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- The October 1966 to February 1970 lineup of Jefferson Airplane, consisting of Marty Balin (vocals), Paul Kantner (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.
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History. Jefferson Airplane was formed in mid-1965 by vocalist and guitarist Marty Balin.He selected rhythm guitarist and vocalist Paul Kantner, to join the band, the two men then recruited the remaining initial members: vocalist Signe Toly Anderson, lead guitarist and vocalist Jorma Kaukonen, double bassist Bob Harvey and drummer Jerry Peloquin.
Band members Slick, Balin, Kantner, Kaukonen, Casady and Dryden were all interviewed for the episode, along with David Crosby, longtime Airplane manager Bill Thompson and China Kantner, daughter of Paul Kantner and Grace Slick. [citation needed] In 2004, the film Fly Jefferson Airplane (directed by Bob Sarles) was released on DVD. It covers the ...
- 1965–1973, 1989, 1996
Oct 17, 2022 · Today, three of those six members are still alive: singer Grace Slick, guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, and bassist Jack Casady. Kaukonen was a founding member of Jefferson Airplane in 1965, while his childhood friend Casady joined early on (prior to the band's first album release) when he replaced Bob Harvey.
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Jul 18, 2019 · Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady ultimately decided to focus on Hot Tuna, an offshoot band they formed in 1970. Singer Marty Balin eventually went solo. Kantner ...
1 day ago · Jefferson Airplane. (Clockwise from top left) Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden, Grace Slick, Marty Balin, Jorma Kaukonen, and Paul Kantner, members of Jefferson Airplane, c. 1968. (more) Jefferson Airplane, was an American psychedelic rock band best known for its biting political lyrics, soaring harmonies, and hallucinogenic titles, such as ...
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Oct 30, 2017 · Grace Slick had been earmarked to join Jefferson Airplane in 1966 as the replacement for the band’s original female singer, Signe Anderson, who had just given birth to daughter Lilith. The former model’s foghorn vocals, enormous charisma and drop-dead beauty aside, Slick gave the Airplane their biggest hit songs.
China's father is Jefferson Airplane guitarist Paul Kantner, with whom Slick had a relationship from 1969 to 1975. In 1971, Slick was severely injured when the car she was driving crashed into the inside of a tunnel in San Francisco.
