Grace Slick, the singer, is a godess. Check her White Rabbit from the Woodstock festival. In one of her many interviews she told of almost spiking the punch at the White House for Nixon with LSD. Almost. She's a painter living in Hawaii now, selling her work herself. Jefferson Airplane became Jefferson Starship which became Starship through the years, so just about anything from those three with tons of views will be good.
Ohhh meeen, you have to see Grateful Dead- China Cat Sunflower (Veneta 72) or Morning Dew Winterland 74 or Scarlet Begonias at the same day. That songs have an AMAZING VIDEO!!!!
They were really good live, but the album version of this song just has that trippy production that adds to the feeling of the song. (The poor acoustics in Dick Cavett's studio didn't help them here either...)
The dude on the tamborine was Marty Balin who had one of the best voices of all time. Check out him singing lead on "Today". It's an incredibly moving love song and the totally opposite side of their hard driving sound. My wife and I had it played at our wedding just before we exchanged vows. It still moves me to this day.
Jack Casady on bass - one of the best musicians of the era. Brilliant stuff (He also played on Hendrix' "Voodoo Chile" with Steve Winwood on Hammond B3 and Mitch Mitchell on drums, with Hendrix spinning utter magic).
This was the day after they returned from Woodstock. Dick Cavett had Jefferson Airplane, Joni Mitchell and David Crosby of CSN&Y on the show in New York that week
Cavett also had Stephen Stills as a guest in this episode; Stills performed a version of “4+20” at this time. Yog- that is Nicky Hopkins. He played with the Airplane at Woodstock, played on their “Volunteers” album, and I believe he also did some work with The Rolling Stones as well.
@@tomroome4118 Yeah! Quicksilver Messenger Service. Somebody needs to react to them. Gold and Silver, Fresh Air, Mona, Who Do You Love, Pride of Man, Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder, Dino's Song, Shady Grove.
Grace Slick is such an incredible singer. This song and White Rabbit were originally from her old band, the Great Society.She brought them when she joined Jefferson Airplane.
Doesn't Grace Slick have a killer voice? I just love this band. Back in those days, everyone I knew used a lot of pharmaceuticals, and we all listened to the Airplane. Thanks for reacting.
She is amazing, in incarnations of this band and her previous one The Great Society. Though my favorite non-musical moment of her is one she probably didn't enjoy: in Gimme Shelter getting on mic and trying to stop the Hell's Angels from beating everybody up.
Jefferson Starship's "Miracles" from Red Octopus is an absolute MUST, but allow me also to strongly recommend "With Your Love" from their Spitfire album. Both songs just "ooze" cool and the late Marty Balin's lyrics in both songs are so poetic and deeply sexual, especially in "Miracles."
They must have changed the name of the band from Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship, because a "starship" gets you higher than an "airplane"! Sneakin' in another drug reference? LOL
"Oooh, that bass!" Yeah, Jack Casady has that effect on people. Jamel, check out "3/5ths of a Mile in 10 Seconds" from the Bless It's Pointy Little Head album. Jack owns that song with the first two notes. Grace Slick once said of her singing that she has two levels: loud and louder! I think she underestimated herself. And remember, Jefferson Airplane loves you!
BOOM! I told him the same thing about "3/5ths" Jack just goes off on that song, especially in the intro! I thought of the bass as simply a melodic, background, rhythm instrument until Jack came along! Jack plays "lead bass!"
Is that David Crosby on backing vocals in this version? Thanks for some Jefferson. My dad had a crazy story about smoking opiated hash with these guys at the Fillmore East bathroom between their sets as Jefferson Airplane and their set as Hot Tuna. Good stuff!
Lol that is a great story about your Dad! My parents also had a few shocking stories for me about their somewhat wild youths. And that’s definitely David Crosby. He would have also fit quite nicely into the Fillmore East situation with your Dad. 😂
At around 2:50 in the vid, she made him smile. He was digging it hard. She seemed to catch his energy, and was looking at him in the next chorus. Perhaps they were both a little star struck.
J, you will love Jefferson Starship "Miracles" "With Your Love" "Count On Me. Jefferson Airplane'67-'72, Jefferson Starship '74-'78, Starship 1984-present
@@felixkmgalanti9064 Grace Slick was mostly is those incarnations of this Band. The "Starship" incarnation was a carry over from Jefferson Starship. You oughtta check out this video th-cam.com/video/LQijT1lcR68/w-d-xo.html
@@StephEWaterstram You may not be aware of this, but she herself admitted yrs later that she has her regret wth the latter 2, and that they lost the soul and spirit of what Jefferson was and a reason of why she finally left.
Jefferson Airplane is the only group that I know to change their name not want but twice. They went to Jefferson Starship and then from Jefferson Starship Just Starship
@@douglasmason2050 The "Jefferson" was dropped for a period of time because somebody had "rights" to that the remaining members didn't. Or the Dixie Chicks to just the Chicks.
Jamel brother , firstly, thanks for subscribing to my channel. To answer your questions,. NO I does not start off like that! That intro was for live show only. The lead singer is GRACE SLICK, She and the band was invited to the White House once, but then they found out Grace may have had an intention to spike Pres Nixon's drinks with LSD !! TRUE Story. The guy all the was to your left, Is Davis Crosby, from Crosby, Stills and Nash. Lastly, the other great song they had out was *WHITE RABBIT* Peace man !!
Grace was invited to a college reunion by Nixon's daughter at the White House. Nixon's daughter didn't know it was Grace Slick because the invite was sent with Grace's maiden name. She brought Abbie Hoffman as her date and they brought a bunch of acid to spike the punch. When the White House found out who Gracie was, they didn't allow her and Abbie in.
I love your appreciation of all different types of music from different eras. As someone who doesn't have an ounce of musical ability, my tastes in music has aways varied broadly & I just wish I had some talent lol. Thank goodness there's little millions of people who do & we are able to enjoy their gifts 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
YES! Thanks so much for this! This song is from Surrealistic Pillow, and other songs I love are "Today", "Coming Back to Me", "D.C.B.A. -25", and "Triad". Love to see you getting into these older artists!
Wasn't that Jefferson Starship? I honestly don't recall. But I did go to a pop/blues festival in 1969 at Devonshire Downs in Northridge CA. Saw Jimi on Sunday pm.
Hey Jamel you can't enter this era without covering The Velvet Underground. Have a listen to "Waiting for my Man", "Venus in furs" . Keep up the good work man it's appreciated. Respect
Jamel my Brother, This was the first band I ever saw live. 1969 in Philadelphia @ The Electric Factory. I was 15 years old, Thanks for bringing back Good Memories.
I just saw them last year, in a free concert on the beach in Santa Cruz, Ca. They have a new female lead, but they sounded amazing. I didn't realize until then, that I know all the lyrics to every song. It was awesome.
Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Cassidy were brilliant. Great sound. "You And Me and Pooneil", "Young Girl Sunday Blues", "Martha", "Spare Change", "Saturday Afternoon/Won't You Try".
Marty Balin on tambourine. I had a HUGE crush on him for year. Got to see him perform over the past 15 years or so, when he would show up with the latest incarnation of "Jefferson Airplane". Sadly, he passed a couple years ago, as did Paul Kantner, who founded the band, and is in this video with the blue tank top. Legendary performers one and all.
Most of the songs of the 60's have a lot of references to psychodelics and weed. Not so much for cocaine or those hard drugs. The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and most of the bands of San Francisco scene have a relarionship with drugs and long and psychodelic songs. I 100% recomend u the documentary of the Grateful Dead "Long Strange Trip" (made by Scorsese) to understand better those days. Its sooo good, is in PrimeVideo. The Other One is a good documentary too, but not so good as the other (this is just about Bob Weir, the rhytmin guitarrist of the Dead). Sorry for the bad English haha Saludos!
John Lennon's song "Cold Turkey" is about getting off of heroin. And the Velvet Underground's song "Heroin", is about, guess what... heroin. Those were late 60s. In the mid to late 70s there was the song "Cocaine", which was actually anti-cocaine, by, most popularly Eric Clapton, but originally by J. J. Cale.
Janis's band was Big Brother and the Holding Company, and there was a fourth band on equal footing with them, the Dead, and the Airplane: Quicksilver Messenger Service (th-cam.com/video/RNE0CKK71TI/w-d-xo.html). Yep, San Francisco in the 60s was when Rock bands first started giving themselves wacky fanciful names.
@@luckymustard Then there was the Grateful Dead song Casey Jones, "driving that train, high on cocaine; Casey Jones you better watch your speed..." There were a lot of drugs besides pot and psychedelics going around in the 60s snd 70s. Heroin, and needles, were very stigmatized in my circles when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s, but everything else was cool. Speed, coke if you could afford it, Quaaludes, Barbiturates, etc. Uppers, downers, all arounders.
Fernando...your either an amazing researching historian..or you were there... don't think you were there...or you wouldn't remember such distincts fact....I just trust people that knew me...said..yup..you were there...I just say thanks for filling the holes
We Built this City on Rock and Roll, White Rabbit, They go through name changes, had some of the best hands down late 60's to mid 70's parties ever in San Francisco. One of my all time favorite bands.
Back in the time of Vietnam Jefferson Airplane was being played on the radio. Grace Slick had a voice it was so smooth that would just pierce your soul.
This and White Rabbit came out at the beginning of the Summer of Love in 1967. Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead epitomized the Hippie ethos which took the country by storm. I saw them several times in the late 60's, and also their next iteration, The Jefferson Starship. The bass player is Jack Cassidy who played along with Steve Winwood on Jimi Hendrix's live version of Voodoo Child on the Electric LadyLand album! That's David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young in the back assisting on vocals. Marty Balin is on the tambourine. He was actually the founder of the group. This Dick Cavett Show was aired the week after Woodstock. The blond lady in the long green dress next to Cavett is Joni Mithchell, who didn't go to the festival (at her manager's urging), but who ended up writing the definitive song "Woodstock"!
That was Nicky Hopkins on piano and keyboard. He wasn't a regular member of the band, but he was the most in-demand pianist for studio seasions. He was the pianist on "Beck's Bolero" by the Jeff Beck Group.
I love their first two albums so much. Just all of it. They were also the first band to play on a rooftop, doing it about a year (iirc) before the famous Beatles rooftop concert. :)
Best female vocalist in rock history. Not only did she have range but she had such warmth and character. I love your videos, u are genuine and down to earth along with cutting to the chase. Btw love the Rush poster on your wall, best band in rock history.
What a great reaction. I totally agree about loving the live performance. I love it. I love that it's not the perfect studio version. I love that the acoustics aren't great. GRACE SLICK!! Girl can sing! No aurotune needed. That's what I love about the older live performances.
The drummer, spencer dryden, is the nephew of Charlie Chaplin. Yet he carefully concealed his relationship to him for not using his realtion to his famous Uncle.
Artist in the 60's and 70's knew they had it because they did. That's why they do and did it for the rest of their lives. It's a passion and love for what they do. Peace!
In the 1970s some of their hits were Miracles, Jane, Count On Me, Runaway to name a few. Their big hit in the 1980s was We Built This City. You'd definitely would know that one to hear it.
White Rabbit and this song were brought to the Airplane when their first singer went back to Sweden. Grace was playing in a band called the Great Society and brought them with her when she joined the Airplane. The rest is history.
I never used to pay attention to bass playing until one day listening to this band. Jack Casady is a serious badass player, and he got me into paying attention.
You've done the two most famous Jefferson Airplane songs, so now you have to finish the day by doing their most famous songs from when the band switched in the 80s to Jefferson Starship: - We Built This City - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us ...both of which need to be the official music video.
Both of those songs SUCK with a capital S. Pure pop pablum. Stick with the Jefferson in their name. Red Octopus from Jefferson Starship was a pretty good album.
The best thing about live music in the 60s was that the musicians and bands mostly knew each other and played the same venues or would go to see each other perform, and it was really common for them to just join in and start jamming with whoever the scheduled band was. Like in this tv clip, not every musician there was a member of Jefferson Airplane. Cavett had booked several big name musicians that night and some jumped in to back up JA. David Crosby of CSN was on one of the tambourines - he was the guy with the Old West mustache sharing a mic with the bassist. There was at least one other, I don't know who they were. My mom used to go to concerts all the time, and she would tell me about bands like the Allman Brothers and Delaney and Bonnie and how they always had surprise guests joining in, impromptu. In fact, one of her favorites, Delaney and Bonnie, were usually referred to as Delany and Bonnie and Friends, because they so often had other musicians join in unannounced. I think it was a much more organic, casual, improv experience to go to a concert back then. Much more fun.
Would love to hear some more Janis Joplin. "Maybe" crybaby" "kozmic blues" and "Little girl blue" You are amazing. Love this channel, your reactions, and your song choices.
Thanks for another amazing vid, man. You are an inspiration. I agree on the live performance. I've heard the studio version a million times and it is indeed trippy AF with the extra production, quality etc. but this has its charm, too. For me, the band whose live performances really opened my eyes is X Japan, a few years back. Now I try to see live versions of music I'm discovering more, just to see if they are one of these bands that take it to 11 when live. Funkadelic is another.
@@luckymustard , actually the singers and rhythm guitarist fromJefferson Airplane are the only ones on Miracles...no lead guitarist, no drummer, no bassist.
WHITE RABBIT, Red Octopus full album. The guy on the tamorine on Somebody to love, is Marty Balin. Sadly, he passed this last year. Origina lmember, songwriter, keys vocals with Grace Slick, now 80 still living and doing incredible art of classic rock icons such as Jim Morrison of the DOORS. Grace Slick is such an incredible Artist still vocally and you should see her art now. Thanks for the honesty and the real reaction to THE MUSIC.
This song is one those songs that directors use in movies to establish that a scene is taking place in the 1960s, It's like Turn Turn Turn, Time Of The Season or Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower.
Follow the evolution from Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship to Starship and you'll eventually hear her singing "We Built this City" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now."
Jefferson Airplane was a band that rarely played a song the same way twice. I definitely recommend the original studio recording of the song that helped put them on the map.
You do love your bass. That's Jack Cassidy. The giant with the guitar is Jorma Kaukonen. I got to see them to a three hour set as Hot Tuna at a club on Staten Island. They stayed until everyone left. There were just three of us in the audience at the end. Face to knuckles with Jorma wrapping his enormous fingers around the neck like it was a child's toy.
Another great live version of "Somebody to Love " !!! What makes this version special is David Cosby joined the band for this performance and sang backup
Jefferson Airplane became Jefferson Starship in the 70s. They have a song called Miracles you should check out. Make sure you look for the long album version, not the radio edit.
This is why I hate drug culture. The pretentiousness is unbearable. "Oh look! I'm high, I'm a genius!" No you're not and your music sucks ass. JA belongs in the Garbage Bin of music. It's just straight trash.
You really like old school rock, that's why I think you really should check out UFO with their song 'Flying' (the album has the same name), it's one of my favorite records of all time.
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Grace Slick, the singer, is a godess. Check her White Rabbit from the Woodstock festival. In one of her many interviews she told of almost spiking the punch at the White House for Nixon with LSD. Almost. She's a painter living in Hawaii now, selling her work herself. Jefferson Airplane became Jefferson Starship which became Starship through the years, so just about anything from those three with tons of views will be good.
Ohhh meeen, you have to see Grateful Dead- China Cat Sunflower (Veneta 72) or Morning Dew Winterland 74 or Scarlet Begonias at the same day. That songs have an AMAZING VIDEO!!!!
Check out when the best guitar player, Jorma Kaukonen and bass player Jack Casady leave and form Hot Tuna. th-cam.com/video/AOOQ1woZWQY/w-d-xo.html
Will you do Jack Straw by the Grateful Dead from 7/24/87? It has a video
I got a request for you man! Parliament-Mothership Connection Live in Houston 1976!!
They were really good live, but the album version of this song just has that trippy production that adds to the feeling of the song. (The poor acoustics in Dick Cavett's studio didn't help them here either...)
Yeah her voice is a lot more prominent on the studio version , and thus the song is more powerful
Gotta agree. The studio version is the ultimate one.
I had the album. This is better. This has life, the other is robotic.
Yeah, not a fan of this version. I'd rather have watched the Jim Carrey version to be honest. :D
Agreed.... Cool to see to see them perform live on a TV show, but the sound is terrible.... Studio is much better.
As an old hippie, I wanna hear "Volunteers" and "We Can Be Together" at the very least.
Grace Slick had one of the most powerful voices in rock.
Volunteers 👌
What about Hey Frederick off of Volunteers?
Her and Ann Wilson, yeah! Powerfully wonderful
I second both of those songs plus "Good Shepherd," my favorite hippie anthem.
Super powerful but I still like Signe
David Crosby sneaking onto a mic
I wondered if that was him. He's not listed as a band member and that hair/stache combo was not uncommon in the 70's.
And Neil Young with the tambourine?? Maybe not - I'm trying to decide. :-)
@@joelleberube-cheng6259 nope
@@joelleberube-cheng6259 Marty Balin. He sang many of the hits with Jefferson Starship
@@joelleberube-cheng6259 Good lord, no. That's Marty Balin, a founder of the band.
The dude on the tamborine was Marty Balin who had one of the best voices of all time. Check out him singing lead on "Today". It's an incredibly moving love song and the totally opposite side of their hard driving sound. My wife and I had it played at our wedding just before we exchanged vows. It still moves me to this day.
"Today" is one of the most beautiful love songs of the rock era, if not of all time. Gave me chills in 1967 and still does til this day.
Agree. Marty was great. And "Coming Back to Me" is just haunting.
"It's No Secret," also.
Runaway, Count on me and Miracles, all Marty and all awesome!!!
Today was also mine and my husband's song for our wedding.
Jack Casady on bass - one of the best musicians of the era. Brilliant stuff (He also played on Hendrix' "Voodoo Chile" with Steve Winwood on Hammond B3 and Mitch Mitchell on drums, with Hendrix spinning utter magic).
Bass and Eyebrow
@@richeaton7436 no one plays the eyebrows, like Jack!!! He's great on bass too
True, but this is a team effort. You can't overlook Jorma. Those guys are joined at the hip and were born to be "hip!"
The coolest of the cool.
This was the day after they returned from Woodstock. Dick Cavett had Jefferson Airplane, Joni Mitchell and David Crosby of CSN&Y on the show in New York that week
Wow can you imagine having just come from Woodstock. You were either still feeling it or on your way down. What a glorious time.
Was that Neil Young on keyboards?
Cavett also had Stephen Stills as a guest in this episode; Stills performed a version of “4+20” at this time. Yog- that is Nicky Hopkins. He played with the Airplane at Woodstock, played on their “Volunteers” album, and I believe he also did some work with The Rolling Stones as well.
@@geraldsprinkel2358 Nicky also played with Quicksilver.
@@tomroome4118 Yeah! Quicksilver Messenger Service. Somebody needs to react to them. Gold and Silver, Fresh Air, Mona, Who Do You Love, Pride of Man, Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder, Dino's Song, Shady Grove.
That’s David Crosby (The Byrds/Crosby Stills Nash) in the back helping with some backup singing.
What a way to start your career.
David cowrote Wooden Ships with them which appeared on both CSN and JA albums in '69
Yeah!!! First thing I noticed!!!😮😮👍
He sure is easily spotted, isn't he?! Didn't change for decades! 🙂
I thought that was him! Very recognizable!🤣👍👊
Grace Slick is such an incredible singer. This song and White Rabbit were originally from her old band, the Great Society.She brought them when she joined Jefferson Airplane.
Doesn't Grace Slick have a killer voice? I just love this band. Back in those days, everyone I knew used a lot of pharmaceuticals, and we all listened to the Airplane. Thanks for reacting.
She is amazing, in incarnations of this band and her previous one The Great Society. Though my favorite non-musical moment of her is one she probably didn't enjoy: in Gimme Shelter getting on mic and trying to stop the Hell's Angels from beating everybody up.
@@adamwarlock1 yeah, that one was awful.
Grace Slick, what a voice. And the musicians around her, superb! No other words for it. The song, the group, all superlative.
Speaking of great female vocalists, i think we may have forgotten about the marvelous Chrissie Hynde. She founded;
The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
This cut got em started on the radio. The songs on this album ( Surrealistic pillow) that weren't also singles were even better
I love “ Today” and “ Embryonic Journey”.
Jefferson Starship's "Miracles" from Red Octopus is an absolute MUST, but allow me also to strongly recommend "With Your Love" from their Spitfire album. Both songs just "ooze" cool and the late Marty Balin's lyrics in both songs are so poetic and deeply sexual, especially in "Miracles."
"Miracles" has been often requested here.
When you get around to it, Jamel, make sure it's the full version: th-cam.com/video/7m8izf-oXY4/w-d-xo.html
Couldn't have said it better. Definitely lights out music.
@@bodaciouscowboy yes please. Gorgeous beautiful song. 🎇🎼🎵🎶🎤
Uncut, please!
They must have changed the name of the band from Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship, because a "starship" gets you higher than an "airplane"! Sneakin' in another drug reference? LOL
"Oooh, that bass!" Yeah, Jack Casady has that effect on people. Jamel, check out "3/5ths of a Mile in 10 Seconds" from the Bless It's Pointy Little Head album. Jack owns that song with the first two notes.
Grace Slick once said of her singing that she has two levels: loud and louder! I think she underestimated herself.
And remember, Jefferson Airplane loves you!
BOOM! I told him the same thing about "3/5ths" Jack just goes off on that song, especially in the intro! I thought of the bass as simply a melodic, background, rhythm instrument until Jack came along! Jack plays "lead bass!"
She also once said something about how she never sang to her daughter because of that. LULLABYE AND GOODNIGHT...
I had that button!
The bass intro to Other Side of This Life from Blessing Its Pointed Little Head is devious. BTW its the only version of that song worth listening to.
Check out Hot Tuna. Great band with Jack and Jorma.
Is that David Crosby on backing vocals in this version? Thanks for some Jefferson. My dad had a crazy story about smoking opiated hash with these guys at the Fillmore East bathroom between their sets as Jefferson Airplane and their set as Hot Tuna. Good stuff!
Yes, that is David Crosby.
Lol that is a great story about your Dad! My parents also had a few shocking stories for me about their somewhat wild youths. And that’s definitely David Crosby. He would have also fit quite nicely into the Fillmore East situation with your Dad. 😂
Yop Pretty sure that was David as soon as I saw him there I was in the comments searching LOL
Yeah, you'd be able to recognize that moustache anywhere.
At around 2:50 in the vid, she made him smile. He was digging it hard. She seemed to catch his energy, and was looking at him in the next chorus. Perhaps they were both a little star struck.
Your reactions are the highlight of my day. Thank you for your willingness to learn/love this music as much as we do. Peace and Love, my friend.
Grace Slick’s voice is instantly recognizable. I’ve never seen this video before and was surprised to see David Crosby singing backup. 😎
J, you will love Jefferson Starship "Miracles" "With Your Love" "Count On Me. Jefferson Airplane'67-'72, Jefferson Starship '74-'78, Starship 1984-present
No you won't! Jefferson Starship kinda sucked, Starship really SUCKED! You will be disappointed if you wnt any relation to JA.
@@felixkmgalanti9064 Grace Slick was mostly is those incarnations of this Band. The "Starship" incarnation was a carry over from Jefferson Starship. You oughtta check out this video th-cam.com/video/LQijT1lcR68/w-d-xo.html
@@StephEWaterstram You may not be aware of this, but she herself admitted yrs later that she has her regret wth the latter 2, and that they lost the soul and spirit of what Jefferson was and a reason of why she finally left.
Jefferson Airplane is the only group that I know to change their name not want but twice. They went to Jefferson Starship and then from Jefferson Starship Just Starship
@@douglasmason2050 The "Jefferson" was dropped for a period of time because somebody had "rights" to that the remaining members didn't. Or the Dixie Chicks to just the Chicks.
Jamel brother , firstly, thanks for subscribing to my channel. To answer your questions,. NO I does not start off like that! That intro was for live show only. The lead singer is GRACE SLICK, She and the band was invited to the White House once, but then they found out Grace may have had an intention to spike Pres Nixon's drinks with LSD !! TRUE Story. The guy all the was to your left, Is Davis Crosby, from Crosby, Stills and Nash. Lastly, the other great song they had out was *WHITE RABBIT* Peace man !!
Grace was invited to a college reunion by Nixon's daughter at the White House. Nixon's daughter didn't know it was Grace Slick because the invite was sent with Grace's maiden name. She brought Abbie Hoffman as her date and they brought a bunch of acid to spike the punch. When the White House found out who Gracie was, they didn't allow her and Abbie in.
@@paulinwoburn9680 That's sad. If invited, should be allowed in. That's what searches are for. Just look at G. W. Bush's daughters. They partied hard.
Dave Crosby is known for Buffalo Springfield and What it's Worth. He was the singer. :)
Nice. Gonna subscribe u
I love your appreciation of all different types of music from different eras. As someone who doesn't have an ounce of musical ability, my tastes in music has aways varied broadly & I just wish I had some talent lol. Thank goodness there's little millions of people who do & we are able to enjoy their gifts 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
More Jefferson Airplane: 'She Has Funny Cars', 'The Other Side of This Life', 'It's No Secret', 'Today', 'Crown of Creation'
Yup, great suggestions! “In Time” also! :)
yes!
Crown of creation, definitely a must!!
How about "Wooden Ships"
Volenteers is pretty good also. A song for our times.
YES! Thanks so much for this! This song is from Surrealistic Pillow, and other songs I love are "Today", "Coming Back to Me", "D.C.B.A. -25", and "Triad". Love to see you getting into these older artists!
"Miracles" by them is just a beautiful song.
I was just thinking about that song, today!
Wasn't that Jefferson Starship? I honestly don't recall. But I did go to a pop/blues festival in 1969 at Devonshire Downs in Northridge CA. Saw Jimi on Sunday pm.
Miracles, way past their prime.
That's something that a song is so enjoyable for new folks 51 years later.
You wanna hear some harmonies go with Jefferson Starship Miracles or another hit Find Your Way Back! 🎶
Love their song...”You Can Count on Me”!!!!
Hey Jamel you can't enter this era without covering The Velvet Underground. Have a listen to "Waiting for my Man", "Venus in furs" . Keep up the good work man it's appreciated. Respect
Agreed, "Waiting for my Man" been one of my all time favorites ever since I saw them perform it live at the Boston Tea Party in the late sixties.
And Sweet Jane
Velvets took dischord to new levels. Also, Heroine.
Lou Reed in general. Perfect Day is one of the greatest songs of all time.
Or Sunday Morning. I'll be your Mirror was good, too, though I know opinions are divided on Nico.
Jamel my Brother, This was the first band I ever saw live. 1969 in Philadelphia @ The Electric Factory. I was 15 years old, Thanks for bringing back Good Memories.
Jamel’s going psychedelic
Jameladelic!
@balloon farm Contact High...that’s where I went to school!
@balloon farm I was just riffing off of your comment. I graduated in ‘69, “turned on” that summer.What great music we witnessed!
Hope he’ll get to Jess and the Ancient Ones!
I just saw them last year, in a free concert on the beach in Santa Cruz, Ca. They have a new female lead, but they sounded amazing. I didn't realize until then, that I know all the lyrics to every song. It was awesome.
Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Cassidy were brilliant. Great sound.
"You And Me and Pooneil", "Young Girl Sunday Blues", "Martha", "Spare Change", "Saturday Afternoon/Won't You Try".
Great songs all, from their brilliant third album.
Hot Tuna.
Hot Tuna "Death Don't Have No Mercy". :)
@@michaelkeefe8494 Definitely 🙏❤️
@@bobmarley8270 YES! And "Water Song"!
Marty Balin on tambourine. I had a HUGE crush on him for year. Got to see him perform over the past 15 years or so, when he would show up with the latest incarnation of "Jefferson Airplane". Sadly, he passed a couple years ago, as did Paul Kantner, who founded the band, and is in this video with the blue tank top. Legendary performers one and all.
Most of the songs of the 60's have a lot of references to psychodelics and weed. Not so much for cocaine or those hard drugs. The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and most of the bands of San Francisco scene have a relarionship with drugs and long and psychodelic songs. I 100% recomend u the documentary of the Grateful Dead "Long Strange Trip" (made by Scorsese) to understand better those days. Its sooo good, is in PrimeVideo. The Other One is a good documentary too, but not so good as the other (this is just about Bob Weir, the rhytmin guitarrist of the Dead).
Sorry for the bad English haha
Saludos!
John Lennon's song "Cold Turkey" is about getting off of heroin. And the Velvet Underground's song "Heroin", is about, guess what... heroin. Those were late 60s. In the mid to late 70s there was the song "Cocaine", which was actually anti-cocaine, by, most popularly Eric Clapton, but originally by J. J. Cale.
Janis's band was Big Brother and the Holding Company, and there was a fourth band on equal footing with them, the Dead, and the Airplane: Quicksilver Messenger Service (th-cam.com/video/RNE0CKK71TI/w-d-xo.html).
Yep, San Francisco in the 60s was when Rock bands first started giving themselves wacky fanciful names.
@@luckymustard Then there was the Grateful Dead song Casey Jones, "driving that train, high on cocaine; Casey Jones you better watch your speed..."
There were a lot of drugs besides pot and psychedelics going around in the 60s snd 70s. Heroin, and needles, were very stigmatized in my circles when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s, but everything else was cool. Speed, coke if you could afford it, Quaaludes, Barbiturates, etc. Uppers, downers, all arounders.
Fernando...your either an amazing researching historian..or you were there... don't think you were there...or you wouldn't remember such distincts fact....I just trust people that knew me...said..yup..you were there...I just say thanks for filling the holes
More Mushrooms and weed like Strawberry Fields Forever....lol......hahahaha
We Built this City on Rock and Roll, White Rabbit, They go through name changes, had some of the best hands down late 60's to mid 70's parties ever in San Francisco. One of my all time favorite bands.
Jim Carey does a hilarious rendition of this in The Cable Guy.
My dad came in when I was watching that and says hes doing better than her it was hilarious!
@@cullenbohannon1408 not one bit funny and it’s rude to laugh at imbeciles and the mentally ill 🧐
clarity seer what the hell are you talking about?
@@MsFreedom4us in that case I apologize for lauging at you. 🤣
Link?
tease. Down thumb.
Once again glad my mom played every type of music in our household.....this song gives me chills....voice amazing.. no nudity...just raw music awsome👍
The first time I ever heard this song was in Cable Guy and I have loved it ever since.
Back in the time of Vietnam Jefferson Airplane was being played on the radio. Grace Slick had a voice it was so smooth that would just pierce your soul.
And now she just paints and lives her life. Nothin' wrong with that.
Ice white hair now.
Her paintings are very good. I love Grace. Great voice also.
This and White Rabbit came out at the beginning of the Summer of Love in 1967. Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead epitomized the Hippie ethos which took the country by storm. I saw them several times in the late 60's, and also their next iteration, The Jefferson Starship. The bass player is Jack Cassidy who played along with Steve Winwood on Jimi Hendrix's live version of Voodoo Child on the Electric LadyLand album! That's David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young in the back assisting on vocals. Marty Balin is on the tambourine. He was actually the founder of the group. This Dick Cavett Show was aired the week after Woodstock. The blond lady in the long green dress next to Cavett is Joni Mithchell, who didn't go to the festival (at her manager's urging), but who ended up writing the definitive song "Woodstock"!
You need to hear Miracle next, it will blow your mind on how smooth it is.
Love that song 💖
That was Nicky Hopkins on piano and keyboard. He wasn't a regular member of the band, but he was the most in-demand pianist for studio seasions. He was the pianist on "Beck's Bolero" by the Jeff Beck Group.
Shout-out to Jack Casady, one of the best bassists in rock & roll!
and Eyebrow
@@richeaton7436 😂
I never heard this version…. That’s so raw…like a practice session for a new song..
Please do my favorite Miracles,so good!! Also try Count on Me,Jane,Runaway,Find your Way Back..so many hits they have..I just touched on a few,lol
I love their first two albums so much. Just all of it. They were also the first band to play on a rooftop, doing it about a year (iirc) before the famous Beatles rooftop concert. :)
Jefferson starship "MIRACLES"
I've loved this song a lonnng time, but never saw them perform it on a show like this. Thanks for another great vid, Jamal! :-)
"Miracles" is a crazy song by them.
Love Them..So many great songs.."Today" one of my faves..!! LOVE YOUR REACTIONS ✌💜🎧
Thanks Jamal, I don't need a time machine to take me back to my generation. All i have to do is watch these videos from your place.✌✌☮😎😎😁
Best female vocalist in rock history. Not only did she have range but she had such warmth and character. I love your videos, u are genuine and down to earth along with cutting to the chase. Btw love the Rush poster on your wall, best band in rock history.
The Dick Cavett show was right after they played Woodstock. "We Can Be Together" by JA. The second time I ever heard "motherf'r" in a song (MC5 1st).
Yeah. Dick Cavett the guy who introduces the Beatles singing Hey Jude.
Kick out the Jams, Robert!
@@Diecastclassicist Yes, would make a good reaction
@@debjorgo actually, that was David Frost✌
@@robertsaul234 Oops! Sure is.
What a great reaction. I totally agree about loving the live performance. I love it. I love that it's not the perfect studio version. I love that the acoustics aren't great. GRACE SLICK!! Girl can sing! No aurotune needed. That's what I love about the older live performances.
The drummer, spencer dryden, is the nephew of Charlie Chaplin.
Yet he carefully concealed his relationship to him for not using his realtion to his famous Uncle.
Artist in the 60's and 70's knew they had it because they did. That's why they do and did it for the rest of their lives. It's a passion and love for what they do. Peace!
Is that David Crosby playing tambourine over by the piano? Or just his moustache?😆
Yes to both your questions - David Crosby is all moustache
In the 1970s some of their hits were Miracles, Jane, Count On Me, Runaway to name a few. Their big hit in the 1980s was We Built This City. You'd definitely would know that one to hear it.
White Rabbit and this song were brought to the Airplane when their first singer went back to Sweden. Grace was playing in a band called the Great Society and brought them with her when she joined the Airplane. The rest is history.
Was that David Crosby singing with them?
Yep
I saw that too - can't say I'm surprised. Yeah, for sure that's him.
One day after The Woodstock concert
Yes, it was David Crosby.
Good catch!
Yes. He's right there in the video.
I never used to pay attention to bass playing until one day listening to this band. Jack Casady is a serious badass player, and he got me into paying attention.
Can you react to San Francisco by Scott McKenzie ? Such a beautiful song that makes wish I can travel in time!!
Yes! Jamel is a Californian . He should do some songs like Joni Mitchell’s ‘California’.
That was music, yes indeed.
LOVE THAT SONG ❤️ Takes me back to the late 60's ,early 70's !! 💜☮️✌️
Jefferson Airplay is so awesome. this song is a banger on every party too.
You've done the two most famous Jefferson Airplane songs, so now you have to finish the day by doing their most famous songs from when the band switched in the 80s to Jefferson Starship:
- We Built This City
- Nothing's Gonna Stop Us
...both of which need to be the official music video.
I second that
”Miracles”
Both of those songs SUCK with a capital S. Pure pop pablum. Stick with the Jefferson in their name. Red Octopus from Jefferson Starship was a pretty good album.
@@NT-fo3me they were pop songs but good catchy ones.
@@TracyfromNC To each their own I guess. Personally, I think you're "knee deep in the hoopla"
It is amazing to watxh their evolution thru music from Airplane to Starship with so many good tunes along the way! Follow the White Rabbit!
Listen to "Miracles" by Jefferson Starship. It shows a nice progression for the group: from White Rabbit to Somebody to Love to Miracles.
The best thing about live music in the 60s was that the musicians and bands mostly knew each other and played the same venues or would go to see each other perform, and it was really common for them to just join in and start jamming with whoever the scheduled band was. Like in this tv clip, not every musician there was a member of Jefferson Airplane. Cavett had booked several big name musicians that night and some jumped in to back up JA. David Crosby of CSN was on one of the tambourines - he was the guy with the Old West mustache sharing a mic with the bassist. There was at least one other, I don't know who they were. My mom used to go to concerts all the time, and she would tell me about bands like the Allman Brothers and Delaney and Bonnie and how they always had surprise guests joining in, impromptu. In fact, one of her favorites, Delaney and Bonnie, were usually referred to as Delany and Bonnie and Friends, because they so often had other musicians join in unannounced. I think it was a much more organic, casual, improv experience to go to a concert back then. Much more fun.
Would love to hear some more Janis Joplin. "Maybe" crybaby" "kozmic blues" and "Little girl blue" You are amazing. Love this channel, your reactions, and your song choices.
And Janis singing Raise Your Hand with Tom Jones.
Thanks for another amazing vid, man. You are an inspiration. I agree on the live performance. I've heard the studio version a million times and it is indeed trippy AF with the extra production, quality etc. but this has its charm, too. For me, the band whose live performances really opened my eyes is X Japan, a few years back. Now I try to see live versions of music I'm discovering more, just to see if they are one of these bands that take it to 11 when live. Funkadelic is another.
Loving Jackie Wilson, "Lonely Teardrops". Wish you could react to it. Stroll down memory lane!!
"Miracles" and "Count On Me" are beautiful songs that they did.
*Miracles* - Jefferson Airplanes best song - long version - get your freak on.
Exactly!
Volunteers is their best song and Miiracles is Jefferson Starship!
Technically, "Miracles" is a Jefferson Starship song.
@@luckymustard , actually the singers and rhythm guitarist fromJefferson Airplane are the only ones on Miracles...no lead guitarist, no drummer, no bassist.
@@sammack1564
Thanks for the info.
But still... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracles_(Jefferson_Starship_song)
This was one of my fun favorites from back when I was beginning to develop my vocals. It’s not easy
VOLUNTEERS
WHITE RABBIT, Red Octopus full album. The guy on the tamorine on Somebody to love, is Marty Balin. Sadly, he passed this last year. Origina lmember, songwriter, keys vocals with Grace Slick, now 80 still living and doing incredible art of classic rock icons such as Jim Morrison of the DOORS. Grace Slick is such an incredible Artist still vocally and you should see her art now. Thanks for the honesty and the real reaction to THE MUSIC.
I didn't know it started off like that either. This is pretty different from the studio version.
THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!! Love me some Grace Slick! This song is one of my all time favorites. I am with you on the live versions!!
Hey Jamel, you'll have to react to, Jefferson Starship / Miracles
There's a handful of Rock and Roll legends on that stage!
I hope you do "Miracles" by Jefferson Airplane. That song is sexy and romantic.
That is Jefferson Starship.
This song is one those songs that directors use in movies to establish that a scene is taking place in the 1960s, It's like Turn Turn Turn, Time Of The Season or Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower.
They had the best name for a greatest hits album ever. It was called, "The Worst of Jefferson Airplane." If that's their worst, then...
Follow the evolution from Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship to Starship and you'll eventually hear her singing "We Built this City" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now."
Jamel! If ever there was a time to get the lava lamp going!!
Jefferson Airplane was a band that rarely played a song the same way twice. I definitely recommend the original studio recording of the song that helped put them on the map.
Awesome Jamel! It’s in the movie “The Cable Guy” 😂🙌
BigPete gettin' some love today...
Luv these live concert videos. Thanks for sharing 🌼🎶✌
Pleade tell me you have Jefferson Starship's Jane in the line-up. 🙏
Much different era (with only a couple members in common with the JA of 1969) but am amazing song.
You do love your bass. That's Jack Cassidy. The giant with the guitar is Jorma Kaukonen. I got to see them to a three hour set as Hot Tuna at a club on Staten Island. They stayed until everyone left. There were just three of us in the audience at the end. Face to knuckles with Jorma wrapping his enormous fingers around the neck like it was a child's toy.
You gotta react to “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane next
It's up already. :)
Another great live version of "Somebody to Love " !!! What makes this version special is David Cosby joined the band for this performance and sang backup
Jefferson Airplane became Jefferson Starship in the 70s. They have a song called Miracles you should check out. Make sure you look for the long album version, not the radio edit.
The whole album Surrealistic Pillow is just amazing. Today is one of those songs that is timeless. It’s a beautiful album.
Don't say no to drug experimentation
just make music when you do it
Lily Tomlin's character,"Glenna Child of the 60s" said, "I think drugs have forced us to be more creative than we really are". 😁
This is why I hate drug culture. The pretentiousness is unbearable.
"Oh look! I'm high, I'm a genius!"
No you're not and your music sucks ass.
JA belongs in the Garbage Bin of music.
It's just straight trash.
@@danbardos3498 ok boomer
@@danbardos3498 uh you're literally wrong
Don't stop here! You of all folks would love their song "We Can Be Together"!
Okay, ‘Miracles’ is next. That one in particular will give you those arm chills.
Another of their big hits..& a fave group of the 60's. Gracie's voice was perfect 4 their songs. 🙂🙂☮☮✌💕💕 ** "Miracles" is an awesome tune of theirs...
You really like old school rock, that's why I think you really should check out UFO with their song 'Flying' (the album has the same name), it's one of my favorite records of all time.
I was listening to this stuff and the music followed starting in the mid-60s.