The guys breakdown the long history, core members, and eventual meltdown of the band that helped birth hippies and counterculture and then performed (what some call) the worst song of all time.

This episode brought to you in part by Louder Than Life Music Festival.

Louder Than Life
America’s Biggest Rock Festival
Louisville, KY September 21-24, 2023
Highland Festival Grounds At Kentucky Exposition Center

Foo Fighters, Green Day, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold,
Godsmack, Pantera, Queens Of The Stone Age, Weezer,
Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, Rancid, Turnstile & More
General Admission And VIP Passes On Sale Now
Starting At $10 Down

Win Louder Than Life tickets by entering HERE!

 

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rocknrollbedtimestories

SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: "We Built This City" by Starship

https://jeffersonairplane.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_sound

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Balin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Society_(band)

https://eddiesrockmusic.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/j-is-forjefferson-airplane-flight-log-1966-1976/

https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/fromthevaults/4014/the-great-society-somebody-to-love-1966/

https://www.newyorker.com/news/hendrik-hertzberg/newsweeks-glory-days-mine-too

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/07/bill-graham-drigs

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/13/archives/the-pop-life.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Starship

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/grace-slick-quits-jefferson-starship/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kantner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Furniture

http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2008/07/review-87-jefferson-starship-nuclear.html

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jefferson-airplane-jefferson-starship-starship/

https://rockshowcritique.com/2016/03/interview-craig-chaquico/

https://www.artsjournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz/2016/01/whys-nobody-mourning-paul-kantner-jefferson-airplane-flies-forever.html

Play That Rock N Roll podcast: https://youtu.be/MHpMqKfAg5Q