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"Craig Fenton knows so much about the Jefferson Airplane & Family, I was asking him questions." (Marty Balin- July 2006)
90 Photos (Starting from 1963) including many never in print before, and possibly the 2 rarest Airplane pictures ever, one with Bob Harvey & Jerry Peloquin in the band from 1965 and the other an autographed photo from early 1966 with Skip Spence, Paul signs his name Paul Airplane.
Interviews for Take Me To A Circus Tent Slick Aguilar (KBC, Jefferson Starship & Wooden Ships) Peter Albin (Big Brother & The Holding Company, remembers Spencer Dryden & Janis Joplin) Signe Anderson (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship) Kenny Aronoff (1989 Jefferson Airplane drummer) Don Aters (Famous rock and roll photographer, remembers Chet Helms) Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, & KBC) John Barbata (Jefferson Airplane & Jefferson Starship) Jesse Barish (Wrote St. Charles & Count On Me for the Jefferson Starship, Hearts, and Atlanta Lady for Marty Balin) Nick Buck (Hot Tuna & SVT) Craig Chaquico (Steelwind & Jefferson Starship) Tom Constanten (Grateful Dead & appearances sitting in with the Jefferson Starship) Joey Covington (Hot Tuna & Jefferson Airplane) Michael Falzarano (Hot Tuna) Barry Flast (Jefferson Starship) David Freiberg (Jefferson Airplane & Jefferson Starship) Darby Gould (Jefferson Starship) Greg Douglass (Hot Tuna) Tim Gorman (KBC, Wooden Ships, Jefferson Airplane 1989 reunion & Jefferson Starship) Bob Harvey (Original Jefferson Airplane bass-player) Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, KBC, & Wooden Ships) Peter Kaukonen Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Airplane 1989 reunion (Gives a wonderful tribute to his parents) Diana Mangano (Jefferson Starship) Dennis McNally (Grateful Dead Publicist, and author) Remembers those members of the Grateful Dead we have lost Jerry Miller (Moby Grape, remembers Skip Spence & talks about Moby Grape) Jerry Peloquin (Original Jefferson Airplane drummer) Sammy Piazza (Hot Tuna) Pete Sears (Jefferson Starship & Hot Tuna) Darby Slick (Great Society w/Grace Slick) Jerry Slick (Great Society w/Grace Slick) Mike Somavilla (Quicksilver Messenger Service historian, organized the Spencer Dryden Benefit, and is responsible for many Bay Area musicians releasing archival material) Bob Steeler (Hot Tuna) Jack Traylor (Steelwind with David Freiberg, and Craig Chaquico, songwriting and session work for Paul Kantner and Grace Slick) Peter van Gelder (Great Society w/Grace Slick) There was a female vocalist that tried out prior to Signe Anderson getting the job? The person that brought the vocalist for the audition would be part of a major band, and work with a legendary lead vocalist. A Jefferson Starship member wrote a song for Janis Joplin. Why did it take so long to be released? Would it surprise you that Paul McCartney was not the first to use the cool name Wings as a band? A Jefferson Airplane member had used it years prior to Paul's great solo work. What about two Jefferson Airplane members playing together for the first time in 37 years, and why there is not a recording of it! How did Diana Mangano record one song for the Great Society in 2002 and they weren't even in the studio for it? Did you know that a Jefferson Airplane member played briefly with Paul Simon's brother? What song did Hot Tuna perform for over 40 minutes? Which Jefferson Airplane member was asked to be part of Steve Millers band in 1970?
Which two non Jefferson Airplane drummers are uncredited for their appearance on the studio version of Feel So Good? Which Hot Tuna member was asked to be an original member of ZZ Top? Which song performed by Grace Slick and the Great Society did The Jefferson Airplane decide not to record? Which one time Jefferson Airplane member was asked about coming back to the band circa 1967-1968? Which Hot Tuna member almost became part of Fleetwood Mac in the mid-seventies?
Which songs have all been performed by the Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Hot Tuna?
When did Signe Anderson and Spencer Dryden play together?
Besides playing the entire album live what were the other twenty-seven songs the KBC performed on stage. Which J.A. member did Skip Spence reunite with 31 years later? What Jefferson Starship song did the Jefferson Airplane rehearse for the 1989 reunion tour and not perform?
Which drummer was waiting in the wings in case Spencer Dryden wasnt well enough to perform at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame?
What songs did Signe Anderson and Skip Spence play in 1965 at Skips home and which Rolling Stones masterpiece was covered?
What song did both Paul Kantners Wooden Ships and Emerson, Lake & Palmer both perform as an encore?
Marty Balin: One night Jorma, Jack, and a great player from England named Graham Bond (Played with Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker, before they went on to Cream) are jamming in the studio. Joey Covington and I are sitting around. Joey suggests we go see an old violin-player in Los Angeles. This old guy plays Somewhere Over The Rainbow; it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. So then we take him back to the studio. I insisted that he play with Jorma, Jack, and Grand Bond. (If only that tape circulated). He was funny. He told us all the time you guys are too loud. He couldnt stand the volume, none of us could. He was great, what an experience playing with him. One time I had a friend staying over the house from R.C.A. Records. He was showing me stride piano (Mostly a jazz technique, that was invented in Harlem, New York City in 1919). One day Papa John comes over and brings Eubie Blake (A ragtime piano legend) along. He had to be in his ninetys at the time (He lived to one hundred). Eubie starts to play the piano. Papa John had his fiddle. All day they are playing. Eubie would tell Papa John to slow down son.
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