Jefferson Airplane on Dick Cavett 1969. Somebody to Love

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Dick Cavett’s epic Woodstock festival show. https://www.openculture.com/2012/06/dick_cavetts_epic_woodstock_festival_show.html

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1. Stephen Stills on tambourine and coke.

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2. David Crosby?

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5. Definitely Crosby

Love the jam out at the end.

[BootinUp]

10. lol.

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3. That is Marty Balin, not Stephen Stills.

[Wuddles440]

4. True, but David Crosby's...

also joining in singing and playing the Tamborine.

[WestMichRad]

6. It's David Crosby

…over next to whoever is on keyboards, left side.
Wow, they were actually playing, not lip syncing as was very common at the time.

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8. Dumb ass me it is David Crosby. I sawhim about ten years ago and Stills fifty years ago.

Stills' voice was raspy, not clear but guitar wow. Mea culpa.

[JohnnyRingo]

7. Grace Slick was born to sing "Somebody To Love".

It was her destiny. However, there are questions.
Would the song have lasted longer if the drummer smoked Benson & Hedges 100s cigarettes?

Where did Crosby come from? Did they use his van to get to the gig? haha

I don't know who that is on second tambourine, but he looks a little like a member of the Partridge Family. Maybe people just hung out with Dick Cavett in case he needed them?

Lastly... WTF is is Jorma wearing? I wore peace sign medallions with my Nehru shirts in the day, but not something like this. I know the Hells Angels liked them at Altamont. I don't know how he got that past the censors.


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11. I think it's safe to say that Jorma was in a state of social flux in this moment.

He didn't restabilize until Hot Tuna formulated.

And remember, the swastika was an American Indian symbol...reversed. I've seen Indian tool work on Winchester repeater rifles, taken from the Indian nations from the 1870s onward. They were stored at the Springfield Armory in MA, back in the 60's. Should be returned to the nations from which they were taken.

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13. I get the whole thing about other uses, but

I was around back then and I never saw anyone except hard core bikers wearing one. And even then...
Though I never thought twice about applying it to model planes. And Maltese crosses were popular

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14. All I can say. in Jorma's defense, ...

he was a Rev, Gary Davis musical disciple. Do not think Jorma was into National Socialism...but I could be wrong.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. Great song!!!

I also like some the their stuff from Jefferson Starship.

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12. I think it was obvious that Jefferson Airplane had fundemental differences about the direction of their musical interest

Jorma, Jack, John, and Sammy went their way (which I enthusiastically followed). Gracie, Marty, and the rest chased their top 40 dreams.

On edit....I think Gracie Slick could have contributed so much more with Hot Tuna.