This was recorded in 1970 at Pacific High Recording in San Francisco and feature their new drummer, Joey Covington.
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@Survivor-15n9 күн бұрын
No one more righteous and stronger during an era that definitely needed than Grace and the boys!!💪🏻💪🏻😎
@Survivor-15n6 күн бұрын
Massive goosebumps from this video!! Grace’s soaring voice and Marty with his velvety voice and the guitars of Jorma and Paul back and forth with Jack♥️♥️😎😎💪🏻💪🏻
@Apodicticus2 ай бұрын
Jack remains my favorite bass player to this very day
@user-ju8rx1zx1fАй бұрын
Fuck off Casady - He owns a therapy for having maked me realize my dream
@brotzmannsaxАй бұрын
"WE ARE FORCES OF CHAOS AND ANARCHY, EVERYTHING THEY SAY WE ARE WE ARE, AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OURSELVES"!✊
@SteveBerberovic2 жыл бұрын
Jorma has to be one of the most underrated Guitarists in the history of Rock. Power and taste.
@blue-fj9ky2 жыл бұрын
And originality!
@michaelcelani83252 жыл бұрын
@@blue-fj9ky And ... LOUD. !! saw him at Princeton Univ. in 73 with Hot Tuna ..wow super Loud. . With Papa John Creech on electric violin. ...and Cassady of course, Great Bass player of all time.
@blue-fj9ky2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelcelani8325 I agree 100%! Hot Tuna was the loudest band I ever saw. Zeppelin and The Who didn't come close! After one concert at Constitution Hall in Washington DC I was in pain and everything sounded muffled for hours! I loved the Airplane and Hot Tuna and saw them several times in the late sixties.
@stefanschleps87582 жыл бұрын
Not by us.
@stefanschleps87582 жыл бұрын
I saw Jorma & Jack, Hot Tuna, the Airplane, and solo Jorma almost a dozen times, but never was he loud. Not even in tiny venues. I guess loud Jorma is better than no Jorma. Peace.
@frankpalumbo8384 Жыл бұрын
The brilliance of Jorma comes through on this
@juanpedroparrasanchez48844 ай бұрын
Bueno, si es verdad, hay que tener en cuenta,que Jorma aguanta musicalmente la banda (J.Airplane)sin el trabajo de Jorma nada hubiera sido igual.
@LucyLennon20 Жыл бұрын
Far out, man! It's the year 2023 and this is taking me back!
@Survivor-15n2 күн бұрын
Absolutely raw power with some innocence surrounding it!! An incredible unsurpassed video from the studio💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻😎♥️
@richardsanislo168610 ай бұрын
Love Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Cassidy on “Wooden Ships”. And of course Grace Slick and the rest of the band.
@TheJoshuamooney10 ай бұрын
I love that footage like this is on KZfaq. When I bought my first Airplane disc in 1976, access to KZfaq was severely limited.
@tacey014 ай бұрын
I bought Volunteers in 1968 with my own money! I was 13.
@shadowsdad90322 күн бұрын
That’s funny. KZfaq in ‘76?
@vincentlussier82642 жыл бұрын
They were REALLY together when they did this one! All instruments and vocals are equally audible. And the bass? Wow! This was tight!!
@tomgebarowski81562 жыл бұрын
The JA was at the center of the hippie scene in late 60's San Fransisco, but more importantly they were terrific musicians and a terrific band.
@sylviafoster90939 ай бұрын
Jack Cassedy on bass.
@lloydboisjolie80649 ай бұрын
Saw them in 67, wow, what a show!!! I was 15, Fargo, N.D. Temporarily kidnapped their robot with my belt from the stage!!!❤
@davidallen82422 жыл бұрын
Oh man, just imagine being in that room with all of them during that time.
@robertog99385 жыл бұрын
To all the young ones out there: This was more than a song back when; it was an anthem.
@haintedhouse2990 Жыл бұрын
agreed. when Volunteers was released the Vietnam war was still raging and a concert with the Airplane could easily turn into a showdown with cops
@saveourrivers Жыл бұрын
@@haintedhouse2990 According to Jorma, Paul nearly started a riot once.
@haintedhouse2990 Жыл бұрын
@@saveourrivers I believe it. Paul jokingly said around 1968 the flower children put on jack boots.
@frederickglasser5617 Жыл бұрын
Top of their game. Love how Grace switches to from lead to backing/harmony and lets the men sing their asses off. Jorma simply shredding. What a performance. Thanks, Findusam.
@christianauerbach98455 ай бұрын
100 % agreed man . JK was a beast of Axe . They were in the pantheon of greats . Jack still alive and well too . ( I think ) Now impress me and get to a Jinjer Gig . Cheers / The Ancient Metal Guy .
@adelinacavanagh935511 жыл бұрын
My theme song since I was 15. Has never gotten old- just I have.
@TJCATLOVER12 жыл бұрын
They had such a raw, honest sound. I love the passionate way that they play and sing.
@johnnybsteelriff4 жыл бұрын
Who said the hippies were all blissed out???...there is a surging anger of discontent in this song.....
@grampsrivera9771 Жыл бұрын
Blows against the empire!!!
@mickeywhitlock1623 ай бұрын
Masterpiece IMO
@drewburt43152 жыл бұрын
This has such a warm, golden sound to it. They don't make sound equipment like that anymore.
@Tipi_Dan Жыл бұрын
The greatest rock band that ever mounted a stage.
@DrMitchMedina Жыл бұрын
No. It was the Grateful Dead. They LASTED. And their music never stopped. Who is playing Airplane covers today? That's right, nobody. Hot Tuna goes on, but it's a different groove.
@markhunter855411 ай бұрын
@@DrMitchMedina I love the Dead, but I prefer the Airplane. Admittedly, though, the Dead carried the torch a lot longer and didn't turn into the embarrassment that the Starship became.
@kevinjoseph51710 ай бұрын
what hits have peeps had with hunter-garcia songs? the dead needed robert hunter. outsider.@@DrMitchMedina
@DrMitchMedina10 ай бұрын
@@kevinjoseph517 The Dead didn't really have hits with Hunter-Garcia songs, much less anybody else. But the music never stopped -- there are dozens of cover bands that play it, every day, somewhere. And I agree about the unique excellence of Robert Hunter's lyrics.
@rivergladesgardenrailroad883410 ай бұрын
one of them for sure...
@curiousnomad11 жыл бұрын
Grace Slick was a goddess back then. Mesmerizing.
@Sophie1Lynne3 жыл бұрын
still is
@tomisasi96263 жыл бұрын
amen
@Methilde2 жыл бұрын
So right that I often wish that Marty could stay at home.
@blankfrancine Жыл бұрын
This was part of a film broadcast on WGBH (public tv) in Boston Mass in 1970, and probably nationwide. There was also some concert footage (Woodstock?)included. I was 14 then but I still remember the line "she's loose" to this day.
@mikemerna7554 Жыл бұрын
Can’t believe I’m 51 years old and just now hearing this song for the first time! It was amazing. Long and winding with some unique chord transitions, powerful and immediate. Almost sounded like a precursor to 1990’s indie rock.
@saveourrivers Жыл бұрын
If you like this, the studio version of Wooden Ships (it was on the same album) is even better.
@DanChad-er9lh10 ай бұрын
I first heard it under the influence of California sunshine in a caravan by the sea when I was 17. I’m 49 now and that is firmly engraved in my psyche. Very loud too!
@raylovelace85883 ай бұрын
You clearly need a 60's course.
@michaeleli67676 жыл бұрын
Spencer was an important part of the JA and is missed here he played with a jazz sense that really helped them
@arthurw80544 жыл бұрын
I agree. Covington was a more conventional driving rock drummer, but Spencer was better. Spencer mostly played it straight but infused a subtle jazz-rooted syncopation that reall helped them. The "classic", best lineup was: Slick, Kantner, Balin, Cassady, Kaukonen and Dryden.
@tobymj07814 жыл бұрын
Arthur W I agree!!
@Jefferson1969-u4s3 жыл бұрын
Spencer was not only the best drummer the Airplane ever had, but he was also one of the the most creative drummers of the era.
@markhunter85543 жыл бұрын
@@arthurw8054 No argument about that.
@pedrovaldez27002 жыл бұрын
He left after Altamont
@jeremyraikes798010 жыл бұрын
I had the great pleasure of working (woodwork:rebuilding the top of a boat he had in Sausalito) in the early 70's - Joey was a great soul, with a huge grin, and a n equally large assortment of appetites: i enjoyed my time with him immensely! Requiescat In Pacem, Joey baby!
@ShipwreckTownBand14 жыл бұрын
Captured at their peak- the guitars and vocals never sounded better. Kaukonen just rips. More passion and power than an ipod full of the music today that serves to distract and titillate, but rarely to inspire.
@markhunter855411 ай бұрын
Well, they were at their peak when Spencer was still in the band.
@kevinjoseph51710 ай бұрын
66-70 then marty quit...the 2 coke addicts became unbearable..i know a friend of martys. his writer....@@markhunter8554
@johnnybradin51123 ай бұрын
I couldn't see who the drummer is. In 1970 it would have been Ainsley Dunbar or Joey Covington.
@kingtrades4 жыл бұрын
favorite band of all time. Thank you San Francisco
@melissatyree5662 жыл бұрын
Grace is just beautiful. Her voice is out of this world. Nobody is better than Marty ballen. Delightful ✌️✌️✌️
@haintedhouse2990 Жыл бұрын
She was. Especially in the this video. Great voice and easy on the eyes. What a time it was.
@jasondalton-earls997210 ай бұрын
Except Grace Slick & Paul Kanter lol
@tovarisch278810 ай бұрын
@@jasondalton-earls9972 *Kantner
@tovarisch278810 ай бұрын
*Balin
@EZE5038 ай бұрын
Balin
@johnmckenna62033 жыл бұрын
Jorma's guitar style was so unique. He was 'lead' guitar but more then that, he kind of took his lead notes and made them rhythm too. And of course Jack was there the whole time.
@verutschkow4 жыл бұрын
"And we are very proud of ourselves ..."
@casperguylkn11 жыл бұрын
Jack Casady is great because he's a team player and that makes everyone else better. Tat's what a great musician does, makes everyone else better, not that the other guys aren't fantastic, mind you.
@kythrathesuntamer97153 жыл бұрын
I'm a millennial and this is amazing.
@stevennovakovich25252 ай бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l9qndcSqvqqqiYU.html&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB People seemed a lot happier back then.
@alainpaum3 жыл бұрын
This is a magic group ! They blend together so we'll ! What a fantastic lead guitar tipical of JA and the incredible voices ! What a music trip !
@Versul1 Жыл бұрын
They blended like cats in heat
@jackcade683 жыл бұрын
Marty and Grace's voice worked together so well! Too bad they never could.
@LordGreystoke10 жыл бұрын
Marty and Grace work well together when they can hear each other.
@user-fb1dv3kw4r3 жыл бұрын
This is probably the best rock ode I've ever heard ...
@dreamwell20204 жыл бұрын
"TEAR DOWN THE WALL!" A song for our time here.
@codybluetarp2 жыл бұрын
They got my attention back then; at the adult age of 21, particularly the musicianly edge of Jorma. Covington's got the groove. JA on the beam.
@edscher8165 жыл бұрын
Doesn't get any better than this!
@Talleyrandful13 жыл бұрын
Well spoken ChefMozart. If anyone will once more ask me to explain what happened in the late 60s, or rather what we hoped to get going I will play this song... For most of us it was not about politics or drugs. It was about how to live life. It was about how to get out of what these amazing musicians described so well in The House at Pooneil Corners: "You and me we keep walking around and we see all the bullshit around us". And we failed miserably... because the bullshit got even worse...
@thomasbedell47705 жыл бұрын
Talleyrand most of us just wanted to be able to do our own thing. Getting shot at was serious shit and many decided that revolution in the streets wasn’t wear it was at. That would take serious long term commitment, effort and planning. A lot didn’t have that energy. So, IMO, many re-enlisted in the mainstream. Many disappeared into the ether. Many kept trying. Life and obligations caught up with me and I put on my brown shoes but always tried to be an example of the counter way. Here we are today (2019) and it seems we have to start over again.
@LSommer2 жыл бұрын
The intro is SO much fun. Grace just takes us right down and in. 😎
@grampsrivera9771 Жыл бұрын
Doesn't really start until she reminds them why they are there. Excellent video. Tanks a lot.🤓
@leyn393 жыл бұрын
Today is a cold and miserable day. But I have shivers for a different reason.
@dakine5757562 жыл бұрын
I knew Joey Covington. One of the nicest guys . Jam on with the rest of the band, all bands in the cosmos
@willypotts293511 жыл бұрын
Joey Covington RIP (June 27, 1945, East Conemaugh, Pennsylvania - June 4, 2013, Palm Springs, California)
@laurethjezebelle87075 жыл бұрын
I miss Marty too. Was a truly nice man.
@wailinburnin4 ай бұрын
A person can listen to this nostalgically, but I am all ways amazed at how timeless it is. I read the inside liner notes of Flightlog years ago when it came out, it talked about JA fans as a brand new ethnicity, I agreed.☮️
@guapoviejo91356 жыл бұрын
My first " favorite band" when I heard them in the mid sixties and still my favorite band in 2018 when I'm 68. It's great to read the comments to see how many others feel because I always felt alone in school in northeast Ohio, where this was not the most popular sound or lyrics. But it was clearly what I wanted and needed to hear. I wish that all this great(est) music was still played by cover bands, or that some FM station would play it all day and all night; not just the Airplane, but other bands that felt the same way. And I was thinkung while I was listening to Gracie sing that she sounds ao much like Janis did when she sang with enormous passion.
@chicklets4ever516 жыл бұрын
@Guapo Viejo. I also grew up in NE Ohio (Warren) in the '60s, and I also loved the Airplane! Just the thing to ease me into my lifelong rebellion...
@willinnewhaven32855 жыл бұрын
@@chicklets4ever51 Youngstown here. Love Grace and the Airplane
@johanvandermeulen96962 жыл бұрын
@@chicklets4ever51 We are forces of chaos and anarchy everything they say we are we are. Greetings from Holland
@haintedhouse2990 Жыл бұрын
@@willinnewhaven3285 greetings Youngstown, NE Ohio and Holland - born & raised in Dayton, Cincinnati area, saw the Airplane in Dayton 1971. We are obscene lawless hideous dangerous dirty violent and young.
@rewolfe333 Жыл бұрын
They were really big in north east PA back then. I'm in Ohio now want to visit the fur peace ranch
@bradfordgordon65524 жыл бұрын
Grace Slick is so gorgeous in this video.
@ambertjeblue11 жыл бұрын
Sorry you are gone Joey. . . . thanks for all the music. XX
@GratefulZen3 жыл бұрын
Jefferson Airplane, rock and roll behemoth!
@TJCATLOVER11 жыл бұрын
I really admire their talent. My favorite member is Marty Balin.
@jackwalker18222 жыл бұрын
He did put the band together. What a visionary.
@bjaded12 жыл бұрын
he is a great singer. My favorite is grace but nobody can deny how great marty was
@johntoomey3572 жыл бұрын
@@bjaded1 Grace kind of took the spot as lead singer and Marty Balin resented Grace because of this Slick slept with every guy in the group except Marty Balin because of the tension between the two and if you don't believe me look it up
@haintedhouse2990 Жыл бұрын
@@johntoomey357 yep Marty gradually withdrew when Grace joined. he should have been grateful that the 2 songs she brought with her made them all famous and got them out of San Francisco.
@haintedhouse2990 Жыл бұрын
@@ThreeSixNineNature i didn't mean it as harsh. Grace said in an interview "never mind the counter-culture, we didn't think anything we wrote was going to get us out of San Francisco."
@alsoaswell11 жыл бұрын
thanks so much airplane, this was the soundtrack for almost a year of working on The Carolina Plain Dealer, an underground newspaper of the day... you sang to our hearts as we cut, pasted, typed up and drew our contribution to the cultural struggle that continues to this day...
@jstraw413 жыл бұрын
Inspired performance of the quintessential song of revolution from a time when it was in the air and lots of bands vaguely evoked it. The Airplane was the real deal -- true musical and political visionaries.
@howielisnoff4 жыл бұрын
It will never happen again like this!
@susantyrellfans13 жыл бұрын
This band was so damn good!
@laurenceburris6361 Жыл бұрын
Tear down the wall.
@blueridger2813 жыл бұрын
The concept is concrete
@michaelcraig94493 жыл бұрын
This is rock and roll, baby!! DEFF JEFF!!
@desert.mantis2 жыл бұрын
Great footage of a SUPER performance of a classic song! I appreciate the Airplane more now than back in the day.
@bml51612 жыл бұрын
grace is beautifullll
@TheSkeptiGal11 жыл бұрын
Bar none, the best version of this song ever done. Balin's and Slick's vocals are perfect; neither out sings the other. Kaukonen is an animal, each riff is exquisite . Casady is a bit overshadowed, but still wonderful. Covington is so funny at the start " she's loose; we're ready!"
@goatcheeta10 ай бұрын
Love Paul's rhythm guitar
@alainpaum3 жыл бұрын
This guitar men is so F... genious and good !
@louisprins74102 жыл бұрын
Have seen them in 1968 in AMSTERDAM . OMG almost 50 years ago. Time flies . Still love the band.
@mustangmikep51 Жыл бұрын
back when music meant something......beautiful sentiments expressed here...i miss the VIBE!
@zolf198813 жыл бұрын
this is precious material!
@alanbauch28157 ай бұрын
Jorma had power and majesty, a tender beauty, a kind of nobility in what he played that has never been equaled
@larryj24163 жыл бұрын
This is JA transitioning to the 70s..post Woodstock and Altamont, which is I believe why Dryden left right before this.
@kenennis62876 күн бұрын
And Marty would be gone before the next album
@gracejacobs1954 Жыл бұрын
Marty was tremendous! RIP
@TJCATLOVER12 жыл бұрын
Wow, what talent!!!!!!!!
@glenndouglas8822 Жыл бұрын
Grace's Lude face is so beautiful 😉🙌
@PortiidDreams13 жыл бұрын
the airplane rocks my world!
@blueridger2813 жыл бұрын
People of this time were but the first to see the shit thats goin down these days
@Chevelle6024 жыл бұрын
I love everything about this song.
@deathwish12842 жыл бұрын
that drummer rocks!!!
@richardbemelen72872 жыл бұрын
Joey Covington replaced Spencer Dryden, their drummer since 1966, only weeks before this performance. Rock music was getting heavier, so they needed a drummer with more power. He certainly strikes the drums with great force, but he keeps time nicely too. I love those opening beats, after he say, “she’s loose man, we’re ready”. The whole band is talented, and they’re in great for here.
@deathwish12842 жыл бұрын
thanks for the info
@stevanaldape34242 жыл бұрын
Spence Dryden drumming was best for the psychedelic era of rock music but I felt like once he left there wasn’t that spark that the Jefferson airplane had in their heyday of the mid to late 60s.
@parmeetsingh57095 жыл бұрын
RIP Marty.
@rivergladesgardenrailroad883410 ай бұрын
Tear down the walls, indeed....raw sound....my fav.
@DickPoleman13 жыл бұрын
do you realize how great this band was?
@jackkieocarroll42435 жыл бұрын
RIP, Marty.
@videomaniac10811 жыл бұрын
Bass players don't need to be out front, getting the acclaim and recognition of the audience, to feel good about what they do. The power and precision of the foundational rhythm that they lay down is sufficient reward in itself. I'm writing in general of, course, and there are exceptions, as you have mentioned.
@johnguild88505 ай бұрын
Wow. I remember. I was there
@bunnyman0910 жыл бұрын
What a find! This is amazing. The vocals are spot on.
@petejones8798 ай бұрын
My all time favourite American band
@bwanna236 жыл бұрын
I like it when they say, "Tear Down The Wall!"
@sweetpurple88124 ай бұрын
Drummer is killing it
@melanieholstra43973 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@Rebelqueen8911 жыл бұрын
Fantastic song !! I like very much Jefferson Airplane !!!
@michaelcraig94493 жыл бұрын
They should have had this song on their first album, and played it all through 1967!
@HillCountryVista5 ай бұрын
OMG Marty Balin! Grace is awesome....but. This video truly captures the spirit and energy of this band and era.
@user-vc2wd1mp5w4 ай бұрын
Somehow... not gone ever, forever
@philhurd79904 жыл бұрын
This is fabulous!
@sh2309683 жыл бұрын
Grace Slick was a beauty.
@francinegranville5346 Жыл бұрын
Wow!! Fantastic
@heyjudy111 жыл бұрын
wow...
@TallaBammahassee10 жыл бұрын
Note to catergary: Interesting comment...but I'm not sure that tight, blending harmonies were what they wanted. After all, Crosby, Stills Nash and (occasionally) Young and other groups had that sewn up pretty well. What amazes me about JA is the way they managed to blend, DESPITE the cacophony. Take a thunderstorm, a tornado, an earthquake and a stampede and make them blend. Lots of misses...but when they nail it, they nail with a railroad spike. CARRY THE FIRE!
@benoitbonnet23255 жыл бұрын
RIP MARTY BALIN,what a singer ,with GRACE SLICK , they broke the hearts!!
@curiousnomad5 жыл бұрын
Very perceptive observation. I think one of the really unique talents and brilliance of Grace was her ability to improvise, weaving in and out of the primary vocals. In fact, the whole group approach was very improvisational in a sense. I doubt they ever played any song the same twice. Jack and Jorma were definitely about playing creatively and not just playing a “part”.
@hankrosenfeld84332 жыл бұрын
I see Crosby early in this clip
@rivergladesgardenrailroad883410 ай бұрын
agreed....
@joshorange30873 жыл бұрын
JA FOREVER
@golds042 жыл бұрын
The San Francisco sound. A moment in time that was glorious. Ty
@vsibirsky4 ай бұрын
YOU ARE SO Ttogether n vocally ! You just heard magic!
@HAGMAN39263 ай бұрын
Volunteers is a drop dead classic LP
@terriblemvh10 жыл бұрын
This is from the movie "Go Ride the Music" from 1970. It's a great doc with several Airplane songs performed live at the Family Dog in SF.