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Results for Jefferson AirplaneJefferson Airplane was an important and long-lived group. Epitomizing the Haight-Ashbury culture and providing its soundtrack, the band established itself as a psychedelic unity with communal vocal harmonies and the synthesis of folk, pop, jazz, blues and rock elements. Airplane formed in 1966 and became one of the most influential of the San Francisco groups largely because of Grace Slick, their powerful and attractive lead singer who claimed that she tried to imitate the yowl of the lead guitar. The band made extensive use of light shows at their rock concerts and was the first band to manipulate the light show to completely support the music. Although they were the first San Francisco group to gain popularity in New York, ego eruptions eventually caused their break-up. Slick and Paul Kantner formed Jefferson Starship in 1974 and performed until health problems demanded Slick's attention. Airplane reunited over the years and produced new recordings sporadically. Slick now paints expressionistic canvases of animals, nudes and rock idols that she knew....more
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by Adam Bunch•June 4, 2008•
1967 was supposed to be the year the Chocolate Watchband finally made it big. They had spent the last couple of years gradually climbing their way to the top
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by The Editors•May 14, 2008•
Read shared stories from Paul and other writers and editors who worked on the original Crawdaddy! (plus our own Denise Sullivan who writes quite eloquently on the Crawdaddy! spirit). As we take time this issue to pay homage to the original, as our own one-year anniversary wouldn’t even be remotely possible without it, we hope you enjoy them as they recount their insightful tales.
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by Paul Williams•February 27, 2008•
But San Francisco—the Fillmore, the Avalon, the Trips Festivals, the Diggers, Owsley’s acid, Haight Street and Ashbury and Masonic and Golden Gate Park, the Straight Theater, Herb Caen, the Barb, the communication company—these have been and are and will be the environment
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by Anthony Firestine•October 17, 2007•
Alexander Lee “Skip” Spence found himself in the Bay Area after spending the first part of his life in Ontario, Canada. After a brief stint as a folk singer, he joined San Francisco psych pioneers Quicksilver Messenger Service as a guitarist. QMS started playing gigs
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by Denise Sullivan•September 19, 2007•
I had always wanted to interview Pegi Young. Not just because she’s married to the singer-songwriter whom I happen to have collected the most discs by (41, including live recordings), but because she’s always seemed like the kind of person whose story could inspire others.
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5/17/2008
I just read an interview with Bruce Ian Douglas and he says that on their lp release (whichever of the first 2 lps)...
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3/4/2008
Just Listing to Jefferson Airplane 10-15-66 Early Show, the sound is great! One nit though, the write-up says "Just...
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12/25/2007
Here's a few surprises in the past year, ones I truly liked:
The INCREDIBLE STRING BAND. "This moment" and "Log...
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10/25/2007
Yes SharonMoody, The Velvet Underground if you have please...
and every single Jefferson Airplane show! ;)
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10/24/2007
More Jefferson Airplane!!! Do you have more O'Keefe 1967 shows?
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11-25-1966 Fillmore
11-26-1966 Fillmore
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