Jefferson Airplane’s debut show was on August 13, 1965 at the Matrix nightclub in San Francisco. The first performance featured Marty Balin on vocals, Paul Kantner on vocals/rhythm guitar, and Jorma Kaukonen on lead guitar. Signe Anderson, (who sang on Jefferson Airplane’s first recording “Jefferson Airplane Takes Off”) also performed. Bass player, Jack Casady, and drummer, Skip Spence, (who was later one of the original members of Moby Grape) joined the band two months later. Spencer Dryden became the drummer in June of 1966 and Grace Slick joined as vocalist in October of 1966. They had hit singles "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love," from the album “Surrealistic Pillow.” The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
The album is "seriously serious" after the expressions of ecstasy heard on "Baxter's"... starting with 'Lather' and continuing with this number. A band for all aspects of 'the journey'.
I wanted to be just like Jack. So cool and Martys voice. So many people thought it was all about Grace and I loved her in the band, but they were so much more. I was lucky enough to see them in Corvallis when I was sixteen …. I think! 😂
I believe this is the concert they are referring to: August 31, 1968 (Saturday) - Hayles Field, Ford Farm, near Godshill, Isle of Wight, UK Somebody to Love, Watch Her Ride, Triad Great South Coast Bank Holiday Pop Festivity JA may have started after midnight, September 1 Also with The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Move, Pretty Things, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Fairport Convention But some sources have this show listed as their first in Europe: August 28, 1968* (Wednesday) - Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark It's No Secret, Watch Her Ride, White Rabbit, Plastic Fantastic Lover, Fat Angel, Star Track, Triad, Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil, House at Pooneil Corners, Today, Greasy Heart, Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon, Somebody to Love Also with The Beefeaters
