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	Dino Valente - Biography - AOL Music
		Valente was also an original member of Quicksilver Messenger Service, although drug busts meant that he did not actually perform and record with the group for about five years, by which time they were on the downside artistically.
		Valente's material for the band, too, did not match his best earlier efforts, although one of his Quicksilver compositions, "What About Me," was one of their most popular tracks.
		Valente stayed with Quicksilver through the mid-'70s, and signed with Warner Brothers in 1974, although no releases resulted from that association, and indeed no Valente releases would appear between then and his death in 1994.
	music.aol.com /artist/dino-valente/24920/biography (634 words)

	Dino Valente - s/t (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Valente`s sole album recalls the one issued by another San Francisco artist signed to CBS in the late 1960s, Skip Spence: quirky, lyrically vague, folky-yet-psychedelic, and nearly devoid of commercial potential, in spite of its largely pleasant (if moody) melodies and textures.
		Valente, however, was not as intriguing a lyricist as Spence, nor as intensely soulful a vocalist, and overall much sunnier in tone.
		Valente had a rather whiny voice, so it was wise to put so much echo on both his 12-string guitar (which accounts for most of the instrumentation on the records) and vocals, which both covered up some of his vocal deficiencies and added a sheath of mystery."-AMG.
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	Chet Powers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Valente material for the band, too, did not match his best earlier efforts, although one of his Quicksilver compositions, "What About Me," was one of their most popular tracks.
		Valente may not be an Electric Star (although he was asked by David Crosby, in 1965, to be one of the first Byrds) with teenyboppers hanging all over his body.
		Valente was busted for grass while riding in a friend's car; while awaiting trial, he was stopped and shaken down as he left a Grant Avenue gig; they found some cannabis.
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	the close listener: File Under: Obscure Treasures
		Dino takes his time with everything, spooling out his flat vowels over the course of as many as, at times, 5 beats, in a nasally Brooklynese, though he's from Connecticut, committing atrocities of pronunciation such as ty-yime (time), laow-wong (long), and co-oold(cold).
		Dino uses his voice (which seems to mirror the open-chord folk strumming of the guitars with an open tuning of its own) as an instrument of emotional expression more than a conveyer of lyrical meaning, though the lyrics, impressionistic and beautiful in places (such as "every other now and then"), are not throw-away.
		This is followed by the "chorus," on which he ends, gliding up to the song's highest note, the pinnacle from which his voice echoes, making it sound like he's jumped off the side of a mountain.
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	Dino Valente: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Valente's sole album recalls the one issued by another San Francisco artist signed to CBS in the late 1960s, Skip Spence : quirky, lyrically vague, folky-yet-psychedelic, and nearly devoid of commercial potential, in spite of its largely pleasant (if moody) melodies and textures.
		Valente had a rather whiny voice, so it was wise to put so much echo on both his 12-string guitar (which accounts for most of the instrumentation on the records) and vocals, which both covered up some of his vocal deficiencies and added a sheath of mystery.
		Listening to his songs is like listening to some hippie trying to talk a vulnerable, confused, attractive girl, on the rebound from failed romance, into taking up with him as a panacea to her problems: phrases are uttered, rejoinders offered, but we're not sure exactly what the situation is or where it's leading to.
	www.music.com /release/dino_valente/1 (358 words)

	Willard Grant Conspiracy: There But For The Grace Of God - il popolo del blues
		The result “Dino Valente”[sic], was probably the best representation of Valenti's unique writing, singing, and guitar playing to get captured in the studio.
		Dino's vocals, too, were bathed in echo, creating a hushed, one-man-alone-in-a-barely-lit-room atmosphere.
		With valuable help from producer Bob Johnston, Valenti's 12-string guitar and voice was sometimes embellished with subtle but tasteful additional horns, strings, harpsichords, background vocals, drums, and guitars, changing what could have been a solo acoustic album into a record that sat on the margins of psychedelic rock”.
	www.ilpopolodelblues.com /rev/mar05/spec/dino-valenti.html (386 words)

	Dino Valente
		Dino also played gigs at this Bleecker Street coffeehouse in the early 60's, then known as the Cock 'n' Bull. He continued to play here after Fred Weintraub took over and changed the name to The Bitter End.
		One of a handful of "crash pads" Dino lived in during his Village years was right around the corner from Bleecker and MacDougal at 210 Thompson Street. Local poets and musicians were frequent visitors and the visits often lasted for days.
		Dino jammed 'til the early morning hours with friends like Karen Dalton and Fred Neil. Manny credits Dino with being one of his best performers...he could always fill up the house. Sometimes, like the "Pied Piper", Dino led the audience merrily from one coffeehouse to another..
	www.penncen.com /quicksilver/valente (354 words)

	Dino Valente by Dino Valente CD
		Singer-songwriter Dino Valente was a member of Quicksilver Messenger Service and a man about the scene in psychedelic 1960s San Francisco.
		Valente's one solo full-length, produced by Bob Johnson, is something of a cult item.
		Valente was an original member of Quicksilver Messenger Service and his one off solo single in 1964, a folk pop song called "Birdses", became the inspiration for Gene Clark to name his band the Birdses, amended of course to the Byrds.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/6798837/a/Dino+Valente.htm (362 words)

	Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage \| Unsung \| Reviews \| Dino Valente - Dino Valente
		Dino Valente ain't everybody's cup of tea, some complain his voice was a nasal whine, but being a huge fan of both Sky Saxon and Sonny Bono I like it just fine.
		Dino had a restless spirit and he also had a talent for telling "tall tales", one of his best known stories was that his parents ran carnivals and that he grew up traveling with the circus, which may just be a story, who knows?.
		Quicksilver had an agreement with Dino that he could re-join the group as soon as he got out of jail and as a show of strength they recorded Valente's "Dino's Song" for their debut album in 1968.
	www.headheritage.co.uk /unsung/review/226 (753 words)

	The Hangar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dino was supposed to be in the band too, but every time it was supposed to happen, he'd go off to jail.
		Valente, convicted of his own drug offense and sentenced to jail time, missed out on being a member of the original Quicksilver, which ultimately encompassed Freiberg, Cipollina, Murray (who left after a brief while), Elmore and Duncan.
		Valente and Freiberg weren't the only ones in their crowd flirting with the law.
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	Dino Valente (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		While Valente's best work with the Quicksilver Messenger Service embraced pseudo-psychedelia (he later rejoined the group to record FM classics like "Fresh Air" and "What About Me"), this album typified the hippie-folk-troubadour syndrome -- strummed, reverb-laden, 12-string guitar and all.
		While this music is folkish in nature, Valente's vocals display an offbeat, almost jazzy inflection reminiscent of the late Tim Buckley.
		With an occasional flute, horns or electric sitar accompanying Dino's self-indulgent musings, this disc is a curious artifact and wholly representative of those days of free love, crash pads and "be-ins." Still, there are moments when Valente sings like an angel and transcends the trappings of his fledgling excess.
	www.metrotimes.com /music/rr/18/34/valente.html (251 words)

	Fred Neil and the '60's folk scene in New York
		Dino Valente and Fred Neil were seen as the example to follow by all the newcomers who wanted to be cool.
		Dino Valente's live performances were legendary: an unstoppable hurricane of twelve-string guitar and hoot vocals.
		Fred Neil, Dino Valente and Karen Dalton were a different breed of folksingers, more musically inclined than the topical songwriter-artist of the day, in a way they were well ahead of their time.
	www.furious.com /perfect/folkniks2.html (2907 words)

	Amazon.com: Dino Valente: Music: Dino Valente (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the liner notes, Dino is called the "underground Dylan." He may have played in folk clubs (but who didn't?), but aside from that and attempted hairstyle, Valente has little resemblance to Dylan's songwriting skills.
		Dino Valente's 1968 solo album is as authentic a relic of the underbelly of the "SF Sound" as you'll ever find.
		Let's be honest - Dino sounded good when he fronted a loud band like Quicksilver Messenger Service, but as a folkish crooner, away from the electric guitars, it quickly became apparent that he couldn't really sing his way out of a paper bag.
	www.amazon.com /Dino-Valente/dp/B000006J61 (1671 words)

	Dino Valenti Chapter
		Dino's vocals, too, were bathed in echo, creating a hushed, one-man-alone-in-a-barely-lit-room atmosphere.
		Bob Johnston was hired by Clive Davis to get a record out of Dino that they could bury, and fulfill their contractual obligation with him.
		That didn't mean, however, that Dino and his pals couldn't party hardy on the way to commercial oblivion.
	www.richieunterberger.com /valenti.html (1875 words)

	Steven Rubio's Online Life: dino valente
		Valente is mostly famous for writing "Let's Get Together," that hippie anthem from days of yore.
		Valente may not be an Electric Star (although he was asked by David Crosby, in 1965, to be one of the first Byrds) with teenyboppers hanging all over his body.
		But, as his good friend Tom Donahue says, "Dino's one of the few American singers around who have a real capacity to sing to chicks." And his rep as a super-baller is as widespread and rampant as his mostly-discarded past.
	begonias.typepad.com /srubio/2002/09/dino_valente.html (383 words)

	Dino Valente - Review - Uncut.co.uk
		Valente's much-delayed debut album appeared after a Greenwich Village teenage apprenticeship, a stint (unrecorded) in Quicksilver and a drugs bust jail term.
		It appeared, oddly, as part of a parole deal—not sure what the beaks would have made of the one-time Chester Powers Jr's hazy songs, splattered with liquid, overlapping guitar parts.
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	Music Forum - HP Lovecraft
		According to a cover songs database, the song was written in 1964 by Chester William Powers and performed by Dino Valenti.
		Dino Valente was a great songwriter (I love Quicksilver)...
		They made some excellent music after Valente joined, but it wasn't quite the same group.
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	Quicksilver Messenger Service - Wikipedia Mirror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		But according to Dino, that wasn’t the case at all.
		I was recommended to Dino, probably because I was the only guy playing an electric guitar, let alone lead, at the time...
		Quicksilver Messenger Service was also the name of a London-based firm of motorcycle couriers in the 1990s, almost certainly inspired by the name of the band.
	wiki-mirror.be /index.php/Quicksilver_Messenger_Service (1158 words)

	Dino Valente Reseed On Request » Torrentspy.com
		Dino Valente - 04 - Listen To Me.mp3
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		Dino Valente - 08 - New Wind Blowing.mp3
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	StephenMalkmus.com Featuring the Jicks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Whistling takes us down the dusty trail, as jingling spurs head into the distance of a brightly setting sun on the plains, closing a unique album that was like no other.
		The final song is a total psychedelic freakout called "Test" this one has a bizarre Skip Spence ring to it, it features flute guitar and a really way out vocal, it's a great way to end the album it just leaves you hanging there.
		Studio evidence of the early QMS template is well heard on 'Dino's Song' from the first album where John Cipollina's tightly executed twists and turns on his SG give full life and animated metallic meaning to the band's simultaneously Old West and Cosmic name.
	www.stephenmalkmus.com /punbb/upload/viewtopic.php?pid=122261 (2981 words)

	Music Forum - Quicksilver vs. The Grateful Dead
		I prefer the pre Dino Valente singing era, but I like when he was out front too...
		Yeah, he was supposed to be with the band when they first recorded but he was in jail on a drug charge..
		Yeah, that was "Fresh Air" by the Valente led 70's Quicksilver...
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	Acid Archives, part IV
		A lot of people try to claim that this is some deranged scream from the soul like the Alexander Spence album or a deeply personal confessional like the Mayo Thompson album, but I think it’s just a bunch of self-indulgence.
		Robert Christgau once reviewed a Quicksilver album by saying that one of the reasons people hate hippies is that Dino Valenti is a hippie.
		The LP was issued with an outer clear plastic bag with 'Dino Valente' printed in block letters, since there is no mention of the artist on the original front cover.
	www.lysergia.com /AcidArchives/lamaArchiveV.htm (3155 words)

	Dino Valente - AOL Music
		In February 1968, Dino Valente entered the CBS Studios in Los Angeles to record...
		If there was a beautifully naive quality to this Dino Valente record,...
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	VH1.com : Dino Valente : Biography - Urge Music Downloads
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		A fascinating enigma of the San Francisco psychedelic scene, Valente is most famed as the author of "Get Together." This definitive '60s love-and-peace anthem was recorded
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	Hey Joe Versions
		My music publisher at the time advised me against suing Billy because Dino Valente's name appeared on the recording and it would have been a long and expensive process.
		I just wanted you to know that I was Dino's (Chet Powers) woman for 7 years.
		The confusion about Dino's ownership of the song came from an act of generosity on Billy's part when Dino was in jail.
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	Dino Valente : Dino Valente - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
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		Valente, however, was not as intriguing a lyricist as Spence, nor as intensely soulful a vocalist, and overall much sunnier in tone.
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		A fascinating enigma of the San Francisco psychedelic scene, Valente is most famed as the author of "Get Together." This definitive '60s love-and-peace anthem was recorded on the Jefferson...
		Valente's sole album recalls the one issued by another San Francisco artist signed to CBS in the late 1960s, Skip Spence: quirky, lyrically vague, folky-yet-psychedelic, and nearly devoid of...
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	VH1.com : Dino Valente : Artist Main
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