{"id":3574,"date":"2012-01-20T16:09:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T23:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=3574"},"modified":"2012-01-24T04:37:58","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T11:37:58","slug":"rip-terry-dolan-of-terry-the-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=3574","title":{"rendered":"RIP: Terry Dolan of Terry & the Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week of musical casualties began with the death of a pirate.<\/p>\n

Terry Dolan<\/strong>, of the band Terry & the Pirates<\/strong>, passed away on January 15 at the age of 67.<\/p>\n

My first exposure to Terry & the Pirates came about via a record store I used to frequent during my high school years. Steve Bailey<\/strong>, owner-operator of \u201cPhonograph Records\u201d in Sunnyvale, told me about a new group featuring John Cipollina<\/strong> of Quicksilver Messenger Service<\/strong>. I used to love the band Quicksilver Messenger Service, especially John\u2019s guitar skills, but I was too young to see them during their prime, and they\u2019d broken up ages ago. This new band with John didn\u2019t really sound like Quicksilver to me, but they had a rootsy-blues vibe I appreciated. It was an interesting group of musicians that featured some other San Francisco veteran players like Greg Douglass, David Hayes<\/strong> and Greg Elmore<\/strong>, who was another alumni from Quicksilver.<\/p>\n

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When Steve hired Terry & the Pirates for a very special show at the Country Store in Sunnyvale, I volunteered to shoot some photos of the event. From that point on, I wound up going to a lot of their shows, including some that included their part-time keyboardist Nicky Hopkins<\/strong>, who recorded with the Rolling Stones, John Lennon, George Harrison<\/strong>, and numerous other rock \u2018n\u2019 rollers whose music were a big part of my musical upbringing.<\/p>\n

Ten or so years after my initial exposure to Terry & the Pirates, I reconnected with the universe of Terry & the Pirates, thanks to my new pal Jesse Block<\/strong>, another video production guy that had a great passion for music. With the death of John Cipollina in 1989, Jesse and I produced video of his memorial concert at the Fillmore Auditorium, which led to production of the John Cippolina documentary that Jesse co-directed with Jim Draper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As Jesse and I worked on the John Cippolina documentary \u201cElectric Guitarslinger<\/a>,\u201d we captured some great stories about John, and his adventures with Terry. <\/p>\n

Terry was proud to call himself a \u201cpirate.\u201d He embraced the swashbuckling, carefree, loose approach to life and music. <\/p>\n

For that want to pay respects to Terry, there will be a public service for Terry at Our Lady Of Loretto Church in Novato CA. on Thursday January 26, 2012 at 11:00 AM at 1806 Novato Blvd. <\/p>\n

Gonna miss that guy\u2026<\/p>\n

(As far as I know, he never performed LOUIE LOUIE)<\/p>\n

REFERENCE:<\/p>\n

Terry & Pirates page at Bay-Area-Bands.com<\/a><\/p>\n

San Francisco Music and Beyond – home to Keeper of the Flame<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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