Let's really mix it up. Jefferson Airplane.

My position is that aside from the Dead's live shows, the Jefferson Airplane ruled that time and place.

What I can't decide is if "After Bathing at Baxters" or "Volunteers" is the better album. Yes. album. Remember vinyl? Oh never mind.

Where's OPOL when I need him?

Anyway, peace. And remember, "No man is an island, he's a peninsula."

Paul's gone. Grace, Jack, Jorma are still kickin' Crap, we were supposed to kick this out of the park before we were 30. Oh well. Life on the Planet.

Oh, I say Baxters.

Alright, I cannot embed 2 albums... ;-(. Go to the YouTubes if you need Volunteers. Also, no poll thingy I can find...

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"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
John Cage

Can be hard to separate the Airplane and The Dead, they so often appeared on the same bill. Free concerts in the Panhandle, $3 Fillmore/Avalon/Winterland shows . . . .

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If you don't know what you want, you deserve what you get.

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The always on time airline...
My 1st concert I attended...
$4 General Admission...
The Good Old Days...

Howard C. Greene...
Sgt. Dow Jones...

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I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House."

~John F. Kennedy~
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on CD and I play it every now and again.

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

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@Amanda Matthews I was a bit disappointed when I first saw them live (in New York) because Surrealistic Pillow is very song oriented but their show was full of long jams...which I was never into. There are only a few long jams that hold my attention all the way through. East-West by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band is one.

Anyway, I got to San Francisco in 1970, I believe. At the time I felt it was way too late, being a full three years past the Summer of Love. It was early enough to see one particular show that would probably interest some here. I think the New Riders of the Purple Sage opened, followed by Hot Tuna. It could have been the other way around. The next group up was Quicksilver Messenger Service. After that set the Airplane came on and then the Dead closed the show. Hmmm...googling says there was a show at Winterland with that lineup on Oct. 4, 1970 but that the Dead opened. I suppose that's possibly the show I saw and I remember it incorrectly. That date makes sense, though. I was a student at Antioch then and we were either on campus or at some sort of study related job in quarters, meaning they started in January, April, July or October. So I would have arrived there Oct. 1st.

By then I was used to what the Airplane did in their live shows. That night was enjoyable, even with the jamming but I still prefer the recordings that feature the songs.

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@Shahryar @Shahryar
For as 'far out' as they were (White Rabbit) it always struck me how honest and sensitive they could be. I almost posted Coming Back to Me or this one...

EDIT: spelled couldn't correctly

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

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@Amanda Matthews Coming Back to Me is my favorite on the album. I, like a lot of young guitarists, learned how to play Embryonic Journey. Not as well as Jorma though.

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Hmm, I can't imagine the Dead opening for anyone by 1970. Generally they would be the band that would run the show into dawn and close it out. Curious about that show though because I think having Quicksilver and The Dead on the same bill would be fantastic.

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If you don't know what you want, you deserve what you get.

@Terry Hutchinson I don't recall a bill like that, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did play together a bunch early on. I do remember Cippolina sitting in with them during one of those all-night jams in I think '77, and I don't think I missed any Dead or Garcia Band show in the Bay Area from about '74 thru '77.

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@Terry Hutchinson I have read comments by people saying they did open. Yet for all these years my mind has told me it was the order I mentioned. And I was not on anything!

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@Shahryar here's their list, first band listed headliner: http://www.chickenonaunicycle.com/Winterland%20Shows.htm

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07 October 1966 Butterfield Blues Band, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead
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17 March 1967 Chuck Berry, Grateful Dead, Johnny Talbot & De Thangs
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31 December 1968 Grateful Dead, Quicksilver, Santana, It's A Beautiful Day Lights: Brotherhood Of Light
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31 December 1970 Grateful Dead, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Stoneground Lights: Little Princess
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Yeah, I don't know. For sure I thought my first Winterland trip was Yes headlining in '73, but I have zero memory of Poco or Focus.

07 April 1973 Yes, Poco, Focus

Maybe we showed up late, I remember being "on the left side" balcony for it. Steve Howe made my hair stand up, kinda felt like the top of my head was coming off during All Good People. Wow that was great. Then there was Fillmore West, wish I was old enough to remember the Avalon Ballroom, I started young but not that young. heh

PEACE

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@Shahryar --well, there's your problem!

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"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
John Cage

@sojourns "left side balcony" comes from this tour, went to see The Ox and stayed for these guys I never even heard of yet. After about 30 seconds I was all like wtf?! The whole place was on the ceiling!

22 February 1975 J. Geils Band, John Entwistle's Ox, Joe Vitale's Madmen

blow your face out

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...though ALL of their albums had at least a few great songs.

Then again, there was this absolute favorite, possibly a result of all that acid I was eating...

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Jorma & Jack in 2015. Still got it.

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The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?

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Mine was The Who, can't recall the year. Cincy, over an hour from my hometown.

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Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.

@riverlover Not sure which was the first, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Dave Brubeck, Peter Frampton, Neil Diamond all clumped together in a time space. Goose Lake. California Jam was after. Some early shows of future stars - Bob Seeger, Alice Cooper, Mitch Ryder. Then the memory fades out.

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PLENTY of chemical cocktails though. Smile LOL. I do recall the first shows. 1965: Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Beach Boys (striped surfin' shirts and Brian Wilson before he collapsed). 1966: The Beatles (they were seriously burned out and it showed). I have Surrealistic Pillow on vinyl, too. There is no filler on it; every tune is righteous. I lived outside of Washington, D.C., and then my family returned to the Space Coast (east central FL). I always envied people who lived in San Francisco, Chicago, and NYC cos that's where all the Biggies of Rock/R and B played. Rec'd!!

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Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.

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@orlbucfan one of the greatest tunes ever recorded. Gracie out there, no holds barred, singing her lungs out -- and the rest of the group just tryin' to keep up. What a "sur-realistic" and eye-opening experience for a snot-noser in 1968 --

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When Cicero had finished speaking, the people said “How well he spoke”.
When Demosthenes had finished speaking, the people said “Let us march”.

In the bass playing world, and rightly so. Unfortunately many of the younger players are losing touch with their heritage. That seems to be the way of the world.

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Enjoy every sandwich. (ripwz)

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closest thing I've ever heard to an acid trip on vinyl.
Anybody remember Blows Against the Empire ?
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We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.

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@Azazello But than again that was the Starship. Saw them live in the Boston Orpheum on that tour...

Sunrise. Surprise!

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Prof: Nancy! I’m going to Greece!
Nancy: And swim the English Channel?
Prof: No. No. To ancient Greece where burning Sapho stood beside the wine dark sea. Wa de do da! Nancy, I’ve invented a time machine!

Firesign Theater

Stop the War!

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Just Because --

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When Cicero had finished speaking, the people said “How well he spoke”.
When Demosthenes had finished speaking, the people said “Let us march”.

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If for no other reason, it was the first and maybe only time I have heard the work "motherfucker" used on national television (Johnny Carson).

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