The Jefferson Airplane / Starship From San Francisco, California. The Jefferson Airplane I(1965) Marty Balin - vocals - b. Martyn Jerel Buchwald, January 30, 1943, Cincinnati, Ohio - formerly with The Town Criers. Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals - b. March 17, 1941, San Francisco, California. Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals - b. December 23, 1940, Washington, D.C. Signe Anderson - vocals - b. September 15, 1941, Seattle, Washington. Bob Harvey - bass - b. Robery Harvey, November 17, 1934, Washington, USA - formerly with bluegrass band The Slippery Rock String Band. Skip Spence - drums - b. Alexander Spence, April 18, 1946, Windsor, Ontario, Canada; d. April 16, 1999. Bob Harvey rejoins bluegrass band The Slippery Rock String Band, and later forms bluegrass band San Francisco Blue. The Jefferson Airplane II(1965 - 1966) Marty Balin - vocals Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Signe Anderson - vocals Skip Spence - drums Jack Casady - bass - b. April 13, 1944, Washington, D.C. Album: "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off" (1966) Skip Spence forms Moby Grape. The Jefferson Airplane III(1966 - 1970) Marty Balin - vocals Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals - b. Grace Barnett Wing, October 30, 1939, Chicago, Illinois - formerly with The Great Society. Spencer Dryden - drums - b. April 7, 1943, New York City, New York. Albums: "Surrealistic Pillow" (1967) - Singles: "Somebody to Love", "White Rabbit" "After Bathing at Baxter's" (1967) "Crown of Creation" (1968) "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" (1969) "Volunteers" (1969) "Live at the Fillmore East" (1998) "Live at the Monterey Festival" (1999) Spencer Dryden forms The New Riders of the Purple Sage. Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady form Hot Tuna (as a "side-project"). Jefferson Airplane IV (1970 - 1971) Marty Balin - vocals Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals Joey Covington - drums - b. Joseph Edward Covington, June 27, 1945, East Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, USA - formerly with The Fenways and Tsong. Jefferson Airplane V(1971 - 1972) Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals Joey Covington - drums Papa John Creach - fiddle - b. May 28, 1917, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; d. February 22, 1994, Los Angeles, California - formerly with Hot Tuna. Album: "Bark" (1971) Joey Covington forms Fat Fandango. Jefferson Airplane VI (1972) Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals Papa John Creach - fiddle John Barbata - drums - formerly with The Turtles and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Albums: "Long John Silver" (1972) "Thirty Seconds Over Winterland" (live) (1973) Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady decide to exclusively perform as Hot Tuna. Jefferson Airplane VII (1972) Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals Papa John Creach - fiddle John Barbata - drums David Freiberg - guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals - b. August 24, 1938, Boston, Massachusetts - formerly with Quicksilver Messenger Service. Group disbands. Jefferson Starship I(1974) Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals Papa John Creach - fiddle John Barbata - drums David Freiberg - guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals Peter Kangaroo - bass - b. Benson Lee Kaukonen, September 23, 1945, Topeka, Kansas, USA - formerly with Petrus. Craig Chaquico - guitar - b. September 26, 1954, Sacramento, California - formerly with Steelwind. Jefferson Starship II(1974 - 1975) Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals Papa John Creach - fiddle John Barbata - drums David Freiberg - guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals Craig Chaquico - guitar Pete Sears - bass - b. Peter Sears, May 27, 1948, Bromley, England - formerly with Silver Metre. Album: "Dragon Fly" (1974) Jefferson Starship III(1975) Marty Balin - vocals Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals Papa John Creach - fiddle John Barbata - drums David Freiberg - guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals Craig Chaquico - guitar Pete Sears - bass Album: "Red Octopus" (1975) - Single: "Miracles" Jefferson Starship IV (1975 - 1978) Marty Balin - vocals Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals John Barbata - drums David Freiberg - guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals Craig Chaquico - guitar Pete Sears - bass Albums: "Spitfire" (1976) "Earth" (1978) Jefferson Starship V(1978 - 1979) Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals John Barbata - drums David Freiberg - guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals Craig Chaquico - guitar Pete Sears - bass Jefferson Starship VI (1979 - 1981) Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals David Freiberg - guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals Craig Chaquico - guitar Pete Sears - bass Mickey Thomas - vocals - b. Cairo, Georgia - formerly with The Elvin Bishop Group. Aynsley Dunbar - drums - b. January 10, 1946, Liverpool, England - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Jeff Beck Group, Bonzo Dog Band, Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, Lou Reed, David Bowie, and Journey. Album: "Freedom at Point Zero" (1979) - Single: "Jane" Jefferson Starship VII (1981 - 1982) Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals David Freiberg - guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals Craig Chaquico - guitar Pete Sears - bass Mickey Thomas - vocals Aynsley Dunbar - drums Albums: "Modern Times" (1981) "Winds of Change" (1982) Aynsley Dunbar later joins Whitesnake. Jefferson Starship VIII(1982 - 1984) Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals David Freiberg - guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals Craig Chaquico - guitar Pete Sears - bass Mickey Thomas - vocals Don Baldwin - drums Album: "Nuclear Furniture" (1984) Starship I(1984 - 1985) Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals Craig Chaquico - guitar Pete Sears - bass Mickey Thomas - vocals Don Baldwin - drums Album: "Knee Deep in the Hoopla" (1985) - Singles: "We Built This City", "Sara", "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" Starship II(1985 - 1988) Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals Craig Chaquico - guitar Mickey Thomas - vocals Don Baldwin - drums Album: "No Protection" (1987) - Singles: "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)" Starship III(1988 - 1990) Craig Chaquico - guitar Mickey Thomas - vocals Don Baldwin - drums Album: "Love Among the Cannibals" (1989) Starship IV (1990) Craig Chaquico - guitar Mickey Thomas - vocals Don Baldwin - drums Brett Bloomfield - bass Mark Morgan - keyboards Group disbands. Jefferson Airplane IX (1989) (Reformed) Marty Balin - vocals Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals Album: "Jefferson Airplane" (1989) Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation I (1992 - 1994) Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Papa John Creach - fiddle Tim Gorman - keyboards/vocals Prairie Prince - drums/percussion - b. May 7, 1950, Charlotte, North Carolina - formerly with The Tubes, Todd Rundgren, and Journey. Mark "Slick" Aguilar - guitar/vocals - formerly with KBC Band. Darby Gould - vocals - b. ca. 1965 - formerly with World Entertainment War. Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation II (1994 - 1995) Marty Balin - vocals Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Tim Gorman - keyboards/vocals Prairie Prince - drums/percussion Mark "Slick" Aguilar - guitar/vocals Darby Gould - vocals Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation III (1995 - Present) Marty Balin - vocals Grace Slick - keyboards/vocals Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Tim Gorman - keyboards/vocals Prairie Prince - drums/percussion Mark "Slick" Aguilar - guitar/vocals Darby Gould - vocals Album: "Deep Space / Virgin Sky" (1995) "Windows of Heaven" (1999) Compilations: "The Worst of The Jefferson Airplane" (1970) "Early Flight" (1974) "Flight Log" (1977) "Jefferson Starship Gold" (1979) "2400 Fulton Street - An Anthology" (1987) "White Rabbit & Other Hits" (1990) "Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change, 1979-1991)" (1991) "Jefferson Airplane Loves You" (3-CD box set) (1992) "The Best of Jefferson Airplane" (1993) "The Best of Starship" (1993) "Hits" (2-CDs) (1998) Paul Kantner and Grace Slick: "Sunfighter" (1971) Grace Slick and the Great Society: "Collector's Item from the San Francisco Scene" (1970) Grace Slick solo: "Manhole" (1974) "Dreams" (1980) "Welcome to the Wrecking Ball" (1981) "Software" (1984) "The Best of Grace Slick" (1999) Kantner, Slick, David Freiberg: "Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun" (1973) KBC Band(1985 - 1986) Paul Kantner - guitar/vocals Marty Balin - vocals Jack Casady - bass Mark "Slick" Aguilar - guitar/vocals Tim Gorman - keyboards/vocals Keith Crossan - sax Barry Lowenthal - drums Album: "KBC Band" (1986) Paul Kantner solo: "Blows Against the Empire" (1970) "The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra" (1983) "A Guide Through the Chaos" (2-CDs) (1996) - oral history of Kantner's life. Marty Balin solo: "Bodacious DF" (1973) "Rock Justice" (1980) "Balin" (1981) "Lucky" (1983) "Balince - A Collection" (1990) "Better Generation" (1991) Mickey Thomas solo: "As Long As You Love Me" (1971) "Alive Alone" (1981) Craig Chaquico solo: "Acoustic Highway" (1993) "Acoustic Planet" (1994) "Once in a Blue Universe" (1997) "A Thousand Pictures" (1997) "From the Redwoods to the Rockies" (1998) (with Russ Freeman) "Four Corners" (1999) Papa John Creach solo: "Papa John Creach" (1971) "Filthy" (1972) "Playing My Fiddle for You" (1974) (with Zulu) "I'm the Fiddle Man" (1975) (with Midnight Sun) "Rock Father" (1976) "Papa Blues" (1992) "The Best of Papa John Creach" (1999) Pete Sears solo: "Watchtowers" (1988) "Millenium" (1997) "Watchfire" (1997) Links: Fly Jefferson Airplane The Unofficial Starship Home Page A Jefferson Starship/Airplane Site- LOTS of great historical information here! Starship - MIDI files Take me back to the Index... Last Revised:  May 19, 2000