Shady Grove (album)

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Shady Grove is a 1969 album by Quicksilver Messenger Service.

Shady Grove
Studio album by 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
Length	unknown
Label	Capitol Records
Producer(s)	Unknown
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Quicksilver Messenger Service chronology
Happy Trails (1969)	Shady Grove (1969)

Between recording their previous album Happy Trails and this, Quicksilver parted ways with guitarist Gary Duncan. As a replacement, Nicky Hopkins, the English journeyman pianist who appears on albums by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Steve Miller joined the group. This album is somewhat dominated by him, though this is very much the Quicksilver of early days just with extra piano. The best parts of this album are easily the equal of anything from Happy Trails, but there are several places where the album stumbles and falls into dull ballads.

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 Cippolina and Nick Gravenites, also appears on Big Brother and the Holding Company's album Be a Brother, which featured Gravenites on vocals.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Shady Grove" (Wands)
2. "Flute Song" (Jewkes)
3. "Three or Four Feet from Home" (Cipollina)
4. "Too Far" (Freiberg)
5. "Holy Moly" (Gravenites)
6. "Joseph's Coat" (Cipollina/Gravenites)
7. "Flashing Lonesome" (Freiberg/Gravenites)
8. "Words Can't Say" (Freiberg/Jewkes)
9. "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder" (Hopkins)

[edit] Personnel

• John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
• Nicky Hopkins - organ, piano, celeste, harpsichord, dog
• Greg Elmore - drums. percussion
• David Freiberg - viola, bass, guitar, vocals

[edit] 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