Jefferson Airplane

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Jefferson Airplane

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American psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, CA. During the late 1960s, the band (along with The Grateful Dead) epitomized San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury culture.


The band began in 1965 when singer Marty Balin met guitarist Paul Kantner. They began as a folk-rock group, added lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, drummer Alexander Spence, singer Signe Anderson, and bassist Bob Harvey, who was soon replaced by Jack Casady. The group was signed by undefined, and their debut album charted (#128), selling 10,000 copies in the San Francisco area. Anderson left to have a baby and was replaced by Grace Slick, Spence left to form Moby Grape and was replaced by Spencer Dryden, which began the group's definitive lineup. They performed at the Woodstock and Altamont festivals but then had its second major shakeup when Dryden left in 1970 to join New Riders Of The Purple Sage (he was replaced by Joey Covington), and the band stopped touring when Slick became pregnant by Kantner. Kaukonen and Casady formed Hot Tuna In 1971, but remained members of the Airplane. The same year the group formed its own label, undefined, distributed by RCA. In February 1974 Slick and Kantner officially formed the Jefferson Starship, which brought the original phase of the group to a close.

The band was inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a Performer.

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  • White Rabbit

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  • Somebody to Love

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  • Embryonic Journey

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  • Today

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  • Plastic Fantastic Lover

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  • August 24, 2008

    Clatsop Community College Arts Center

    Astoria, Oregon, United States

    Billed as "Jefferson Family Reunion". Unofficial Jefferson Airplane reunion concert with Marty Balin, Signe Toly Anderson, Jerry Peloquin, Bob Harvey augmented by Slick Aguilar and other players. Also featured on the bill were Country Joe McDonald and Cold Blood

    • 1. High Flying Bird(Billy Edd Wheeler cover)

    • 2. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds

    • 3. Tobacco Road(John D. Loudermilk cover)

    • 4. It's No Secret

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  • January 17, 1996

    Waldorf Astoria New York

    New York, New York, United States

    With Spencer Dryden; Grace Slick did not appear.

    • 1. Crown of Creation

    • 2. Embryonic Journey

    • 3. Volunteers

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  • October 7, 1989

    National Mall

    Washington, Washington, D.C., United States

    March for the Homeless TV broadcast; Final performance by Jefferson Airplane with Grace Slick

    • 1. Somebody to Love(The Great Society cover)

    • 2. Crown of Creation

    • 3. Baby What You Want Me to Do(Jimmy Reed cover)

    • 4. She Has Funny Cars

    • 5. Volunteers

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  • September 30, 1989

    Golden Gate Park

    San Francisco, California, United States

    Free show with food donations going to the San Francisco Food Bank

    • 1. She Has Funny Cars

    • 2. Somebody to Love(The Great Society cover)

    • 3. Plastic Fantastic Lover

    • 4. Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon

    • 5. Today

    • 6. Good Shepherd

    • 7. Lather

    • 8. Solidarity

    • 9. Wooden Ships(Crosby, Stills & Nash cover)

    • 10. America(KBC Band cover)

    • 11. Freedom

    • 1. San Francisco Bay Blues(Jesse Fuller cover)

    • 2. Walkin' Blues(Son House cover)

    • 3. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)

    • 4. I'll Be Alright Some Day(Reverend Gary Davis cover)

    • 5. 99 Year Blues(Julius Daniels cover)

    • 6. Third Week in the Chelsea

    • 1. Panda

    • 2. Miracles(Jefferson Starship cover)

    • 3. The Wheel

    • 4. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)

    • 5. Summer of Love

    • 6. True Love

    • 7. Planes

    • 8. White Rabbit

    • 9. Volunteers

    • 1. It's No Secret

    • 2. Rock Me Baby(B.B. King cover)

    • 3. Crown of Creation

    • 4. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds

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  • September 28, 1989

    The Fillmore

    San Francisco, California, United States

    • 1. She Has Funny Cars

    • 2. Somebody to Love(The Great Society cover)

    • 3. Plastic Fantastic Lover

    • 4. Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon

    • 5. Today

    • 6. Good Shepherd

    • 7. Lather

    • 8. Solidarity

    • 9. Wooden Ships(Crosby, Stills & Nash cover)

    • 10. America(KBC Band cover)

    • 11. Freedom

    • 1. I Know You Rider(Bob Coltman & Joe Bussard cover)

    • 2. Winin' Boy Blues(Jelly Roll Morton cover)

    • 3. True Religion(Hot Tuna cover)

    • 4. Parchman Farm Blues(Bukka White cover)

    • 5. Too Many Years(Jorma Kaukonen cover)

    • 6. Third Week in the Chelsea

    • 1. Panda

    • 2. Miracles(Jefferson Starship cover)

    • 3. The Wheel

    • 4. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)

    • 5. Summer of Love

    • 6. True Love

    • 7. Planes

    • 8. White Rabbit

    • 9. Volunteers

    • 1. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds

    • 2. Rock Me Baby(B.B. King cover)

    • 3. Crown of Creation

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