Biography
Jefferson Airplane is an American rock band that has managed to become a legend of world art. The creation of the team fans are associated with the Hippie Epoch, the time of free love and experiments in art. Compositions created by project participants and today continue to remain hits, and their music does not lose relevance.The history of creation and composition
The group was created in 1965 in San Francisco with a young vocalist Marty Balin. The performer wanted to create his own musical team that fulfills the hybrid music at that time. This term was designated compositions in which traditional folk and elements of new rock music were organically mixed.
Unlike many performers, the guy began creating a team not with the selection of musicians. First, Marty bought a diner, transformed her to the club, which called The Matrix. And after the foundation found for speeches, the vocalist decided to look for those who entered the project.
In this guy helped his buddy Paul Cantner, playing folk music. The first invited participant of the group was the vocalist Signs Anderson. For her, the team included Blues guitarist Yorm Kakonen, Drummer Jerry Pelokuin and Bas Guitarist Bob Harvey.
There is still no accurate version about the origin of the team name. According to one point of view, it comes from a slang concept. They are denoted by broken in half a match that is used to document a cigarette when it was already impossible to keep her fingers. According to the second version, the name has become a mockery over the common names of blues performers.
Music
Debut performance Jefferson Airplane took place in August 1965. Soon the musicians moved away from the selected initially folk direction towards the electrical sound. Young musicians were inspired by the creativity of The Beatles, The Byrds and other Western rock bands. At the same time, it began to form their own learned team style.In the first months of rehearsals from the group several musicians left. It did not prevent you from scoring the missing "links" and continue to work. The growth of the popularity of the team contributed to the reviews created by the musical criticism of Ralph Glison. He did not hesitate to praise the band, calling the project the best of what he heard.
The team gained skill, spoke at the Longshoremen's Hall festival. Here, musicians noticed representatives of the RCA Victor sound recording company and offered to sign a contract with an advance of $ 25,000. The debut album was released in 1966. At first, 15 thousand copies were made, but it turned out that only in San Francisco fans bought 10 thousand copies. The label made a reprint of the record, making some changes. Today the first version of the album is considered collectible.
A new member of Grace Slik comes to change a vocalist Signs. The vocals of the girl harmonize with the voice of Balina, and the spectacular appearance enhances the interest of the public to the team.
1967 became rich in the creative biography of the project. An article in Newsweek was published about the group, in February the musicians released a new album SURREALISTIC PILLOW, which included, among other songs, two songs that guys world glory - White Rabbit and Somebody to Love. In addition, as invited guests, the team members performed at the festival in Monteree as part of the Summer Love project.
Starting from the third album After Bathing At Baxter's, the musicians changed the concept. The sound was taken out, the focus was on improvisation. If the songs were laid on previous plates in the standard format of the rock composition, the new works were longer in time, more complicated in terms of the genre. Elements of classical music were used, in particular suite.
Decay Jefferson Airplane.
In the early 70s, the Group ceases existence, although official decay information does not appear. Only in 1989, the musicians gather again to release a new album. In 1996, the team includes the Rock and Roll Fame Hall.
In 2020, the group no longer acts. Many project participants went away. The rest are engaged in solo creativity. On the official website of the team laid out articles with interviews of musicians, as well as stories about the past of the team. There is also a lot of photos from Jefferson Airplane concerts.
Discography
- 1966 - Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
- 1967 - SURREALISTIC PILLOW
- 1967 - After Bathing At Baxter's
- 1968 - Crown Of Creation
- 1969 - Volunteers.
- 1971 - BARK.
- 1972 - Long John Silver
- 1989 - Jefferson Airplane