Forty years ago today, '60s flower-power icons Jefferson Airplane were denied permission to perform a free concert in their hometown of San Francisco. The slight cut much deeper than your average bummer in the summer; it was a huge insult to the band, which had been instrumental in making the City by the Bay an integral part of the counterculture, thanks to hit songs like 'White Rabbit' and 'Somebody to Love.'
Classic rock fans know that Jefferson Airplane went through three distinct incarnations before finally calling it quits in the early '90s. They also know that Jefferson Airplane, the band that started in Sa
Ending out our October, just one day shy of Halloween, is Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick, a formative figure in groups such as The Great Society, Jefferson Starship and Starship.
Over the years Slick's place in rock 'n' roll has been cemented by the successes of nearly e
Of the many bands to emerge from the San Francisco area in the mid-1960s, the one that kind of got lost in the shuffle was Moby Grape, whose debut album is an absolute classic of the era.
‘Somebody To Love’ was first recorded by an obscure Bay Area band called the Great Society, which featured Grace Slick on vocals and her brother, Darby, on guitar. (The latter also wrote the song, which was then titled ‘Someone To Love.’)
Grace Slick may have been 'the face' of Jefferson Airplane, but Marty Balin, who turns 70 today (Jan. 30), was the heart and soul of the legendary band.
