Released in 1967, Surrealistic Pillow was the Jefferson Airplane breakthrough album. The record reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and featured the psychedelic band’s two biggest hits—“White Rabbit” ...
Name Jorma Kaukonen Best known for Founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. And, husband and world traveler and ...
The argument rages on, but for many music fans in the '60s, the best live band from the Bay Area was Jefferson Airplane. The Airplane featured three master instrumentalists (Jorma Kaukonen, Jack ...
We recently published a deep dive into the career of psychedelic rock legends Jefferson Airplane. Here’s our segment on ‘After Bathing At Baxter’s,’ the album where they ignored the expectations of ...
Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love” are two of the most famous classic rock songs of the 1960s. Jefferson Airplane recorded the tracks as part of an album that was a major ...
Many classic rock songs were inspired by books. For example, Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” was inspired by Alice in Wonderland. In addition, Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick said she ripped off ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Long before he wrote and recorded the Jefferson Airplane classic “Embryonic Journey,” Jorma Kaukonen was on a decades-long journey of discovery of his own. From shy, sometimes ...
In an exclusive interview with American Songwriter, Jorma Kaukonen said he was “amazed” at his guitar playing in 1965, as featured on his new archival live album, ‘Wabash Avenue.
The cofounder of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna has just released 'Wabash Avenue,' a collection of his rediscovered live ...
Since the psychedelic rock days of the mid-1960s, a lot of bands have come and gone. A lucky few have survived the decades, but not without learning to roll with some changes. And Jefferson Starship, ...
Over fifty years ago, creative differences among members of Jefferson Airplane resulted in them leaving the band for other projects. At that time, former members like Grace Slick, John Barbata, David ...