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JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - SURREALISTIC PILLOW
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Surrealistic Pillow
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1969 Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock LP Gets Repressed on Heavyweight Vinyl
The second album by Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow was a groundbreaking piece of folk-rock-based psychedelia, and it hit like a shot heard round the world; where the later efforts from bands like the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and especially, the Charlatans, were initially not too much more than cult successes, Surrealistic Pillow rode the pop charts for most of 1967, soaring into that rarefied Top Five region occupied by the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and so on, to which few American rock acts apart from the Byrds had been able to lay claim since 1964. And decades later the album still comes off as strong as any of those artists' best work. From the Top Ten singles "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" to the sublime "Embryonic Journey," the sensibilities are fierce, the material manages to be both melodic and complex (and it rocks, too), and the performances, sparked by new member Grace Slic
The second album by Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow was a groundbreaking piece of folk-rock-based psychedelia, and it hit like a shot heard round the world; where the later efforts from bands like the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and especially, the Charlatans, were initially not too much more than cult successes, Surrealistic Pillow rode the pop charts for most of 1967, soaring into that rarefied Top Five region occupied by the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and so on, to which few American rock acts apart from the Byrds had been able to lay claim since 1964. And decades later the album still comes off as strong as any of those artists' best work. From the Top Ten singles "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" to the sublime "Embryonic Journey," the sensibilities are fierce, the material manages to be both melodic and complex (and it rocks, too), and the performances, sparked by new member Grace Slic
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Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1965. One of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to achieve international commercial success. They headlined the Monterey Pop Festival (1967), Woodstock (1969), Altamont Free Concert (1969), and the first Isle of Wight Festival (1968) in England. Their 1967 breakout album Surrealistic Pillow was one of the most significant recordings of the Summer of Love. Two songs from that album, "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit", are among Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
The October 1966 to February 1970 lineup of Jefferson Airplane, consisting of Marty Balin (vocals), Paul Kantner (guitar, vocals), Grace Slick (vocals, keyboards), Jorma Kaukonen (lead guitar, vocals), Jack Casady (bass), and Spencer Dryden (drums), was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.[4] Balin left the band in 1971. After 1972, Jefferson Airplane effectively split into two groups. Kaukonen and Casady moved on full-time to their own band, Hot Tuna. Slick, Kantner, and the remaining members of Jefferson Airplane recruited new members and regrouped as Jefferson Starship in 1974, with Balin eventually joining them. Jefferson Airplane received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.
Members
Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals (1965–1972, 1989, 1996; died 2016)
Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals (1965–1972, 1989, 1996)
Marty Balin – vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion (1965–1971, 1989, 1996; died 2018)
Signe Toly Anderson – vocals (1965–1966; died 2016)
Bob Harvey – double bass (1965)
Jerry Peloquin – drums (1965)
Skip Spence – drums, percussion (1965–1966; died 1999)
Jack Casady – bass, rhythm guitar (1965–1972, 1989, 1996)
Grace Slick – vocals, piano, recorder, keyboards (1966–1972, 1989)
Spencer Dryden – drums, percussion (1966–1970, 1996; died 2005)
Joey Covington – drums, percussion (1970–1972; died 2013)
Papa John Creach – violin, vocals (1970–1972; died 1994)
John Barbata – drums, percussion (1972; died 2024)
David Freiberg – vocals, rhythm guitar (1972) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.