Jefferson Airplane
From Woodstock Wiki
| Jefferson Airplane | ||
Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock
| ||
| Performed on | Day 2 | |
| Started at | 8.00 am, Sunday, 17th | |
| Played for | 100 min. | |
| Further Information | ||
| Festival Day Chronology | ||
| Prev. artist | The Who at 5:00 | |
| Next artist | end of day 2 | |
Jefferson Airplane was quite the biggest band of the San Francisco scene. Their roots date back to the year 1965 and by 1967 (mostly because of the Monterey International Pop Festival and the proclamation of the Summer of Love) they had gained stardom. The dual and sometimes triple voice was their trademark. They combined Psychedelia as well as Blues in their songs. The Airplane became the archetype of the new, young and revolting generation: free and successful, living together as a family (or at least as good friends), making music, taking drugs.
Jefferson Airplane were scheduled as the headliner for Saturday, the second day of Woodstock, but finally started in Sunday morning around 8.00 am (or earlier).
Contents |
[edit] Musicians
- Marty Balin - vocals, tambourine, maracas
- Grace Slick - vocals. tambourine, maracas
- Paul Kantner - guitar, vocals
- Jorma Kaukonen - guitar, vocals
- Jack Casady - bass
- Spencer Dryden - drums
- Nicky Hopkins - piano
[edit] Setlist
- The Other Side of This Life
- Somebody to Love
- 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds
- Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon
- Eskimo Blue Day
- Plastic Fantastic Lover
- Wooden Ships
- Uncle Sam Blues
- Volunteers
- The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil
- Come Back Baby
- White Rabbit
- The House at Pooneil Corner
[edit] Details
Singer Grace Slick introduced the band with the words: "Alright friends, you have seen the heavy groups, now you'll see morning maniac music, believe me, yeah..."
Indeed, Jefferson Airplane played some morning maniac music for the tired audience. Their setlist featured well-known songs from their Surrealistic Pillow album but left little room for improvisation (unlike other Airplane shows from this period). There's only a 1:42 long fragment of The Other Side of This Life available on video, but the entire song is now available in audio.
Volunteers was probably quite new for the audience. This wonderful song was recorded for the album with the same name months later. Eskimo Blue Day is also from this album, as is the 21 minute version of Wooden Ships. Uncle Sam Blues is some sort of oddity that wasn't heard that often. It was sung by Jorma Kaukonen alone.
[edit] Miscellaneous
One day after their Woodstock performance Jefferson Airplane appeared toghether with David Crosby and Stephen Stills (see Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)) on The Dick Cavett Show. There's a DVD available which captures this event called Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons.
[edit] Availability
Volunteers (The Woodstock Experience), a re-issue of the 1969 album, contains a bonus disc with the band's entire Woodstock set. The set is so long (almost 100 minutes), that the first part of it is tacked onto the end of the Volunteers disc. Some songs were filmed, too.
[edit] Audio
- 1970: Woodstock I
- 1971: Woodstock II
- 1994: Woodstock - Three Days of Peace and Music
- 1992: Jefferson Airplane Loves You
- 1994: Best of Woodstock
- 2009: Volunteers (The Woodstock Experience)
[edit] Video
- 1970: Woodstock
- 1994: Woodstock Diaries
[edit] Images
 Jefferson Airplane |
 Jefferson Airplane |
 Jefferson Airplane |
 from left to right: Marty Balin, Jack Casady (bass), Jorma Kaukonen (guitar) |
 Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady |
 Jefferson Airplane with Grace Slick in front |
 Paul Kantner |
 The two dual voice of the Airplane: Grace Slick and Marty Balin |
 Grace Slick and Paul Kantner |
