Quicksilver Messenger Service (BG-133, QMS leg opening)
BG-133 · Alton Kelley, Rick Griffin
San Francisco
Spooky Tooth
Cold Blood
On Friday, August 23, 1968, the fourth and final bracket of BG-133 opened at Fillmore West: Quicksilver Messenger Service - the local guitar band at the height of its powers, months from Happy Trails - over Spooky Tooth and Cold Blood, Holy See lights (per wolfgangs, which brackets the Aug 23-25 QMS nights within the single BG-133 poster; the QMS run independently corroborated on the San Francisco Sound family-tree show list). The same double-sized sheet that had carried The Who, Creedence, and the Dead now closed its two weeks with the Avalon's-and-Fillmore's shared local heroes.
Verification Notes
Antagonist (2026-08-17 headless run): corroborated via check-claims on vetted tiers + adversarial live reads (wolfgangs/gdao/dead.net/setlist.fm/billgrahamfoundation/COAU-latest + Corry Arnold blogs). QMS leg Aug 23-25, same BG-133 poster; corroborated SF Sound family-tree list. Griffin & Kelley.
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