HISTORY
Jefferson Airplane was a rock band based in San Francisco, California, who pioneered psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to achieve international commercial success. They were headliners at the three most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s—Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969) and Altamont (1969)—and the first Isle of Wight Festival (1968) in England. Their 1967 break-out album Surrealistic Pillow ranks on the short list 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 “classic” lineup of Jefferson Airplane, from October 1966 to February 1970, was Marty Balin (vocals), Paul Kantner (guitar, vocals), Grace Slick (vocals), Jorma Kaukonen (lead guitar, vocals), Jack Casady (bass), and Spencer Dryden (drums). Marty 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 Marty Balin eventually joining them. Jefferson Airplane was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and was presented with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.
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TOP TEN SONGS
1. White Rabbit
2. Somebody to Love
3. We Built This City
4. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
5. Sara
6. Miracles
7. Count on Me
8. It’s Not Over (’til It’s Over)
9. Runaway
10. Jane
BOSSE LIVE
Created by Bosse School of Music, Bosse Live is the South Shore’s fasting growing contemporary music performance program for all ages and levels.
Ensembles likely to play songs by this artist include:
Kids – Rock
Teens – Rock
Adults – Rock
BOSSE LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEOS