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UNNAMED NEVER REHEARSAL BAND (JUL or AUG 1965 (one day only))
1) John Holland Mallett III (aka John Cipollina) lead guitar
2) Chester William 'Chet' Powers Jr. (aka Dino Valenti) vocals, rhythm acoustic guitar
3) James Rigney 'Jimmy' Murray bass
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two or three unknown chicks tamburine
UNNAMED REHEARSAL BAND #1 (AUG or SEPT 1965)
1) John Cipollina vocals, lead guitar
2) David Freiberg bass
3) Jimmy Murray vocals, harp
UNNAMED REHEARSAL BAND #2 (SEPT ?, 1965 (one day only))
1) John Cipollina vocals, lead guitar
2) Alexander Lee Spence Jr. (aka Skip Spence) vocals, rhythm acoustic guitar
3) David Freiberg bass
4) Jimmy Murray vocals, harp
5) Casey Sonnabend congas, percussion
September ?, 1965: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA
This was not a show but only an afternoon rehearsal by the unnamed band's new line-up.
UNNAMED REHEARSAL BAND #3 (OCT 16, 1965 - NOV 1965)
1) John Cipollina vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, hawaiian steel guitar, slide guitar, organ, 6-string bass
2) Jimmy Murray vocals, harp, rhythm guitar
3) Gregory 'Greg' 'El Gregmore' Elmore drums, percussion
4) Eugene Duncan Jr. (aka Gary Duncan) lead vocals, tamburine, rhythm guitar
UNNAMED LIVE BAND (NOV 1965 - DEC 1965)
1) John Cipollina
2) Jimmy Murray
3) Greg Elmore
4) Gary Duncan
5) David Freiberg vocals, bass, viola
Late November - Early December 1965: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA (three shows)
COSMIC CRYSTAL SET (DEC 1965)
1) John Cipollina
2) Jimmy Murray
3) Greg Elmore
4) Gary Duncan
5) David Freiberg
VULCAN (DEC 1965)
1) John Cipollina
2) Jimmy Murray
3) Greg Elmore
4) Gary Duncan
5) David Freiberg
Early Decemger 1965: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #1 (DEC 1965 - AUG 1967)
1) John Cipollina
2) Jimmy Murray
3) Greg Elmore
4) Gary Duncan
5) David Freiberg
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6) Adam Fourman piano (sat-in as guest at a few early QMS shows in 1966)
7) Dino Valenti vocals (sat-in as guest at several QMS shows from 1966 to 1968)
December 24, 1965: The Committee's house, Muir Beach, Marin County, CA "Christmas Private Party"
Quicksilver Messenger Service's private debut.
January 15, 1966: Muir Beach Lodge, Muir Beach, Marin County, CA
Quicksilver Messenger Service's public debut. At this show they meet their initial patron Ambrose Hollingsworth, who helps them buy equipment.
January 17, 1966: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA "Open Auditions"
February 4-6, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane, Mystery Trend and others "Sights and Sounds of The Trips Festival"
QMS and Mystery Trend is not listed on the poster.
February 12, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Great Society, Wildflower, Our Lost Souls (cancelled), Big Brother And The Holding Company, Mystery Trend (cancelled), The Grateful Dead (cancelled) "Rock For Peace - Benefit for Democratic congressional candidates and the Viet Nam Study Group"
February 18, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Sopwith Camel, The Amazing Charlatans "All Dance"
February 21, 1966: California Hall, San Francisco, CA with The Hedds, The Mystery Trend "The George Big Ball! - Dance!"
Quicksilver Messenger Service filled in at last minute for the advertised (on the poster) Butch Engle & The Styx.
February 25, 1966: Longshoremen's Hall, 400 North Point, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, CA with John Handy, Earth Mother & Final Solution, Melveton Butler "Congo drummer" and other big names (aka Family Tree, Quicksilver Messenger Service) "Blow Your Mind - Dance For Delano - Benefits Go To Delano Farm Workers Council For Justice"
The band was only billed as "other big names" on the poster.
February 26, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Grass Roots, The Great Society, Big Brother And The Holding Company "King Kong Memorial Dance"
March 4-5, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane
March 11-12, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Great Society (11), Gentlemen’s Band (11), Mystery Trend (12), Family Tree (12), Third Rail (12), "The Great Blondin 2-day Dance Benefit"
A benefit for Canyon, CA filmmaker Robert Nelson whose film "The Great Blondino" was released in 1967.
March 19-20, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Family Tree (19), Gentlemen’s Band (19), The Great Society (20), The Skins (20) "Batman Dance And Film Festival"
March 25-27, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Butterfield Blues Band
April 1-2, 1966: Harmon Gymnasium, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA with Big Brother and The Holding Company, The Band (Monty Waters), Jefferson Airplane (cancelled), The Great Society, The Skins, The Exiles, Lights and Sounds by Don Buchla, Go-Go Girls provided by Dance USA as auditioned by Carol Doda "A Delano Grape Strike Benefit" (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane cancelled and were replaced by The Great Society, and Big Brother and The Holding Company)
April 1, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane
April 2, 1966: Geary Temple, 1859 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Our Mothers Children, PH Phactor Jug Band "The Sacred Cow Benefit" (evening show)
April 8, 1966: California Hall, 625 Polk Street At Turk, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane
April 9, 1966: USF Gym, San Francisco, CA (afternoon show)
April 9, 1966: Longshoremen‘s Hall, 400 North Point, Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, CA (evening show)
April 10, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Hedds, The New Brothers (afternoon show)
April 22, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Grass Roots, Family Tree, The Tony Martin Light Show
April 23, 1966: Muir Beach Lodge, Muir Beach, Marin County, CA with The Charlatans (afternoon show)
April 23, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Grass Roots, Family Tree, The Tony Martin Light Show (evening show)
April 30, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Jaywalkers, Lightnin’ Hopkins
May 6, 1966: Wurster Hall Court, Architecture Building, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA with The Chosen Few, The Bethlehem Exit "UC (University of California) Arts Festival - Beaux Arts Costume Ball sponsored by the Union Board of the ASUC - Folk-Rock Dance from 9:30pm to 1:00am"
May 13-14, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Sons Of Adam, Blues Project, Lights by Bill Ham "The Laugh Cure"
May 20, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Final Solution, Lost And Found (uncredited)
May 21, 1966: Muir Beach Lodge, Muir Beach, Marin County, CA with Big Brother and the Holding Company, Charlatans, Wildflower, Carpetbaggers, Billy Moses and the Blues Band, Erector Set (afternoon beach party show)
May 21, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Final Solution (evening show)
May 28, 1966: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA with Jefferson Airplane, Mystery Trend "Peace Rock Dance"
June 3-4, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Mothers, Grateful Dead "A Stone Facade"
June 10-11, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, The New Tweedy Brothers "The Quick And The Dead"
June 17-18, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Wailers
June 24-25, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, The GIB "Zig Zag"
July 1, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, The Jaywalkers "Independence Ball"
July 2-3, 1966: Dance Hall, Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Gladstones "Karma Productions & Brotherhood Of The Spirit presents"
July 8-9, 1966: Santa Venetia Armory, San Rafael, CA with The Grateful Dead
An extant flyer has The Sopwith "Camel" (in quotes) co-headlining instead of The Dead.
July 10, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with San Andreas Fault Finders "United Farm Workers’ Benefit or El Teatro Campesino Benefit"
July 16, 1966: Longshoremen‘s Hall, 400 North Point, Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother and The Holding Company
July 22-23, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Association (22-23), The Grass Roots (22), The Sopwith Camel (23)
July 28-30, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Bo Diddley
August 6-14 (and 16-21), 1966: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with Little Walter (QMS backed up Walter from 6 to 14, and they also played their own set only from August 9 to 14) (some members of QMS plus some members of the Sopwith Camel backed up Walter from August 16 to 21)
August 7, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Sopwith Camel (filled in for Grateful Dead), Big Brother And The Holding Company, Grass Roots, Sunshine, Gary Goodrow from the Committee (MC), Ligths by Tony Martin "3rd Annual South of Market and North Beach Children’s Adventure Day Camp Benefit"
August 11, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA (unconfirmed; maybe a benefits)
August 16, 1966: The Mod Hatter, Town & Country Village, Mill Valley, CA with The Only Alternative And His Other Possibilities
August 17, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Mimì Farina, Jefferson Airplane, The Only Alternative And His Other Possibilities "A Psychedelic Fashion Show Presented by The Mod Hatter in Mill Valley"
August 19-20, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Young Rascals
August 26, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The Great Society
QMS filling in for the 13th Floor Elevators who were contractually blocked from performing.
August 26-28, 1966: IDES Hall, Pescadero, California, CA with Grateful Dead, Collosal Pomegranate "Tour Del Mar Bicycle Race and Folk-Rock Festival"
September 2-3, 1966: IES Hall, San Jose, CA with The Fugitives, Hilton Trolley "New Wave Promotions"
September 4, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, Country Joe And The Fish
September 9-10, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with The Great Society
September 10, 1966: Union Square, downtown San Francisco, CA with Robert Baker (afternoon show)
September 13-16, 1966: The Jabberwock, 2901 Telegraph Avenue at Russell Street, Berkeley, CA
September 17, 1966: Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA with Loading Zone
September ??, 1966: venue unknown, San Jose, CA (unconfirmed)
September ??, 1966: venue unknown, Chicago, IL (aborted)
September 30 - October 1, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with 13th Floor Elevators
October 1, 1966: Santa Venetia Armory, San Rafael, CA with The Styx, The Chains, Lights by Frightening Light Shows
The band was mis-pelled as 'Quick Silver Messenger Service' on a local newspaper ad.
October 8, 1966: Mt. Tamalpais Outdoor Theater, Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County, CA with Grateful Dead, Bola Sete (filled in for Joan Baez and Mimì Farina), Ed Keating (MC), Don Duncan (MC) "1st Congressional District Write In Committee for Phil Drath and.... Peace" (afternoon show)
October 8, 1966: Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA with The Only Alternatives And His Other Possibilities with Mimì Farina, Circus Maximus with Nephente "Total Experience" (evening show)
The show was originally scheduled to be held at the Greek Theatre, but at last minute was moved to Pauley Ballroom exactly.
October ??, 1966: venue unknown, San Jose, CA (unconfirmed)
October 14, 1966 (?): Youth Center (maybe Corte Madera Rec Center), Corte Madera, Marin County, CA
October 15-16, 1966: Panhandle Park, Oak Street at Masonic Avenue, near Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA with The Grateful Dead (16), The Mocker Manor Blues Band, Country Joe and The Fish, The Wildflower "3rd Artists Liberation Front Free Fair (aka !Happiness! ALF Free Fair)" (Quicksilver probably played only on Sunday 16)
October 25-27, 1966: The Jabberwock, 2901 Telegraph Avenue at Russell Street, Berkeley, CA
October 28-29, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Sons Of Champlin, Blackburn And Snow
October 31, 1966: California Hall, 625 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA with Mimì Farina (cancelled), Grateful Dead "Halloween Night Costume Ball - Bob McKendrick Presents Dance Of Death"
November 4-5, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Muddy Waters, Andrew Staples
November 6, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane, Muddy Waters, Andrew Staples, Daemon Lover "The Associated Students of San Francisco State Coming Home present an “Edwardian Ball“ (afternoon show)
November 13, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Lights by Bill Ham "A Zenefit - Zen Mountain Center Benefit"
November 15-17, 1966: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with Mercury Children
November 18-19, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Daily Flash, Country Joe And The Fish
November 20, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with The James Cotton Blues Band, The Grateful Dead, Johnny Talbot & De Thangs, Jon Hendricks (MC), John Hardy (MC) "Benefit for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commitee"
November 20, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Country Joe And The Fish
November 25-26, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Country Joe And The Fish, Lights by Ben Van Meter & Roger Hillyard
November 27, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, The Wildflower
Afternoon private party held by Bill Graham for celebrate the ‘Thanksgiving Day’. This party is originally scheduled for day 23 but was postponed four days after exactly.
November 27, 1966: Telegraph Hill Co-operative Middle School, 555 Chestnut Street at Mason, San Francisco, CA with Goodrow, Larry Hankin, Country Joe And The Fish, Serpent Power, Sunshine "Benefit for the Telegraph Hill Co-operative Nusary" (evening show)
December 2-4, 1966: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA with Don Garrett
December 10, 1966: National Guard Armory, Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, Chico, CA with The Third Half, Project Hope "Freakout"
December 16-17, 1966: Winterland, Post Street At Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Loving Impulse, Congress Of Wonders, Buddha from Muir Beach (MC) "The Xmas Show"
December 18, 1966: Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Loving Impulse, Congress Of Wonders, Family Tree, Buddha from Muir Beach (MC) (possibily cancelled)
December 27, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Universal Parking Lot, Steve Mann "A Lick Wilmerding Benefit" (show started at 9:00pm)
This was a benefit for the Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco.
December 28, 1966: Governor‘s Hall, Fairgrounds, Sacramento, CA with Grateful Dead "Beaux Arts Ball"
December 30, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead
December 31, 1966: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead "New Year’s Bash"
Tonight show end with a jam sessions by members of both three bands on the bill plus guest members of Big Brother And The Holding Company.
January 1, 1967: Winterland, Post Street At Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA "Giant Freak Out"
January 6-7, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with The Steve Miller Blues Band, Other Half, Lights by Ben Van Meter & Roger Hillyard
January 14, 1967: Polo Fields, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead (featuring Charles Lloyd), Big Brother And The Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, Sir Douglas Quintet, Loading Zone, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snider, Timothy Leary, New Age (featuring Country Joe McDonald) "Gathering Of The Tribes - The First Human Be-In"
While the band performed their first song “Pride Of Man” someone cut off the electricity!!!.
January 20, 1967: Maple Hall, San Pablo, CA with Ophelia’s Death, Project Hope
January 27-28, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead
February 3-4, 1967: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane, Dino Valenti
Recording of QMS from these shows exist and Dino Valenti guests with the band on a few numbers each night of them.
February 5, 1967: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane, Dino Valenti, Allen Ginsberg, Country Joe And The Fish, New Delhi River Band (not on the poster), Loading Zone, Lights by Dan Bruhns and Head Lightd "Delano Strike Benefit" (afternoon show)
Recording of QMS from this show exist and Dino Valenti guests with the band on a few numbers that afternoon.
February 10, 1967: American Legion Hall, Merced, CA
Meanwhile that night Gary Duncan’s daughter Heather born.
February 11, 1967: Continental Ballroom, Santa Clara, CA with Blue House Basement, Cyrkle
February 14, 1967: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Dino (Valenti), Blue Cheer, The Human Being, Bill Boone, W.M. Flatly, Ambrose, Don Lewis, Chip Crosby, Mother Kali, Invisible 3rd "St. Valentine’s Day Flatly Dance"
February 17-18, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Oxford Circle "Second Annual Tribal Stomp"
March 4, 1967: Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA with The New Age, Light Show by Reginald "Dance Concert ‘Exotica’ "
March 6, 1967: Freeborn Hall, U.C. Davis, Davis, CA with Big Brother and The Holding Company, Oxford Circle, Andrew Staples, Blue Cheer, New Breed, Loyal Opposition, Jook Savages, Lights by The Retinal Circus Light Show
March 10-11, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with The Steve Miller Blues Band, Daily Flash
March 12, 1967: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Steve Miller Blues Band, Country Joe And The Fish "Sunflower-Phoneix Dance Benefit for Aid to Vietnam and Mississippi"
March 17, 1967: Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA with Buffalo Springfield, Elgin Marble, Mourning Reign "Louis Kruk Presents"
March 19, 1967: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA
March 21, 1967: Santa Venetia Armory, San Rafael, CA with Freedom Highway "Ralph and Al Pepe Present......Includes a Battle of The Bands with The Knaves, Micheals Way and Emergency Broadcasting System"
March 22-23, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with John Lee Hooker, Miller Blues Band
March 24-25, 1967: The Barn, Scott’s Valley, Santa Cruz, CA
March 25, 1967: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA with Sparrow, Blue Cheer
March 26, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with The Grateful Dead, Eric Burdon and The Animals plus possibly The Charlatans, Robert Baker, Johnny Hammond and His Screaming Nighthawks
March 31, 1967: Longshoremen‘s Hall, 400 North Point, Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, CA with The Wildflower, Retinal Circus, Cosmic-Concrete, The San Francisco Mime Troupe "Baldwin & Berner present Fluxfest"
April 1, 1967: Maple Hall, San Pablo, CA
April 7, 1967: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Sandy Bull, Chambers Brothers
April 8, 1967: 'The Maze…….Liverpool U.S.A.', KPIX TV Show, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, The Wildflower (recording date) (morning show)
The band lip-synch songs ‘Pride Of Man’ and ‘Walkin’ Blues‘. The show was broadcasted on May 16, 1967.
April 8, 1967: Mt. Tamalpais Outdoor Theater, Mt. Tamalpais, Mill Valley, Marin County, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Sparrow, Charlatans, Flying Circus (afternoon show)
April 8-9, 1967: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Sandy Bull (8-9), Chambers Brothers (8-9), Mad River (9) (evening shows)
April 9, 1967: Longshoremen‘s Hall, 400 North Point, Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, Country Joe And The Fish, Big Brother And The Holding Company, Sopwith Camel "Week of The Angry Arts West Spring Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam / Benefit Dance" (afternoon show)
April 12, 1967: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Moby Grape, Andrew Staples, Loading Zone "Busted - San Francisco Mime Troupe Benefit"
April 15, 1967: Kezar Stadium, Lincoln Way at 39th Avenue, San Francisco, CA with Country Joe And The Fish, Judy Collins, Steve Miller Blues Band, Big Brother And The Holding Company, Julian Bond, Eldridge Cleaver, Morris Evenson, Rabbi Abraham Feinberg, David Harris, and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Robert Vaughn (of "Man From Uncle" fame) and Robert Scheer (syndicated columnist) "Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam" (afternoon show)
April 15, 1967: Gymnasium, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
April 16, 1967: Fairfax Pavilion, Fairfax, CA
April 19, 1967: Longshoremen‘s Hall, 400 North Point, Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, CA
April 21-22, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Johny Hammond And His Screaming Nighthawks, Charles Lloyd
April 28, 1967: Napa High School, Napa, CA with Lights by Nort Skiffel Group
April 29, 1967: The Door club, Reno, NV
May 2-4, 1967: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with Congress Of Wonders
May 7, 1967: Elks Lodge, Palo Alto, CA "Shangri-La - Junior / Senior Ball"
May 12, 1967 (date is approximate): Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, CA
May 16, 1967: 'The Maze…….Liverpool U.S.A.', KPIX TV Show (broadcast date)
May 19-21, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Country Joe And The Fish
May 23-25, 1967: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with All Night Apothecary (25)
May 26, 1967: Rio Nido Ballroom, Rio Nido, CA with Sons Of Champlin, Morning Glory, Project Hope "Russian River Rock Festival"
May 30, 1967: Winterland, Post Street At Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, Big Brother And The Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, The Charlatans "HALO - Benefit for Haight Ashbury Legal Organization"
Parts were broadcast on KMPX, probably after the fact.
June 2, 1967: Freeborn Hall, UC Davis, Davis, CA with Loading Zone
June 3, 1967: California Hall, 625 Polk Street At Turk, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company "Ramlala presents"
June 6-8, 1967: Both/And, 350 Divisadero Street, Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, CA
June 7, 1967: Panhandle Park, Oak Street at Masonic Avenue, near Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA "open free afternoon concert"
June 9, 1967: California Hall, San Francisco, CA "Ramlala"
QMS filled in for the Steve Miller Blues Band.
June 16, 1967: Elwood P. Cubberley High School, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA with Freedom Highway "Graduation Dance for the Class of ‘67"
June 17, 1967: Athletic Field, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA with Grateful Dead, Eric Burdon And The Animals, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane
Morning jam sessions organized a few hours earlier their performance at the below pop festival.
June 17, 1967: Horse Show Arena, Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA with Canned Heat, Big Brother And The Holding Company, Country Joe And The Fish, Al Kooper, The Butterfield Blues Band, Electric Flag, Steve Miller Blues Band, Moby Grape, Hugh Masekela, The Byrds, Laura Nyro, Jefferson Airplane, Booker T. & The M.G.’s, Otis Redding "Monterey International Pop Festival"
The band was filmed playing the song “Dino’s Song”.
June 18, 1967: Athletic Field, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA with Grateful Dead, Eric Burdon And The Animals, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane
Another morning jam sessions organized during the above pop festival.
June 21, 1967: Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Phoenix, Grateful Dead, Mad River "Summer Solstice Celebration Festival"
The Diggers styled this a "Do-In" as opposed to a Be-In.
June 23-24, 1967: Rio Nido Ballroom, Rio Nido, CA
June 27, 1967 Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company "Benefit for Lick Wilmerdang School"
June 28, 1967: Western Front, 865 O’Farrell Street at Polk Street, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Charlatans, Tom and Lee (last minute addiction, not in the poster)
Announced but it is possible that QMS did not play.
June 29-30, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Mt. Rushmore, Emerald Tablet (maybe cancelled 29?), Mance Lipscomb, Lights by North American Ibis Alchemical Company
June or July 1967: unknown dark and smoky nightclub, San Francisco, CA
The band was filmed play songs ‘Babe I’m Gonna Leave You’ and ‘Codine’ for the underground color film ‘Revolution’ produced by United Artists and release in theatres on March 1968 by Lopert Pictures Corporation.
Summer 1967: Napa Town and County Fairgrounds, 575 Third Street, Napa, CA (uncertain)
July 1-2, 1967: Mt. Tamalpais Outdoor Theater, Mt. Tamalpais, Mill Valley, Marin County, CA with Blue Cheer (1), Sandy Bull (1-2), Congress of Wonders (1-2), The Charlatans (1-2), The Wildflower (1-2), Ace Of Cups (1-2), Freedom Highway (1-2), Melvin Q Watchpocket (1-2), Lamp Of Chidlhood (1-2), Eric Burdon & The Animals (1 or 2), Big Brother And The Holding Company (2), Country Joe And The Fish (2), Miller Blues Band (2) "Festival of The Growing Things - Barefoot Dancing on the Grass" (afternoon shows)
QMS was scheduled to play only for day 1 but bassist Mary Gannon of Ace of Cups remember the band play on day 2 too.
July 3, 1967: Exhibition Hall, Pasadena Civic Center, Pasadena, CA with Crystal Set, Lights by Eclectic Helicopter
July 4, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Phoenix, Siegel Schwall Band
July 4, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA with Phoenix, Siegel Schwall Band "Independance"
July 7-9, 1967: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Bo Diddley, Big Joe Williams
July 14-15, 1967 Continental Ballroom, Santa Clara, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Freedom Highway, Heather ’n’ Stone "Grand Opening"
July 21, 1967: Straight Theater, 1702 Haight Street at Cole, San Francisco, CA with Mount Rushmore, Salvation Army Banned, Mother Earth, The Dossier (play), Lights by Reginald "Live Theater – Straight Theater Company"
July 22, 1967: Convention Hall, San Diego, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company
July 28-29, 1967: Kings Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe, CA
August 1-3, 1967: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with Congress Of Wonders, Lights By Gum
August 4-5, 1967: Continental Ballroom, 1600 Martin Street, Santa Clara, CA with Ace Of Cups, Congress Of Wonders, James Cotton Blues Band
August 5, 1967: unknown venue, San Jose, CA (unconfirmed)
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #2 (AUG 1967 - DEC 31, 1968)
1) John Cipollina
2) David Freiberg
3) Greg Elmore
4) Gary Duncan
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5) Dino Valenti
August 17-20, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Other Half
September 1-3, 1967: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with Congress Of Wonders
September 14, 1967 Santa Rosa Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA
September 15-17, 1967: Family Dog, 1601 West Evans Street, Denver, CO with The Charlatans, The Superband
September 18, 1967: New Committee Theater, 836 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA with Dino Valente [sic]
September ??, 1967 unknown venue, San Jose, CA (unconfirmed)
September 30, 1967: Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara, CA with Clear Light, The Van Morrison Group, Blue Cheer
October 5-7, 1967: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Mad River, Grass Roots
October 8, 1967: Family Park, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, 1st Street & 344 Tully Road, San Jose, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Mother Earth, Mad River, Freedom Highway, Ace Of Cups, [Country Joe and the Fish were scheduled but cancelled as Joe had temporarily left the band] "Dr. Sunday’s Medicine Show - Haight Ashbury Medical Clinical Benefit" (evening show)
October 10-11, 1967: New Orleans House, 1505 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA with Congress of Wonders
October 22, 1967: Winterland, Post Street At Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, Big Brother And The Holding Company "Marijuana Defense Benefit"
October 24-25 1967: New Orleans House, 1505 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA with Congress of Wonders.
October 27-29, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Sons Of Champlin, Taj Mahal & The Blue Flames
October 31, 1967: Winterland, Post Street At Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, Big Brother And The Holding Company "Trip Or Freak"
November 13, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Grateful Dead (unconfirmed) "Avalon Zenefit For The Zen Mountain Center"
November 14, 1967: Straight Theater, 1702 Haight Street at Cole, San Francisco, CA with John Fahey
November 17, 1967: Straight Theater, 1702 Haight Street at Cole, San Francisco, CA with John Fahey, Indian Headband
November 18, 1967: Straight Theater, 1702 Haight Street at Cole, San Francisco, CA with John Fahey, Indian Headband, Emperor Jones, Jack De Govia "Live Theater – Straight Theater Company"
November 24-25, 1967: Concord Coliseum, 1825 Salvio Street, Concord, CA with Martha's Laundry (24), Zackfield Underground Railroad (25)
December 2, 1967: Sahara Hotel, Lake Tahoe, CA
December 15-17, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with The Charlatans, Congress Of Wonders
December 19, 1967: Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company
December 29-31, 1967: Winterland, Post Street At Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA with Chuck Berry (29-30), Big Brother And The Holding Company (29-31), Jefferson Airplane (31), Freedom Highway (31), Lights by Headlights (29-31)
Dino Valenti sat-in with the band at least for the final jam on New Year's Eve with also members from Big Brother and The Holding Company and Jefferson Airplane.
January 12-14, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Kaleidoscope, Charlie Musselwhite
January 17, 1968: Carousel Ballroom, Market Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead
January 20, 1968: Eureka Municipal Auditorium, Eureka, CA with Grateful Dead
January 26-27, 1968: Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, WA with Grateful Dead
January 29, 1968: PSC College Central Ballroom, Portland State College, Portland, OR with Grateful Dead, PH Phactor Jug Band
January 30, 1968: EMU Ballroom, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR with Grateful Dead, PH Phactor Jug Band
February 2-3, 1968: Crystal Ballroom, 1332 West Burnside at N.W. 14th Avenue, Portland, OR with Grateful Dead, PH Phactor Jug Band
February 4, 1968: Gym, South Oregon College, Ashland, OR with Grateful Dead
February 13, 1968: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA
February 16, 1968: Balconades Ballroom, 181 W, San Jose, CA with Phoenix, Mad River, Freedom Highway
Februay 18, 1968: Washington High School, Fremont, CA "Benefit for a South Korean orphan"
February 21, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Charlatans, Congress of Wonders, Mother Earth, Curley Cooke
February 23-24, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Buddy Guy, Son House
March 1-2, 1968: Crystal Ballroom, 1332 West Burnside at N.W. 14th Avenue, Portland, OR with Nazzare Blues Band
March 8-9, 1968: Cheetah, 1 Navy Street, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA with Steppen Wulf (sic), Kaleidoscope
March 19-23, 1968: The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA
March 24, 1968: The Kaleidoscope, 6230 Sunset Boulevard, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA with Buffalo Springfield, Jefferson Airplane, Tiny Tim, H.P. Lovecraft, Steppenwolf, Firesign Theatre, Clear Light, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Sweetwater, Genesis "Benefit for Radio Strike fund for KMPX and KPPC djs" (afternoon show)
March 24, 1968 The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA (evening show)
March 29-30, 1968: Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA with Traffic, Crumbs "Dance Concert"
April 4, 1968: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Eric Burdon & The Animals, Sons Of Champlin
April 5-6, 1968: Winterland, Post Street At Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA with Sons Of Champlin, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Lights by Headlights
April 6-7, 1968: parking lot outside The Ark, Gate 6, Sausalito, CA with Dino Valenti, Ace of Cups, Clover, Freedom Highway, Phoneix, Boogie, Pacific Flash, Morning Glory, Smoke, Gail Garnett And The Gentle Rain, and many others "A Benefit"
April 12-13, 1968: Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA with Charlie Musselwhite, Electric Flag, Lights by Thomas Edison & Castle Lighting
April 14, 1968: Tapia Park, Malibu Canyon, Los Angeles, CA with Sweetwater (canceled), The Hook (canceled), The All Star Jazz Band (canceled), Canned Heat, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Fraternity Of Man, Kaleidoscope, Lollipop Shoppe, Watts 103rd Street Band, Bluesberry Jam, Lee Michaels, Process, Evergreen Blue Shoes, Lights by Thomas Edison, Hi-Torr, and Northern Flames "The Great & Joyous Festival of Chauli - The Gathering of The Tribes for a Romp in the Forest" (Quicksilver Messenger Service canceled)
April 14, 1968: Palace Of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother and The Holding Company, Initial Shock, Lights by Garden Of Delights "Easter Benefit Rock Dance Concert sponsored by The Haight-Ashbury Medical Clinic" (cancelled)
April 14, 1968: Carousel Ballroom, Market Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Initial Shock, Gospal Singers, Lights by Garden Of Delights "Haight-Ashbury Clinic Benefit"
April 19-20, 1968: Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA
April 19-21, 1968: The Kaleidoscope, 6230 Sunset Boulevard, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA with Kaleidoscope, Flamin' Groovies
April 26-28, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Charlatans, It’s A Beautiful Day, Lights by Electra
May 3-4, 1968: Merchandise Mart, Old State Fairgrounds, Sacramento, CA with Moby Grape (3), Buffalo Springfield (4), Troggs (3-4), Pyewacket (3-4), HP Lovecraft (3-4), Mojo (3-4), Yukon Daily (4), Duck Soup (4) "2nd Annual Simultaneous Avalanche Merchandise Mart"
May 5, 1968: Gymnasium, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA with The Sons Of Champlin, Clover
May 10-12, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Ace of Cups, Flamin’ Groovies "Concert Dance"
May 17-19, 1968: The Blue Law, 19840 South Hamilton Avenue, Torrance, CA with Strawberry Alarm Clock, Pacific Gas & Electric, Sweetwater, Love Exchange, Hour Glass, Things To Come, Albert King, Spirit, Genesis, Touch, Mothers Of Invention, H.P. Lovecraft, Triangle, Red Beans and Rice, East Side Kids, Copper Leaf, Fair Befall "Hearye Public Notice Blue Law Survival Benefit"
May 17-19, 1968: The Cheetah, Los Angeles, CA with Albert King, Dirty Blues Band
May 19, 1968: The Blue Law, 19840 South Hamilton Avenue, Torrance, CA with Mothers Of Invention, Iron Butterfly, LA Smog and Refinery "Rock For McCarthy"
May 24-26, 1968: Electric Factory, Philadlelphia, PA with Woody's Truck Stop
May 26, 1968: The Blue Law, 19840 South Hamilton Avenue, Torrance, CA with Genesis, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Things To Come, Red Beans and Rice, Spirit, Sweetwater, Touch, Mothers Of Invention, H.P. Lovecraft, Triangle, East Side Kids, Fair Befall "Hearye Public Notice Blue Law Survival Benefit" (QMS cancelled?)
May 30-31 and June 1, 1968: Thee Image, Miami, FL
June 7-8, 1968: Fillmore East, New York City, NY with Electric Flag, Steppenwolf
June 13-15, 1968: Boston Tea Party, 53 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA with The Hallucinations "The American Revolution"
June 21-23, 1968: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Sly & The Family Stone, Lights by Holy See (evening shows)
June 23, 1968: Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA with Fraternity of Man, Flamin' Groovies, All Men Joy, Ace of Cups "A free Summer Solstice Festival" (afternoon show, from 12 noon to 5:00pm, presented by Haight Ashbury Medical Clinic & Family Dog)
According to Denise Kaufman of the Ace Of Cups, QMS playing as well, although they were not billed on the handbill.
June 25-30, 1968: New Generation Club, New York City, NY
June 28, 1968: The Sound Factory, Sacramento, CA with H.P. Lovecraft, Wake Forest, Lights by Headlights "Grand Opening"
July 5-6, 1968: Hippodrome, San Diego, CA with Velvet Underground
July 7, 1968: Greek Theatre, Lower Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA with Howlin' Wolf, It's A Beautiful Day "Berkeley Folk Music Festival"
July 9, 1968: Bold Knight, 769 North Matilda, Sunnyvale, CA with Freedom Highway, Bogus Thunder
According to an eyewitness, Gary Duncan was not present. QMS played two complete sets without him, as a trio.
July 10, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Ace of Cups, American Indian Dancers "Benefit for American Indian Well-Baby Clinic"
July 13, 1968: Bold Knight, 76 North Matilda, Sunnyvale, CA with Freedom Highway, Congress of Wonders
July 14, 1968: out on the big lawn of Marin Green, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with The Grateful Dead (canceled), Ornette Coleman Quartet (canceled), The Youngbloods, Big Black's African Rhythm Band (aka Big Black Sextet) (canceled), Hylar Jones Quartet with vocalist Millie Foster (canceled), Electric Flag, Granny Goose and The Soul Chips, John Handy Quintet, Monty Waters Big Band, Free Spirits "The Thomas A. Dooley Foundation presents Sunday on the Green - A Benefit For The Jazz Action Movement (JAM)"
A special one-day music festival featuring some of the Bay Area's top rock and jazz groups, was held out on the big lawn of Marina Green (although originally it was advertised to be held at the near St. Francis Yacht Club) today from 10:00am to 6:00pm. The Thomas A. Dooley Foundation sponsored the concert on behalf of the Jazz Action Movement, a group formed in SF last May. Jazz Action Movement has been sponsoring free jazz concerts since July 1 in Golden Gate Park. The organization's recent bash was designed to raise funds even though there was no admission charged. The group plans adopting a program of bringing jazz to neighborhoods on a flat-bed truck dubbed a "jam-mobile." The concert was free but donation was accepted to finance JAM Programs. Quicksilver (who were also filmed), Electric Flag, and Free Spirits were not on the poster but they filled in at last minute for some of the bands that were on the poster but that canceled at last minute.
July 19-20, 1968: Kings Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe, CA with The Working Class
July 26-28, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Howlin’ Wolf (cancelled 26-27 and maybe 28), Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks
July 28, 1968: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA with Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sons of Champlin, Chambers Brothers, Santana Blues Band, Beggar's Opera (filled in for Morning Glory), Gypsum Heaps "The Flick presents Come! Summer Rock Concert! at Stanford" (afternoon show)
Even though the Chambers Bros were the headliners, QMS ended up coming on last because their drummer was late.
August 4, 1968: Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA with Grateful Dead, Eric Burdon And The Animals (possible day 3), Jefferson Airplane, Iron Butterfly, The Byrds, Things To Come, Illinois Speed Press, Blue Cheer "First Annual Newport Pop Festival"
August 9-10, 1968: Sound Factory, Sacramento, CA with Ace of Cups, Congress of Wonders, Lights by Brotherhood of Light
August 11, 1968: private beach, Greyhound Rock County Park, Davenport, north Santa Cruz County, CA with West, Phoenix, Charlie Musslewhite Blues Band, The Youngbloods, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Flamin’ Groovies "West Coast Watermelon Feed and Love-In"
August 14, 1968: Santa Rosa Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA
August 16, 1968: Selland Arena, Fresno, CA with The Who
August 17, 1968: Diablo Stadium, Tempe, AZ with The Who
August 23-25, 1968: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Spooky Tooth, Cold Blood
August 31, 1968: Palace Of Fine Arts, 3601 Lyon Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with The Lamb, A.B.Skhy, Ace Of Cups, Linn County, The Mike Bloomfield Jam Band (filling in for H.P. Lovecraft), Festival Jam Band, Light Shows by The Ibis, Holy See, Jerry Abrams Head Lights "Palace Of Fine Arts Festival - An Annual Benefit For The Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic & The Atheneum Arts" (afternoon show)
September 1, 1968: Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA with H.P. Lovecraft, Steppenwolf, Sons Of Champlin, Black Pearl, West, Fraternity of Man, Buddy Miles Express, Three Dog Night
September 7, 1968: Valley Music Hall, Salt Lake City, UT with Leaves Of Grass, Lights by Garden Of Delights, deejay Michael G. Kavanaugh (MC)
September 8, 1968: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
September 14, 1968: Santa Rosa Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA
September 20-21, 1968: The Bank, 19840 South Hamilton Avenue, Torrance, CA with Sons Of Champlin (20-21), Love Exchange (20), Ace of Cups (21)
September 22, 1968: Grandstand, Del Mar Throughbred Club racetrack, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA with Sons Of Champlin,Donovan, Jimi Hendrix (cancelled), Pacific Gas & Electirc, Congress Of Wonders, Grateful Dead, Buddy Miles Express Formerly The Electric Flag, Taj Mahal, Mother Earth, Curly Cooke's Hurdy Gurdy Band, Youngbloods, Ace Of Cups, Phoenix, The Steve Miller Band, Sir Douglas Quintet, Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters, Graham Bond, Maya, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Jimmy Rabbitt (MC) "The Celebration of The Autumn Equinox - A Festival of Music"
September 29, 1968: El Camino Park, 100 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA with Youngbloods (cancelled), Ace of Cups (cancelled), Freedom Highway, Phoenix, Cold Blood (cancelled), Flamin' Groovies (cancelled), Frumious Banderstanch "Free You Be-In"
QMS was announced on the concert poster but finally don't appeared and The Steve Miller Band (with Carlos Santana as guest) filled in for them.
October 4-6, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Ace of Cups, Black Pearl
October 11, 1968: Chico Teen Center, Armory Building, Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, Chico, CA with Ace of Cups, Cranberry Frost
October 12, 1968: Gymnasium, Shasta College, Redding, CA with Ace of Cups
October 19, 1968: unknown venue, Kansas City, KS
October ??, 1968: unknown venue, Seattle, WA
October 21, 1968: Forest Park, St. Louis, MO (free concert)
Octobner 23 or 24, 1968: Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
October 25-26, 1968 Kinetic Playground, 4812 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL with SRC
October 27, 1968: unknown venue, University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, 1357 University Avenue, Madison, WI with SRC
October 28, 1968: unknown venue, Milwaukee, WI with SRC, Plain Brown Wrapper and other local bands
October 29, 1968: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with The Frost (canceled?)
October 29, 1968: Del Mar Fairgrounds, San Diego, CA (canceled?)
October 31, 1968: Grande Cleveland, Cleveland, OH with James Gang, The Case Of E.T. Hooley
November 1-2, 1968: Fillmore East, New York City, NY with Richie Havens, McCoys
November ?, 1968: unknown venue, Pittsburgh, PA (canceled?)
November 7-10, 1968: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Linn County, The Grateful Dead
November 21, 1968: Boys Gym, Los Altos High School, Los Altos, CA with Santana, Lights by Mr. What "Fall Concert"
November 23, 1968: Robertson Gymnasium, UC Santa Barbara (University of California, Santa Barbara) campus, 18 Ocean Road, Isla Vista, Santa Barbara County, CA with Santana Blues Band, Sons Of Champlin, Lights by Dry Paint
November 27, 1968: St. Elizabeth's High School, Oakland, CA with Ace of Cups
November 28-30, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Sons Of Champlin, Initial Shock
December 1, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, Sutter Street At Van Ness, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother and The Holding Company "Family Dog Benefit"
December 6, 1968: Merced County Fairgrounds, Merced, CA with Ace Of Cups, Crystal Syphon, Lights by Middle Earth
December 20-21, 1968: The Bank, Torrance, CA
December 31, 1968: Winterland, Post Street At Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, Santana, It’s A Beautiful Day, Lights by Brotherhood of Light
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #3 (JAN 1, 1969 - JUL 1969)
1) John Cipollina
2) David Freiberg
3) Greg Elmore
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4) Nick 'The Greek' Gravenites lead vocals (occasional member)
5) Dan Healy bass, rhythm guitar (occasional member)
April 24, 1969: Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL with Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Nick Gravenites, James Cotton, Duck Dunn, Sam Lay, Buddy Miles, Otis Spann, Muddy Waters And Friends, The Ace Of Cups "Cosmic Joy-Scout Super-Jam - A Benefit Concert For The Phoenix Academy"
The band was billed as 'Members of The Quicksilver Messenger Service' on the poster, but actually the full band (Cipollina, Freiberg and Elmore) played that day, also with Nick 'The Greek' Gravenites as guest vocalist.
June or July ??, 1969: unknown venue (maybe Monterey County Fairgrounds?), Monterey, CA
Billed as “The Quick And Nick” this gig featuring again Nick 'The Greek' Gravenites as guest vocalist.
July 8, 1969: Family Dog At The Great Highway, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA "Benefit for the Wild West Festival Organizer"
Their sound and mixing engineer Dan Healy play rhythm guitar and/or bass with the band tonight.
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #4 (JUL 1969 - DEC 30, 1969)
1) John Cipollina
2) David Freiberg
3) Greg Elmore
4) Nicky Hopkins piano, organ, celeste, harpsicord
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5) Nick 'The Greek' Gravenites
6) Dan Healy
July 18-19, 1969: Resurrection Theatre, Fremont and Broadway, Seaside, CA with Ace of Cups "Whahazza"
The band was billed as "Quicksilver Messenger Service with Nick 'The Greek' Gravenites" on the poster. Supposedly this was Nick Gravenites's last gigs with the band and Nicky Hopkins's first gigs with the band, because some people attended the shows cleary remember seen the englishman play with them on stage. Few years later the Resurrection Theatre was renamed Iron Triangle.
August 1-3, 1969: Headhunters Amusement Park, 345 Broadway, San Francisco, CA with Phananganang, Indian Puddin’ Pipe
August 22, 1969: Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Turk Murphy "Wild West Festival" (cancelled)
August 22, 1969: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Ace of Cups, Youngbloods, Womb, 4th Way, The Committee "Benefit for the Wild West Festival"
Some people in attendance cleary remember seen their sound and mixing engineer Dan Healy play bass with the band tonight.
August 23, 1969: Family Dog At The Great Highway, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Sons Of Champlin, Jimmy Whiterspoon, Anonymous Artists of America, Devil's Kitchen, Lazarus, Mt. Rushmore, Bycycle, Sebastian Moon, Flying Circus, Joe Tate's Desperate Skiffle Band, Marble Farm, Tree of Life, Phanaganang "Benefit for the Wild West Festival"
Some people in attendance cleary remember seen their sound and mixing engineer Dan Healy play bass with the band tonight. After the gig the band went to the Fillmore West to see Jefferson Airplane show.
September 6, 1969: Hyde Park, London, UK with Ace Of Cups, Jefferson Airplane, Crosby Stills, Nash & Young (a free concert was scheduled for this day and with these acts according to a Melody Maker issue of August 1969, although the SF Chronicle of August 27, said that actually the concert was scheduled for September 7 and the acts billed were Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Crosby Stills & Nash, and Joni Mitchell; anyway, the show was cancelled)
December 22, 1969: Napa Valley Sports Camp, 5 miles west of Napa on Highway 12, Brown's Valley, Napa, CA with The Grateful Dead, Rejoice, The People, Loading Zone
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #5 (DEC 31, 1969 - JUN 1?, 1970)
1) John Cipollina
2) David Freiberg
3) Greg Elmore
4) Nicky Hopkins
5) Gary Duncan
6) Dino Valenti vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, congas, flute, percussion
December 31, 1969: Winterland, Post Street At Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, Sons Of Champlin, Lights by Brotherhood of Light
January 23-24, 1970: Fillmore East, 105 2nd Avenue, New York City, NY with Country Joe And The Fish, Eric Mercury
February 6-7, 1970: Family Dog At The Great Highway, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Freedom Highway, Mike Seeger
February 13, 1970: Community Concourse, San Diego, CA with Albert King, Jamul City
Februay 14, 1970: Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA with Bo Diddley, Eric Burdon and War
February 20, 1970: Panther Hall, Fort Worth, TX with The Grateful Dead
February 21, 1970: Convention Civic Center, San Antonio, TX with The Grateful Dead, It's A Beautiful Day, John Mayall with Duster Bennett, Rocksand
February 22, 1970: Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX with The Grateful Dead, It's A Beautiful Day, John Mayall with Duster Bennett
February 23, 1970: Winterland, Post Street At Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane, It’s A Beautiful Day, Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks, Santana, Ligths by Glenn McKays Headlights "A Benefit for The Grateful Dead"
March 5, 1970: SUNY, Stonybrook, NY
March 21, 1970: Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA with Ten Years After, Eric Mercury, Smith, Birthrite
March 29, 1970: The Old Mill Tavern, Mill Valley, Marin County, CA with Mike Bloomfield & Friends "casual outdoor show"
Quicksilver's performance (with the great James Cotton as guest on harmonica in two songs, 'Blues Jam #1' and 'Blues Jam #2') was recorded and later released on the album: 'Live At The Old Mill Tavern March 29 1970' (2013).
April 3-4, 1970: Fillmore East, New York City, NY with Van Morrison, Brinsley Schwartz
April 5, 1970: Gym, SUNY, Stony Brook, Long Island, NY
April 9-11, 1970: Boston Tea Party, 15 Landsdown Street, Boston, MA with Roxy, Sugar Creek
April 11, 1970: Pepperland, San Rafael, CA with Hot Tuna, Lizard
April 15, 1970: Winterland, Post Street at Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane
Quicksilver were filmed backstage for the 'Go Ride the Music' TV music documentary that was broadcasted on KQED on December 6, 1970.
April 18, 1970: Contra Costa Fairgrounds, Antioch, CA with Beggar's Opera, A.B. Skhy, The Deadly Nightshade Lightshow, Corcorran Sound
April 24-25, 1970: Family Dog At The Great Highway, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Osceola, Robert Savage Group
April 26, 1970: Fieldhouse, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
April 28, 1970: outside Art Building, Sonoma State College campus, Rohnert Park, Sonoma County, CA "World Peace Week (aka World Peace Festival)" (afternoon show)
Quicksilver's performance was filmed at this free festival for the 'Go Ride the Music' TV music documentary that was broadcasted on KQED on December 6, 1970.
June 7, 1970: Diamond Head Crater, Oahu, Hawaii
June 12-13, 1970: Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawaii with The Grateful Dead (12-13), New Riders Of The Purple Sage (12-13), Steve Miller Band (13)
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #6 (JUN 1?, 1970 - OCT 5, 1970)
1) John Cipollina
2) David Freiberg
3) Greg Elmore
4) Gary Duncan
5) Dino Valenti
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6) Mark Naftalin piano, organ (he played with them as guest in both studio and live gigs, including the one at the Winterland on October 4-5, 1970)
7) Martin Fierro sax (he played with them as guest in both studio and live gigs, including the one at the Winterland on October 4-5, 1970)
June 18-21, 1970: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Don Ellis, Rockwell
June 28, 1970: Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH with Mushroom Jones
July 9-12, 1970: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Mott The Hoople, Silver Metre
July 31, 1970: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ with Big Brother and The Holding Company, Leon Russell, Ten Years After, Poco, Frijid Pink, Cactus, Polano "Festival of Rock"
August 2, 1970: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA with Leon Russell "Sunrise Concert II"
August 7, 1970: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA with Leon Russell
August 9, 1970: Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA with Robert Savage Group, Beggars' Opera (cancelled), A.B. Skhy (cancelled)
August 15, 1970: Freedom Palace, Kansas City, KS
August 16, 1970: Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO
August 2?, 1970: The Jacksonville Beach Pavilion, Jacksonville Beach, FL
August 21-22, 1970: Family Dog At The Great Highway, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Backyard Mamas, Robert Savage Group
August 28 or 29 or 30 or September 4 or 5 or 6, 1970: Edwin Tate's 160 acres farm, end of Keep Road, off Leher Road, several miles north of the town of Washougal, Clark County, WA "3rd Annual Sky River Festival & Lighter Than Air Fair" (Quicksilver Messenger Service canceled?)
August 30, 1970: 'Calibration', TV Special Show, KQED Studios, San Francisco, CA with Grateful Dead
The show was recorded "live in the studio" and broadcasted on KQED-TV San Francisco with KQED-FM simulcast.
September 6, 1970: Continental Showcase, Houston, TX
September 17-20, 1970: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Buddy Miles, Robert Savage Group
September 1970 (?): main yard, San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, Marin County, CA with The Ace Of Cups
October 4-5, 1970: Winterland, Post Street At Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA with The Grateful Dead, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, Lights by Glenn McKays Headlights
QMS were not billed on the gig poster. Both shows were broadcast on October 20, 1970 (and rebroadcast on December 2, 1970) by KQED-TV San Francisco with a quadraphonic simulcast by KQED-FM San Francisco and KSAN-FM San Francisco.
1970: Lanai Theater, Crockett, CA with Ace of Cups
Only three people attended the show and two of this are QMS’s manager Ron Polte and his brother Frank that work as head roadie for the band.
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #7 (OCT 6, 1970 - JUL 2, 1971)
1) David Freiberg now on organ
2) Greg Elmore
3) Gary Duncan
4) Dino Valenti
5) ? bass
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6) John Cipollina (returned to play with them only on Dec. 31, 1970 at the Kabuki Theatre)
7) Joey Covington drums, congas (he played with them as guest on June 6, 1971 at the Sam Houston Coliseum)
October 21, 1970: The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA with Santana
December 6, 1970: 'Fanfare', PBS TV Show, with Jefferson Airplane (broadcast date)
Public Broadcasting Service (the new name adopted by NET, the National Educational Television) screens Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane in an uninterrupted hour-long show, in another installment in its 'Fanfare' series. The show is broadcast on Channel 13 at 10:00pm in the New York area and at the same hour on Channel 20 in San Francisco, and on a series of PBS affiliates around the country.
December 31, 1970: Kabuki Theater, Los Angeles, CA with Country Joe And The Fish, Robert Savage "First Annual New Year’s Eve Costume Ball"
John Cipollina returned briefly to play with the group for this gig that was recorded and later released posthumously on their album: 'At The Kabuki Theatre' (February 27, 2007).
Friday, February 12, 1971: Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA with Country Weather, Mineral Water, Lights by Retina Circus
Sunday, February 14, 1971: P.N.E. (Pacific National Exhibition) Coliseum, 100 North Renfrew Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada with Love, Amethyst
February 19, 1971: Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA
February 21, 1971: Peterson Gym, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA with Boz Scaggs, Robert Savage
February 27, 1971: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
March 5-6, 1971 Fillmore East, 105 2nd Avenue, New York City, NY with Eric Burdon & War
March 12, 1971: Bushnell Auditorium, Hartforfd, CT
March 15, 1971: Lowes Place, Washington D.C.
March 19, 1971: Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH with Brewer & Shipley
March 20, 1971: Ella Music Hall, Memphis, TN
March 21, 1971: Atlanta Sports Arena, Atlanta, GA with Brewer & Shipley
April 2, 1971: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO
April 3, 1971: Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS
April 4, 1971: Civic Center, Oklahoma City, OK
April 6, 1971: Oriental Theater, Milwaukee, WI
April 8, 1971: unknown venue, Minneapolis, MN
April 9, 1971: Chicago Auditorium, Chicago, IL
April 10, 1971: Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI with Brewer and Shipley
April 11, 1971: Pepperland, 737 East Francisco Boulevard, San Rafael, CA with Hot Tuna, Lizard
May 21, 1971: Brooks Hall, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA with Eric Burdon, John Lee Hooker, and 40 other acts, Ligths by Holy See "The World on cue Arts & Industry" (from 12 noon to 11:00pm)
May 28, 1971: The Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO with James Gang, Kyle
May 29, 1971: Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA with Moby Grape, Albert King, Jo Jo Gunne
June 5, 1971: Warehouse, New Orleans, LA with ZZ Top, Chase, Allman Brothers Band
June 6, 1971: Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX with ZZ Top, Allman Brothers Band
June 10, 1971: Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, TX wih Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top
June 11-12, 1971: Pirate's World, Sheridan Street, Dania, FL with Alex Taylor
June 25, 1971: Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA with Redeye
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #8 (JUL 3, 1971 - JUL 24, 1971)
1) David Freiberg now on bass again
2) Greg Elmore
3) Gary Duncan
4) Dino Valenti
5) Dale Ockerman piano, organ
July 3, 1971: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA with Hot Tuna, Yogi Phlegm "Fillmore West - Last Days"
July 9, 1971: Arizona State Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ with Cactus, Sugarloaf
July ??, 1971: unknown venue, El Paso, TX with Cactus, Sugarloaf
July 24, 1971: Selland Arena, Fresno, CA with Redbone
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #9 (JUL 25, 1971 - ca. JAN 1972)
1) Greg Elmore
2) Gary Duncan
3) Dino Valenti
4) David Freiberg now on organ again
5) Charlie Hart bass
July or August 1971: unknown venue, South Lake Tahoe, CA
August 2, 1971: New Monk, Berkeley, CA with Mike Finnigan
August 12-15, 1971: Whisky A Go Go, 8901 Sunset Boulevard at Clark, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
August 21-22, 1971: Earth, 1165 Garnet Avenue, Pacific Beach, San Diego, CA
August 27, 1971: Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA with Country Weather, Wayne The Harp (Formerly Aum)
September 3, 1971: Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE with Sugarloaf, Ballin' Jack
September 17, 1971 Jasper Place Arena, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada with Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, The Velvet Underground, Lights by Edison
September 18, 1971: Jasper Place Arena, Edmonton, AB, Canada with Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, The Velvet Underground, Lights by Edison
September 18, 1971: 'San Francisco Rock', WTVS Channel 56 TV Show, Detroit, MI with Jefferson Airplane (broadcast date)
September 19, 1971: Foothills Arena, Calgary, AB, Canada with Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, (maybe) The Velvet Underground
September 23, 1971: Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY with Fanny
September 25, 1971: Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse, NY with James Cotton Blues Band, Exuma
October 1-2, 1971: Earth, San Diego, CA
October 30, 1971: Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan campus, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, MI with Catfish
November 5-6, 1971: Eastown Theatre, 8041 Harper Avenue, Detroit, MI with Detroit Featuring Mitch Ryder
November 24, 1971: Marin Civic Center Auditorium, San Rafael, Marin County, CA with Big Brother & The Holding Company, Clover, Yogi Phlegm (Formerly The Sons) "A Cold Turkey Rock Party"
December 11, 1971: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
December 31, 1971: Friends and Relations Hall, Great Highway, San Francisco, CA with Big Brother & The Holding Company, Sopwith Camel, Stoneground "Quicksilver Presents 2nd Annual New Years Eve Costume Ball"
John Cipollina showed up and played first with Big Brother, and then the encore only with Quicksilver.
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #10 (ca. JAN 1972 - MAY 1972)
1) Greg Elmore
2) Gary Duncan
3) Dino Valenti
4) Mark Ryan bass
5) Charles 'Charlie' Schoning (aka Chuck Steaks) piano, organ
January 21, 1972: Palace Theatre, 100 East Main Street, Waterbury, CT
January 21, 1972: Lowes, Jersey City, NJ
January 22, 1972: Ritz, Staten Island, NY
January 24, 1972: Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA with Malo
January 28, 1972: Warehouse, New Orleans, LA with Malo
January 30, 1972: Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL with Country Joe McDonald
February 5, 1972: Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA with Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
February 11-12, 1972: Winterland, Post Street At Steiner Street, San Francisco, CA with Taj Mahal, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
ca. March 1972: Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, CA
April 29, 1972: The Gardens, Vancouver, BC, Canada with Pure Prairie League
May ?, 1972: Farleigh Dickenson University, Madison, NJ with Poco
May 4, 1972: University Hall, University Of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA with Poco
May 5, 1972: Sunshine In, Ashbury Park, NJ with Pure Prairie League
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #11 (MAY 1972 - NOV 30, 1973)
1) Greg Elmore
2) Gary Duncan
3) Dino Valenti
4) Chuck Steaks
5) Harold Aceves drums
6) Roger Stanton bass
July 2, 1972: Bosse Field, Evansville IN with Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Edgar Winter, Dr. John 'The Night Tripper', Cactus, Black Oak Arkansas, Spirit, Country Joe & The Fish, Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker, New Riders of the Purple Sage "Freedom Festival and Ice Cream Social"
July 4, 1972: Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI with Dr. John The Night Tripper, Chip Stevens Blues Band (filled in for the advertised Boonesfarm)
July 23, 1972: Summerfest Amphiteather Main Stage, Milwaukee, WI
July 28, 1972: unknown venue, Miami, FL
July 29, 1972: unknown venue, Tampa, FL
July 30, 1972: unknown venue, Orlando, FL
July 31, 1972: unknown venue, Pensacola, FL
August 2, 1972: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA with Canned Heat, Dr. John
August 4, 1972: ball park, Idora Park, Youngstown, OH with Blue Oyster Cult, Wishbone Ash "open air concert"
August 5, 1972: unknown venue, Pittsburgh, PA
August 9, 1972: unknown venue, Norfolk, VA
August 11, 1972: Wollman Skating Rink Theatre, Central Park, New York City, NY with Bull Angus "The Schaefer Music Festival In Central Park"
August 12, 1972: Ritz Theatre, Staten Island, NY with Pure Food & Drug Act
August 30, 1972: unknown venue, Jacksonville, FL
September 2, 1972: Brown County Arena, Green Bay, WI with REO Speedwagon
September 4, 1972: Lake Odessa Fairgrounds, I-96 west of Lansing, Lake Odessa exit, Lansing, MI with The Amboy Dukes, Phlorescent Leech & Eddie, Bob Seger, Catfish, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Guardian Angel, Chip Stevens Blues Band, and more "Crest One Rock & Roll"
September 21, 1972: Sundown, Silver Street, Edmonton, London, UK with Glencoe (both acts canceled and Vinegar Joe and Stackridge filled in for them)
September 23, 1972: Home Park, Windsor, UK with MC5 (cancelled), Hawkwind, Pink Fairies, Home (cancelled), Renaissance, Arthur Brown, The Pretty Things, Mahatma Kande Jeeves, Brewers Droop, Mottleigh, D.J. Pete Drummond, Sounds Philengland, Contempory Street Theatre, Underground Poets, Sculptures Workshops "Windsor Arts Festival - In Aid Of Providing Invalid Chairs For The Disabled In Windsor" (QMS cancelled)
September 23, 1972: John Enless Ball Park, Fresno, CA with Poco, Stoneground, Commander Cody
October 13, 1972: Academy of Music, New York City, NY with Wishbone Ash, Boz Scaggs
October 15, 1972: The Mosque Theater, Richmond, VA with Osibisa
October 29, 1972: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
October 30, 1972: Gym, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
November 3, 1972: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA with Blue Oyster Cult (cancelled)
November 4, 1972: unknown venue, Kansas City, KS
November 10, 1972: unknown venue, San Francisco, CA
November 11, 1972: unknown venue, San Francisco, CA
November 12, 1972: San Diego Stadium, San Diego, CA with J. Geils Band, Foghat, Jesse Colin Young, Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show, Boones Farm "First Annual KGB Charity Ball"
November 24, 1972: unknown venue, Charlotte, NC (cancelled)
November 24, 1972: Warehouse, New Orleans, LA with Boz Scaggs
December 2, 1972: San Diego Stadium, San Diego, CA
December 8-9, 1972: Winterland, San Francisco, CA (cancelled)
December 22, 1972: unknown venue, San Francisco, CA
December 23, 1972: unknown venue, San Francisco, CA
December 27, 1972: Indianapolis Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN with Flash, Steve Miller Band, McKendree Spring
January 5, 1973: unknown venue, Detroit, MI
January 6, 1973: unknown venue, Erie, PA
January 19-20, 1973: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Canned Heat, Eggs Over Easy
January 21, 1973: unknown venue, Las Vegas, Nevada
January 22, 1973: unknown venue, Phoneix, AZ
January 26, 1973: unknown venue, Seattle, WA
January 27, 1973: unknown venue, Portland, OR
January 28, 1973: unknown venue, Spokane, WA
February 9, 1973: unknown venue, Des Moines, IA
February 10, 1973: unknown venue, Wichita, KS
February 11, 1973: Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI with Elephant's Memory
February 12, 1973: unknown venue, Richmond, VA
February 14, 1973: unknown venue, Louisville, KY
February 15, 1973: unknown venue, Monroe, LA
February 18, 1973: unknown venue, Fresno, CA
February 23, 1973: unknown venue, Fresno, CA
February 25, 1973: unknown venue, Las Vegas, NV
March 2, 1973: unknown venue, Bangor, MN
March 3, 1973: unknown venue, Elmira, NY
March 4, 1973: unknown venue, Evanston, IL
March 10, 1973: unknown venue, Daytona Beach, FL
March 13, 1973: unknown venue, Vermilson, SD
March 14, 1973: unknown venue, Oklahoma City, OK
March 15, 1973: unknown venue, Trenton, NJ
March 16, 1973: Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA with Grin, Vinegar joe
March 17, 1973: James A. McLane Physical Education Center, Alfred University campus, Alfred, NY
March 18, 1973: unknown venue, Buffalo, NY
March 21, 1973: unknown venue, Doylestown, PA
March 23, 1973: unknown venue, Rochester, NY
March 24, 1973: unknown venue, Rochester, NY
March 28, 1973: unknown venue, Atlanta, GA
March 29, 1973: unknown venue, Bridgewater, PA
March 30, 1973: unknown venue, Longhorn, PA
March 31, 1973: Academy of Music, New York City, NY with Canned Heat
April 4, 1973: unknown venue, Chicago, IL
April 5, 1973: unknown venue, Chicago, IL
April 8, 1973: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA with Canned Heat
April 12, 1973: unknown venue, Dallas, TX
April 13, 1973: unknown venue, Miami, FL
April 14, 1973: Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
April 18, 1973: unknown venue, Louisville, KY
April 19, 1973: unknown venue, Cleveland, OH (canceled)
April 19, 1973: Kennesaw Junior College, Kennesaw, GA with Lynyrd Skynyrd
April 20, 1973: Memorial Stadium, Daytona Beach, FL with Buddy Miles, Boot
April 26, 1973: unknown venue, Pittsburgh, PA
April 27, 1973: unknown venue, Auburn, NY
April 28, 1973: Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
April 29, 1973: unknown venue, Jersey City, NJ
April 30, 1973: Coliseum, Syracuse, NY
May 4-5, 1973: Kinetic Playground, Chicago, IL
May 11, 1973: unknown venue, Rockland, NY
May 12, 1973: unknown venue, Concord, NH (canceled)
May 12, 1973: MSU Auditorium, East Lansing, MI with Canned Heat, REO Speedwagon
May 13, 1973: Commack Arena, Long Island, NY
June 16, 1973: unknown venue, Syracuse, NY
June 18, 1973: Victory Theatre, 285 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada
June 21, 1973: unknown venue, Detroit, MI
June 22, 1973: Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI with Andy Pratt, The James Montgomery Band
June 23, 1973: unknown venue, Astoria,NY
June 24, 1973: unknown venue, York, PA
June 25, 1973: unknown venue, Columbia, MD
June 27, 1973: Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI with Whole Oats, Electric Light Orchestra
June 29, 1973: Wollman Skating Rink, Central Park, New York City, NY "The Schaffer Music Festival in Central Park"
July 6, 1973: Derks Field, Salt Lake City, UT with Chuck Berry, and others "Utah Jam"
July 15, 1973: Long Beach Auditorium, Long Beach, CA with Peter Frampton, ZZ Top, Savoy Brown
August 25, 1973: Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA with Marshall Tucker Band, Stories
September 1-2, 1973: unknown venue, Benton, TN with Beck, Bogert & Appice, Canned Heat, T. Rex, Dr. John, Dr. Hook, Buddy Miles, Michael Quatro, Spirit, Joe Walsh & Barnstorm, Muddy Waters, Black Oak Arkansas, Edgar Winter Group, Deodato, White Witch, ZZ Top, Ballin' Jack, Chambers Brothers, Yvette Evil, Roberta Flack, Freddie King, Wolfgang, Iggy & The Stooges "The Midwest Monster Peace Jubilee and Music Festival" (cancelled)
September 14, 1973: Columbia Music Hall, 165 Dexter Avenue, West Hartford, CT
September 16, 1973: Fairyland Park, Kansas City, MO with Blue Oyster Cult (canceled), Flo & Eddie (canceled), Rare Earth, Flash, Brownsville Station "Carney Rock II"
September 21-22, 1973: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with White Witch, Marcus
The band was scheduled on the concert poster only as 'Quicksilver'.
September 23, 1973: Hagerstown Fairgrounds, Hagerstown, MD with Cactus, Canned Heat, Poobah, Spirit, U.F.O., Sandlewood "Day of Music For The Benefit of Washington Co. Assn. For Retarded Children"
The band was scheduled on the concert poster only as 'Quicksilver'.
October 6, 1973: Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA with Mike Bloomfield & Mark Naftalin, El Chicano
October 18, 1973: Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
October 19, 1973: Academy of Music, New York City, NY with Joe Walsh's Barnstorm
October 21, 1973: Michigan Palace, Detroit, MI with Climax Blues Band
November ??, 1973: unknown venue, Memphis, TN with Doobie Brothers
November ??, 1973: Muther’s Music Emporium, Nashville, TN
November 30, 1973: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Sons Of Champlin, Copperhead, Shadowfax
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #12 (DEC 1, 1973)
1) Greg Elmore
2) Gary Duncan
3) Dino Valenti
4)Harold Aceves
5) John Nicholas bass
6) John Cipollina vocals, lead guitar
7) David Freiberg piano, organ
December 1, 1973: Winterland, San Francisco, CA with Sons Of Champlin, Copperhead, Shadowfax
The show was filmed and later included in a John Cipollina's DVD.
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE #13 (DEC 2, 1973 - JAN 1974)
1) Greg Elmore
2) Gary Duncan
3) Dino Valenti
4) Harold Aceves
5) John Nicholas
6) Robert 'Bob' Hogins piano, organ
December 16, 1973: Gymnasium, County College of Morris, 214 Center Grove Road, Randolph, NJ with Chambers Brothers
December 23, 1973: unknown venue, Baltimore, MD
December 27, 1973: football stadium, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
December 28, 1973: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
December 29, 1973: unknown venue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
December 30, 1973: unknown venue, Portland, OR
December 31, 1973: unknown venue, Seattle, WA
December 1973 or January 1974: The Joint In The Woods, Parsippany, NJ
