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Jack Casady Interview (2023) - Founding Member of Jefferson Airplane

In this episode of Vinyl Vibes, Jack is joined by Jack Casady, bass player and founding member of Jefferson Airplane. Coming to age during the onset of rock and roll, Jack Casady was initially inspired by the likes of Carl Perkins and Gene Vincent. He would form his first band in the late '50s, The Triumphs with Jorma Kaukonen. Jorma would become a life-long friend of Jack's. By 1965 Jefferson Airplane had been formed in San Francisco with Jorma on Guitar. Jack was in college and had recently started playing bass. In September of that year, original bass player, Bob Harvey left the group and Jack was asked by Jorma to join. The band's first album Jefferson Airplane Takes Off would come out in 1966. In 1967 the iconic Grace Slick would join the band and bring with her the songs "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love". These songs, along with the band's album Surrealistic Pillow would go down to be some of the most iconic music made during the '60s. For his work with the band, Jack was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Jack would play bass on every album the band made till the group broke up in 1972. After this, Jack focused more on his and Jorma's musical project, Hot Tuna. Today the pair are still touring as Hot Tuna with the band undertaking a 2023 tour called Electric Hot Tuna’s Last Waltz. Jack is also busy running bass workshops through the Fur Peace Ranch. Jack Hodgins zoomed Jack Casady to discuss his early musical beginnings, the music in Washington in his early days, his time playing in The Triumphs, his time in college, how he came to join Jefferson Airplane, the recording of the band's first album Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, the group's early gigs, the musical greatness of "White Rabbit", the recording of Surrealistic Pillow, the group's iconic lead singer Grace Slick, his work with his band Hot Tuna, the group's upcoming tour and the bass workshops he is running. "Grace (Slick) is really a wonderful pianist and she does really interesting structures, she has her classical background too, and I think that's why in a lot of her compositions you hear a lot of very interesting chordal structures and the way she overlaps the song and the story she is talking about . . . because she has such a unique world view, as it were, and she puts that into a story line in her song, and I think that's why she was so unique, she wasn't trying to be a pop artist." - Jack Casady on this episode of vinyl vibes talking about Jefferson Airplane vocalist Grace Slick Episode Hosted and Produced by Jack Hodgins