ArtistInfo

Jefferson Starship

Band, 1974-1984 US, San Francisco
Rock

US band formed in 1974 following the break up of Jefferson Airplane. While Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen continued their Airplane side-project Hot Tuna, the majority of the band, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, David Freiberg, John Barbata and Papa John Creach formed Jefferson Starship. The band name had been used four years earlier for the all-star band - including David Crosby, Graham Nash and Grateful Dead members Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart - backing Kantner on his solo-album "Blows Against the Empire", credited to Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship, but it wasn't until 1974 a real band was bearing the name. From 1974 and on the band has undergone almost endless line-up changes finally leaving the band without any of its original members. Grace Slick was let off in 1978 reportedly due to alcoholic misbehaving but rejoined the band in 1981. Band leader Paul Kantner left the group in 1984 and a settlement prohibiting the use of the band name unless all original members were in the band forced the band to change its name to just Starship (2).

Members

	Aynsley Dunbar dr *1946 GB
	David Freiberg b, voc *1938 US
	Grace Slick voc, p *1939 US
	Craig Chaquico voc, g *1954 US
	Joey Covington perc, dr 1945-2013 US
	Papa John Creach vn, voc 1917-1994 US
	Jack Casady b *1944 US
	Paul Kantner voc, g 1941-2016 US
	Marty Balin voc *1942 US
	Mickey Thomas voc *1949 US
	Pete Sears b, key *1948 GB
	Donny Baldwin dr, voc US
	John Barbata dr, perc, voc *1945 US
	Trey Sabatelli dr, perc
	Cathy Richardson voc, acg
	Phill Sawyer