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Episode 158: “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Jefferson Starship

In 1974, when Kalkinan and Cassidy quit Jefferson airplane to make Hot Tuna their full-time band, Kanner, Slick, and Fryberg turned Jefferson Starship into a full-band. That album featured contributions from David Crosby and members of the Grateful Dead, as well as Cassidy on two tracks. Over the next decade, Jefferson Starship had a lot of moderate-sized hits, with the varying lineup that at one time or another saw several members including Slick, Go and Return. In 1984, Kanner left the group and sued them to stop them using the Jefferson Starship name,. A settlement was reached, in which none of those involved could use the words Jefferson or Air

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