Jefferson Airplane News

I'm not alone feeling Quicksilver Messenger Service's 1969 Happy Trails is a definitive artifact of the late '60s San Francisco sound as performed by the definitive line-up of QMS. Before the arrival of keyboardist Nicky Hopkins and singer/songwriter Dino Valenti in the band's next incarnation, Quicksilver was best known for the dual guitars of Gary Duncan and John Cipollina, along with the bass work of David Freiberg before he moved on to join Jefferson Airplane and Paul Kantner's subsequent projects.

Jefferson Starship was among the most successful arena rock bands of the 1970s and early '80s, an even greater commercial entity than its predecessor, Jefferson Airplane , the band out of which it evolved.

If you're familiar with Cory McAbee, it's probably because of The Billy Nayer Show, a 20-year collaboration between songwriter/autoharpist/filmmaker McAbee and drummer Bobby Lurie.

Indie rock fans with a sense of historical curiosity, particularly ones who enjoyed the music of Britain's terrific Broadcast , probably know about the short-lived American group United States of America .

The Cushing Memorial amphitheater at Mount Tamalpais State Park will be the loaction of Mt Tam Jam, on June 22.

The rock scene in 1967 was huge in Los Angeles and one band that was a big part of that was The Turtles.

Jefferson Airplane at the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival in 1967 at the Mountain Theater, Mount Tamalpais.

It focuses more on the band's psychedelic and '60s folk music, such as "White Rabbit" and "Don't You Want Somebody to Love," than its 1980s pop tunes.

Jefferson Airplane was the first of the San Francisco psychedelic rock groups of the 1960s to achieve national recognition.