So, here again i will try to post a post.
Today's lesson is about Dino Valente. He isn't what he sounds like. He is not to be confused with Dean Martin, or Gino Vanelli.
Dino
Not Dino
Dino Valente was involved in the Greenwich scene, wrote the song 'Get Together'. You know the one, recorded by the Byrds, the Kingston Trio, Jefferson Airplane and about twenty other bands.
He Moved to San Francisco and helped start Quicksilver Messenger Service with wild ideas of having Wireless Instruments strapped into their leather jackets and back up singers dressed as American Indian Chiefs but got busted for weed and spent two years in jail locked up by the man, man! He spent two years at Folsom prison, which is were all the rad convicts get to go. Sold the rights to the song Get Together to pay for his legal fees, and managed to pen this album, the only solo album listed on his wiki page. I think after this, he rejoined Quicksilver and probably made some crappy albums with a band of hippies all strung out in the seventies; poor hippies, the seventies were rough for them. Dino died in 1994 after a rough couple of years. But here is a great album to remember him by.
So, download this if you dare, its pretty sweet. All the songs are great, but Children of the Sun definitely stands out.
This is not my mega upload link, so if it doesn't work message me and i'll find another.
Bon Appetit
