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1969 – Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner is arrested for marijuana Read more

1969 – Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner is arrested for marijuana

1969 – Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner is arrested for marijuana possession in Hawaii.

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1969 – At California’s Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Musi Read more

1969 – At California’s Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Musi

1969 – At California’s Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival you can see performances by the Byrds, the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Smokey Robinson, and Dionne Warwick. Hopefully you don’t have to wear a silly Gandalf hat.

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1969 – A car crash takes the lives of Fairport Convention… Read more

1969 – A car crash takes the lives of Fairport Convention…

1969 – A car crash takes the lives of Fairport Convention drummer Martin Lamble and Jeanne “Genie the Taylor” Franklin. Franklin was a clothes designer for, among others, Jefferson Airplane, Donovan, and Jimi Hendrix.

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1968 – The Newport Pop Festival starts today, featuring performers Read more

1968 – The Newport Pop Festival starts today, featuring performers

1968 – The Newport Pop Festival starts today, featuring performers like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Steppenwolf. The two day Newport Pop Festival took place in Costa Mesa, California with Alice Cooper, Canned Heat, Chambers Brothers, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Country Joe and the Fish, Electric Flag, James Cotton Blues Band, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, […]

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1968 – The Doors, the Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother… Read more

1968 – The Doors, the Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother…

1968 – The Doors, the Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Country Joe & the Fish, and Taj Mahal all play the Northern California Folk Rock Festival.

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1967 – Jefferson Airplane and the Doors perform at the Anaheim… Read more

1967 – Jefferson Airplane and the Doors perform at the Anaheim…

1967 – Jefferson Airplane and the Doors perform at the Anaheim Civic Center in California. Jim Morrison behaves himself.

Stu Sweatman No Comments 9:58 am
1967 – Jefferson Airplane appear on American Bandstand Read more

1967 – Jefferson Airplane appear on American Bandstand

1967 – Jefferson Airplane appear on American Bandstand, playing “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love.”

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1967 – The Jefferson Airplane perform at the Human… Read more

1967 – The Jefferson Airplane perform at the Human…

1967 – The Jefferson Airplane perform at the Human Be-In in San Francisco, where attendees were asked to bring food, flowers, beads, feathers, bells and banners. Jerry Rubin, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Timothy Leary address the crowd. A lot more fun is to be had over at the California Hall, where the Ike and […]

Stu Sweatman No Comments 1:45 am
1966 – Grace Slick performs as a member of Jefferson Airplane for the first Read more

1966 – Grace Slick performs as a member of Jefferson Airplane for the first

1966 – Grace Slick performs as a member of Jefferson Airplane for the first time at San Francisco’s Fillmore West after Signe Anderson bows out of the group’s lineup. Slick introduces the band to two new songs, “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love.”

Stu Sweatman No Comments 12:18 pm
1966 – The Rolling Stones play San Francisco’s Cow… Read more

1966 – The Rolling Stones play San Francisco’s Cow…

1966 – The Rolling Stones play San Francisco’s Cow Palace, with Jefferson Airplane and Sopwith Camel opening.

Stu Sweatman No Comments 12:23 am
1966 – The Jefferson Airplane perform at a benefit for the Haight… Read more

1966 – The Jefferson Airplane perform at a benefit for the Haight…

1966 – The Jefferson Airplane perform at a benefit for the Haight-Ashbury Legal Organization in San Francisco.

Stu Sweatman No Comments 2:57 am
1965 – A day after opening San Francisco’s Coffee Gallery, the Great Society Read more

1965 – A day after opening San Francisco’s Coffee Gallery, the Great Society

1965 – A day after opening San Francisco’s Coffee Gallery, the Great Society featuring Grace Slick score another gig. This time the band plays with Jefferson Airplane and the Charlatans at the Family Dog collective dance and concert at San Francisco’s Longshoremen’s Hall.

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