Jefferson Airplane
Also known as	The Airplane
Origin	San Francisco, California, United States
Genre(s)	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, folk rock, hard rock
Years active	1965 – 1973 1989
Label(s)	RCA, Grunt, Epic
Associated acts	Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, KBC Band, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation
Website	JeffersonAirplane.com
Former members
Grace Slick Marty Balin Jorma Kaukonen Paul Kantner Jack Casady Spencer Dryden Signe Toly Anderson Bob Harvey Jerry Peloquin Skip Spence Joey Covington Papa John Creach John Barbata David Freiberg

Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. For "acid rock" as a geologic term see Igneous rock. Acid rock is a form of Psychedelic rock, which is characterized Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. Grunt Records is a Vanity label founded in 1971 by Jefferson Airplane and distributed by RCA Records. Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. Jefferson Starship is an American rock band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s Hot Tuna is an American Blues-rock band formed by bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen as a spin-off of Jefferson Airplane The KBC Band was formed in 1985 by former Jefferson Airplane (later Jefferson Starship members Paul Kantner ( Guitar and vocals Marty Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of Marty Balin (born Martyn Jerel Buchwald January 30 1942, in Cincinnati Ohio) is an American Musician. Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr (born December 23, 1940 in Washington D Paul Lorin Kantner (born 17 March 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American Rock musician, most noted for Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D Spencer Dryden ( April 7 1938 – January 11 2005) was an American Musician who was best known as the Drummer Signe Toly Anderson (born 15 September 1941 in Seattle, Washington) is a Singer who was one of the founding members of the American Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence ( April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Musician and Singer-songwriter best known Joey Covington is known as the original drummer of Hot Tuna in 1969 and the third drummer of Jefferson Airplane from 1969 to 1972 Papa John Creach (b John Henry Creach May 28, 1917, Beaver Falls Pennsylvania; d John Barbata (born 1 April 1945, in Passaic, New Jersey, US) is a noted Drummer active especially in David Freiberg (born August 24, 1938, Cincinnati Ohio) is an American musician The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs.

The Airplane was the 'flagship' act for the burgeoning psychedelic rock scene that developed in San Francisco in the mid-1960s. Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city It was the first San Francisco group to perform at a dance concert – the 'happening' at the Longshoremen's Hall in October 1965 – and were the first to sign a contract with a major record label, the first to appear on American national television, the first to score hit records and the first to tour the US East Coast and Europe.

Throughout the late 1960s Jefferson Airplane was one of the most sought-after (and highly-paid) concert acts in the world. Its records sold in great quantities, it scored two US Top 10 hit singles and a string of Top 20 albums, and its 1967 LP Surrealistic Pillow is still widely regarded as one of the key recordings of the "Summer of Love. Surrealistic Pillow is an album by American Psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967 This article refers to the summer of 1967 For the film of a similar name please go to My Summer of Love. "

Successor bands to Jefferson Airplane include Jefferson Starship and Starship while spinoffs include Hot Tuna and KBC Band. Jefferson Starship is an American rock band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s Hot Tuna is an American Blues-rock band formed by bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen as a spin-off of Jefferson Airplane The KBC Band was formed in 1985 by former Jefferson Airplane (later Jefferson Starship members Paul Kantner ( Guitar and vocals Marty Jefferson Airplane was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. This is a list of inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States

Contents 1 History 1.1 Formation and early career 1.2 Arrival of Grace Slick 1.3 Commercial breakthrough 1.4 Change of direction 1.5 1968-1970 1.6 Side projects 1.7 Decline and dissolution 1.8 Jefferson Starship / Starship 1.9 Remnants and reunions: 1984 to present 2 Influence 3 Members 4 Audio samples 5 Discography 5.1 Singles 5.2 Albums 5.3 Selected solo, duo and trio albums 5.3.1 Marty Balin 5.3.2 Paul Kantner/Grace Slick 5.3.3 Paul Kantner 5.3.4 The KBC Band 5.3.5 Grace Slick 6 Personnel 7 References 8 Notes 9 External links

History

Formation and early career

Jefferson Airplane formed in San Francisco during the summer of 1965, emerging from the San Francisco Bay folk music boom (see American folk music revival). San Francisco Bay is a shallow productive Estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous The American folk music revival was a phenomenon in the United States in the 1950s to mid-1960s Although the Airplane was considered the pre-eminent San Francisco group of the period, Paul Kantner was the only native San Franciscan in the band.

The group's founder was singer Marty Balin, who had established a minor career as a pop singer in the early Sixties and had made several recordings under his own name. Marty Balin (born Martyn Jerel Buchwald January 30 1942, in Cincinnati Ohio) is an American Musician. In mid-1965 Balin raised funds to open a night club, The Matrix. The Matrix, a renovated former pizza shop was a nightclub in San Francisco from 1965 to 1972 and was one of the keys to what eventually became known as the "San Francisco

Balin met folk musician Paul Kantner at another local club, the Drinking Gourd. Paul Lorin Kantner (born 17 March 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American Rock musician, most noted for Kantner had started out performing on the Bay Area folk circuit in the early 1960s, alongside fellow folkies Jerry Garcia, David Crosby and Janis Joplin. Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1 1942 &ndash August 9 1995 was a Musician, Songwriter, Artist, and Lead guitarist and David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter. Janis Lyn Joplin ( January 19, 1943  – October 4, 1970) was an American singer songwriter and music arranger from He has cited folk group The Kingston Trio as a strong early influence. The Kingston Trio is an American folk and Pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to early 1960s Kantner briefly moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1964 to work in a folk duo with future Airplane/Starship member David Freiberg (who subsequently joined Quicksilver Messenger Service). Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West David Freiberg (born August 24, 1938, Cincinnati Ohio) is an American musician Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American Psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco and considered as a part of the city's

After Balin recruited Kantner, the two set about selecting other musicians to form the house band at the Matrix. After Balin heard female vocalist Signe Toly Anderson at the Drinking Gourd, he invited her to be the group's co-lead singer. Signe Toly Anderson (born 15 September 1941 in Seattle, Washington) is a Singer who was one of the founding members of the American Anderson sang with the band for a year, departing in late 1966 after the birth of her first child.

Kantner next recruited an old friend, blues guitarist Jorma Kaukonen. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr (born December 23, 1940 in Washington D Originally from Washington, DC, Kaukonen had moved to California in the early 1960s and had met Kantner while at Santa Clara University in 1962. Santa Clara University is a private co-educational Jesuit -affiliated University located in Santa Clara, California. Kaukonen was invited to jam with the new band and although initially reluctant to join, was won over after playing his guitar through a tape delay device that was part of the sound system used by Ken Kesey for his Acid Test parties. Delay is an Audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time Kenneth Elton Kesey ( September 17, 1935 &ndash November 10, 2001) was an American Author, best known for his major novels The Acid Tests were a series of Psychedelic parties held by Ken Kesey in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early 1960's centered entirely around the The original lineup was completed by drummer Jerry Peloquin and acoustic bassist Bob Harvey.

The origin of the group's name is often disputed. "Jefferson airplane" is slang for a used paper match split to hold a marijuana joint that has been smoked too short to hold without burning the hands - an improvised roach clip. Slang is the use of highly informal Words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's Dialect or Language. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a A roach clip is a Clip, or other form of holder which is employed to hold onto the stub of a Cigarette, usually a joint, that in this context ^[1] An urban legend claims this was the origin of the band's name, but according to band member Jorma Kaukonen, the name was invented by his friend Steve Talbot as a parody of blues names such as Blind Lemon Jefferson. An urban legend or urban myth is a form of modern Folklore consisting of stories thought to be factual by those circulating them Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr (born December 23, 1940 in Washington D "Blind" Lemon Jefferson ( September 24, 1893 or October 26, 1894 or July 1897 &ndash December 1929 was an influential ^[2] A 2007 press release quoted Kaukonen as saying:

I had this friend [Talbot] in Berkeley who came up with funny names for people," explains Kaukonen. "His name for me was Blind Thomas Jefferson Airplane (for blues pioneer Blind Lemon Jefferson). When the guys were looking for band names and nobody could come up with something, I remember saying, 'You want a silly band name? I got a silly band name for you!'

The group made its first public appearance at the opening night of The Matrix club on 13 August 1965. The band drew inspiration from The Beatles, The Byrds and The Lovin' Spoonful, gradually developing a more pop-oriented electric sound. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 The Lovin' Spoonful is an American Pop rock band of the 1960s named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000

A few weeks after the group was formed, Peloquin departed, in part because of his disdain for the others' drug use. Although he was not a drummer, singer-guitarist Skip Spence (who later founded Moby Grape) was then invited to replace Peloquin. Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence ( April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Musician and Singer-songwriter best known Moby Grape is an American rock group from the 1960s known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements In October 1965, after the other members decided that Harvey's bass playing was not up to par, Harvey was replaced by guitarist-bassist Jack Casady, an old friend of Kaukonen's from Washington. Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D Casady played his first gig with the Airplane at a college concert in Berkeley, California, two weeks after he arrived in San Francisco. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States.

The group's performing skills improved rapidly and they gained a following in and around San Francisco, aided by reviews from veteran music journalist Ralph J. Gleason, the jazz critic of the San Francisco Chronicle; after seeing the band at the Matrix in late 1965 he proclaimed them "one of the best bands ever. Ralph J Gleason (1917-1975 was an influential American Jazz and pop music critic The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H " Gleason's support raised the band's profile greatly, and within three months their manager Matthew Katz was fielding offers from record companies, although they had yet to perform outside the Bay Area.

Two significant early concerts featuring the Airplane were held in late 1965. The first was the dance at the Longshoremen's Hall in San Francisco on 16 October 1965, the first of many happenings in the Bay Area, and it was here that Ralph Gleason first saw the Airplane. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. At this concert they were supported by a local folk-rock group, The Great Society, which featured Grace Slick as lead singer. For the political action of President Johnson see Great Society The Great Society was a 1960s San Francisco Rock band in the Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of Kantner met her for the first time that night. A few weeks later, on 6 November, they headlined a benefit concert for the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the first of many engagements for rising entrepreneur Bill Graham, who became their manager. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with The San Francisco Mime Troupe is a theatre of Political satire which performs free shows in various parks in the San Francisco Bay Area and around California Bill Graham ( January 8, 1931 &ndash October 25, 1991) was an American Impresario and rock Concert promoter

In November 1965 Jefferson Airplane signed a recording contract with RCA Victor, which included an unheard-of advance of $25,000. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. An advance payment, or simply an advance, is the part of a contractually due sum that is paid in advance while the balance will only follow after receipt on the counterpart On December 10, 1965 the group played at the first Bill Graham show at the Fillmore ballroom, supported by The Great Society and others. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. For the San Francisco neighborhood see Fillmore District. For other venues named Fillmore see Fillmore#Music venues. The Airplane also appeared at Family Dog shows promoted by Chet Helms. Chet Helms ( August 2 1942 – June 25 2005) often called the father of San Francisco's "1967 Summer of Love" was a Music promoter

The group's first single was Balin's "It's No Secret" (a tune he had written with Otis Redding in mind); the B-side was "Runnin' Round The World", the song that led to the band's first major clash with RCA. Otis Ray Redding Jr ( September 9, 1941 December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer

After the Airplane's debut LP Jefferson Airplane Takes Off was completed in March 1966, Skip Spence quit the band. Jefferson Airplane Takes Off is the debut album of San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane, released on RCA Victor Records in 1966 He was eventually replaced by Spencer Dryden, who played his first show with the Airplane at the Berkeley Folk Festival on July 4, 1966. Spencer Dryden ( April 7 1938 – January 11 2005) was an American Musician who was best known as the Drummer

Manager Matthew Katz was fired in August -- causing legal fallout that continued for years -- and Balin's friend and roommate Bill Thompson was installed as permanent road manager and temporary band manager. Bill Thompson may refer to Bill Thompson (auto racer, 3-time winner of the Australian Grand Prix in the 1930s Bill Thompson (voice Thompson, a friend and ally of the band, was a former Chronicle staffer who had convinced reviewers Ralph Gleason and John Wasserman to see the band. Thanks to Gleason's influence, Thompson was able to book the group for appearances at the Berkeley Folk Festival and the Monterey Jazz Festival. Debuting on October 3, 1958, the Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF is one of the longest consecutively running Jazz festivals

Jefferson Airplane Takes Off was released in September 1966. The folk-music-influenced album included John D. Loudermilk's "Tobacco Road" and Dino Valente's "Let's Get Together", as well as original ballads "It's No Secret" and "Come Up the Years. John D Loudermilk (born March 31, 1934 in Durham North Carolina) is an American Singer and Songwriter. " Tobacco Road " is a song written and first recorded by John D Chester (Chet William Powers Jr (November 7 1943 – November 16 1994 was an American Singer-songwriter. "Let's Get Together" is a Science fiction Short story by Isaac Asimov. " The LP garnered considerable attention in the USA and became a gold album. RCA initially pressed only 15,000 copies, but it sold more than 10,000 in San Francisco alone, prompting the label to reprint it. For the reprinting, the company deleted "Runnin' Round This World" (which had appeared on early mono pressings), because executives objected to the word "trip" in the lyrics. For similar reasons, RCA also substituted altered versions for two other tracks: "Let Me In," changing the line "you shut your door; you know where" to "you shut your door; now it ain't fair" and "Run Around," changing the line "flowers that sway as you lay under me" to "flowers that sway as you stay here by me". The original pressings of Takes Off featuring "Runnin' 'Round The World" and the uncensored tracks of "Let Me In" and "Run Around" are now worth thousands of dollars.

Arrival of Grace Slick

Signe Anderson gave birth to her daughter in May 1966, and in October announced her departure. Her final gig with the Airplane took place at the Fillmore on 15 October 1966. The following night, her replacement Grace Slick made her first appearance. Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of Slick, a former model, was already known to the band - she had attended the Airplane's debut gig at the Matrix in 1965 and her previous group, The Great Society, had often supported the Airplane in concert.

Slick's recruitment proved pivotal to the Airplane's commercial breakthrough — she possessed a powerful and supple contralto voice, well-suited to the group's amplified psychedelic music, she was immensely gorgeous, and her stage presence greatly enhanced the group's live impact. This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type.

The Great Society had recorded an early version of "Somebody To Love" (under the title "Someone To Love") as the B-side of their only single, "Free Advice"; it was produced by Sylvester Stewart (soon to become Sly Stone) but it reportedly took more than 50 takes to achieve a satisfactory rendition. Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart on 15 March 1943, in Denton, Texas) is an American Musician, Songwriter The Great Society decided to split up in late 1966 and played its last show on September 11. Soon after, Slick was asked to join Jefferson Airplane by Jack Casady (whose musicianship was a major influence on her decision) and her Great Society contract was bought out for $750.

Commercial breakthrough

In December 1966 Jefferson Airplane was featured in a Newsweek article about the booming San Francisco music scene, one of the first in an avalanche of similar reports that prompted a massive influx of young people to the city and contributed to the commercialization and exploitation of the hippie culture. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City.

Around the beginning of 1967 Bill Graham took over from Bill Thompson as manager. Bill Graham ( January 8, 1931 &ndash October 25, 1991) was an American Impresario and rock Concert promoter In January the group traveled to Los Angeles to record the tracks for their next LP, and also made their first visit to the East Coast. On January 14, alongside The Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane headlined the now-legendary "Human Be-In", the famous all-day 'happening' staged in Golden Gate Park, one of the key events leading up to the "Summer of Love. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American Psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco and considered as a part of the city's The Human Be-In was a Happening in San Francisco 's Golden Gate Park, the afternoon and evening of January 14, 1967. Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco California, is a large Urban park consisting of 1017 acres (4 This article refers to the summer of 1967 For the film of a similar name please go to My Summer of Love. "

During this period the band gained their first international recognition when rising British pop star Donovan, who saw them during his stint on the US West Coast in early 1966, mentioned the Airplane in his song "The Fat Angel," which subsequently appeared on his Sunshine Superman LP. Donovan ( Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Singer-songwriter and guitarist " Sunshine Superman " is a song written and recorded by Scottish Singer-songwriter Donovan.

The group's second LP, Surrealistic Pillow, recorded in Los Angeles with producer Rick Jarrard in only thirteen days at a cost of $8000, launched the Airplane to international fame. Surrealistic Pillow is an album by American Psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967 Rick Jarrard was a staff producer for RCA Records during the 1960s Released in February 1967, the LP entered the Billboard album chart on March 25 and remained there for over a year, peaking at #3. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Alongside The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, it is widely regarded as one of the seminal albums of the "Summer of Love. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. This article refers to the summer of 1967 For the film of a similar name please go to My Summer of Love. " The name Surrealistic Pillow was suggested by the 'shadow' producer of the album, Jerry Garcia, when he mentioned that, as a whole, the album sounded "as Surrealistic as a pillow. Surrealistic Pillow is an album by American Psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967 Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1 1942 &ndash August 9 1995 was a Musician, Songwriter, Artist, and Lead guitarist and " Although RCA (the record company) would not acknowledge Garcia's considerable contributions to the album with a "Producer" credit, he is listed in the album's credits as "spiritual advisor. "

In addition to the group's two best-known tracks, "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love," the album featured "My Best Friend" by former drummer Skip Spence, Balin's driving "Plastic Fantastic Lover," and the atmospheric Balin-Kantner ballad "Today. " White Rabbit " is a Psychedelic rock and Acid rock song from Jefferson Airplane 's 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow " Somebody to Love " is a rock song that was originally written and recorded by 1960s folk - psychedelic band The Great Society and later " Today " is a Folk rock ballad written by Marty Balin and Paul Kantner from the band Jefferson Airplane. " A reminder of their earlier folk incarnation was Kaukonen's solo acoustic guitar tour de force, "Embryonic Journey" (his first composition), which referenced contemporary acoustic guitar masters such as John Fahey and helped to establish the popular genre exemplified by acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke. The acoustic instrumental ' Embryonic Journey' composed by Jefferson Airplane / Hot Tuna guitarist Jorma Kaukonen originally appeared as the ninth track John Fahey (February 28 1939 – February 22 2001 was an American Fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string guitar as a solo Leo Kottke (born 11 September 1945, Athens, Georgia, US) is an acoustic guitarist.

The first single from the album, Spence's "My Best Friend," failed to chart, but the next two singles rocketed the group to prominence. Both "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" become major US hits when released as singles -- the former reaching #5 and the latter #8 on the Billboard singles chart -- and by late 1967 the Airplane were national and international stars and had become one of the hottest (and highest-paid) groups in America.

This phase of the Airplane's career peaked with their famous performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey Monterey showcased leading bands from several major music "scenes" including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the United Kingdom, and the resulting TV and film coverage gave national (and international) exposure to groups that had previously had only regional fame. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Two songs from the Airplane's set were subsequently included in the D.A. Pennebaker film documentary of the event. Donn Alan "D A" Pennebaker (born July 15, 1925) is an American Documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema

The Airplane also benefitted greatly from appearances on nationally syndicated TV shows such as Johnny Carson's Tonight Show and The Ed Sullivan Show. John William “Johnny” Carson ( October 23, 1925 &ndash January 23, 2005) was an American Television host and The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television Variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, The Airplane's famous appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour performing "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" was videotaped in color and augmented by developments in video techniques. The Smothers Brothers are an American music-and- Comedy team consisting of the brothers Tom ("Tommy" and Dick Smothers. It has been frequently re-screened and is notable for its pioneering use of the Chroma key process to simulate the Airplane's psychedelic light show. Chroma Key is the name under which ex- Dream Theater Keyboardist Kevin Moore records ^[3]

Change of direction

The membership of Jefferson Airplane remained relatively stable from 1967 to 1970. During that period they recorded five more albums and performed extensively in the USA and Europe. The group's music underwent a significant transformation after Surrealistic Pillow, however. Surrealistic Pillow is an album by American Psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967 Key influences on the group's new direction were the popularity and success of Jimi Hendrix and the British supergroup Cream, which prompted the Airplane (like many other groups) to adopt a 'heavier' sound and to place a greater emphasis on improvisation. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Cream were a 1960s British rock band

The band's third LP, After Bathing at Baxter's, was released on 27 November 1967 and eventually peaked in the charts at #17. After Bathing at Baxter's was released in 1967 and is the third album by the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane. Its famous cover, drawn by renowned artist and cartoonist Ron Cobb depicts a Heath Robinson-inspired flying machine soaring about the chaos of American commercial culture. Ron Cobb (born 1937 is an American cartoonist artist writer film designer and film director William Heath Robinson ( May 31 1872 &ndash September 13 1944) was an English Cartoonist and Illustrator

Recorded over more than four months, with little interference from the nominal producer Al Schmitt, the new album demonstrated the group's growing engagement with psychedelic rock. Al Schmitt is a nineteen-time Grammy Award winning Recording engineer and Record producer. Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Where the previous LP had consisted entirely of standard-length songs, the new one was dominated by long multi-part suites. It also marked the emergence of Kantner and Slick as the band's major composers and the concurrent decline in the influence and involvement of founder Marty Balin. Among other reasons, Balin was becoming increasingly disenchanted with the "star trips" and inflated egos produced by the band's runaway commercial success.

Baxter's also marked the end of the Airplane's brief run of success on the singles chart. While both "White Rabbit" and "Somebody To Love" were US Top 10 hits, the only single from Baxter's, "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil", peaked at #43. None of the band's subsequent singles made it into the Top 50 and several did not chart at all.

Despite this, Jefferson Airplane continued to enjoy significant success as "album" artists. Between 1967 and 1972 they scored a run of eight consecutive Top 20 albums in the USA, with both Surrealistic Pillow and Crown of Creation making the Top 10. Crown of Creation was released in 1968 and is the fourth album by the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane.

1968-1970

In February 1968 manager Bill Graham was fired after Grace Slick delivered an "either he goes or I go" ultimatum to the group. Bill Thompson took over as permanent manager and set about consolidating the group's financial security, establishing Icebag Corp. to oversee the band's publishing interests and purchasing a 20-room mansion at 2400 Fulton Street across from Golden Gate Park near the Haight-Ashbury district, which became the band's office and communal residence. Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco California, is a large Urban park consisting of 1017 acres (4

The Airplane undertook their first major tour of Europe in mid-to-late 1968, opening for The Doors in the Netherlands, England, Belgium, Germany and Sweden. This article is about the band For their self-titled debut album see The Doors (album; for the Oliver Stone film see The Doors (film; for Doors in computing The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. In a notorious incident at a concert in Amsterdam, while the Airplane was performing "Plastic Fantastic Lover," Doors singer Jim Morrison, stoned on some hash given to him by a fan, appeared on stage and began dancing. Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west James Douglas Morrison (December 8 1943—July 3 1971 was an American Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Writer, and Film director As the group played faster and faster, Morrison spun around wildly until he finally fell senseless on the stage at Marty Balin's feet. (Morrison was unable to perform his set with the Doors and was hospitalized while keyboardist Ray Manzarek was forced to sing all the vocals. Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr or Manczarek (b 12 February 1939 Illinois) is an American Musician, Singer, producer )

Jefferson Airplane's fourth LP, Crown of Creation (released in September 1968), was a huge commercial success, peaking at #6 on the album chart. Crown of Creation was released in 1968 and is the fourth album by the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane. Grace Slick's "Lather", which opens the album, is said to be about her affair with drummer Spencer Dryden. Lather is a song by the American rock band Jefferson Airplane. "Triad", a David Crosby piece, had been rejected by The Byrds because they deemed its subject matter (a ménage à trois) to be too "hot" to record. David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 Ménage à trois is the French term describing a relationship or domestic arrangement in which three people share a sexual relationship Slick's searing sex and drug anthem "Greasy Heart" had been released as a single in March 1968. Several tracks recorded for the LP were left off the album, including the freeform Grace Slick/Frank Zappa collaboration "Would You Like A Snack?"

In February 1969 RCA released the live album Bless Its Pointed Little Head, which was culled from late 1968 live concert performances at the Fillmore West on October 24-26 and the Fillmore East on November 28-30. Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Bless Its Pointed Little Head is a live album by Jefferson Airplane recorded at both the Fillmore East and West in the fall of 1968 and released in 1969 Fillmore East was promoter Bill Graham 's late Sixties / early Seventies rock palace in the East Village area of New It became the Airplane's fourth Top 20 album, peaking at #17.

In early August 1969, a few days after the band headlined at a free concert in New York's Central Park, they performed in what Grace Slick called an early "morning maniac music" slot at the Woodstock festival, for which the group was joined by noted British session keyboard player Nicky Hopkins. Central Park is a large public Urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually Nicky Hopkins (born Nicholas Christian Hopkins ( February 24, 1944 in Harlesden, North London, England; died When interviewed about Woodstock by Jeff Tamarkin in 1992, Paul Kantner still recalled it with fondness, although Grace Slick and Spencer Dryden had less than rosy memories.

Immediately after their Woodstock performance, the band played a live concert on The Dick Cavett Show; then sessions began for their next album, Volunteers, using new 16-track facilities at the Wally Heider Studio in San Francisco. The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several Talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various Television networks including For the term "volunteer" see Volunteer. For other uses see Volunteer (disambiguation. Wally Heider (1923 - 1989 was an American Recording engineer and Recording studio owner ( Wally Heider Studios. This proved to be the last album by the "classic" lineup of the group. Released in the USA in November 1969, Volunteers continued the Airplane's run of Top 20 LPs, peaking at #13 early in 1970. It was their most political venture, showcasing the group's vocal opposition to the Vietnam War and documenting their reaction to the changing political atmosphere in the United States. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Tracks included "Volunteers," "We Can Be Together," "Good Shepherd," and the post-apocalyptic "Wooden Ships", which Paul Kantner co-wrote with David Crosby and Stephen Stills and which Crosby, Stills & Nash also recorded on their debut album. " Wooden Ships " is a Folk-rock song written by David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Paul Kantner (of Jefferson Airplane David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter. Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945 is an American Guitarist and Singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby Stills & Nash ( CSN) is a Folk rock / rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash

RCA voiced objections to the phrase "up against the wall, motherfucker" in the lyrics of Kantner's song "We Can Be Together," but the group managed to prevent it from being censored, pointing out that RCA had already allowed the offending word to be included on the cast album of the rock musical Hair. Hair The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a Rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt

In December the Airplane played at the Altamont Free Concert held at the Altamont Speedway in California. The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was an infamous Rock concert held on December 6, 1969, at the then-disused Altamont Speedway in Headlined by The Rolling Stones, the concert was marred by violence. Marty Balin was knocked out during a scuffle with Hells Angels members who had been hired to act as "security". The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club ( HAMC) is a world-wide " one-percenter " motorcycle gang whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson The event became notorious for the now-famous "Gimme Shelter Incident": the fatal stabbing of black teenager Meredith Hunter in front of the stage by Hells Angels "guards" after he pulled out a revolver during the Stones' performance. The Rolling Stones ' 1969 American Tour was a much publicised written about recorded and filmed concert tour of the United States. Meredith Hunter ( October 24, 1951 &ndash December 6, 1969) was a spectator at the infamous Altamont Free Concert. (This incident was the centerpiece of the documentary film Gimme Shelter. Gimme Shelter is a 1970 Documentary film directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, chronicling the Rolling Stones )

Spencer Dryden quit the band in February 1970, burned out by four years on the "acid merry-go-round" and deeply disillusioned by the events of Altamont, which, he later recalled, ". . . did not look like a bunch of happy hippies in streaming colors. It looked more like sepia-toned Hieronymus Bosch. Hieronymus Bosch ( Dutch, born Jeroen Anthonissen van Aken c 1450 &ndash August 9, 1516) was an Early Netherlandish " He took time off and later returned to music in 1972 as a drummer for the Grateful Dead spin-off band New Riders of the Purple Sage. New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American Country rock band Dryden's replacement was Joey Covington, an L. Joey Covington is known as the original drummer of Hot Tuna in 1969 and the third drummer of Jefferson Airplane from 1969 to 1972 A. musician who had been sitting in with Hot Tuna during 1969. Hot Tuna is an American Blues-rock band formed by bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen as a spin-off of Jefferson Airplane

Touring continued throughout 1970 but the group's only new recording that year was the single, "Have You Seen the Saucers?" b/w "Mexico". " Mexico " is a single released in May 1970 by the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane. "Mexico" was an attack on then President Richard Nixon's Operation Intercept, which had been implemented to curtail the flow of marijuana into the United States. "Have You Seen the Saucers" marked the beginning of a science-fiction theme that Kantner would explore in his first solo album released in the same year, Blows Against the Empire, and with many of his songs in the 70s and 80s. Blows Against the Empire, a concept album by Paul Kantner and others was the first album released using the name Jefferson Starship.

Side projects

Main articles: Hot Tuna and Blows Against The Empire

During 1969 Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen launched their side project, a return to their blues roots, which they eventually dubbed Hot Tuna. Hot Tuna is an American Blues-rock band formed by bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen as a spin-off of Jefferson Airplane Blows Against the Empire, a concept album by Paul Kantner and others was the first album released using the name Jefferson Starship. Hot Tuna is an American Blues-rock band formed by bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen as a spin-off of Jefferson Airplane This began as a duo, with the pair performing short sets before the main Airplane concert, but over the ensuing months other members of the Airplane, as well as outside musicians (including Joey Covington), often sat in for Hot Tuna performances.

During late 1969 Casady and Kaukonen recorded an all-acoustic blues album, which was released in the spring of 1970. This initial Hot Tuna album was remarkably successful, reaching #30 on the US album chart. Over the next two years, Hot Tuna began to occupy more and more of Casady's and Kaukonen's time, contributing to the growing divisions within Jefferson Airplane that would come to a head during 1972.

The Hot Tuna project also led to the addition of a new band member. Covington had met veteran jazz-blues violinist Papa John Creach in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s; he invited Creach to sit in with the Airplane for a concert at Winterland in San Francisco on October 5, 1970. Papa John Creach (b John Henry Creach May 28, 1917, Beaver Falls Pennsylvania; d As a result, Creach was immediately invited to join Hot Tuna and became a permanent member of the Airplane in time for their fall tour.

The Winterland concert also marked a turning point of another kind for the Airplane -- it was a memorial for their old friend Janis Joplin, who had died in Los Angeles from a heroin overdose the previous day. Janis Lyn Joplin ( January 19, 1943  – October 4, 1970) was an American singer songwriter and music arranger from Because of her death, her close friend Marty Balin refused to perform with the band that night.

During this period, Paul Kantner had been working on his first solo album, a science fiction-themed project recorded with members of the Airplane and other friends. It was released in October 1970 under the title Blows Against The Empire, and credited to "Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship". Blows Against the Empire, a concept album by Paul Kantner and others was the first album released using the name Jefferson Starship. This "prototype" version of Jefferson Starship included David Crosby and Graham Nash, Grateful Dead members Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, and Airplane members Grace Slick, Joey Covington, and Jack Casady. Jefferson Starship is an American rock band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter. Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an British-American Singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1 1942 &ndash August 9 1995 was a Musician, Songwriter, Artist, and Lead guitarist and Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto, California) is an American drummer who played with rock band the Grateful Dead Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943) is a percussionist and musicologist. Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of Joey Covington is known as the original drummer of Hot Tuna in 1969 and the third drummer of Jefferson Airplane from 1969 to 1972 Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D Blows Against the Empire was the first rock album to be nominated for the Hugo science fiction award.

Jefferson Airplane ended 1970 with their traditional Thanksgiving Day engagement at the Fillmore East (the final performance of the short-lived Kantner/Balin/Slick/Kaukonen/Casady/Creach/Covington line-up) and the release of their first compilation album, The Worst of Jefferson Airplane, which continued their unbroken run of chart success, reaching #12 on the Billboard album chart. The Worst of Jefferson Airplane is the first "best of" compilation of the seminal psychedelic band from Haight-Ashbury, Jefferson Airplane

Decline and dissolution

1971 was a year of major upheaval for Jefferson Airplane. Grace Slick and Paul Kantner had begun a relationship during 1970, and on January 25, 1971 their daughter China Wing Kantner was born. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. China Wing Kantner (born January 25, 1971, San Francisco California, USA) is an American actress and former MTV Grace's divorce from her first husband had come through shortly before this, but she and Kantner agreed that they did not wish to marry.

In March 1971, Airplane's founder and co-lead singer Marty Balin decided to leave the band officially after months of isolation from the others. Although he had remained part of the band's live performances after the band's creative direction shifted from the brooding love songs that he specialized in, an emerging drinking problem, compounded by the evolution of the polarized Kantner/Slick and Kaukonen/Casady cliques, had finally left him the odd man out. He had also been deeply affected by the death of his friend Janis Joplin and had begun to pursue a healthier lifestyle; Balin's study of yoga and abstention from drugs and alcohol further distanced him from the other members of the group, whose prodigious drug intake continued unabated. This further complicated the recording of their long-overdue follow-up to Volunteers. Balin had recently completed several new songs, including "Emergency" and the elongated R&B-infused "You Wear Your Dresses Too Short" (both of which would later see the light of day on archival releases).

On May 13, 1971, Grace Slick was injured in a near-fatal automobile crash when her car slammed into a wall in a tunnel near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension Bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean Her recuperation took several months, forcing the Airplane to cancel most of their concert and touring commitments for 1971.

The band still managed studio dates during 1971. Their next LP Bark (whose cover featured a dead fish wrapped in an A&P-style grocery bag) was issued in September 1971. Bark, released in 1971 is one of the late-period albums by Jefferson Airplane, notable for many "firsts" with its major personnel change Although it was the final album owed to RCA under the band's existing contract, it became the inaugural release on the band's Grunt Records vanity label. Manager Bill Thompson eventually struck a deal with RCA to distribute for Grunt.

The single "Pretty As You Feel", excerpted from a longer jam on the LP, featured Carlos Santana and lead vocals by Joey Covington, the song's composer. For the Costa Rican football player see Carlos Santana (footballer; for the Mexican academic see Carlos Santana Morales. It was the last Jefferson Airplane single to place on the US singles chart, peaking at #60.

Even after the departure of Balin, major creative & personal divisions persisted between Slick and Kantner on the one side and Kaukonen and Casady on the other. (Jorma Kaukonen's song "Third Week In The Chelsea," from Bark, chronicles the thoughts he himself was having about leaving the band. ) These problems were exacerbated by escalating drug use – especially Slick's alcoholism – which caused the Airplane to become increasingly unreliable in their live commitments and led to some chaotic situations at concerts. By the beginning of 1972 it was evident to most people close to the group that Jefferson Airplane was about to collapse.

The band held together long enough to record one more LP, a rather desultory effort entitled Long John Silver, begun in April 1972 and released in July. Long John Silver is Jefferson Airplane 's last studio album of all new material until 1989 By this time the various members were far more engaged with their various solo projects. Hot Tuna, for instance, had released a second (electric) LP during 1971, which proved even more successful than its predecessor. As a result, the sessions for Bark were interspersed with Hot Tuna and Kantner/Slick duo sessions. Though still a nominal member of the band, Joey Covington had immersed himself in the production of his own album with Peter Kaukonen and Black Kangaroo on Grunt; consequently, John Barbata (formerly of The Turtles and CSNY) played on most of the album and continued on for the promotional tour that followed. Woodward's Wallaroo ( Macropus bernardus) also known as the Black Wallaroo and Bernard's Wallaroo, is a species of macropod restricted to a small John Barbata (born 1 April 1945, in Passaic, New Jersey, US) is a noted Drummer active especially in The Turtles are an American pop and Folk rock band which produced at least a dozen memorable radio-friendly chart singles but remain best known for Crosby Stills & Nash ( CSN) is a Folk rock / rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash The Long John Silver LP is notable mainly for its cover, which folded out into a humidor (which the inner photo depicted as storing marijuana).

With the formal departure of Covington and addition of Kantner's old friend David Freiberg on vocals, Jefferson Airplane began a tour to promote the Long John Silver LP in the summer of 1972, their first concerts in over a year. David Freiberg (born August 24, 1938, Cincinnati Ohio) is an American musician This tour included a major free concert in Central Park that drew more than 50,000 people.

They returned to the West Coast in September, playing concerts in San Diego, Hollywood and Albuquerque. The tour culminated in two shows at Winterland in San Francisco (September 21-22), both of which were recorded. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city At the end of the second show the group was joined on stage by Marty Balin, who sang lead vocals on "Volunteers" and the final song, "You Wear Your Dresses Too Short".

Although no official announcement was ever released, the Winterland shows proved to be the last live performances by Jefferson Airplane until their reunion in 1989. By the beginning of 1973 Casady and Kaukonen had left the group to concentrate on Hot Tuna and their recently acquired love of speed skating, which Freiberg had reluctantly taken up in an attempt to bolster group camaraderie. Speed skating or speedskating is a competitive form of Skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance With Kantner and Slick, he would record Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun before the creation of their own Airplane offshoot, Jefferson Starship; both Kantner and Slick would record further solo albums. Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun is an album by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, and David Freiberg from Jefferson Airplane.

Jefferson Airplane's second live album, Thirty Seconds Over Winterland was released in April 1973. Thirty Seconds Over Winterland is a 1973 album by the American Psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane. It is now best remembered for its cover art, which depicts a squadron of flying toasters, a design that the band later alleged was plagiarized for the famous "After Dark" computer screensaver design. After Dark is a series of Computer Screensaver Software introduced in 1989 by Berkeley Systems for the Apple Macintosh, A screensaver is a type of computer program initially designed to prevent " Phosphor burn-in " on CRT and plasma Computer

In 1974, a collection of leftovers -- singles and B-sides, including "Mexico" and "Have You Seen The Saucers," as well as other non-album material -- was released as Early Flight, the last official Jefferson Airplane album until the self-titled reunion album of 1989.

Jefferson Starship / Starship

Main article: Jefferson Starship

In 1974, four years after Blows Against The Empire (the Jefferson Starship-prototype album with Paul Kantner and Grace Slick), Jefferson Starship was formally launched with the release of the album Dragon Fly and its single “Ride The Tiger. Jefferson Starship is an American rock band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s ” Balin sang on one song, "Caroline," and in addition to Kantner and Slick the band consisted of David Freiberg (keyboards, bass), Craig Chaquico (lead guitar), Pete Sears (bass, keyboards), John Barbata (drums) and Papa John Creach (electric violin).

Marty Balin joined Jefferson Starship in 1975 and they subsequently released the #1 album Red Octopus, featuring Balin singing lead on the #3 hit “Miracles. ” Jefferson Starship released four albums between 1974 and 1978 and scored several hits, including “Count On Me,” “With Your Love” and “Runaway. ”

In 1978, Balin left the band. He issued a self-titled solo album in 1981 and had hit singles with "Hearts" and "Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love). " "Hearts" was a soft pop ballad and also gave Balin a moderate Adult Contemporary chart hit.

Slick's alcoholism became a problem, which led to two nights of disastrous concerts in Germany in 1978. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. ^[4] The first night, fans ransacked the stage when Slick failed to appear. The following night, Slick, in a drunken stupor, shocked the audience by using profanity and sexual references throughout most of her songs. She also reminded the audience that their country had lost during World War II, repeatedly asking "Who won the war?", and implied that all residents of Germany were responsible for the wartime atrocities. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including ^[5][6] After the debacle, she was asked to leave the band.

Slick left Jefferson Starship in 1978, and by the release of 1979’s Freedom At Point Zero the band consisted of Kantner, Chaquico, Freiberg, Sears and newcomers Mickey Thomas (vocals) and Aynsley Dunbar (drums). Mickey Thomas may refer to Mickey Thomas (footballer, Welsh football player Mickey Thomas (singer, American musician Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (born 10 January 1946, in Liverpool, England) is a prolific English Drummer. The newly-reconfigured band had a hit single, "Jane. " In 1981 Slick rejoined in time to duet with Thomas on one song, “Stranger,” from the album Modern Times. Jefferson Starship released two more albums and then Kantner left in 1984 shortly after the release of Nuclear Furniture. Nuclear Furniture is the final album release by the American rock band Jefferson Starship before it became Starship. Freiberg continued to tour with the band but left before the next album was recorded.

Kantner took legal action to prevent Slick and company from recording or touring as Jefferson Starship, so they instead named the band Starship. Although critically-panned for their lightweight pop sound, they were commercially successful and scored the number one hits "We Built This City" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now. " Slick left in 1988 after two albums, and the remaining members made one unsuccessful album without her and then broke up. Mickey Thomas revived Starship shortly thereafter and has toured steadily ever since, usually billed as “Starship featuring Mickey Thomas. ” In concert he plays songs from his stint in Jefferson Starship (1979-1984) as well as Starship material.

For the last few years (to date, as of May 2008), Stephanie Calvert has taken the lead female vocal role of Grace Slick. Ms. Calvert played for a local Las Vegas band called Love Shack then toured the country for various shows mostly working in casino lounges and shows.

Remnants and reunions: 1984 to present

After the acrimonious events that resulted in Jefferson Starship’s 1984 breakup, Paul Kantner reunited with Balin and Jack Casady in 1985 to form the KBC Band. The KBC Band was formed in 1985 by former Jefferson Airplane (later Jefferson Starship members Paul Kantner ( Guitar and vocals Marty They released their only album, KBC Band (which included Kantner's hit, "America"), in 1987 on Arista Records. KBC Band is KBC Band 's only album featuring Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, and Jack Casady from Jefferson Airplane. The KBC Band also featured keyboardist Tim Gorman (who had played with The Who) and guitarist Slick Aguilar (who had played with David Crosby's band).

With Kantner reunited with Balin and Casady, the KBC Band opened the door to a full-blown Jefferson Airplane reunion. On March 4, 1988, during a Hot Tuna San Francisco gig at the Fillmore (with Paul Kantner, as well as Papa John Creach joining in) former JA bandmate Grace Slick made a cameo appearance. This led to a formal reunion of the original Jefferson Airplane (featuring nearly all the main members, including founder Marty Balin, but without Spencer Dryden). A self-titled album was released by Columbia Records to modest sales. The accompanying tour was a success, but their revival was short-lived, and Jefferson Airplane's 'definitive' line-up officially disbanded for good.

Jefferson Starship rose from the ashes in the early ‘90s and is still active as of 2007. The revived band grew out of Kantner’s decision to hit the road in 1991 with a stripped down, acoustic ensemble called Paul Kantner’s Wooden Ships, a trio that included Aguilar and Gorman from the KBC Band. In addition to his classic songs, Kantner and his group performed new material which received resounding praise.

The success of this project prompted Kantner to reinvent his electric band, and Jefferson Starship took off once again. In addition to Aguilar and Gorman, Kantner recruited former collaborators Jack Casady and blues violin master Papa John Creach; former Tubes drummer Prairie Prince; and former World Entertainment War vocalist Darby Gould.

In 1993 Marty Balin rejoined Jefferson Starship, ending a 15-year hiatus from the group. Papa John died in early 1993, weeks after touring Europe. Concurrently a sensational young vocalist, Diana Mangano, joined the group as Gould’s replacement.

In 1995 Jefferson Starship released Deep Space/Virgin Sky, a live album recorded at the House of Blues in Hollywood, California. The album featured eight new and seven classic tunes. Grace Slick joined the band for four songs, "Lawman", "Wooden Ships", "Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit". In 1999 Jefferson Starship released the studio album Windows of Heaven, which featured Slick on background vocals on one song, "I’m On Fire. "

Balin continued as a full-time member of the reunited band until 2003 and still occasionally joins them in concert as of 2007. Casady remained a member until the late ‘90s and has since joined Jorma Kaukonen in a reunited Hot Tuna. Gorman left in the late ‘90s as well and was replaced by former Supremes keyboardist Chris Smith. In 2005, David Freiberg rejoined the group.

Jefferson Starship continues to entertain audiences worldwide with frequent live appearances. Mangano is an expressive and effective singer, and this revived Jefferson Starship can often capture a good deal of the feeling of the original Airplane.

As of 2007 Jefferson Starship continues to tour with a lineup of Paul Kantner (vocals, guitar), David Freiberg (vocals, bass, keyboards), Diana Mangano (vocals), Slick Aguilar (lead guitar), Chris Smith (keyboards) and Prairie Prince (drums). The band sometimes features guest musicians such as Balin, Gould, Gorman and former Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten. Jefferson Starship played three songs on NBC’s The Today Show on June 30, 2007.

Jorma Kaukonen still tours as a solo act, often playing over 100 acoustic shows a year at small clubs throughout the country. Occasionally, Jack Casady joins him, and the pair perform as Hot Tuna. Kaukonen also operates a guitar camp in southern Ohio, where he teaches would-be guitar virtuosos his unique style of finger-picking blues.

Grace Slick retired from the music business after the reunion in 1989. In 1998, she released her autobiography Somebody to Love? Since her retirement, she has made a few appearances at Jefferson Starship concerts. Her most prominent performances include the groups 1995 live album Deep Space/Virgin Sky and a performance at a September 11 benefit concert. Slick has also made a few appearances on studio material including Linda Perry's 1996 solo debut and Starship's 1999 album. She is now an acclaimed painter with most of her work focusing on old music legends and her interest in Alice in Wonderland.

In 2004, Marty Balin pointed out that unlike many of their contemporaries, all of the original members of Jefferson Airplane survived the 1960s; all except original drummer Spence lived into the 21st century. Dryden, who had long languished under financial and health problems, died of colon cancer on January 11, 2005 at the age of 66.

Influence

The original 'Jefferson Airplane' - along with The Byrds, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Mamas and the Papas, Tommy James & the Shondells, and, to some degree, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Credence Clearwater Revival - will always be associated with the more melodic end of the North American rock spectrum. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 This article is about the band For their self-titled debut album see The Doors (album; for the Oliver Stone film see The Doors (film; for Doors in computing The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Lovin' Spoonful is an American Pop rock band of the 1960s named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 The Mamas & the Papas (credited as The Mama's and the Papa's on the debut album cover were a Vocal group of the 1960s. Tommy James and the Shondells was a 1960s American Rock and roll group. Crosby Stills & Nash ( CSN) is a Folk rock / rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash Creedence Clearwater Revival (often abbreviated CCR) was an American Rock and roll band who gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with In due course other groups, such as Steely Dan and Eagles, continued to blend elements of folk, jazz and rock and bring the results to a global audience. Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Of all these bands, Jefferson Airplane excelled in the psychedelic domain and in their penchant for pretentious track titles, which came to characterize the era of 1965-75. Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug.

British bands apparently influenced by the mellow lyricism of the West Coast sound included Barclay James Harvest, David Bowie, Curved Air, Family, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, The Moody Blues, The Small Faces, Pentangle, and Yes. Barclay James Harvest is a British rock band specialising in Symphonic/Melodic Rock with folk/progressive/classical influences David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Curved Air are a pioneering British Progressive rock group formed in 1969 This article is about the British rock band For other uses see Family (disambiguation. Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967-1968 Their music is marked by the distinctive vocal style and lead Flute work of front man King Crimson is a Progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969 Led Zeppelin were The Moody Blues are an English psychedelic rock band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. Small Faces were an English rock group from East London, heavily influenced by American Rhythm and blues. Pentangle is a British Folk rock (or folk-jazz band The original band was active in the late 1960s and early 1970s its successor has been active since the early Yes are an English Progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. The Beatles have always stressed the influence that The Beach Boys had on their musical development (especially Pet Sounds), but it seems likely that other music from the West Coast also spread eastward, to play a key part in making pop music more symphonic and less predictable than it had been before 1965. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture Pet Sounds is a 1966 album recorded by American pop group The Beach Boys. The era of trans-Atlantic jet travel and the ability to send television broadcasts by satellite also facilitated a greater interplay of musical influences across the Atlantic. Donovan was evidently one of the first British pop musicians to become aware of them and was undoubtedly influenced by the group to some degree; he famously namechecked the band in his 1966 song "The Fat Angel" (included on his album Sunshine Superman in 1967), written many months before Jefferson Airplane achieved international stardom. Donovan ( Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Singer-songwriter and guitarist

Record producers who worked with the original band included Greg Edward, Rick Jarrard, Matthew Katz, Ron Nevison, Tommy Oliver and Al Schmitt. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing

Members

Bass

• Bob Harvey (1965)
• Jack Casady (1965–1973)

Drums

• Jerry Peloquin (1965)
• Skip Spence (1965–1966)
• Spencer Dryden (1966–1970)
• Joey Covington (1970–1972)
• John Barbata (1972–1973)

Guitars

• Jorma Kaukonen (1965–1973)
• Paul Kantner (1965–1973)

Violin

• Papa John Creach (1970–1973)

Piano

• Grace Slick (1966–1973)

Vocals

• Marty Balin (1965–1971)
• Signe Anderson (1965–1966)
• Grace Slick (1966–1973)
• Paul Kantner (1965–1973)
• Jorma Kaukonen (1965–1973)
• Joey Covington (1971)
• David Freiberg (1972–1973)

Audio samples

Discography

Singles

• "It's No Secret" / "Runnin' 'Round This World"(Censored Version) (1966)
• "Come Up the Years" / "Blues From An Airplane" (1966)
• "Bringing Me Down" / "Let Me In" (1966)
• "My Best Friend" / "How Do You Feel?" (1967)
• "Somebody to Love" / "Plastic Fantastic Lover" (1967) #5 US
• "White Rabbit" / "She Has Funny Cars" (1967) #8 US
• "Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" / "Two Heads" (1967) #42 US
• "Watch Her Ride" / "Martha" (1967) #61 US
• "Greasy Heart" / "Share a Little Joke" (1968) #98 US
• "Crown of Creation" / "If You Feel" (1968) #64 US
• "The Other Side of This Life" (recorded live) / "Plastic Fantastic Lover" (live version) (1969)
• "Volunteers" / "We Can Be Together" (1969) #65 US
• "Have You Seen the Saucers?" / "Mexico" (1970)
• "Pretty as You Feel" / "Wild Turkey" (1971) #60 US
• "Long John Silver" / "Milk Train" (1972)
• "Twilight Double Leader" (live version) / "Trial By Fire" (live version) (1972)
• "Summer of Love" (1989) #15 US Adult Contemporary (from the reunion album)
• "Planes" (1989) #24 Mainstream Rock Tracks
• "True Love" (1989)

Albums

Jefferson Airplane (studio albums)

• Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966) - US position: # 128
• Surrealistic Pillow (1967) - US position: # 3 (breakthrough album featuring "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit")
• After Bathing at Baxter's (1967) - US position: # 17
• Crown of Creation (1968) - US position: # 6
• Volunteers (1969) - US position: # 13
• Bark (1971) - US position: # 11
• Long John Silver (1972) - US position: # 20
• Jefferson Airplane (1989) (1989 'reunion' album)

Jefferson Airplane (official live albums)

• Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969) Live
• Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973) Live
• Live at the Fillmore East (1998) (live recording of 1968 performance at the Fillmore East in New York City)
• Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Live at the Fillmore East (2007) (live at the Fillmore East, New York City - November 28-29, 1969)

Jefferson Airplane (non-US live albums)

• Live at the Monterey Festival (1995) (live recording, British release of Jefferson Airplane's performance at the Monterey Pop Festival)
• Feed Your Head : Live '67-'69 (1996)
• At Golden Gate Park (2006) (live in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco - May 7,1969)
• Last Flight (2007) (live at Winterland, San Francisco - September 22, 1972)
• At The Family Dog Ballroom (2007) (live recording of 1969 performance in San Francisco)

Jefferson Airplane (official compilations)

• The Worst of Jefferson Airplane (1970) - US position: # 12 (first greatest hits collection)
• Early Flight (1974) (a collection of singles, B-sides, and other non-LP tracks)
• Flight Log, 1966-1976 (1977) (compilation album, also includes tracks by Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, as well as solo tracks)
• 2400 Fulton Street (1987) (25-track compilation 2 LP set or 36-track compilation 2 CD set)
• Jefferson Airplane Loves You (1992) (3-disc boxed set)
• Ignition (2001) (4-disc boxed set of first four studio albums)

Jefferson Airplane (other compilations)

• Time Machine (1984) (compilation album)
• White Rabbit & Other Hits (1990) (compilation album)
• The Best of Jefferson Airplane (1993) (compilation album)
• Journey: The Best of Jefferson Airplane (1996) (British compilation album)
• Through the Looking Glass (1999) (compilation album) (Italian only)
• The Roar of Jefferson Airplane (2001) (compilation album)
• Platinium & Gold Collection (2003) (compilation album)
• Cleared For Take Off (2003) (compilation album)
• The Essential Jefferson Airplane (2005) (compilation album) (Legacy Recordings)
• The very best of Jefferson Airplane (2007) (compilation album)

Paul Kantner / Jefferson Starship

• Blows Against The Empire (1970)

Combined Jefferson Airplane / Jefferson Starship Compilation albums

• Hits (1998)
• VH1 Behind the Music (2000)
• Love Songs (2000)

Selected solo, duo and trio albums

Marty Balin

• Bodacious DF (1973)
• Balin (1981) (includes the AM radio single, "Hearts")
• Lucky (1983)
• Better Generation (1991)
• Freedom Flight (1997)

Paul Kantner/Grace Slick

• Sunfighter (1971)
• Baron Von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun (1973) (by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, and David Freiberg)

Paul Kantner

• Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra (originally issued in 1983 on RCA Records and remastered and reissued in 2005 by Sony/BMG Music Entertainment)

The KBC Band

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The Essential Jefferson Airplane is a compilation of music from the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane spanning its entire career excluding Legacy Recordings is Sony Music Entertainment 's catalog division Best Of Jefferson Airplane Albums is a guide to the many albums with "best of Jefferson Airplane" in their titles Blows Against the Empire, a concept album by Paul Kantner and others was the first album released using the name Jefferson Starship. Balin is Marty Balin 's 1981 album Two top-40 singles were released "Hearts" (a U Lucky is Marty Balin 's 1983 album and his second solo effort Better Generation is Marty Balin 's 1991 album and his first solo album since 1983 Freedom Flight is Marty Balin 's 1997 studio album Unlike his previous solo efforts which utilized many supporting musicians this album had Marty performing Sunfighter is an album created by Paul Kantner and Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane. 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• KBC Band (1986)

Grace Slick

• Manhole (1973)
• Dreams (1980)
• Welcome to the Wrecking Ball! (1981)
• Software (1984)
• The Best of Grace Slick (1999) (compilation album, also includes tracks by Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, in which Grace Slick was the lead vocalist)

Personnel

Jefferson Airplane (Summer 1965-October 1965)	Signe Toly Anderson - vocals Marty Balin - vocals, rhythm guitar Paul Kantner - rhythm guitar, vocals Jorma Kaukonen - lead guitar, vocals Bob Harvey - bass guitar Jerry Peloquin - drums
Jefferson Airplane (October 1965-Mid 1966)	Signe Toly Anderson - vocals Marty Balin - vocals, rhythm guitar Paul Kantner - rhythm guitar, vocals Jorma Kaukonen - lead guitar, vocals Jack Casady - bass guitar Skip Spence - drums
Jefferson Airplane (Oct. KBC Band is KBC Band 's only album featuring Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, and Jack Casady from Jefferson Airplane. Manhole is Grace Slick 's first solo album credited solely to her (she had previously recorded Sunfighter with Paul Kantner and Dreams is Grace Slick 's 1980 album The album was recorded in NYC without any previous or current members of Jefferson Starship. Welcome to the Wrecking Ball! is Grace Slick 's 1981 follow-up to her solo album Dreams (1980 Software is Grace Slick 's 1984 album This album was recorded after she had re-joined Jefferson Starship. The Best of Grace Slick is a compilation album of Grace Slick 's work focusing mostly on work with Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship Signe Toly Anderson (born 15 September 1941 in Seattle, Washington) is a Singer who was one of the founding members of the American Marty Balin (born Martyn Jerel Buchwald January 30 1942, in Cincinnati Ohio) is an American Musician. Rhythm guitar is the use of a Guitar to provide Rhythmic chordal Accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a Musical ensemble Paul Lorin Kantner (born 17 March 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American Rock musician, most noted for Rhythm guitar is the use of a Guitar to provide Rhythmic chordal Accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a Musical ensemble Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr (born December 23, 1940 in Washington D Lead guitar refers to the use of a Guitar to perform Melody lines instrumental fill passages, and Guitar solos within a song structure Bob Harvey is the name of several well-known people Bob Harvey (boxer, Canadian boxer Bob Harvey (mayor, mayor of Waitakere The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Signe Toly Anderson (born 15 September 1941 in Seattle, Washington) is a Singer who was one of the founding members of the American Marty Balin (born Martyn Jerel Buchwald January 30 1942, in Cincinnati Ohio) is an American Musician. Paul Lorin Kantner (born 17 March 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American Rock musician, most noted for Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr (born December 23, 1940 in Washington D Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence ( April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Musician and Singer-songwriter best known 1966- Feb. 1970)	Grace Slick - vocals, piano, organ, recorder Marty Balin - vocals, rhythm guitar Paul Kantner - rhythm guitar, vocals Jorma Kaukonen - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals Jack Casady - bass guitar, fuzz bass, rhythm guitar Spencer Dryden - Percussion
Paul Kanter & Jefferson Starship (1970): Album - Blows Against the Empire	Grace Slick - vocals, keyboards Paul Kantner - rhythm guitar, vocals Jerry Garcia - guitar, banjo Jack Casady - bass guitar Joey Covington - drums David Crosby - guitar, vocals David Freiberg - vocals Mickey Hart - drums Peter Kaukonen - guitar Bill Kreutzmann - drums Graham Nash - vocals, percussion Harvey Brooks - bass guitar Phil Sawyer - sound effects
Jefferson Airplane (late 1970-1972)	Grace Slick - vocals, keyboards Paul Kantner - rhythm guitar, vocals Jorma Kaukonen lead guitar, vocals Jack Casady - bass guitar Joey Covington - drums Papa John Creach - electric violin
Jefferson Airplane (early 1972-mid 1972)	Grace Slick - vocals, piano, recorder Paul Kantner - rhythm guitar, vocals Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals Jack Casady - bass guitar Johnny Barbata - drums Papa John Creach - electric violin
Jefferson Airplane (mid 1972-1974)	Grace Slick - vocals Paul Kantner - rhythm guitar, vocals Jorma Kaukonen lead guitar, vocals Jack Casady - bass guitar Johnny Barbata - drums Papa John Creach - electric violin David Freiberg - lead vocals
Jefferson Airplane (Reunion Tour and Album) (1989)	Marty Balin - lead vocals Grace Slick - lead vocals, keyboards Paul Kantner - rhythm guitar, vocals Jorma Kaukonen - lead guitar, vocals Jack Casady - bass guitar

References

Dellar, Fred and Barry Lazell
NME Encyclopedia of Rock (1978 revised edition)
(Salamander Books, 1978)

Margolis, Jack S. Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each The recorder is a woodwind Musical instrument of the family known as Fipple Flutes ' or internal duct flutes &mdash whistle-like Marty Balin (born Martyn Jerel Buchwald January 30 1942, in Cincinnati Ohio) is an American Musician. Paul Lorin Kantner (born 17 March 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American Rock musician, most noted for Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr (born December 23, 1940 in Washington D Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D Spencer Dryden ( April 7 1938 – January 11 2005) was an American Musician who was best known as the Drummer Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. Paul Lorin Kantner (born 17 March 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American Rock musician, most noted for Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1 1942 &ndash August 9 1995 was a Musician, Songwriter, Artist, and Lead guitarist and The banjo is a Stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D Joey Covington is known as the original drummer of Hot Tuna in 1969 and the third drummer of Jefferson Airplane from 1969 to 1972 David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter. David Freiberg (born August 24, 1938, Cincinnati Ohio) is an American musician Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943) is a percussionist and musicologist. Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto, California) is an American drummer who played with rock band the Grateful Dead Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an British-American Singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions Harvey Brooks (born July 4 1944 New York City as Harvey Goldstein is an American Bassist. Philip 'Phil' Sawyer (born 8 March 1947 in London) is an English Musician. Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of Paul Lorin Kantner (born 17 March 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American Rock musician, most noted for Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr (born December 23, 1940 in Washington D Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D Joey Covington is known as the original drummer of Hot Tuna in 1969 and the third drummer of Jefferson Airplane from 1969 to 1972 Papa John Creach (b John Henry Creach May 28, 1917, Beaver Falls Pennsylvania; d The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of Paul Lorin Kantner (born 17 March 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American Rock musician, most noted for Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr (born December 23, 1940 in Washington D Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D John Barbata (born 1 April 1945, in Passaic, New Jersey, US) is a noted Drummer active especially in Papa John Creach (b John Henry Creach May 28, 1917, Beaver Falls Pennsylvania; d Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of Paul Lorin Kantner (born 17 March 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American Rock musician, most noted for Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr (born December 23, 1940 in Washington D Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D John Barbata (born 1 April 1945, in Passaic, New Jersey, US) is a noted Drummer active especially in Papa John Creach (b John Henry Creach May 28, 1917, Beaver Falls Pennsylvania; d David Freiberg (born August 24, 1938, Cincinnati Ohio) is an American musician Marty Balin (born Martyn Jerel Buchwald January 30 1942, in Cincinnati Ohio) is an American Musician. Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of Paul Lorin Kantner (born 17 March 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American Rock musician, most noted for Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr (born December 23, 1940 in Washington D Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D and Richard Clorfene
A Child's Garden of Grass
(Pocket, 1970)

Tamarkin, Jeff
liner notes for Jefferson Airplane Loves You 3-CD boxed set
(BMG Records, 1992)

Notes

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External links

• Official website for Jefferson Airplane.
• Starship Home Page
• Official Starship website, includes future dates
• Official website for Kantner's Jefferson Starship
• 'Got A Revolution': Biography of Jefferson Airplane by Jeff Tamarkin
• "Take Me To A Circus Tent" Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual by Craig Fenton
• Jefferson Airplane biography at Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published
• Jefferson Starship biography at Rolling Stone.
• Jefferson Starship on Wookieepedia, a Wikia wiki
• Lead Singer Grace Slick's bio, Latter art career
• art of Grace Slick, example: paintings of the White Rabbit
• Starship 1976 and 2005

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