Taking Woodstock Sep 1, 2009
The film features a standout ensemble cast and songs from a score of '60s musical icons, including The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane and Country Joe and the Fish -- plus a new recording of 'Freedom' from Richie Havens. Movie Details. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
HINGHAM RETROSPECTIVE: Woodstock revisited, 40 years later Aug 30, 2009
Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane woke us up to breakfast in bed for 400,000 with Uncle Sam Blues , and White Rabbit ... Jefferson Airplane performed at a concert on Saturday evening. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Sex, drugs, little rock 'n' roll in 'Woodstock' Aug 29, 2009
Forty years ago, when Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane et al took to the makeshift stage in a cow field in the Catskills, Lee was 14 years old and still living in his native Taiwan. James Schamus, his long-time producer and screenwriter, was just nine. (CNN)
'Woodstock' takes you there Aug 29, 2009
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Review: 'Taking Woodstock' Aug 29, 2009
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Back to the garden Aug 28, 2009
He didn't want actors lip-synching Janis Joplin or Jefferson Airplane. "Actually, there are a lot of familiar tunes there but they are on a low volume,'' he says. ''A realistic volume. People don't quite hear it and complain about it. I can't help that; it's the story.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
StarshipBand History Aug 25, 2009
Only Slick had been a member of Jefferson Airplane ... In Jeff Tamarkin s book, Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane (Atria, 2003), Slick candidly discusses her reasons for leaving: I was damn near 50, and I m singing nothing s gonna stop us now ... In 1989, five members of Jefferson Airplane Slick, Kantner, Marty Balin, Jorma Kaukonen, and Jack Casady reunited for one album and tour. (Suite101.com)
Woodstock, Who Cares? Aug 21, 2009
There were legendary performances by The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin ... The Who played at 4 a.m. and Jefferson Airplane played as the sun was coming up. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Celebrating Woodstocks 40th anniversary with one of the originals Aug 20, 2009
Give me Jefferson Airplane s Surrealistic Pillow or Jimi Hendrix doing The Star Spangled Banner or Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin, and I m happy. Angela Geso is a Braintree resident. (Braintree Forum, MA)
VIDEO EXTRA: Forty years later, local residents recall their memories of Woodstock festival Aug 18, 2009
The festival featured the likes of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and the Jefferson Airplane ... Highlights for Symkus were seeing Santana, The Who and Jefferson Airplane. (Easton Journal, MA)
40 years after, Woodstock still resonates with the make-love-not-war generation Aug 16, 2009
AUG. 15, 1969Richie Havens, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie and Joan Baez AUG. 16, 1969Quill, Country Joe McDonald, John B. Sebastian, Keef Hartley Band, Santana, Incredible String Band, Canned Heat Set, Grateful Dead, Leslie West ain, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Sly amily Stone, The Who and Jefferson Airplane AUG. 17, 1969Joe Cocker, Country Joe ish, Ten Years After, Johnny Winter, Blood Sweat And Tears and Crosby, Stills, Nash AUG. 18,... (Florida Today)
Never the same: Woodstock's indelible memories Aug 16, 2009
The Woodstock Experience: This 10-CD box set includes performances by Santana, Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family Stone, Johnny Winter and Jefferson Airplane, complemented by studio albums. Woodstock - 40 Years on: Back to Yasgur's Farm: A six-CDs box set touted by Rhino as "the most comprehensive collection of Woodstock performances ever." BOOKS ; The Road to Woodstock: Woodstock promoter Michael Lang writes about his misadventures in making his dream of three days of peace, love and music into... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Real-life guitar hero: Les Paul Aug 15, 2009
Boston - With all the Woodstock reminiscing and hoo-ha going on this week, I'd like to remind one and all that the legendary festival was not all about Jimi, Janis, Jefferson Airplane, CSN&Y, or Sly and the Family Stone. It was a lot about a guy who wasn't even there. (Christian Science Monitor)
Across festival circuit, Woodstock's legacy felt Aug 15, 2009
Giant rock festivals fan out every summer with ambitions for just a fraction of Woodstock's impact that featured Santana, The Who, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and Jimi Hendrix, among others. They are more efficiently run, more organized and don't need warnings to avoid the brown acid. (MSNBC -- News)
1969 remembered Aug 14, 2009
And among those we saw and heard were Santana, Mountain, Canned Heat, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Richie Havens, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe & The Fish ( I don t give a damn about Vietnam, whoopee we re all going to die. The Band, Joe Cocker, Ten Years After, Sly & The Family Stone, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Paul Butterfield and The Who. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
• Woodstock remembered Aug 14, 2009
Thoma also thought much of Jefferson Airplane at sunrise. "Spectacular!" he said. (Juneau Empire)
Tom Constanten Aug 14, 2009
They will play Jefferson Airplane music, and they will back me up for some Grateful Dead music. Q: Before you got to Woodstock, what did you think it was going to be. (Albany Times Union)
What's not being celebrated Aug 14, 2009
He provided no answer - prudently, perhaps, since when Jefferson Airplane guitarist Marty Balin tried to intervene, the Angels beat him unconscious. Jagger just went on with his set, and as he broke into "Under My Thumb," the Angels stabbed and clubbed a teenager named Meredith Hunter to death. (Juneau Empire)
Woodstock's 40th Draws Geezers, Maybe Sex and Drugs TooHendrix and Joplin are dead, but spirit of Woodstock lives on in aging rockers. Aug 14, 2009
Some of the of that drug-infused era have returned for the Aug. 14-16 retro concerts -- Richie Havens, Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat and Big Brother and the Holding Company, among others -- but nearly all are pushing 70. Gone are rock gods and , who long ago died of overdoses. (ABC News)
The Legend of Woodstock is a Distorted Truth Aug 13, 2009
5) Jefferson Airplane. Actually, none of them did. (Human Events Online)
Guitars bond greats in It Might Get Loud Aug 12, 2009
He was the lead guitarist for Jefferson Airplane in the late 1960s and early 70s, as well as the offshoot band Hot Tuna with bass player Jack Casady (theyre still at it today). But he began playing as a teenager in the 50s. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Remembering Woodstock - sorta Aug 11, 2009
Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane can't remember which day he left ... Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane can't remember which day he left. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Woodstock: where are they now? Aug 10, 2009
Jefferson Airplane, also a psychedelic rock pioneer, split up shortly after Woodstock but band members would reunite periodically either under the same name, or under one of the band's offshoots: Jefferson Starship, Starship, KBC.. Folk rock stars Crosby, Stills & Nash up until now headline festivals worldwide, releasing solo and group albums, with or without on-off Canadian partner Neil Young. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Woodstock celebrates 40 online Aug 10, 2009
It was a muddy, messy, musical affair featuring more than 30 bands and singers including Santana, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and many others. The gathering spawned a successful concert movie and two best-selling double disc LP albums. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Woodstock 1969: Mud, music and merriment Aug 10, 2009
He can still remember some of the performers Jefferson Airplane, Crosby, Stills The Byrds, Johnny Winter, Janis Joplin ... Jefferson Airplane performed even later about the time the sun was coming up on Sunday. (The Herald-Mail Online)
Visit Haight Ashbury and '60s Hippi... Aug 10, 2009
Rock bands like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company came from San Francisco ... The Jefferson Airplane House at 2400 Fulton. (Suite101.com)
Woodstock digitized, remastered, remembered at 40 Aug 10, 2009
The Woodstock Experience: This 10-CD box set includes performances by Santana, Janis Joplin, Sly amily Stone, Johnny Winter and Jefferson Airplane, complemented by studio albums. Woodstock - 40 Years on: Back to Yasgur's Farm: A six-CDs box set touted by Rhino as "the most comprehensive collection of Woodstock performances ever.". (The Star Online, Malaysia)
'WE'RE HERE TO MAKE THE NEWS!' Aug 9, 2009
Shaking loose stories from 40 years ago was a challenge, but The Post wrangled 10 of Woodstock's key players -- including members of the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, and "The brown acid is not specifically too good" announcer and show producer Chip Monck -- for a virtual roundtable on the eve of the anniversary. DAZED AND CONFUSED. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
SELLING THE SCENE Aug 9, 2009
Available in five two-disc packages that feature remastered studio albums and live Woodstock festival recordings by Jefferson Airplane ("Volunteers"), Sly & the Family Stone ("Stand!"), Janice Joplin ("I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!") and more. FILM/VIDEO. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Peace, love, and memorabilia Aug 9, 2009
While the original Woodstock soundtrack album offered a few tracks from each performer, this new series of two-disc sets boasts the full performances of a half-dozen of the biggest names (who recorded for Sony) playing Yasgur s farm, including Janis Joplin, Santana, Sly & the Family Stone, and Jefferson Airplane. Each set also includes a full album by the artist from that era. (Boston Globe)
* The enduring appeal of Woodstock Aug 9, 2009
A summer package tour, Heroes of Woodstock, features musicians who appeared at Woodstock X including Jefferson Starship (playing Jefferson Airplane songs), Levon Helm from the Band, Tom Constanten from the Grateful Dead, Ten Years After, Canned Heat and Country Joe McDonald ... There was also, in much of the music, that particular late-1960s aura of imminent doom or enlightenment, in songs like Wooden Ships (performed by both Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) and the Whos... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Woodstock anniversary Aug 9, 2009
Also out: Complete discs of Woodstock performances by Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone and Johnny Winter, each labeled The Woodstock Experience. . (The Palm Beach Post)
Eclectic Rockers Gorillaz Make Ro... Aug 8, 2009
- Harmonix and MTV Games today announced a three pack of songs from Gorillaz, the virtual band created by Blur's , including songs from Demon Days and the band's self-titled release; as well as four singles from legendary classic rock artists The Band, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and The Who ... Iconic classic rock artists The Band, Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane also make their Rock Band debuts with the respective songs "Chest Fever," "Piece of My Heart" and "White Rabbit." "Magic... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
SIRIUS XM Radio to Launch The Woodstock Channel in Celebration of Woodstock's 40th Anniversary Aug 8, 2009
"The Woodstock Channel" to highlight Woodstock's performers with music and interviews Listeners to hear performances by Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead, The Who, Crosby, Stills, Nash , Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Sly amily Stone and Johnny Winter Stars of new comedy "Taking Woodstock" to share behind-the-scenes anecdotes about making the movie ... The Woodstock Channel will also feature complete performances from Santana, Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family Stone, Johnny Winter and... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Woodstock is seen through two original lenses Aug 7, 2009
The Jefferson Airplane perform at Woodstock in August 1969 in front of the tens of thousands of young people who gathered at Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, N.Y.. By Henry Diltz/Michael Lang. (USA Today -- Life)
Continue reading Aug 6, 2009
Groups like the Jefferson Airplane exploded on the scene with a more experimental rock 'n' roll sound. To keep up, the Kords evolved into Prolonged Helicopter, a takeoff on the Jefferson Airplane's name. (Selma Enterprise, CA)
It takes two Aug 6, 2009
In the psychedelic era, Grace Slick and Marty Balin synergised and soared with Jefferson Airplane, while Grateful Dead's individually feeble vocals were made more bearable by the way that they shared them around. They would later split asunder but after Syd burnt out, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Roger Waters complimented each others husky to high strung timbres amicably. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Woodstock co-founder Aug 3, 2009
The three-day event, on Aug. 14-16, 1969, brought 500,000 seekers to Max Yasgur s dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. They endured impossible traffic and torrential rains to have their minds summarily expanded and blown by communal positivity, by the sounds of Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Joe Cocker, Santana and Jefferson Airplane, and, in many cases, by a variety of legal and illegal substances. Forty years later, Kornfeld, an award-winning producer, writer and manager, who s worked with everyone from Brian... (The Palm Beach Post)
New and old celebrate 50 years of folk at Newport Aug 3, 2009
Equally affecting were Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, who had a strong set of mostly older tunes but threw in a surprise cover of Jefferson Airplane s psychedelic freakout White Rabbit. The Decemberists, though, staged Saturday s most amusing bit of theater. (Boston Globe)
Review: Two books about Woodstock bring readers back to Yasgur’s farm Aug 2, 2009
Everyone who was there or thinks he was will tell of dropping acid for a ride with the Jefferson Airplane, skinny-dipping in communal baths with 400,000 nubile neighbors and waking up to Jimi Hendrix strangling The Star Spangled Banner out of his electric guitar for the finale of the three-day festival of music, mud and bad brown acid. New Yorker Michael Lang, who in the 60s owned a head shop in Coconut Grove, Fla. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Keep On Rock'n Jul 30, 2009
On his very first day in San Francisco, he pulled out his last $5 for a ticket to hear the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Jefferson Airplane at the Fillmore Auditorium. When Butterfield invited his Chicago colleague to jam on a couple of songs, Miller took to the stage and played with an intensity that roused the beatific crowd into an ovation. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
American Idol Contestant's Death Jul 28, 2009
After singing a Jefferson Airplane song and not getting past open auditions, Cohen threw a tantrum in front of Ryan Seacrest and used colorful language to describe the judges. Cohen was also an aspiring comedian and actress. (New York Post -- News)
Maracle returns Jul 27, 2009
My inspirations have been everything from Led Zeppelin and The Who to Janice Joplin and Jefferson Airplane. I'm influenced a lot by the rock bands from the '60s and. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Where are the musicians now? Jul 26, 2009
Jefferson Airplane: The band split in 1972, played a reunion in 1989, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Paul Kantner still leads (and Marty Balin still makes occasional appearances in) the spinoff band Jefferson Starship. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Jefferson AirplaneBand History Jul 22, 2009
Jefferson AirplaneBand History. Jefferson AirplaneBand History ... The premiere psychedelic band of the 1960s, Jefferson Airplane persevered against changing musical trends and constantly shifting personnel. (Suite101.com)
Celebrate Woodstock with new treasures Jul 21, 2009
All were celebrating a seismic explosion in conscious rock -- music spirited by the Beatles, Bob Dylan and "the movements" (anti-war, civil rights, feminist, ecological, psychedelic) and proffered by the likes of Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Janis Joplin, the Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker and the Band. Simultaneously, this surge of oversized shows served as a coming of age and coming together for the just-emerging baby boomer generation that would embrace its new... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Back to Yasgur’s farm Jul 19, 2009
Lang also hired technical directors from the famed Fillmore East in New York and secured some of his favorite bands, paying $10,000 each to Creedence Clearwater Revival and Jefferson Airplane; and $12,500 for Canned Heat. He rented Yasgur s farm for $50,000 and appeased radical activist Abbie Hoffman with $10,000 to set up a printing press for political pamphlets on site, though no political discussions were allowed on stage. (Boston Globe)
69 was one eventful summer Jul 19, 2009
Miller also visited San Francisco s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, made famous by resident musicians with the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and others during 1967 s Summer of Love. My father wouldn t let go of me, she said. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Entertainer Spotlight on Julius and Sylvia (26) Jul 16, 2009
Later it was Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Diana Krall and Sade. My parents music, like Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin and Ella Fitzgerald, was always being played around the house. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Bookish about Woodstock memoir, Carter thriller, McGovern history Jul 14, 2009
What s left is the sense of community, with so many participants joining in relative harmony for a concert that in part defined the 60s, and the music, with Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Janis Joplin, the Jefferson Airplane, Carlos Santana, the Grateful Dead, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, among the many performers. Next month is Woodstock s 40th anniversary, a date that has spawned an array of celebratory books, including Woodstock: Peace, Music & Memories, Back to the Garden, Woodstock... (Boston Globe)
We Missed The Slut Generation Jul 10, 2009
Our parents got to have nameless sex in vans while listening to Jimi Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane. Our nephews get laid and videotape the whole thing with their iPhones while listening to "Waking Up in Vegas" by. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
This Band Is Upper Mgmt Jul 3, 2009
BROOKLYN band MGMT isn't the Grateful Dead or Jefferson Airplane, and Brooklyn isn't Haight-Ashbury circa 1967. But if you didn't get an inkling of that vibe at their gig at the Prospect Park Bandshell Wednesday, you weren't paying attention. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Summer of Love 2.0: Woodstock Memorabilia BoomsWoodstock films, box sets, multimedia projects flourish 40 years after festival. Jun 28, 2009
More than 400,000 free spirits flocked to Max Yasgur's dairy farm near Bethel from Aug. 15 to 18 to commune with 33 musical acts, including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Joan Baez, Santana, The Who and a nascent Crosby, Stills, Nash. Even if you weren't at the festival or any of several anniversary gatherings, it hardly seems to matter now, given the plethora of material headed to the marketplace. (ABC News)
Woodstock spawns multitude of multimedia 40 years later Jun 26, 2009
More than 400,000 free spirits flocked to Max Yasgur's dairy farm near Bethel from Aug. 15 to 18 to commune with 33 musical acts, including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Joan Baez, Santana, The Who and a nascent Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ... Among titles: Jefferson Airplane's Volunteers, Joplin's I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama. (USA Today -- Life)
The Country Curmudgeon: Remembering the MJQ Jun 19, 2009
During my brief professional career (1967 to 1969), I managed to surround myself with many fine sidemen, including a lead guitarist who had once played with the Jefferson Airplane, a bassist who was later to play with awesome pianist Denny Zeitlin and guitarist Jerry Garcia, and the subtle but solid support of a black drummer who had once played with the U.S. Army band. At our best, we were very good. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Rock posters: A truly American artifact Jun 18, 2009
While the most iconic posters trumpeted long-ago gigs by the likes of Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, USA TODAY's Marco R. della Cava asked Grant Feichtmeir, poster archivist at WolfgangsVault. com, to pick recent works that could become classics. (USA Today -- Life)
San Diego County Fair coverage Jun 16, 2009
2:00 a.m. June 7 'I've never been called a hero before, said Jefferson Airplane co-founder Paul Kantner, who performs Friday as part of the Heroes of Woodstock concert at the San Diego County Fair. If I would have been born anywhere else but San Francisco, I would have been shot by now. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
List of famous Bay Area high school grads Jun 2, 2009
Rock star, lead singer with Jefferson Airplane. Maya Angelou. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pixar scores big again Jun 2, 2009
DVD of Woodstock 40th anniversary re-release on June 9 to feature new footage of CCR, Grateful Dead, Who, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, more. Britain's Daily Express reports Dylan, McCartney to record together this summer. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Graduation calls for Alice Cooper, not old marching tunes Jun 1, 2009
"White Rabbit," Jefferson Airplane. Back in the day, hip boomers listened to the Airplane; squares didn't. (Yahoo News)
Seventies stars coming to Heritage Days May 28, 2009
Washington will be followed by former Jefferson Airplane front man Marty Balin, who will be followed by Ernie and the Automatics, a band fronted by Boch Automotive owner Ernie Boch Jr. and consisting of former members of bands like Boston, RTZ and John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. Loading commenting interface. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Man fatally shot at entrance to Beverly Center... May 19, 2009
Funny, I don't recall Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead never getting into any gun battles. Or Adam Ant gunning down anyone from Flock of Seagulls. (The Drudge Report)
American Idol's Last Female Standin... May 13, 2009
"It was a Jefferson Airplane song. The only reason I didn't choose that one was because, I felt like I was just playing it safe.". Iraheta continued to say, "Also, the "Piece of My Heart", you know it's been done so many times on the show.". (Suite101.com)
Slash helps Idols rock May 6, 2009
Instead of just nodding her head politely, she pointed out that she was referring to the Jefferson Airplane classic instead. That led to an argument about song choice, with Simon eventually trying to end by saying At this point, just beg. (MSNBC -- News)
Crazy Music Chicks Apr 19, 2009
But once upon a time the Jefferson Airplane singer was as crazy as they came. Slick had numerous run-ins with the law in the 70s. (Fox News)
