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QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE

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Quicksilver Messenger Service is an influential psychedelic rock band of the late 1960s that had a great impact on the music world with their unique sound. Essentially a jam band, Quicksilver Messenger Service gained wide popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area and with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe. Many of their albums ranked in the top 30 of the Billboard Pop charts. Though not ultimately as popular as contemporaries Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, the band was integral to the beginnings of their genre. With influences in jazz and Ravel, as well as a strong folk background, the band attempted to create a sound that was individual and innovative.<ref>Morrison, Craig. â€œFolk Revival Roots Still Evident in 1990s Recordings of San Francisco Psychedelic Veteransâ€. Journal of American Folklore. 2001.</ref> Member Dino Valente pulled heavily from musical influences learned during the folk revival of his formative musical years. The style he developed from these sources is evident in Quicksilver Messenger Service's swung rhythms and twanging guitar sounds.<ref>Vulliamy, Ed. â€œOMM: love and Haightâ€. Observer Music Magazine. England. 2007.</ref> After many years, the band has attempted to reform despite the deaths of band ... read all