The rockgroup, Jefferson Starship, will be celebrating 50 years of rock and roll with a return to the Hard Rock Live stage at ...

Drummer John Barbata, who played for The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, has died. He was 79. Barbata’s death was announced on May 13 in a post on the Jefferson ...

Entertainment Classic rock drummer who played with Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, more, dies at 79 Published: May. 14, 2024, 8:46 a.m.

John Barbata, who drummed for Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, The Turtles, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and many others, died May 8. He was 79.

David Freiberg has been in every iteration of the Jefferson Family Tree: Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship.

In 1972, David Crosby introduced Barbata to Jefferson Airplane, which became the next item on his resume. He continued with the band as it endured lineup changes and morphed into Jefferson Starship.

Marty Balin, whose tenor voice provided hits for the '60s psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, has died, his publicist and family said in a statement. Balin was 76.

Jefferson Starship pose in New York City, 1978. (clockwise from left) Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, John Barbata, Craig Chaquico, Pete Sears and David Freiberg. | Credit: Michael Putland ...

Airplane manager Bill Thompson bought out Grace’s contract for just $750 and Slick was in, replacing the purer folk tones of Anderson with a more strident, punky approach.

Gallagher told XFM that the moniker was inspired by Jefferson Airplane's 1974 track 'High Flying Bird', and was also an homage to when Fleetwood Mac were once named Pete Green's Fleetwood Mac.

Jefferson Airplane was a pioneering band of the 1960s’ era of psychedelic and acid rock. And psychedelic rock is known for its odd, disjointed, and trippy elements. With Halloween just around ...

Marty Balin, a co-founder of the legendary rock band Jefferson Airplane whose soulful tenor gave the band its distinctive sound, has died at the age of 76, his representative said on Friday.