
Episode 158: “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplanes
Slick left Starship in 1989, and there was a brief Jefferson airplane re-union tour. Slick decided that she was getting too old to perform rock and roll music, and decided to retire from music and become a painter. Kanner died in January 2016, coincidentally on the same day as Signe Anderson, who had occasionally gested with her old bandmates in the new version of the band. Bailey, who had quickly reunited Jefferson Starship due to health reasons, died two years later, Dryden had died in 2005. Currently, there were three bands- airplane. Hot tuners still continue to perform, there's a version of Starship that tours featuring one original member, Mickey Thomas
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