self-titled debut album best reflects the style of the band's live performances, acclaimed by critics and devoted fans alike. The album focuses in particular on extensive revisions of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?" and "Mona", as well as the less critically acclaimed, but no less intense, contribution from guitarist/vocalist Gary Duncan, the song "Calvary". This album is the last that Quicksilver Messenger Service recorded in its original form as a quartet. The combined effort of John Cipollina (guitar/vocals), Greg Elmore (percussion), David Freiberg (bass/vocals) and the aforementioned Gary Duncan maintains an uncanny spirit of psychedelic looseness without ever being boring or even tedious to become at least pretentious. Splitting a shared intro and coda by the entire band and four distinctly different contributions from each band member, the epic full-sided Who Do You Love? suite showcases Quicksilver Messenger Service's ongoing inventiveness out in the open All the instrumental prowess and almost ethereal interaction allow them to weave in and out of the main theme seamlessly. Still, there's enough room for any musician to be in the spotlight for an uncompromising solo. Mona" and his companion "Calvary" continue the chosen style. Here the members of the band form a more cohesive unity, some of Cipollina's best and most memorable guitar riffs can be heard on this track. None of his contemporaries from the Bay Area of ​​San Francisco could so conjure up the spirits of the guitar. A prime example of his individuality is the frenetic "Maiden Of The Cancer Moon" — rising from the fading "Mona". The anxiety and energy in Cipollina's guitar work, layering line upon line of technical phrasing, could easily echo Frank Zappa's style. The brief title track, a reinterpretation of Roy Rogers' and Dale Evans' "Happy Trails," seems almost meaningless in the whirl of such creativity. The piece clears up after the fireworks of tones and is an 'Adieu' to this very special one of the Fab Four of psychedelic.

Tracklist:

A1 Who Do You Love (Part 1) 
A2 When Do You Love 
A3 Where Do You Love 
A4 How You Love 
A5 Which Do You Love 
A6 Who Do You Love (Part 2) 
B1 month 
B2 Maiden Of The Cancer Moon 
B3 Calvary 
B4 Happy Trails

Without a doubt, this follow-up to Quicksilver Messenger Service's self-titled debut album best reflects the style of the band's live performances, acclaimed by critics and devoted fans alike. The album focuses in particular on extensive revisions of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?" and "Mona", as well as the less critically acclaimed, but no less intense, contribution from guitarist/vocalist Gary Duncan, the song "Calvary". This album is the last that Quicksilver Messenger Service recorded in its original form as a quartet. The combined effort of John Cipollina (guitar/vocals), Greg Elmore (percussion), David Freiberg (bass/vocals) and the aforementioned Gary Duncan maintains an uncanny spirit of psychedelic looseness without ever being boring or even tedious to become at least pretentious Without a doubt, this follow-up to Quicksilver Messenger Service's self-titled debut album best reflects the style of the band's live performances, acclaimed by critics and devoted fans alike. The album focuses in particular on extensive revisions of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?" and "Mona", as well as the less critically acclaimed, but no less intense, contribution from guitarist/vocalist Gary Duncan, the song "Calvary". This album is the last that Quicksilver Messenger Service recorded in its original form as a quartet. The combined effort of John Cipollina (guitar/vocals), Greg Elmore (percussion), David Freiberg (bass/vocals) and the aforementioned Gary Duncan maintains an uncanny spirit of psychedelic looseness without ever being boring or even tedious to become at least pretentious