Quicksilver Messenger Service News

Guitarist Steve Kimock may not be the easiest person to keep an account of, but one thing is sure: His projects have kept the bar high on the national jam-band scene.

As her husband--40-year-old Marin-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jim McPherson--lay on his deathbed in 1985, Evy McPherson vowed to release his unfinished debut solo album.

Twenty-four years ago, as her musician husband lay dying in their Mill Valley home, Evy McPherson made a silent promise to him: That she'd finish the album he would not live long enough to complete.

Marin was hanging on the telephone 30 years ago this week. In the waning days of summer '79, the county known as ground zero for such psychedelic rock acts as Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company had finally succumbed to the booty-shaking charms of Donna Summer, Chic and the Trammps.

Gary Duncan, guitarist of Quicksilver Messenger Service, dedicated the Heroes of Woodstock concert after Conrad Oberg's performance of "The Star Spangled Banner." "To the father son and to the mother Earth, we dedicate this ceremony today," Duncan said.

Eventually, Val Kilmer will star in a biopic about the Quicksilver Messenger Service, whose heavy penchant for drugs and 6/4 jazz time made them stars of the '60s San Fran psychedelic scene.

The Heroes of Woodstock Concert tickeholders recall a ride on the roof of a Chevy van, lengthy free-jam sets and 'the projection of love from heart to heart' By T. S. Chamberland, Staff Writer Published: Aug 04, 2009 12:00 am Big Names of '69 reappearing in '09 A at Heroes of Woodstock concert 10 Years After a ' best known for songs "Good Morning ...