The Airplane’s version of “Wooden Ships” is harder and trippier than CSN’s (and equally essential), Grace Slick’s eight-and-a-half minute “Hey Frederick” is as mind-expanding as ...

Kantner, Crosby and Stephen Stills would collaborate on the escapist, post-apocalypse fantasy "Wooden Ships," which Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills and Nash each recorded and performed at ...

"Wooden Ships" ended up becoming a spacey highlight of Crosby, Stills and Nash's self-titled debut in 1969. It reappeared the following year in a darker, edgier rendition on the Airplane's Volunteers.