RIP Greg Elmore
September 4, 1946 – March 29, 2026
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RIP Greg Elmore
September 4, 1946 – March 29, 2026
Quicksilver Messenger Service en el festival hippie “bonito”, el de Monterey en 1967 (hasta había sillas), dos años después llegaría el farragoso y multitudinario Woodstock.
Gary Duncan y John Cipollina montaron tal vez el dúo guitarrístico más rico y compenetrado de toda la Costa Oeste californiana. “Dino´s Song” (por Dino Valenti) es una de las canciones más sencillas y pop de su álbum de presentación de 1968.
Los Quicksilver contaban en ese momento con el tercer guitarrista Jim Murray, que se fue de la banda poco tiempo después.
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MUERE GREG ELMORE, BATERISTA DE LOS PSICODÉLICOS QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE (PLASTICOS Y DECIBELIOS)
Y antes en The Brogues, conocidos sobre todo por la fantástica "I Aln´t No Miracle Worker", siempre me maravilló en 1' 30" el solo de guitarra eléctrica.
The Brogues - Don't Shoot Me Down
(1965)
re-issue cover
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The Brogues, el grupo inicial de Gary Duncan (RIP) y Greg Elmore, luego en Quicksilver Messenger Service. Aunque más conocidos por la presicodélica “I Ain´t No Miracle Worker”, los Brogues tenían explosivos números de garaje como este “Don´t Shoot Me Down” (”No me Dispares”). Algo muy serio, mucho Stones, Them y, sobre todo, mucho Pretty Things hay ahí. El potente tema fue cara A de su segundo y último single de 1965, que llevaba precisamente “Worker” en el lado dos.
Quicksilver Messenger Service Guitarist Gary Duncan Dead at 72
Gary Duncan, guitarist and singer with Quicksilver Messenger Service, has died.
The 72-year-old’s death was announced on the band’s Facebook page with no cause listed.
“RIP Gary Duncan,” the post read.
Duncan had been playing with the Brogues in 1965 when John Cipollina invited him to join QMS, who along with bands such as the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, helped establish the San Francisco Sound.
Bill Graham Presents, who promoted all three bands in the early days, called Duncan a “perennially underrated” musician and singer in a series of Facebook posts mourning his death.
After the early iteration of the band splintered in 1971, Duncan kept Quicksilver going through the end of the decade. He’s since revived the name periodically, most recently playing as a duo with David Freiberg under the QMS banner since 2006.
“Happy trails to Gary Duncan of Quicksilver Messenger Service, who did magic with guitars,” Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield tweeted. “Hope he and John Cipollina are lighting up ‘Maiden of the Cancer Moon’ right now.”
7/1/19
Bonus Track
The Brogues - I Ain't No Miracle Worker
the brogues -- i ain’t no miracle worker