Happy Trails (album)

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Happy Trails
Studio album by Quicksilver Messenger Service
Released	March 1969
Recorded	1968
Genre	Rock, acid rock, psychedelic rock, jam
Length	48:41
Label	Capitol
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (Positive) link
Quicksilver Messenger Service chronology
Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968) Happy Trails (1969) Shady Grove (1969)

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 "Who Do You Love?" spread out over 25 minutes. The song was divided into several parts ("What Do You Love," "How Do You Love," "Where Do You Love," etc.) in order to recoup a greater share of royalty payments.^{[citation needed]}. The live portions of the album were recorded at the Fillmore East and at the Fillmore West.

The second half of the album is comprised of an almost continuous suite. Beginning with another Bo Diddley song ("Mona"), guitarist Gary Duncan's "Maiden of the Cancer Moon" follows and the album closes with "Calvary", which 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. Fans of rock trivia may be interested to note that this whimsical tune also appears on Van Halen's Diver Down.

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. [1]

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side A 1.2 Side B 2 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side A

1. "Who Do You Love, Part. 1" – 3:32 (McDaniels)
2. "When You Love" – 5:15 (Duncan)
3. "Where You Love" – 6:07 (Quicksilver Messenger Service / Fillmore Audience)
4. "How You Love" – 2:45 (Cipollina)
5. "Which Do You Love" – 4:38 (Freiberg)
6. "Who Do You Love, Part. 2" – 3:05 (McDaniels)

[edit] Side B

1. "Mona" – 7:01 (McDaniels)
2. "Maiden of the Cancer Moon" – 2:54 (Duncan)
3. "Calvary" – 13:31 (Duncan)
4. "Happy Trails" – 1:29 (Evans)

[edit] Personnel

• John Cipollina - Guitar and vocals
• Gary Duncan - Guitar and vocals
• Greg Elmore - Drums
• David Freiberg - Bass and vocals

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