Listener comments!

🥁 ♥ 11:01am
: Bob! Seekers!   11:02am
Jeff: Good Morning Bob + fellow listeners 🥁 ♥ 11:02am
wmfromd: Morning Bob and all! QMS! 🥁 ♥ 11:02am
listener james from westwood: Good Saturday, Bob and all! 🥁 ♥ 11:04am
duke: Good morning Bob and all. ♥ 11:05am
TDK60: Ho Bob. I didn't know about Elmore. RIP. QMS, a top fave. I have to leave soon so will definitely note for later the archive. 11:10am
Bob Brainen: Having tech. Issues, folks.   11:10am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:10

Hi there, Bob, and all others who are musically adventurous! 🥁 ♥ 11:14am
Frank Zaatar:

↳ Song: "Do The Jellyfish" by "Neil Sedaka"

Neil Sedaka does ska. Who knew?
Morning Bo and all! 🥁 ♥ 11:17am
Frank Zaatar:

↳ Frank Zaatar @11:14

That's Bob. Not Belinsky, not Diddley. 🥁 ♥ 11:18am
chresti: Morning Bob and bobbers! ♥ 11:20am
Soule: Happy Saturday, Bob and people! 🥁 ♥ 11:27am
Cal Zone!: Sounds great BB! Hope you and others can check out my show, Magic Records Sunday night 9-11pm (cheap plug)! 11:28am
Bob Brainen: Ok I ~think~ things are working in all ways... 11:29am
SmokinJ: Hey! 8-) 11:29am
Bob Brainen: Hello to all! ∫ydniuß, Jeff, Listener James from westwood, duke, TDK60, 11:30am
Bob Brainen: more "hellos" in a bit...
Thanks!   11:33am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:30

Dolores Keane and Wayne Perkins RIP.   11:34am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Cal Zone! @11:27

Hey, Cal Zone! 🥁 ♥ 11:35am
∫ydniuß: neil wuz def gr8   11:36am
David B: Greetings Bob! Thanks for the remembrances and the forthcoming Quicksilver tunes. 🥁 ♥ 11:37am
Cal Zone!:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:34

Hey Andew!   11:40am
gene sculatti: Wow, you're doin' the QMS! 🥁 ♥ 11:41am
Doug Schulkind: My father regaled me with stories of seeing Armstrong with Jack Teagarden live in the '40s. His favorite Hot Five side was "Tight Like This." No surprise, it's my fave, too. 🥁 ♥ 11:41am
Franco Twinkie: I can't wait for Quicksilver! 11:42am
Bob Brainen: Good morning to Andrew in Toronto, Frank Zataar, chresti, Soule, cheap plugger Cal Zone! & SmokinJ 🥁 ♥ 11:42am
James Douglas: Greetings Bob from the Mohawk Trail of MA. 11:44am
Bob Brainen: Good morning to David B, Gene Sculatti, Doug Schulkind, (great story!) Franco Twinkie, & James Douglas   11:44am
marc mendelson: good morning Bob waking up to neil sedaka ska strange stuff   11:46am
gene sculatti: Cool S&C. 11:46am
Bob Brainen: Hey, marc mendelsohn, was thinking about you! Sedaka was full of surprises! 🥁 ♥ 11:48am
wmfromd:

↳ Song: "Today" by "Seals & Crofts"

I need to listen to this album more. I fixated on the first one for awhile. 11:49am
Bob Brainen: Hey, wmfromd. It's a favorite. ♥ 11:51am
(Mr) Bill: Good morning, Bob and assorted Braineniacs. Houseguests are amending my usual Saturday routine. I hope to be free for another few hits of fresh air. 11:56am
Bob Brainen: Heya, (Mr) Bill. ♥ 12:00pm
Roberto: Ahoy from der West Coast! 12:01pm
Bob Brainen: Ahoy to you, Roberto 🥁 ♥ 12:02pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Out On The Tiles, Karoline" by "Blue Boys"

I wonder if Jan Turkenberg knows this song? 🥁 ♥ 12:04pm
chresti:

↳ Roberto @12:00

Still in Studio City?   12:05pm
SecretSquirrel: Happy 🌞 Saturday, Bob ‘n’ all! 12:06pm
Bob Brainen: same to you, secretsquirrel   12:07pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Soule @11:20

Hi there, Soule! ♥ 12:08pm
Soule:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:07

Heeeeey Andrew!   12:13pm
gene sculatti: My friend Jim Beloff lived up the hill from Jack Sheldon in Studio City; he used to see Jack floating in his pool playing the trumpet! ♥ 12:14pm
Roberto:

↳ chresti @12:04

Yas. Have you ever been to the Ballona Wetlands in Marina Del Rey? We're planning on going today. ♥ 12:15pm
Roberto:

↳ gene sculatti @12:13

We've had some characters around here over the years. Hayden Rorke of I Dream of Jeannie lived across the street for a time. 12:20pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ gene sculatti @12:13

That is awesome, Gene. Those "Run Buddy Run" dollars were put to good use! 12:21pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ Roberto @12:15

Ha ha! Hayden Rourke of "I Dream of Jeannie!" 🥁 ♥ 12:22pm
patrick321: Hey Bob and all 🥁 ♥ 12:23pm
chresti:

↳ Roberto @12:14

Yes, we have friends that live near there with a view of the Ballona Lagoon trail below their balcony, in Venice 🥁 ♥ 12:26pm
Olleh:

↳ Song: "Nonetto (Impressao rapida De Toda Brazil]" by "He...

Hi Bobnall! Just tuned in This Villa Lobos is. fantastic! 12:30pm
Wanda the Wonderful: YEAH QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE. ('Gold and Silver' is one of the best songs of all time!) 🥁 ♥ 12:35pm
Franco Twinkie: Quicksilver Messenger Service - My first big time rock concert. 12:37pm
Bob Brainen: Hi,Wanda the Wonderful. 12:37pm
Bob Brainen: Hey, Olleh, glad you dug! 12:38pm
Bob Brainen: Hey, Patrick321   12:38pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @12:37

Dolores Keane and Wayne Perkins RIP. ♥ 12:39pm
Roberto:

↳ chresti @12:23

Very nice! 🥁 ♥ 12:39pm
wmfromd:

↳ Song: "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" by "Quicksilver Messeng...

More a rewrite than a cover. Very different lyrics. 12:43pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:38

Perkins was great. Not familiar with Keane. R.I.P.   12:53pm
marc mendelson: john cipollina had a great sound   12:53pm
Gary: Thanks for this. Lots of fine memories of QMS. Especially the summer of ‘70 in Novato. ♥ 12:55pm
Roberto: Love me some QMS! 12:56pm
Wanda the Wonderful: Cipollina was brilliant but the co-guitarist Gary Duncan was IMHO even more brilliant! His solo on Gold and Silver is remarkable. 🥁 ♥ 12:58pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Wanda the Wonderful @12:56

The counter point between Gary Duncan and John Cippollina was amazing. Gary had a jazzier touch, while John was more flamenco influenced...plus a lot of whammy bar. 🥁 ♥ 1:01pm
Franco Twinkie: Nicky Hopkins! When I saw them, Nicky was wearing a pink swallow tailed suit with his back to the audience.   1:03pm
Gary: Unfortunately for me, they lost me with Shady Grove 🥁 ♥ 1:05pm
wmfromd:

↳ Song: "Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder" by "Quicksilver Mes...

This album doesn't get enough love. Lots of good stuff here. 🥁 ♥ 1:13pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Avalon Ballroom Radio Ad" by "KSAN Announcer"

I wonder if that ad was on KMPX. I don't think KSAN existed yet.   1:15pm
Gerry from Miami: Hello to BOB and all the BRAINIACS! Been taking care of some serious medical matters over the past few months. Glad to be able to tune in once again. I was a fan of QUICKSILVER way back when. Thanks for this retrospective! 1:15pm
Wanda the Wonderful: I saw QMS at the the Bitter End in mid 2010. Well, there was no Cipollina or Duncan- it was The David Freiberg–led version of Quicksilver Messenger Service) and it was not good. Not good at all. I left early it was so bad... 🥁 ♥ 1:17pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Who Do You Love Suite" by "Quicksilver Messenger ...

John Cippollina at his peak! 🥁 ♥ 1:20pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Who Do You Love Suite" by "Quicksilver Messenger ...

Second lead - Gary Duncan. 🥁 ♥ 1:20pm
wmfromd:

↳ Song: "Who Do You Love Suite" by "Quicksilver Messenger ...

DJ steps out for a smoke break.   1:27pm
Cronbat: I saw Quicksilver in San Antonio, on a bill with John Mayall, It's a Beautiful Day, and the Grateful Dead. My first big concert. and one that set a high bar!   1:28pm
ATLDondi: The music on Happy Trails was brilliant but so was the album cover, both front and back. Must've spent hours admiring those sketches of the band 🥁 ♥ 1:32pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Who Do You Love Suite" by "Quicksilver Messenger ...

John Cippollina again. 🥁 ♥ 1:32pm
Brian in UK: Hello Bob & friends.

Confess, I never got past Fresh Air. Wonderful with the right smokes.

  1:41pm
gene sculatti: 'Who do You Love' sounds more amazing now than ever. Stoked. 🥁 ♥ 1:45pm
Frank Zaatar:

↳ Song: "Camaro Radio Ad" by "Quicksilver Messenger Service"

Camaro: The Orange Sunshine of motor vehicles. 🥁 ♥ 1:47pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Frank Zaatar @1:45

Ha! We went to see Quicksilver in a 1968 Camaro!   1:48pm
Eugene Bentley: Hey Bob. Checking in late. In the process of weeding through my stuff to get rid of including album's and cd. I was doing pretty good until I get these posts on FB from Cherry Red UK. 🥁 ♥ 1:50pm
Frank Zaatar:

↳ Franco Twinkie @1:47

Now that's what I call a trip. 🥁 ♥ 1:52pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Pride Of Man" by "Quicksilver Messenger Service"

My entryway to QSM. It was on rotation on KRLA when I was thirteen years old.   1:52pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @12:43

What an inspired show!
Thanks, Bob! 🥁 ♥ 1:53pm
Frank Zaatar:

↳ Song: "Pride Of Man" by "Quicksilver Messenger Service"

A biblical twofer.   1:54pm
Cronbat:

↳ Song: "Pride Of Man" by "Quicksilver Messenger Service"

Written by Hamid Hamilton Camp, folksinger and actor. ♥ 1:55pm
(Mr) Bill:

↳ Franco Twinkie @1:52

Mine, too, a few years later when I got to college. 🥁 ♥ 1:57pm
wmfromd: Another great one Bob. Thanks! ♥ 1:58pm
(Mr) Bill: Terrific, Bob. Thanks. 🥁 ♥ 1:59pm
Franco Twinkie: Thanks Bob. Made my weekend.