Quicksilver Messenger Service / Country Joe & The Fish / Eric Mercury

Rock's In My Head Apr 22, 2018

JAN 24: My 18th BIRTHDAY with QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE and Country Joe Fish at FILLMORE EAST This beautiful but cold Saturday morning began when my brother purchased the new Quicksilver album SHADY GROVE as my present. When we got home from the record store Mom asked if there was anything special I wanted for my birthday. While she probably meant for dinner, maybe a special meal, I selfishly requested two tickets to see Quicksilver for that evening. Twenty bucks slipped into a HAPPY BIRTHDAY card, a quick kiss on the cheek and away I went. Real proof of age as I was now legal to drink in New York State, I got a bottle of wine for the train ride in. With a pack of Marlboro Reds, two round trip LIRR tickets and money for two Fillmore tickets my birthday gift money was well spent. Thanks Mom.
Eric Mercury AKA THE ELECTRIC BLACK MAN opened the show with COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH following. Then Quicksilver Messenger Service with Nicky Hopkins (piano) and Dino Valenti on vocals gave us quite a show. Not the Quicksilver I was expecting but a San Fran jam fest no less.