Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane was an American Rock band from San Francisco that helped pave the way for the Psychedelic rock movement of the 1960s. Led by lead singer and counter-culture icon Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane were one of the first Psychedelic bands to achieve commercial success.

Marty Balin (born Martyn Jerel Buchwald in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 30, 1942), a 23 year old vocalist was the founder of the group that came to be known as Jefferson Airplane. Balin was a San Francisco raised singer who had a minor career as a pop singer. He had made a few recordings under his own name in the early 1960s.http://www.answers.com/topic/jefferson-airplane

Their 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow is one of the most characteristic albums of the "Summer of Love". Throughout the years, the band has gone through many lineup and name changes, from Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship, to Starship, to Jefferson Starship The Next Generation. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

• Marty Balin - Guitar/Vocals- Marty Balin was the lead singer and founder of Jefferson Airplane. Marty's very unique, expressive voice became one of the characteristics of the Airplane's sound, and he composed many of the band's most brilliant songs, including Volunteers, It's No Secret, Coming Back to Me and Today.http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/marty.html

• Grace Slick - Vocals- Grace Barnett Wing was born October 30, 1939, in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago, IL. Grace Slick, to the public mind, is synonymous with Jefferson Airplane.http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/grace.html

• Paul Kantner - Guitar- Paul Lorin Kantner was born March 17, 194. Although he never wrote or sang lead on a hit single, Paul Kantner had the most impact on Jefferson Airplane/Starship of any member. He holds the record for the longest, unbroken membership (19 years), and he has been at times the only original member of the band present.

• Jorma Kaukonen - Guitar- Jorma Kaukonen is one of the most important guitarists of our time with a body of work lasting over three decades.http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/jorma.html

• Jack Casady - Bass- Jack Cassady has a lifelong journey in music that continues even today.

• Spencer Dryden - Drums- Spencer was born April 7, 1938, in New York City. Dryden played drums with Jefferson Airplane during its peak years, 1966-70. Spencer's wide-ranging background in jazz and rock added greatly to the Airplane's sound, as proven by his bolero-style beat on White Rabbit.