Happy Trails (album)
Happy Trails is the second album of the American band Quicksilver Messenger Service.
Happy Trails consists mainly of a performance cover of Bo Diddley's - aka Ellas McDaniel - "Who Do You Love?" spread out over 25 minutes. The live portions of the album were recorded at the Fillmore East and at the Fillmore West.
The second half of the album consists of an almost continuous medley. "Calvary" manifested itself during a studio acid trip. As a coda, the band sing the theme tune from Roy Rogers' western television show, which lends its title to the album.
The record was released by Capitol records in stereo.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 189 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[4] The song "Mona" was ranked number 88 on the list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs also of Rolling Stone.[5]
Track listing
Side A
- "Who Do You Love? - Part 1" – 3:32 (Ellas McDaniel)
- "When You Love" – 5:15 (Gary Duncan)
- "Where You Love" – 6:07 (John Cipollina, Duncan, Greg Elmore, David Freiberg)
- "How You Love" – 2:45 (Cipollina)
- "Which Do You Love" – 1:49 (Freiberg)
- "Who Do You Love - Part 2" – 5:51 (McDaniel)
Side B
- ""Mona"" – 7:01 (McDaniel)
- "Maiden of the Cancer Moon" – 2:54 (Duncan)
- "Calvary" – 13:31 (Duncan)
- "Happy Trails" – 1:29 (Dale Evans)
Personnel
Charts
- Album
Billboard (North America)
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 1969 |
Pop Albums |
27 |
- Singles
Billboard (North America)
| Year |
Single |
Chart |
Position |
| 1969 |
"Who Do You Love" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
91 |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Sputnikmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone - 189) Happy Trails. Retrieved 2011-01-24. "If you weren't there, this is the next best thing: the definitive live recording of the mid-Sixties San Francisco psychedelic-ballroom experience. Mostly taped at the two Fillmores, in San Francisco and New York, Quicksilver Messenger Service's second album captures twin guitarists, John Cipollina and Gary Duncan, in high, bright flight, making rare magic from a couple of old Bo Diddley numbers ('Mona', 'Who Do You Love?'), while the gorgeous, composed intricacies of 'Maiden of the Cancer Moon' and the acid-flamenco studio epic 'Calvary' prove that psychedelia was not just about tripping out."
- ^ Rolling Stone - The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time. Retrieved 2011-01-24. "A Bo Diddley cover transformed into tribal ecstasy. When guitarist John Cipollina cuts the air with his wah-wah, your high is real and all natural."
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