Eventually, Val Kilmer will star in a biopic about the Quicksilver Messenger Service, whose heavy penchant for drugs and 6/4 jazz time made them stars of the ’60s San Fran psychedelic scene. Fraught ...

Psychedelic rock’s heyday may have passed, but there are still so many musicians, young and old, who have kept the genre alive. These four underrated psychedelic rock bands include one newer band and ...

side 1: Wes Montgomery. Down Here on the Ground (P-10820); side 2: Quicksilver Messenger Service. Quicksilver Messenger Service (P-10820) (AFRTS RL-4-9). 33-1/3 rpm.

The members of Jefferson Airplane did not play the clarinet or the alto horn or the violin that they held for the cover of their breakthrough album “Surrealistic Pillow.” Those classical instruments ...