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When Jefferson Starship announced the 'Carry the Fire' tour in March 2017, Richardson stated that the band's continuation is a tribute to both Kantner and Grace Slick, and noted that Slick had granted the current members a lifetime license to use the name Jefferson Starship after Kantner's death. [62]
Martyn Jerel Buchwald (January 30, 1942 – September 27, 2018), known as Marty Balin (/ ˈ b æ l ɪ n /), was an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.
The group initially featured the five remaining members of Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick (vocals, piano), Paul Kantner (rhythm guitar, vocals), David Freiberg (bass, keyboards, vocals), Papa John Creach (violin), and John Barbata (drums, vocals); in addition to new members Craig Chaquico on lead guitar and Peter Kaukonen (brother of Jorma Kaukonen) on bass. [1]
A 1978 car accident and long recovery necessitated his departure from Jefferson Starship, and he largely left the music industry afterward. Barbata published a memoir, "The Legendary Life of a ...
Jefferson Airplane continued to record and perform until 1973. Kantner revived the Jefferson Starship name in 1974 and continued to record and perform with them through 1984. He later led a reformed Jefferson Starship from 1992 until his death in 2016. Kantner had the longest continuous membership with the band, with 19 years in the original ...
The Turtles, The Stray Gators, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship Musical artist John Barbata (April 1, 1945 – May 8, 2024) was an American drummer who was active especially in pop and rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a band member and as a session drummer.
Starship featuring Mickey Thomas in 2010. Starship was let go by their record label RCA and became inactive in 1991. [11] In early 1992, Mickey Thomas revived Starship as Starship featuring Mickey Thomas and touring has continued with this title. [12] [13] The band's Loveless Fascination was released on September 17, 2013.
Signe Toly was born in Seattle, Washington on September 15, 1941. [2] Her parents divorced when she was three, and her mother raised her in Portland, Oregon. [3] Toly sang in a band with three male musicians she had known in high school, under the name Three Guys and a Gal.