| Jefferson Starship was an American rock band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s.Jefferson Starship", marking the first use of the latter name.This 'prototype' version of Jefferson Starship included David Crosby and Graham Nash and Grateful Dead members Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, as well as some of the remaining members of Jefferson Airplane, lead singer Grace Slick, drummer Joey Covington and bassist Jack Casady.It was during this 1973 session at Wally Heider studios in San Francisco, that Paul first asked Pete to play with a new band he was forming called, "Jefferson Starship".Sears then returned to the States to join Jefferson Starship in 1974.Jefferson Starship
By 1973, with Kaukonen and Casady now devoting their full attention to Hot Tuna, the musicians on Baron von Tollbooth formed the core of a new lineup that was formally reborn as "Jefferson Starship" in 1974.Kantner, Slick, and Freiberg were charter members.Jefferson Starship, he joined the band while their first album, Dragon Fly, was still in the works.Balin stayed with the group for nearly the remainder of the decade.Airplane fans were less than happy with its more mainstream direction.Spitfire (1976), and Earth (1978), were both big sellers.She also reminded the audience that their country had lost during World War II, repeatedly asking "Who won the war?"Barbata had been seriously injured in a car accident, and was replaced by Aynsley Dunbar, who had previously played with Journey.After the 1979 release of Freedom at Point Zero (which spawned the hit single "Jane"), Grace Slick returned to the band.Slick remained in the band for Jefferson Starship's final two albums, Winds Of Change (1982) and Nuclear Furniture (1984).Following Kantner's departure, Freiberg also left the band, which agreed to drop the "Jefferson" from its name after successful legal action taken against the group by Paul Kantner over the band's name use.Sears left Starship in 1987, soon followed by Slick and Baldwin.The group eventually disbanded in 1990.The Next Generation, a group that would, at times, include various former Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship members, to tour and perform.After the first couple of years, the band dropped the use of "The Next Generation", and now perform as Jefferson Starship.Behind The Music: Jefferson Airplane, VH1, Paramount Television, 1998.Nicolas Slonimsky, Editor Emeritus.Successive incarnations of the band have performed under different names, reflecting changing times and performers: Jefferson Starship, and later simply Starship before becoming Jefferson Starship: the Next Generation in 1991.Arrival of Grace Slick
1.Decline and dissolution
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5 Discography
5.Jefferson Airplane (official live albums)
5.Selected solo, duo and trio albums
5.Balin raised funds to open a night club, The Matrix.Starship member David Freiberg (who subsequently joined Quicksilver Messenger Service).Kantner next recruited an old friend, blues guitarist Jorma Kaukonen.The origin of the group's name is often disputed.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.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).The Great Society, which featured Grace Slick as lead singer.On December 10, 1965 the group played at the first Bill Graham show at the Fillmore ballroom, supported by The Great Society and others."Runnin' Round The World", the song that led to the band's first major clash with RCA.He was eventually replaced by Spencer Dryden, who played his first show with the Airplane at the Berkeley Folk Festival on July 4, 1966.The LP garnered considerable attention in the USA and became a gold album.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.The following night, her replacement Grace Slick made her first appearance.Airplane's debut gig at the Matrix in 1965 and her previous group, The Great Society, had often supported the Airplane in concert.The Great Society decided to split up in late 1966 and played its last show on September 11.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.Golden Gate Park, one of the key events leading up to the "Summer of Love."Alongside The Beatles' Sgt.The Airplane also benefitted greatly from appearances on nationally syndicated TV shows such as Johnny Carson's Tonight Show and The Ed Sullivan Show.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.Chroma key process to simulate the Airplane's psychedelic light show.Change of direction
The membership of Jefferson Airplane remained relatively stable from 1967 to 1970.The group's music underwent a significant transformation after Surrealistic Pillow, however.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.Baxter's also marked the end of the Airplane's brief run of success on the singles chart.None of the band's subsequent singles made it into the Top 50 and several did not chart at all.Grace Slick's "Lather", which opens the album, is said to be about her affair with drummer Spencer Dryden.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.Nash also recorded on their debut album.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."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.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.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.Creach to sit in with the Airplane for a concert at Winterland in San Francisco on October 5, 1970.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.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.Casady cliques, had finally left him the odd man out.Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.The band still managed studio dates during 1971.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.Jorma Kaukonen's song "Third Week In The Chelsea," from Bark, chronicles the thoughts he himself was having about leaving the band.Airplane to become increasingly unreliable in their live commitments and led to some chaotic situations at concerts.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.By this time the various members were far more engaged with their various solo projects.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.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.Jefferson Airplane's second live album, Thirty Seconds Over Winterland was released in April 1973.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.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)."Hearts" and "Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love)."After the debacle, she was asked to leave the band.Jefferson Starship released two more albums and then Kantner left in 1984 shortly after the release of Nuclear Furniture.Kantner took legal action to prevent Slick and company from recording or touring as Jefferson Starship, so they instead named the band Starship.Slick left in 1988 after two albums, and the remaining members made one unsuccessful album without her and then broke up.Starship featuring Mickey Thomas.They released their only album, KBC Band (which included Kantner's hit, "America"), in 1987 on Arista Records.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).Columbia Records to modest sales.The success of this project prompted Kantner to reinvent his electric band, and Jefferson Starship took off once again.Papa John died in early 1993, weeks after touring Europe.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).Since her retirement, she has made a few appearances at Jefferson Starship concerts.Virgin Sky and a performance at a September 11 benefit concert.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.Please improve the article by adding references.See the talk page for details.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.Atlantic jet travel and the ability to send television broadcasts by satellite also facilitated a greater interplay of musical influences across the Atlantic.An excerpt from Jefferson Starship's Jane
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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
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band of hitmakers.More Jefferson Starship on Rhapsody.Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony!This product and other products of OpinionLab, Inc.US 6606581, 6421724, 6785717 B1 and other patents pending.O_GoT(' Tell us what you think of Rollingstone.More to Explore: See the video for "Supernatural Superserious," from R.Music (See Bestsellers in Music)Popular in these categories: (What's this?Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?Images representing the various track states."Embedding code will be displayed here."Overall, an economically priced and sensibly chosen double disc anthology for the casual fan.Though I was born after Jefferson Airplane and before Jefferson Starship, I happen to like all three incarnations of the band.Some fans will scratch their heads in disbelief that someone like myself could like all incarnations of this band since they changed drastically over the years.Grace Slick and Marty Balin sounded great together...Mickey Thomas's Starship on tour with Eddie Money, he still sounded great doing all the Starship tunes associated with him.See all 22 customer reviews...Although no greatest hits compilation will have EVERY song you might want on it, this one comes close, including several I didn't even realize WERE by this amazing group of...Satisfying, but a boxed set would be great!It's a little hard to believe that the trippy Jefferson Airplane became the rocking Jefferson Starship only to disintegrate into the sappy Starship, but the transformation is...Published on October 31, 2004 by Samantha J.The darkside of the moon blairs high and everything becomes shadow like, and the sun burns red.No Blues From This Airplane!!!As the times have changed, the artists who make the music have to evolve and grow as well or suffer stagnation.One of the best compilations I ever bought!Greats from the Greatest
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