Shady Grove (album)

"Shady Grove" is a 1969 album by Quicksilver Messenger Service.Infobox Album | Name = Shady Grove
Type = Album
Artist = Quicksilver Messenger Service


Released = 1970
Recorded = Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California during July and August 1969 and at Pacific High Recorders during August to September 1969
Genre = Psychedelic rock, acid rock
Length = unknown
Label = Capitol Records
Producer = Unknown
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:giazefukhgfj] |Last album = "Happy Trails"
(1969)
This album = "Shady Grove"
(1969)
Next album =

Nicky Hopkins, the English journeyman pianist who appears on albums by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Steve Miller joined the group for this album. This album is somewhat dominated by him, and has a different flavor. Freiberg's presence is strong and the Quicksilver sound is still apparent.

Hopkins re-recorded the album closer "Edward" for his solo album The Tin Man Was a Dreamer, featuring members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. Joseph's Coat, co-written by Cipollina and Nick Gravenites, also appears on Big Brother and the Holding Company's album Be a Brother, which featured Gravenites on vocals.Original guitarist Gary Duncan does not appear on this album.

Track listing

# "Shady Grove" (P. O. Wands)
# "Flute Song" (Denise Jewkes)
# "Three or Four Feet from Home" (Cipollina)
# "Too Far" (Freiberg)
# "Holy Moly" (Gravenites)
# "Joseph's Coat" (Cipollina/Gravenites)
# "Flashing Lonesome" (Freiberg/Gravenites)
# "Words Can't Say" (Freiberg/Jewkes)
# "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder" (Hopkins)

Personnel

*John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
*Nicky Hopkins - organ, piano, celeste, cello, harpsichord, keyboards
*Greg Elmore - drums, percussion
*David Freiberg - viola, bass, guitar, vocals

Production

*Engineer - Dan Healy, Bob Shumaker, Dave Brown, Mike Leary
*Mixing - Dan Healy, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Snarly Grumble
*Executive producer - J. Palladino
*Mixed at Pacific High Recorders