Quicksilver Messenger Service

Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of San Francisco's original psychedelic bands in the 1960s, formed around Dino Valenti[?]. Valenti gathered together John Cipollina[?], Jim Murray[?], David Freiberg[?], Greg Elmore[?] and Gary Duncan[?] to create the group, which had to be put on hold almost immediately after its creation due to Valenti's imprisonment on drug charges.

In 1965, the band began a period of heavy touring on the West Coast of the United States, finally signing to Capitol Records in 1967 and released Quicksilver Messenger Service[?], followed by Happy Trails[?]. By this time, Murray and Duncan had left, and Nicky Hopkins[?] joined in time for 1970's Shady Grove[?]; Duncan returned soon after. This line-up lasted for one year, followed by more personnel changes until the group finally disintegrated. The band reunited in 1975, and again in 1986.