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John Cipollina (August 24, 1943 – May 29, 1989) was a lead guitarist best known for his work with the San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. He pronounced his surname with the Italian "C" (Chipollina). August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ...
1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...
May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Lead guitar refers to a role within a popular music band, especially a rock band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ...
For details about the famous earthquake, refer to the article 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. ...
// Biography Valentes Involvement Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of San Franciscos original psychedelic bands in the 1960s. ...
Born in Mill Valley, California, Cipollina had a unique guitar sound, mixing solid state and valve amplifiers as early as 1968. He is considered one of the fathers of the San Francisco psychedelic sound. He played with finger picks and used a whammy bar extensively which, he explained to Jerry Garcia, was to make up for his weak left (tremolo) hand. Even more unusually, he attached six wurlitzer horns to the top of his distinctive amplifier stack. His style was highly melodic and expressive. Mill Valley is a city located in Marin County, California. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq. ...
In physics, the solid state is one of the three phases of matter (solid, liquid, and gas). ...
A valve amplifier (British English), also known as a tube amplifier or vacuum tube amplifier (in American English), is a device for electrically increasing the power of an electrical signal, typically sound. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
The word psychedelic is a neologism coined from the Greek words for mind, ψυχη (psyche), and manifest, δηλειν (delein). ...
An electric guitar is a type of guitar with a solid or semi-solid body that utilizes electromagnetic pickups to convert the vibration of the steel-cored strings into electrical current. ...
Jerome John Jerry Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was famous as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead, though his extensive career involved many other projects. ...
Wurlitzer is the common name for band organs or orchestrions, jukeboxes, and most notably, theatre organs produced by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company. ...
Cipollina died at the age of 45 from emphysema following a lifetime of illness.
Discography
Quicksilver Messenger Service Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of San Franciscos original psychedelic bands in the 1960s. ...
Happy Trails is widely considered to be the seminal album from Quicksilver Messenger Service. ...
Shady Grove is a 1969 album by Quicksilver Messenger Service. ...
Copperhead
The Dinosaurs The Dinosaurs, formed in 1982, was the only Bay-Area supergroup to emerge from the psychedelic music era of San Francisco. ...
Raven
Man (Guest artist)
Merrell Fankhauser
External links - JohnCipollina.com - Memorial website
- Bay-Area-Bands.com - 'John Cipollina: The Life And Death Of San Francisco's Most Prolific Guitarist', William Ruhlmann
- allmusic.com - All-Music Guide Entry
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