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John Cipollina - In Remembrance

About Me

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John Cipollina's career spanned twenty-five years of jazz, rock, and blues. He was a founding member of the group Quicksilver Messenger Service. They were one of the most popular bands in their time and played along with other big names such as Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Airplane.

Cipollina developed a unique style of playing while with the band; it was all in his technique and equipment. He relied on finger picking while pulling on the vibrato bar of the electric guitar, and used his own amplifier stacks and controls. He would wear two plastic finger picks that were filed to shape and he picked and/or plucked the strings with his thumb and index finger.

He died in 1989 from a lifelong respiratory ailment. In 1995, his custom amp stack was given to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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Member Since: 1/11/2006
Band Website: johncipollina.com
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

(repost from bulletins) - NO new songs, sorry! - pls read, thx!

I just received this post on my other myspace from the creators of the Cream fan page...____________________________________________________D ate: Apr 20, 2007 8:21 PM Subject Well sorry cream fans. Bo...
Posted by John Cipollina - In Remembrance on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:01:00 PST

'THE TALE OF RAVEN' - by Mike Somavilla

- THE TALE OF RAVEN -Well it's coming up on thirty years since Raven first came together. Out of their ten members, maybe six of them are still left to spread the rumors. There isn't a lot that can b...
Posted by John Cipollina - In Remembrance on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:27:00 PST