| One of the
quintessential San Francisco psychedelic bands, the Jefferson
Airplane brought together interests in acoustic blues,
folk, and
rock music. Add political topicality and modal improvisations, and
you have an inspired, mind-bending sound that could have only
sprung forth from the late '60s. In their initial, most beloved
phase, they were powered by the poweful dual lead vocals of Grace
Slick and Marty Balin and the serpentine guitar of Jorma Kaukonen.
They went through a traumatic series of personnel and name changes
over the decades (they ventured into commercial AOR in the late
'70s and early '80s) but their early work retains its seminal
power. |
