Gregory Dale Elmore (born September 4, 1946, in the Coronado Naval Air Station,

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) is an American

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, formerly with The Brogues and the

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. Elmore also played regularly with Terry and the Pirates ( Terry Dolan, John Cipollina, etc.) from 1981-1989. Oddly enough, he had shared the same birthdate and year (September 4, 1946) as Quicksilver bandmate and guitarist Gary Duncan, who died in 2019.

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