Dino Valenti 9-22-86 Part 1

[@davidewing5605]

Dino is fantastic. He was great in Quicksilver Messager Service. His albums I really love Children Of The Sun. It blew my mind when I heard first on KMPX in San Francisco.He was a good song writer also.I lived my first 20 years in the Bay Area. I saw him with Quicksilver at a concert. When I was a teenager, I saw a lot of concerts. I was blessed to be a teenager and live in the Bay Area. It was the perfect place to be in the world at the time. Now San Francisco is taken over by the homeless and the drug addicts, and is dangerous. So I am in Arizona, were you can walk the streets and it is safe. Dave in Arizona

[@nohalal]

God bless you for this....love Dino.....I,m a Polish fan living in New Zealand.....His voice...quicksilver m.s.helped me survive communist imposed martial law in Poland 81

[@sammy-wi8pi]

Dino was the quintessence of rock anti-everything ...his songs always questioned everything . He was ahead of his time by far ❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢

[@itwasrockin]

One of the most haunting and distinctive voices of all time! Loved his songs....RIP Dino.....

[@baliscotsurf]

i tell you this..he was and is as good a singer..writer...as anyone of his time. God I miss him..this is my era..the best era of music ever.

[@Aligio1000]

😅 Nació en Santiago de Veraguas, República de Panamá.

[@dostigres2010]

I was Dino's friend. I was at a solo show on Haight St, maybe his last. He played "Scarecrow" twice... He changed his name from Chester Powers to Dino Valeni when he auditioned for his very first gig -- because the club owners were Italian. He told me he just survived a brain tumor operation, where he was given a 5% chance of survival; and he survived. He asked me for a 5 year commitment to play in his band. He died 5 years later.

[@rft2001]

Inspiring beautiful story. Dino was as good as anyone in the '60's or any time.

[@amateurs7814]

Amazing!

[@oreokookie1000]

well, did you play in his band?

[@petratical]

distigres, In this (first song) lyric;"We must find our way back to the son" and his song (Get together) lyric "When the one that left us here Returns for us at last", it seems he is singing about the Lord. Was he a believer, a man of faith. Was this the case with Chet? I still today perform his song "Get together". It is timeless! Thanks

[@craigcather1262]

FOUND 2 OF SILVERS ALBUMS AT A GARAGE SALE A QUARTER EACH. BACK IN 82. TRANSFERED THEM TO CASSETTE WALKMAN. BEEN A GREAT FAN SINCE THEN. LOVE FRIERBERGS CODEINE THESE DAYS. LOVE U DAVID.

[@mbrand19971]

This is my first time seeing this guy play and he was quite a performer during his time. I wish more people recognized him of the great songs he's written which for some reason never got the praise it deserves. His Get Together is his most known song he wrote around 1964 which had been covered by lots of artists including The Kingston Trio We Five & The Youngbloods. I hope more people discover his music.

[@patriciakerr2966]

One of the greatest of the great. His music was electrifing in the 60's and into the 80's. I saw him in SF at the Matrix, after his album was produced. Thanks to El Cerrito Cablevision for sharing this.

[@josephglazier3223]

What a find. Made my day. Good to know he was playing to the end. In a good mood.

[@weini1956]

unforgettable voice, always in good memory

[@mickt4552]

WHAT A SINGER ! UNIQUE VOICE ! RIP

[@ThomasMayer123-f8f]

One of the greatest, sad that not more people know about him and his great message, which came from god

[@Dman216]

RIP Dino..Long Missed

[@VirginiaWolf88]

Incredible Musician. Thank You for posting!!!!!

[@codybluetarp]

Yes. Certain things rise through time. Whatever 'rise' means. Dino Valenti was a distinctive voice. Down the Road Apiece, and then some. There are many ways to hear Dino. I suppose one could rediscover him in the context of folk, as here. On the other hand, there are a lot of visions that he brought forth, like here. Whatever it was that ghe was singing, there was a basic human presence. The kind that asks the question, "How About Me?" As if there are likely others who know what being outside an in the in-between-time. I suppose that may be one expression of immortality from one of the Ancients of Notable contribution: Dino Valenti, whose rediscovery to my ears occurred as a consequence of my longtime interest in listening to Quick Silver Messenger Service since 1968, a college sophomore who liked them hearing them on FM radio pretty early on. The word, "ecology" was new to all of us, but there was an independently guided series of groups and cadres of tribes, whose voices were largely but not completely under the radar, that's where a lot of it, as always but only sometimes where the acoustics are best. But that's enough for those situations to be looked for. Like every day. But remarkedly, As Time Allows.

[@somuchface]

awesome! I've been wanting to see any footage of Dino playing solo and never came across any. thanks for this post. really fkin cool!

[@Rayburn58]

"I work in your factories, I study in your schools. I fill your penitentiaries and your military too. And I feel the future trembling, as the word gets passed around. If you stand up for what you do believe, be prepared to be shot down. I smoke marijuana, but I can't get behind your wars. And most of what I do believe is against most of your laws. I'm a fugitive from injustice but I'm going to be free, cause your rules and regulations, they don't do a thing for me. WHAT YOU GONNA DO ABOUT ME?"

[@rft2001]

Right on brother. The Gospel according to Dino.

[@stacybrewer9272]

Love this song.

[@Rayburn58]

@@stacybrewer9272 Me too. Quick Silver Messenger Service is the greatest unheralded non-commercialized band in rock history. They were never a commercial success because they didn't want to compromise and write top 40 hits. The greatest band from the San Francisco scene of the mid-late 60's. Better than Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead.

[@kath3611]

such a special voice

[@404BOOMER]

Love your music and voice Dino. Your name goes on my list of albums to get.

[@ХристианинХристианин-с9с]

Потрясающая музыкальная сессия!!! Dino, это просто восхитительно!!! Царствия небесного тебе.

[@gordontainsch2624]

The message and themes of Dino's and Quicksilver's songs are as important today as they were then....'What About Me.'

[@vampire12girl]

He passed away on the day i was born in .. 1994,Nov,16

[@Msfifisquarepantz]

I knew him when he was very thin. Singing Me and My Uncle in coffee houses in California- often with a lady named Anna. He always sounded like Sonny Bono though. RIP Chet.

[@krautperker]

Beautiful .. thank you

[@alexruiz1320]

La voz de Dino significó casi todo par Quick y con Cipollina y Duncan ha sido lo mejor que he escuchado en mi vida

[@MrPow19]

Chet Powers such a great talent. I love your song 'Get Together' by the Youngbloods.

[@gordontainsch2624]

Most people don't know that was his real name. His mother was a Valenti from CT. Chet worked carnivals and was just a regular dude.

[@mullerk2]

Love this man. My favorite is "Dino's Song" which QMS recorded several times. Been trying to find a version with Dino singing on it.

[@ptathholroyd4128]

wow, great footage

[@larryoilund3377]

thanks!

[@franciscoromeromuriel]

Que sorpresa Dino Valenti, pasan los años, pero su increíble voz sigue igual que con los Quicksilver ., un saludo...

[@kresimirbaricevic7572]

Ronnie James Dio, Paul Rodgers & Dino Valenti are the best voices in whole world of Rock!!!!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Wha?

[@kresimirbaricevic7572]

​@@KittyGrizGrizIn my opinion. And I know I'm not the only one who thinks so.

[@litedave]

He was still rockin at 49.

[@ericminch]

A musician who knew him said he was the most prolific songwriter he’d ever encountered. “He could write a song on his way to the bathroom, and he’d do the lyrics on the way back."

[@stephenstpierre4728]

great singer.

[@carolalvarado3363]

Still love you Dino

[@rubendario4329]

Sublime

[@deepzzzleep3575]

Grande

[@bartsoriginalmusicchannel9247]

OH, MY , GOD, AGIAN, WOW.

[@bartsoriginalmusicchannel9247]

again I SAY, WOW.

[@blakewest6374]

Nice 12 string acoustic

[@craigcather1262]

that young guy on leads. Was pretty back in those days.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Chet Powers aka Dino Valenti

[@waynesilverman3048]

Sounds like Rocky Erickson solo song a slightly

[@keithmaccracken8313]

Dino....w0w....you are scarecrow...

[@TheSheetrit]

What is the name of the first song ?

[@justincase6108]

1st song is Hard Times 2nd is Scarecrow (as of 1988 Dino's favorite song he had written) He told me this in person. 3rd song Fly Away.

[@TheSheetrit]

can't find them ):

[@Aligio1000]

Donde nació Dino Valenti y en que año.

[@ranick9134]

Thank you I just discovered it and can't find any other recording of it? It gets in your head. So does he💖

[@MrRatherino]

evolved

[@CHANNELONE1]

10:10 ! gram parsons !

[@anotheryou218]

The real deal. He was a one-off.

[@marlovenus6659]

what homework? He is correct!

[@markeggins890]

The first track is as poignant as Daniel Johnson's best work...

[@MarkPaipoKelly]

This clown really fouled up Quicksilver. His voice still gives me the runs. Ugg!

[@zarthus8545]

He was quite good as a singer, but his guitar playing was very poor.

[@swaggahninjaRob83]

Perhaps, but it's great to me😁

[@markeggins890]

It's fine, what are you talking about? He just does some pretty simple but effective accompaniment to his vocals, he never claimed to be a virtuoso.

[@Steveorino123]

He also wrote some great songs.