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Electric Guitarslinger
Fillmore: The Last Days
Go Ride The Music + West Pole
RECOIL: John Cipollina in Music and in Memory
Survivors: The Blues Today
Electric Guitarslinger
| Stories and anecdotes by the Cipollina family, Bill Graham, Nicky Hopkins, Peter Albin, Nick Gravenites, Dan Healy, Paul Kantner, Spencer Dryden, Terry Dolan, Pete Sears, Martine Fierro, Greg Elmore, Jerry Garcia, Barry Melton, and other friends. Also rare concert footage of Quicksilver, Copperhead, Terry & The Pirates, Thunder & Lightning, Dinosaurs, John's tribute concert and Zero. Interviews with John and narrated by his sister Antonia. |
| Release History | ||||
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| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date |
| VHS NTSC | ||||
| VHS PAL | ||||
Fillmore: The Last Days
The legendary concert film featuring the final shows at Bill Graham's storied Fillmore West in San Fransisco, June 30 to July 4, 1971.
| 1. | Lamb | Hello Friends | ||
| 2. | Cold Blood | You Got Me Hummin | ||
| 3. | Cold Blood | Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free | ||
| 4. | Hot Tuna | Candy Man | ||
| 5. | Hot Tuna | Uncle Sam Blues | ||
| 6. | Rowan Brothers | Rehearsal Jam | ||
| 7. | Lamb | Isn't It Just A Beautiful Day | ||
| 8. | Quicksilver Messenger Service | Fresh Air | ||
| 9. | Quicksilver Messenger Service | Mojo | ||
| 10. | Jefferson Airplane | Volunteers/We Can Be Together | ||
| 11. | Jerry Garcia | Noodle | ||
| 12. | Jerry Garcia, New Riders Of The Purple Sage | Rehearsal Jam | ||
| 13. | The Grateful Dead | Casey Jones | ||
| 14. | The Grateful Dead | Johnny B. Goode | ||
| 15. | It's A Beautiful Day | White Bird | ||
| 16. | The Elvin Bishop Group | The Sky Is Crying | ||
| 17. | Santana | Incident At Neshabur | ||
| 18. | Santana | In A Silent Way/Jam | ||
| 19. | Santana | In A Silent Way |
Go Ride The Music + West Pole
Go Ride The Music was recorded in 1969 and focussed on two of the Bay Area's biggest bands at the time - Jefferson Airplane and Quickilver Mesenger Service. The seven Airplane clips were shot at Pacific High Recording in San Francisco and feature their new drummer, Joey Covington. Quicksilver Mesenger Service was one of the original psychedelic bands and one of the most popular bands in the San Francisco scene in the late=50s.
Hosted by Ralph J. Gleason, West Pole is an essay on the San Francisco music scene, originally airing in 1969. Featuring rare performances from both natiomal and local favorites, this program is an in-the-moment glimpse of the scene, with only the hope of the future as a guide. Artists featured in this program include: The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Steve Miller Band, Ace of Cups and Sons of Champlin.
| Go Ride The Music | ||||
| 1. | Intro (inc David Crosby chatting) | 0:00 - | ||
| 2. | Jefferson Airplane | We Can Be Together | 2:14 - | |
| 3. | Jefferson Airplane | Volunteers | 7:47 - | |
| 4. | Jefferson Airplane | Mexico | 12:22 - | |
| 5. | Quicksilver Messenger Service | Warm Red Wine | 14:42 - | |
| 6. | Quicksilver Messenger Service | Baby Baby | 17:08 - | |
| 7. | Quicksilver Messenger Service | Subway | 23:22 - | |
| 8. | Jefferson Airplane | Marty Balin talking > Plastic Fantastic Lover | 29:33 - | |
| 9. | Jefferson Airplane | Somebody To Love | 33:38 - | |
| 10. | Jerry Garcia | chatting | - | |
| 11. | Quicksilver Messenger Service | Mona | 39:01 - | |
| 12. | Jefferson Airplane | Emergency | 45:25 - | |
| 13. | Jefferson Airplane | Wooden Ships | 50:08 - | |
| Total | 56:53 | |||
DVD has a menu with an entry for each song. There are audience, crew set up, sea & landscape clips between and during songs.
QMS recorded at World Peace Festival, Sonoma State College, April 28, 1970.
[Many thanks to Greg for this clipping from the Friday May 1, 1970 Sonoma State College newspaper]
| JA Personnel | |
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| Grace Slick | vocals |
| Marty Balin | vocals |
| Paul Kantner | electric guitar, vocals |
| Jorma Kaukonen | electric guitar, vocals |
| Jack Casady | electric bass |
| Joey Covington | drums, percussion |
| QMS Personnel | |
| Dino Valenti | vocals, guitar |
| Gary Duncan | guitar, vocals |
| David Freiberg | bass, vocals |
| John Cipollina | guitar |
| Greg Elmore | drums |
| Nicky Hopkins | piano |
| West Pole | ||||
| 1. | Ace of Cups | Intro/Music | ||
| 2. | Ralph Gleason | intro | 1:50 - | |
| 3. | Steve Miller Band | Roll With It | ||
| 4. | Ralph Gleason | intro | 18:22 - | |
| 5. | Jefferson Airplane | Greasy Heart | ||
| 6. | Ralph Gleason | intro | 22:01 - | |
| 7. | The Grateful Dead | New Potato Caboose | ||
| 8. | Ralph Gleason | intro | 29:26 - | |
| 9. | Quicksilver Messenger Service | Dino's Song | ||
| 10. | Ralph Gleason | intro | 32:55 - | |
| 11. | Steve Miller Band | Sittin' In Circles | ||
| 12. | Ralph Gleason | intro | 36:05 - | |
| 13. | Ace of Cups | Simplicity | ||
| 14. | Sons Of Champlin | Freedom | 40:41 - | |
| 15. | Ace of Cups | Gospel Song | 49:17 - | |
| Total | 55:35 | |||
DVD has a menu with an entry for each song. The video for Dino's Song mostly shows band members and others wandering
about a shore & pier, overlaid over film of them performing. One shot has a life raft with Sausalito on it.
Survivors: The Blues Today
Film by Cork Marcheschi & Robert Schwarz, shot at Wilebski's Blues Saloon, St. Paul, Minnesota in 1984.
VHS, 1984, 87 minutes
| Tracks | ||||
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| Gravenites-Cipollina Band | ||||
| Baby Doo Caston | ||||
| Geoff Muldaur | ||||
| Minnesota Barking Ducks | ||||
| Valerie Wellington | ||||
| Willie Murphy & The Bees | ||||
| Corky Siegel | ||||
| Lady Bianca with The Mark Naftalin Band | ||||
| Ben Sidran & Archie Shepp | ||||
| Dr. John | ||||
| John Lee Hooker | ||||
| Interview: John Hammond | ||||
| Interview: Nick Gravenites | ||||
| Release History | ||||
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| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date |
| US | VHS | |||
RECOIL: John Cipollina in Music and in Memory
| Disc One: Rockumentary and Interviews | ||||
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| Electric Guitarslinger - Original Rockumentary about John Cipollina: | ||||
| John Cipollina remembered by the Cipollina family, Bill Graham, Nicky Hopkins, Peter Albin, Nick Gravenites, Dan Healy, Paul Kantner, Spencer Dryden, Terry Dolan, Pete Sears, Martin Fierro, Greg Elmore, Jerry Garcia, Barry Melton... Includes interviews and concert clips with John. The presentation is narrated by John's sister, Antonia Cipollina. The documentary also includes bits of rare concert footage of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Copperhead, Terry & The Pirates, Thunder & Lightning, Dinosaurs, The Grateful Dead, and Zero. | ||||
| Interviews: | ||||
| * | John Cipollina - Eugene, Oregon, with Spencer Dryden - Dinosaurs / Jefferson Airplane, & Peter Albin - Dinosaurs / Big Brother and the Holding Company | |||
| * | John Cipollina - Athens, Greece with Nick Gravenites | |||
| * | Michael Blair - John's Twin Sister | |||
| * | Mario Cipollina - John's Brother / Huey Lewis and the News | |||
| * | Bill Graham - Concert Promoter | |||
| * | Hutch Hutchinson - Copperhead / Bonnie Raitt Band | |||
| * | Merrell Fankhauser - Mu | |||
| * | Joel Selvin - Journalist | |||
| Disc Two: Interviews | ||||
| * | Nick Gravenites - Thunder and Lightning / Electric Flag | |||
| * | Barry Melton - Dinosaurs / Country Joe and the Fish | |||
| * | David Freiberg - Quicksilver Messenger Service | |||
| * | Gary Duncan - Quicksilver Messenger Service | |||
| * | Jerry Garcia - Grateful Dead | |||
| * | Dan Healy - Sound Engineer - Quicksilver Messenger Service / Grateful Dead | |||
| * | Terry Dolan - Terry and the Pirates | |||
| * | Nicky Hopkins - Quicksilver Messenger Service | |||
| * | Greg Douglass - Terry and the Pirates / Steve Miller Band | |||
| * | Merl Saunders - Dinosaurs / Saunders Garcia Band | |||
| * | Charlie Deal - Guitar Maker | |||
| * | Jack Casady - Jefferson Airplane / Hot Tuna | |||
| * | Martin Fierro - Quicksilver Messenger Service / Zero | |||
| * | Rocky Sullivan - Rocky Sullivan Band Sweet John (R. Sullivan) John Cipollina Tribute Band | |||
| Disc Three - Concert DVD | ||||
| Quicksilver Messenger Service | ||||
| Winterland December 28, 1975: | ||||
| 1. | Fresh Air | 6:33 | (J. Farrow) Irving Music, BMI | |
| 2. | Heebie Jeebies | 4:00 | (J. Cipollina) Black Dragon Publishing, BMI | |
| Winterland December 1, 1973: | ||||
| 3. | Who Do you Love? | 9:40 | (E. McDaniel) Arc Music Corp, BMI | |
| 4. | Jam | 10:00 | ||
| Copperhead | ||||
| Winterland September 1, 1973: | ||||
| 5. | Spin - Spin | 4:11 | (J. Cipollina - G. Philipps) Black Dragon Publishing, BMI/Ear-responsible Music, BMI | |
| 6. | Kamikaze | 6:06 | (J. Cipollina - J. McPherson-Jim Jensen) Black Dragon Publishing/Kosher Dill Music, BMI - Jim McPherson & Evy McPherson | |
| 7. | Little Cindy | 5:25 | (G. Philipps) Ear-responsible Music, BMI | |
| 8. | Kibitzer | 4:45 | (J. McPherson) Kosher Dill Music, BMI - Jim McPherson & Evy McPherson | |
| 9. | John's Solo - Keeper of the Flame | (J. McPherson) Kosher Dill Music, BMI - Jim McPherson & Evy McPherson | ||
| Link Wray | ||||
| Winterland November 19, 1974: | ||||
| 10. | Mystery Train | 8:44 | (S. Phillips & H. Parker, Jr) Hi Lo Music, Inc, BMI | |
| 11. | Be What You Want To | 9:00 | (L. Wray) Rightsong Music Inc., BMI | |
| Thunder and Lightning | ||||
| Rockpalast Germany November 28, 1980: | ||||
| 12. | UnVicious Circle | (J. Cipollina) Black Dragon Publishing, BMI | ||
| 13. | Pride of Man | (H. Camp) WB Music Div., ASCAP | ||
| 14. | Buried Alive in the Blues | (N. Gravenites) Fourth Floor Music, ASCAP | ||
| "Survivors: The Blues Today" Film by Cork Marcheschi & Robert Schwarz | ||||
| Wilebski's Blues Saloon, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1984: | ||||
| 15. | My Party | (N. Gravenites) Wig Berto Music, ASCAP | ||
| 16. | You Can't Hurt Me No More | (N. Gravenites) Wig Berto Music, ASCAP | ||
| Terry and the Pirates | ||||
| Winterland February 7, 1975: | ||||
| 17. | Inlaws and Outlaws | 6:20 | (T. Dolan) Whirlwind Chaser Music, BMI | |
| 18. | Something to Lose | 6:00 | (T. Dolan) Whirlwind Chaser Music, BMI | |
| Dinosaurs | ||||
| Golden Gate Park September 12, 1987: | ||||
| 19. | Mona | 8:55 | (E. McDaniel) Arc Music Corp, BMI | |
| Tribute Band | ||||
| 20. | Sweet John | (R. Sullivan) | ||
| Other Background Tracks | ||||
| Cobra | (J. Cipollina) Black Dragon Publishing, BMI | |||
| Local Color | (J. Cipollina) Black Dragon Publishing, BMI | |||
| Release History | |||||
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| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | Notes |
| US | 3 x DVD | 2000 Limited Edition | |||
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