On June 5, 2011, Jefferson Starship (Kantner, Freiberg, Richardson and Smith) performed with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Cleveland , Ohio. The show was broadcast live on HDNet for the HDNet Concert Series.
In July and August 2008, they played a two-part UK tour, including three nights at the 100 Club in London and an appearance at the Rhythm Festival .
In March and May 2008, tracks were recorded for the new studio album released on September 2, 2008, Jefferson’s Tree of Liberty . In addition to the current members, Grace Slick made contributions to the bonus track on the album, and Marty Balin and Jack Casady appear on a recording…
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Mangano was replaced by vocalist Cathy Richardson in early 2008, and Prince was replaced by the reinstated Baldwin.
In 2007, Jefferson Starship began working with corporate sponsors. The owners of the name Jefferson Starship, Grace Slick along with manager Bill Thompson, objected. They sued Kantner for the sponsorship and for touring under the Jefferson Starship name, citing their initial separation agreement in 1985. All parties later agreed that…
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Balin continued as a full-time member of the reunited band until 2003 and continued to occasionally join them in concert up until 2008. Casady remained a member until 2000 and has also (since 1983) played with Jorma Kaukonen in a reunited Hot Tuna. Gorman left in 1995 and was replaced…
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After the first couple of years, the band dropped the use of “The Next Generation”, and began to perform as simply Jefferson Starship. In 1995 they released Deep Space / Virgin Sky , a live album recorded at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California on January 21, 1995.…
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Paul Kantner reestablished the band as “Jefferson Starship: The Next Generation” in January 1992, for which Kantner recruited Jack Casady, Papa John Creach, Slick Aguilar, Tim Gorman, former Tubes drummer Prairie Prince , and former World Entertainment War vocalist Darby Gould . In 1993, Balin joined. Creach died in February…
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Kantner was introduced to the teenage guitarist Craig Chaquico through his friend and fellow musician, Jack Traylor, during this time. Chaquico, a high school English student of Traylor’s and a member in his band Steelwind, played guitar on the song “Earth Mother” from Sunfighter . Chaquico would go on to…
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Shortly after leaving Jefferson Starship, Kantner formed the KBC Band with (among others) his former bandmates Marty Balin and Jack Casady. They released an eponymous album in 1986, but soon broke up after Balin lost interest. In 1988, Kantner toured with Casady in Hot Tuna . This led to a…
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