Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. One of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to achieve international commercial success. They appeared at the Monterey Pop Festival (1967), the first Isle of Wight Festival (1968) as headliners, Woodstock (1969), and Altamont Free Concert (1969). Their 1967 breakout album Surrealistic Pillow was one of the most significant recordings of the Summer of Love. Two songs from that album, "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit", are among Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The October 1966 to February 1970 lineup of Jefferson Airplane, consisting of Marty Balin (vocals), Paul Kantner (rhythm guitar, vocals), Grace Slick (vocals, keyboards), Jorma Kaukonen (lead guitar, vocals), Jack Casady (bass), and Spencer Dryden (drums), was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Balin left the band in 1971. After 1972, Jefferson Airplane effectively split into two groups. Kaukonen and Casady moved on full-time to their own band, Hot Tuna. Slick, Kantner, and the remaining members of Jefferson Airplane recruited new members and regrouped as Jefferson Starship in 1974, with Balin eventually rejoining them. Jefferson Airplane received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.

O'Keefe Centre, Toronto 1967 - 2023-09-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Landmass Madness (Live San Francisco '70) - 2022-03-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Orchids For My Lady (Live '67) - 2021-05-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Woodstock Sunday August 17, 1969 (Live) - 2019-03-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Return To The Matrix - 2011-01-28T00:00:00.000000Z

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