Quicksilver Messenger Service
In late 1965 Duncan received a call from John Cippolina offering an audition for himself and fellow Brogues member Greg Elmore to join Quicksilver Messenger Service. The group played its first gig in December 1965 at The Matrix. The complex guitar interplay between Duncan and John Cippolina had a big influence on the sound of psychedelic rock. In early 1969, after recording two albums, Duncan left Quicksilver and as he describes it, "I left for a year and rode motorcycles and lived in New York and Los Angeles and just kind of went crazy for about a year."
By the beginning of 1970 Duncan rejoined Quicksilver Messenger Service along with singer/guitarist Dino Valenti which pushed the group toward a more folk rock sound. By 1971 the original group had splintered with Cippolina, David Freiberg and Nicky Hopkins all leaving Duncan, Elmore and Valenti to perform as Quicksilver Messenger Service until the end of the 1970s.
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