Those looking to understand the roots of San Francisco psychedelic rock need only read one observation from Paul Kantner, who died Thursday at age 74, to connect the microdots. “Jefferson Airplane had ...

Back in the dark ages - the early 1970s when disco ruled the airwaves and before punk reminded us that rock and roll should make the establishment nervous not be part of it - I was your typical lost ...

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 ...

As a band, the Jefferson Airplane were right at the epicenter of San Francisco’s Summer of Love and its hippie culture. Just hearing a snippet of “White Rabbit” or “Somebody to Love” (especially in ...

Psychedelic rockers Jefferson Airplane were at the center of San Francisco hippiedom in the 1960s. Their breakthrough album, Surrealistic Pillow, was released just months before the Summer of Love in ...

The cofounder of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna has just released 'Wabash Avenue,' a collection of his rediscovered live recordings from 1965 ...

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When Jefferson Airplane vocalist Marty Balin became tired of the folk and poetry circles common in his native San Francisco, he decided to find a new venue that could foster a new type of music: ...

If it had all been sun-shine and clockwork, with a tidy profit on the morning after, no one would have said another word. Instead, the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, held August 15th to 17th, 1969, near ...

Marty Balin, a co-founder, vocalist and songwriter for psychedelic mainstays Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, died Sept. 27 in Tampa, Fla., a statement from his family confirmed. No cause ...

CLICK HERE if you are having trouble viewing these photos on a mobile device. Marty Balin, one of the founding members of the legendary Bay Area band Jefferson Airplane, has died at the age of 76.