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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 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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by Andrew Lau•September 12, 2007•
There’s always a clamor on Haight Street, even now at night: neon lights, blinking lights, colored lights, and people standing outside yakety-yaking their current affairs on cell phones. Music spills out of doorways and thumps through walls, with shouts and laughs added in to concoct the sound of good times.
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by Angela Zimmerman•September 5, 2007•
Brooklyn-based Oakley Hall are on to something with their ‘60s throwback to psychedelia, country rock, and folk, but their forth album, I’ll Follow You
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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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10/24/2007
I hope they do not go crazy redesigning the site. Sometimes too much becomes complicated and you spend time finding...
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