Jefferson Airplane - featuring Papa John Creach - San Francisco, 1970
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- In 1970, Dean and Dudley Evenson moved to San Francisco with their newly purchased Sony Video Portapack. Their very first video with their new camera had been of Jefferson Airplane at the Fillmore East in NYC. Once in the Bay area, they became involved with Jefferson Airplane and set up a meeting at their mansion near Golden Gate Park with their manager, Bill Thompson. They were sufficiently impressed with this media form and gave a few hundred dollars to purchase a 16-foot camera cable so their concerts could be videotaped.
That opportunity came up rather quickly with a big event at Winterland which brought together the Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. The concert the night before had been broadcast live on PBS but this night they were allowed to videotape it. There was an intensity surrounding the evening because the day before, Janis Joplin's death had shocked the tight knit San Francisco rock world. Marty Balin had been a close friend of Janis and was not going to perform, but the other band members felt the show must go on.
It was an electrifying concert with everyone in rare form. The Quicksilver Messenger Service and Grateful Dead played first. The "Workingman's Dead" had become very popular over the summer so the crowd was wild with excitement. Then the Airplane came on. An additional twist was the introduction of Papa John Creech, an elderly blues fiddler who added an incredible power improvising on his violin as Grace Slick wailed away in a song dedicated to Janis. Dean was on the stage in all sorts of contortions, getting weird angles at the feet of the performers. No one seemed to mind our presence in the midst of all this energy.
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This is truly a hidden gem.. this was the night after Janis Joplin passed away down in Los Angeles at the Landmark hotel. Marty Balin was too distraught to come out and perform as he was very good friends with Janis. Grace took over the stage and carried the show. She is definitely at her prime here. She is also pregnant with her daughter China. She looks absolutely radiant and her voice is completely mesmerizing in its power. She is loose and improvising in her arrangements. Her killer vibrato is at its finest in these numbers. In these times before auto-tune and all the other enhancements that singers use today Grace got up there and belted it out. She is truly the Grand dame/ queen of '60s rock.
This video is fantastic! I saw them at the end of November 1970. Grace was very pregnant then. Not singing much and standing in back behind the large speakers. Great video here. Thanks.
@@joedebacco1480 I'll bet there was not much room for much air in her lungs by then! I honor her stamina just for touring or hanging around with the band! She was a strong woman. What a voice. I just love her and her voice!
Really? I love Janis Joplin.
Talking about Timothy Leary too!
@@michellewatters1386 Right after the Weather people broke him out!
well put. Grace stepped up to the plate while Marty mourned Janis. Grace is in top form here.
The airplane had some of the most interesting songs in rock history.
Totally! Rock on!!
Jefferson Airplane was my very first concert experience as a very young child growing up in San Francisco, at Golden Gate Park - 1969. This truly brings back pleasant flashbacks.
Btw, Subscribed. Cheers.
GREAT ...my picture taken Haight & Ashbury on July 20,1969...I was 11...Coit Tower Telegraph Hill for the Moon Landing...many years later chasing the Dragon i went to the moon...but now I'm Back
Setlist:
0:00 Have You Seen The Saucers
4:46 Mexico
7:05 Good Shephard
15:02 Somebody To Love
18:32 Jam (with Papa John Creach and Carlos Santana)
Carlos is most clearly seen around 19:15. @Peter Rodenberg - I saw Jack grinning at Joey Covington too 17:22! Great moment!
Outstanding! Best band at its best! This is super special! Miss you Marty
If ever there was a recording deserving of remastering, this is it!
Yes! This is so good, but we have such great tech now. We would love to see what could be done! I saw JA when they were touring with Papa John Creach! It was in Williamsburg, VA. VA is still not over the 'Southern Man" stage, but much better than when I was a kid, It was quite a shock and a thrill that JA came so close to home. I saw a lot of their parents were with them, so I think it was a way to get family together and vacation! They were good with Papa John! My sister studied the violin before we moved to VA, so I love the instrument! Papa John had a real affinity with Airplane!!!! What a thrill! I love the blues - they make me happy! The music just moves me.
Stumbling on to this has me ecstatic. Grace, and the whole band, in spectacular form.
Totally legendary!
Got turned on to J.A. In ‘67 and been listening ever since. Love Grace and Paul says follow the muse
WOW ,,,, Grace sounds and looks so cool. Somebody to Love is just off the charts.
Super off the charts !
Love love love
An absolute gem of a video posting. Rare, surreal beauty of a moment in time. For the die hard fan of JA of that era this is a real treat.Merci very much..Its almost too hard to watch...its so rare of a film...it was all downhill from there. Grace was somethin....
Greatest "garage band" ever...more please!
My first concert was when Airplane released Surrealistic. Saw them in Asbury Park. Been a lover of them ever since.....
Love the Airplane, great recording, historic. Thankfully someone preserved this!
hey this is pretty great,never saw it before,good stuff😎👍
Grace!
Awesome band
This was amazing
Damn..Grace voice is beautiful live.
Yes!
@@SoundingsMindfulMedia : Big eejit ! Aren't ye ashamed tae offer us this shit ? The sound is catastrophic ! Abominable ! Thou art the shame of Amerika !
Never seen this amazing footage. Thank-you
What a great Airplane file
The night before was a quadraphonic broadcast on KQED FM and channel 9 tv. Obviously spoiled by Dusty Street announcing Janis' death. Been 50 years since I've seen any of this-portabacks (video) were still quite new and the various generations since'70 are, well...Still a great taste of the Airplane showing the effects of touring a few years, Grace's pregnancy and Jack and Jorma looking trim and...Despite the video quality, a rare glimpse into the scene (with many, many hangers on) of the most exciting band in the world at the time. Grace, the force of Nature.
Methamphetamine will keep you trim 😀 Jorma talks about his meth days in his book Been So Long
Great document of The Airplane perhaps just past the height of their powers. Kantner, Slick, Kaukonen and Casady are locked in. It never feels quite complete or right without Marty and Joey Covington is not going to make anyone forget Spencer Dryden.
Spencer Dryden was a huge loss but Joey Covington doesn't sound that bad here.
@@dmellis love Airplane, love this clip but i don't get my hopes up knowing Joey Covington's back there. sorry not a fan.
I just found this diamond! I wonder if the original is in color. In any case, a great performance with power and gusto. I had the chance to see Paul Kantner perform in NYC and salute him at the end, a year or so before he passed away. It was great to meet one of my heroes. Sadly, many are gone by now, including Balin, Signe, Covington and Spencer. But their legacy lives on!
I have been enjoying this video clip for years; and I thank you for bringing it to new Generations !!!!!!!!!!
Terrific covers of Saucers/Mexico - Grace is lovely as ever here. Great find !!!
Hi Brother Bill, first night without a quarintine concert, but finding this made up for it.
Met Dean and Dudley in 1975 when they were traveling in a school bus in Gainesville, FL. Sara had just been born and Eva was about 5 I guess. Granola. We went to Stephen's Farm in Tennessee but first we visited the Rainbow Gathering in Arkansas. That was a treat. Or was the Rainbow second? I remember we parted ways after the Rainbow Gathering. My lady friend Catherine and I took off to Virginia where some other young people were living in a commune, The Cuckoo Farm that was very near Walden II.
So Awesome!!!!!
Wow! Used to listen to this as a teenager in the 70’s and still in my 60’s it gives me goosebumps
J been in love of Grace for 50 yrs !!
As Taggart said to Hedley Lamarr, 'Ditto'.
Paul is really rockin it on guitar, great rhythm section overall! Best footage I've seen of The Airplane. Big fan since my teenage years.
Fantastic. Thank You!
You are welcome!
Starting with Have You Seen the Saucers, so amazing. It's one of my favorite later Airplane tunes.
Rock on!
What a treat!!! This is important footage of this band during this time period.
Absolutely Legendary
I know Im randomly asking but does any of you know a method to get back into an instagram account?
I stupidly forgot the login password. I love any help you can give me.
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If you like death throes. It is like watching the end of King Kong.
Thank you. There is so little video available of this era's JA. What a find!
The best
The Airplane right at the release time of Blows Against The Empire. This is phenomenal stuff.
Thanks!!!!
I don't even recognize that version of Have You Seen the Saucers. Is it even the same song?
@@dmellis - if you check the version on 30 seconds over winterland, it is, most of the way through, but then Grace either breaks into another song I've never heard before or just just starts riffing, and I'd say it's a 50-50 chance of either possibility.
really?
Grace Slick was damn good looking.
Thank you for this window into my memories. So many moments from Airplane to Hot tuna are flooding in. Fair to say that these guys could jam!
Treasure those memories!
A+
Good Shepherd a little eerie today Awesome footage🕊️
Papa✨ John ✨Creech
The greatest band in the world at this tlme You had to be in attendance to grok their energy-and I was lucky enough to be in those circumstances more than once.
Treasure those memories!
This is cool. Psychedelic Papa John Creach violin and Joey Covington? killing it on drums.
Thank you for posting this. Been in love with the Airplane and Gracie for 54 + years.
Thanks for this!
What a fantastic find absolutely brilliant 🌈🌈🌈🐂🐂😎😎😎🌞🌞🌞🍄🍄🍄🍄. Saw JA at the Isle of Wight in the U.K. 1968 . Took this soul and ska and Motown fan somewhere else loved this band ever since 🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈😎🌈🌈😎😎😎😎😎
I remember seeing Papa John several times in my life... 1972 in Cleveland with the Airplane and then 1975 solo at the Ambassador Theater in St. Louis... He encore number when he was on tour with his own band was Judy Garland's SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW... Papa always brought the house down... When he played with Airplane, his hot number was Milk Train... I think he played that at Woodstock also...
We will be releasing more Papa John Videos soon!! Stay tuned!!!
Wow!! An amazing performance by the Jefferson Airplane. I never heard Grace Slick sound like this. She sang with such energy and power.
Lookat Carlos Santana Jamming at the end hitting it "Out-of-the-Park"!!!!
Grace’s rap during Somebody to Love is totally about Janis having just passed away.
Yes, that was bound to happen. Janice was like so many geniuses, she was too different from most folks. This puts a terrible strain on their feelings of self worth and encourages any depressive tendencies. We have lost too many great young artists to addictive drugs and it is even worse now We cannot watch even the greatest musicians all the time!
Happy Birthday Grace, Airplane the greatest U.S. Band , none better .!!!! Saw them when so many said they were washed up, they impressed the whole crowd, so great.!! Washed up NOT !
Amazing journey; thanks so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you, I love you!
Righteous indeed 🖖🏼
Pretty slick!
That was staggering. Probably the best Airplane footage I've ever seen. Definitely the closest!
Am I the only one that doesn't miss Marty?
What an odd comment. His vision got them in flight.
Loved him in the Airplane. Did not care for his ballad stuff with Starship, but obviously many did.
Why would you make such a comment?
Love Grace's intensity here, the rare selections, and Carlos Santana. Thanks for this great clip!
Is Carlos Santana in the video?
@@SDsailor7 Yes, he can be seen jamming with his guitar just behind Jorma during the final Creach-led instrumental.
Jack playing a Danelectro Longhorn bass on the jam at the end.
Jack's smile at 17:22!
Awesome footage! Grace’s voice is at the height of its power! Thank you!
It sure is! Phenomenal moment!!
This was after Altamount am I correct? @@SoundingsMindfulMedia
stunning footage! Thank you for sharing!
Jorma on good shepard plays that guitar. Sounding like the psychic adelic airplane of 1968.
Jorma's tone in Good Sheperd is insane
Totally!
Great support vocals from Grace and a killer groove during the solos too. I used to like the version on Sweeping Up The Spotlight best but this might be a new favourite for me.
@@ChromeDestiny Thank you so much!! Was such a thrill to be there to video such an amazing moment in musical history.
I really only know of Papa John Creech because an eclectic music loving friend of mine, Jack Collins, had an album of his. Did Creech play with Taj Mahal. They too were popular at the time, 1971.
Amazing footage! Thank You!
thanks for posting !!!
outstanding vid...one of my favorite bands...thanks so much!
Grace ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love love love love love love ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you! Crazy to have such great audio with these images. I wonder what the film format was? From this point forward, we got both Hot Tuna and the Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra (PERRO)-what a legacy! It took the engineers a bit to get Good Shepherd right, but Grace provides the cover and then it so takes off rhythmically, and Jorma is brilliant here. This is just a super tight band at this point. And this footage is a great reminder of why Grace Slick is the legend she is, and how this band could freaking JAM.
This was filmed on 1/2 inch video tape on a sony portapack. Thanks so much for the love!
Super rare Airplane - WOW
well this just MADE MY FN DAY ty
Thanks so much!!!!
Special
15:02 Somebody To Love😍
❤ Grace 🎉
Бесподобная группа просто шедевр КЛАСС❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks a LOT!
I remember seeing Papa John Creach on the Catalina Island ferry playing in a little jazz combo, in 1964 when I was 14, going to Avalon with my family. Of course I didn't know who he was, and this was years before his association with the Airplane or Hot Tuna, but I do remember that. This must be just before Tuna split off and the Airplane split up. Marty is gone here, as he tells it, because he had to get away from the drugs and madness.
Wow, fantastic, you were really there ! .I was in Scotland 6years old 😀💖
Hope the final jam exist in is full version. Great concert.
Goodness gracious.
🙀 An outstanding film clip ~ thank you for posting! Joey Covington was a power drummer who could last for the duration, whereas Spencer Dryden, a trained jazz drummer, was more adapt to playing a shorter period of time. Something worth mentioning and that is towards the end, I noticed the person next to Jack Casady who you can barely see and who was playing lead guitar, was Carlos Santana. This was a great time for the Jefferson Airplane. ☮
Thank you!
Good catch. Who was the guy on the left with the handlebar mustache? He looks familiar.
Not handlebar, David Crosby type mustache. Maybe just a sound guy...
Grazie
If you want to hear and see papa john, you have to go to about 18:30 of this mis-titled video.
As someone who has worked in the music industry their entire life, I am not sure why you think this video is mis-titled. You can always watch our version of just Papa John: th-cam.com/video/K6SACNyUBis/w-d-xo.html
"Electrifying" is right.
Carlos Santana and Papa John Creach on the last song at 18:30.
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Featuring Papa John Screech
Tracey miss slick is sure frighin sick i loved her so much Dana.little kid in those 60s the rumors said she was sacked so what what lady isn't half shellacked now grace wad the real queen of hippy rock and the first lady of music to me forever and really pretty and had the best stage presence and voice in will always feel for she
Wow holy cow 🐄
Totally!
most probably was there. Experience
Radical!
Is that Santana jamming at the end?
Yes it is.
how did you get suck good sound? please u/L the quicksilver set.
Dean and Dudley had an audio recorder at the concert
I know it’s not nice… and iv been a Huge Airplane fan since 1989 when I was 12… but getting rid of Spencer for Joey Covington was a HUGE mistake. Joey is kind of brutal. No feel. At all. Just bangs away.
It didn’t take them long to realize that… John Barbata saved them. He is one of the BEST. I have a hard time listening to the stuff with Joey on drums.
I can't imagine what they were thinking. It's not "power drummer" vs. "touch drummer". It is first-class, inventive drumming with great touch (Dryden) vs. someone just pounding away (Covington). Barbata was a vast improvement over Covington, but still, to my mind at least, lacked Spencer's touch. Listen to Jorma, Jack and Spencer on "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" to get a sense of the Airplane's instrumentalists at their height.
Where the combo amps black faced fender twins? The one looked like it had jbl speakers in it?
That night is look like that everybody is bleeding after Janis leaving
Truth.
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Great footage for this time period! Is Grace pregnant with China here?
probably. it was around Joey Covington and Papa John Creach's addition.
Yes
I went to this concert with Uncle Cid.
Awesome!
i think i knew his cousin Sid !
Aunt Lucy still stops by every once in a while.
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was this joey's first night with them? it sounds like it.
It didn't get better.
Was the Grateful Dead videotaped as well?
We do have Grateful Dead footage in our archives and will upload it soon.
@@SoundingsMindfulMedia It was up for about a half-day and now it's gone again! Can you please make it un-private? Pretty please? Many thanks!
@@djbaconfat There is a new documentary coming out by the people who produced A Long Strange Trip. They asked us to keep our footage private since they are using it in the documentary. Stay tuned. It'll be released to the world soon.