JEFFERSON AIRPLANE PART 1: JACK CASADY REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND THEIR ENTIRE CAREER (FEED YOUR HEAD PART 1, FEATURING TAKES OFF, SURREALISTIC AIRPLANE, & AFTER BATHING AT BAXTER’S) (Ep. 257)

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Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Host Dave Gebroe talks with legendary Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output (for over a dozen hours total), with commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release. Feed Your Head: The Great Jefferson Airplane Deep Dive was consciously crafted to act as the ultimate repository of fact and opinion on one of the greatest bands to ever walk the face of the earth, the almighty Jefferson Airplane. As a celebration of the kick-off to what is going to be one hell of a wild ride, this entire episode will be available free of charge on Discograffiti’s public stream! (...with the implied agreement that, in return, you’ll subscribe to our Patreon to hear all the rest of the series!) 

Going in to this interview, I was under the impression that this might be the only time I’d ever get with Jack. However, after he experienced the legendary “Discograffiti effect,” Jack generously afforded me carte blanche to talk at great length about each of the Airplane’s records. Part 1 is the first part of my first interview with Jack, in which we cover his life story all the way up to the Summer of Love, just as Jefferson Airplane started making their third LP, After Bathing At Baxter’s.

Here are just a few of the many things that Jack discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

• The foundational, near-death experience with which he dealt as a child;
• His holy sh*t moment of creative epiphany;
• His first band—also featuring Jorma Kaukonen—which the two best friends formed back in 1958;
• Who almost got the bass gig in the Airplane before it was proposed to Jack;
• The early gigs and the making of the band’s debut record;
• The profound growth the band experienced between the debut and Surrealistic Pillow;
• Jack’s frank thoughts on free love;
• And the very beginning of the Baxter’s lunacy.

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