Re: china

[cbullard@HiWAAY.net (Len Bullard)]

>Actually, "Blows..." was done in 1970. Jefferson
>Airplane was still active until 1973.  But "Blows..."
>did mark the beginning of Jefferson Starship.  
>Man, that's a great album!!!!    
>
>"let's not tell 'em about him"
>   - A child Is Coming
>
>peace

Yep.  I meant, after the good stuff.  "Blows"
is a great album, sort of the last gasp of
hippie optimism that something could be
done, but also the admission that it was
turning to fantasy.  "Blows" was not
considered by many to be the beginning
of what became the Starship as it was
actually sort of a calvalcade of the
SanFran sound, (Garcia, Crosby, etc.)
with the Airplane at the center.  The
Airplane did go one, but they didn't
return to real mainstream until
Bailin reformed some members under
the later Starship.

"Blows" was in many ways, the best
effort of the period for capturing the
spirit of what went on.  I've
always wanted to do it as a live
rock opera with a band.  T'would
be nostalgia now, but I used to do
"Can You See the Stars Tonight"
in my solo sets years ago.

cheers,
len