“An airplane is made out of wood, metal and canvas and held together by welding and rivets,” said Tommy Smothers, introducing the band. “But Jefferson Airplane is a new concept in airplane.

Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden died Tuesday at his home in Petaluma, California, after a battle with colon cancer. He was sixty-six. “It feels like Janis [Joplin] said, ‘Take ...