An Old Rocker (Me) Finds a rare gem, a new CD release with talent!! April Martin is exceptional!

Hello again fans of quality rock music:

I hope the New Year has gotten off to an amazing start.

Please check out the CD below especially since the chances of me applauding any artist after 1979 is rarer than a winning Lottery Ticket.

Have a fantastic week,

Craig

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April Martin- Pennies In A Jar 2010

http://www.aprilmartin.com/

The chances of an artist or band that secured a record contract after 1979 making its way to my ears would be as prevalent as a Lunar Eclipse coinciding with the Winter Solstice.

April Martin’s magnificent effort possesses all the ingredients to be the exception to the rule.  The music is the star; she is unassuming throughout the fourteen tracks, recalling her influences while chiseling the road ahead, and all along the journey always comfortable in her own skin thanks to the success of her day jobs (the practice of psychology and public speaking).

April’s admiration for Joan Baez, Buffy St. Marie, and Peter, Paul & Mary from the 1960’s folk scene is evident and the same can be said for the hankering of the Everly Brothers, the Beatles, and Carole King.

April’s collection of songs came to the attention of Peter Calo (Carly Simon, numerous other session works, as well as a recording artist in his own right).  Peter produced the CD with the culmination that properly articulates April’s vision while splendid to the senses.

The conjurations of the folk oriented tracks are evident from the initial listening.  “Pennies In A Jar” doesn’t take a multitude of attention before you appreciate the contentment between the lyrical and music content.  From the openings notes of “Out of My Hands” (a defectless choice to start the festivities) to the final seconds of “Warrior of the Heart”, April has guided us through a rippleless sea.

I’m irresolute to remove the disc from the CD player knowing it may be another couple of centuries before I’m enthralled again by a release of recent vintage.

All the best,

Craig Fenton

Author: Jefferson Airplane Take Me To A Circus Tent

Jefferson Starship Have You Seen The Stars Tonight

 

An incredible Hollywood act of kindness to our soldiers and only original Jefferson Airplane drummer Jerry Peloquin is talking about it!

Hi there:

Hope all is well today.  Please share this with full credit to Jerry.

I got an email from original Jefferson Airplane drummer Jerry Peloquin and wanted to share this great story with you:

Denzel  Washington  and  his family visited the  troops at   Brook   Army Medical Centre ,  in   San  Antonio ,
Texas (BAMC) the other day. This is where soldiers who have been  evacuated
from Germany  come to be hospitalized in the United States, especially burn
victims There are some buildings there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher House
is a Hotel where soldiers’ families can stay, for little or no charge, while their soldier
is staying on base, but as you can imagine, they are almost filled most of the time.

While Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC, they gave him a tour of one of the
Fisher Houses. He asked how much one of them would cost to build.  He took his
checkbook out and wrote a check for the full amount right there on the spot. The soldiers  overseas were amazed to hear this story and want to get the word
out to the American public, because it warmed their hearts  to hear it

What really upsets us is the question – why do: Britney   Spears

Madonna
Tom Cruise and
other Hollywood fluff
make front page news with their ridiculous
antics and Denzel Washington ‘s charity
doesn’t even make page 3 in the Metro section of
any newspaper except the local newspaper in San Antonio .

Thanks for your time,

Craig The Airplane Man Fenton

 

Jefferson Airplane- 66 was a great year,we have a rare Cream track and some live Airplane to prove it. Why not have an exclusive live Marty Balin Airplane medley too?

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Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Starship Great Society

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Welcome to  the Rock of March Update:

How are you?  Hope things are well.

The Rock Jet will help us enjoy a bunch of goodies from 1966.

Jefferson Airplane 1966 with Signe Anderson:

CHAUFFEUR BLUES

DON’T SLIP AWAY

CREAM

Live at Klook’s Kleek, London

(15th Nov. 1966) 11/15/66

Meet Me In The Bottom

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Be safe on the roads.

A big get well to Angie’s mom!!

Got to go rock and roll.

Please board this way for rock sounds:

http://www.takemetoacircustent.net/media/JeffersonAirplaneTakeMeToACircusTentAircast58AirCream.mp3

Please board this way for the Marty exclusive live Airplane medley:

http://www.takemetoacircustent.net/media/JeffersonAirplaneTakeMeToACircusTentAircast64martysliveairplanemedley.mp3

Wishing you a great day,

craig

 

Jefferson Airplane- A Jefferson/Grateful Dead post of sorts and a reminder where to find a GREAT Society rare track, all in free-flight

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Welcome Jefferson Rockers:

How are things going today?  I hope the snow/ice that has hit most of Airplane Land has avoided your section of town.

Thanks for the nice feedback about the Great Society rare track and the Paul Kantner goodie from yesterday.  I posted the link once again (below) so all can enjoy the journey.

Want some great live rock and roll?

Somebody that has played with the Jefferson Starship and is friends with people in the Jefferson Family (Paul Scannell) will be bringing his rock and roll talents to the road.

You’ll be rocking on every note if you live in or nearby:

http://www.myspace.com/paulscannelldrums

Heads up! Come see “LIVE DEAD” @

FRIDAY FEB 20th @
19 BROADWAY
FAIRFAX, CA. 94930
$10

“Live Dead” features former members of Workingman’s/Grapefruit Ed, The Zen Tricksters and more!
“Live Dead” let’s the “music play the band” in exquisite detail as the San Francisco Bay Area’s
premier Grateful Dead tribute. Please join us for an evening of music, dance, adventure and community.
Mark your calendar for February 20th!

http://livedeadband.com/
http://www.myspace.com/livedeadband

Live Dead Band is:
PAUL SCANNELL> drums
STEVE FUNDY> lead guitar and vocals
BARRY ERDE> rhythm guitar and vocals
STEPHEN RAMIREZ> bass
MITCH STEIN> keyboards and vocals

Come celebrate Valentines Day w/ THE ACCIDENTALS @

SAT FEB 14TH
THE FORESTVILLE CLUB
6250 FRONT STREET
FORESTVILLE, CA 95436
$5

We play New Orleans style funk, Grateful Dead, classic rock, and a few originals
guaranteed to melt your face off (if not perspire profusely)!!! No joke. This band burns it up!!!
Music starts around 9pm with our good friends West County Outlaws opening the show.
Don’t miss the love-fest!

http://www.myspace.com/theaccidentalsnet

“Before and beyond the musical element, we are interested in networking and building COMMUNITY with any and all out there who want to make the world a better place.” -THE ACCIDENTALS

The Accidentals is:
STEVE FUNDY> guitar and vocals
CHUCK STONE> bass
SHEP SILVER> guitar and vocals
PAUL SCANNELL> drums

Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, and a trillion friends:

Your Mind Has Left Your Body

(From the 1973 Baron Von Tollbooth sessions)

We then go to the

Great Society W/Grace Slick studio circa 1965:

Don’t Mess With Me

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Got to go rock and roll.

Quality Rock & Roll

http://www.takemetoacircustent.net/media/JeffersonAirplaneTakeMeToACircusTentJefersonAircast64GreatBaronTA.mp3

Wishing you a great day,

craig

 

Jefferson Airplane- Under 1 mile for great or should I say Plastic Fantastic Jefferson Family Weekend Rock!! In free-flight as always.

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Welcome to the Rock Plane:

Thanks for being part of our journey. We explore rock and roll of the best degree. Glad you are a part of it.

Are you ready to rock?  Cool!!

1995 is our  address today. The Jefferson Starship is proudly on stage and Mr. Kantner and Mr. Balin will treat you to some Jefferson Airplane sounds:

3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds

Plastic Fantastic Lover

Always cool when you can check out a show with Barry Flast in the band. He takes care of the keyboards.

Enjoy! Got to go rock and roll.

The rock flight is now if you please board here:

http://www.takemetoacircustent.net/media/JeffersonAirplaneTakeMeToACircusTentAircast64threefifthsofacrown.mp3

Wishing you a great day,

craig

 

Jefferson Airplane- Count on the Jefferson Family today for 2 classics that will rock the afternoon and evening too!

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Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Starship Great Society

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Welcome Rockers of the Universe:

What’s new?  I hope all is well today.  Would an Airplane classic and a Jefferson Starship legendary tune fit the mood?

Please fly here and enjoy:

http://www.takemetoacircustent.net/media/JeffersonAirplaneTakeMeToACircusTentAircast41BCOUNTONME.mp3

The Jefferson Starship at:

Concert for Colorado,

Denver,Colorado June 25, 1994.

Count On Me

Plastic Fantastic Lover

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Got to go rock and roll.

Wishing you a great day,

craig

 

Jefferson Airplane- How about one for Jefferson Airplane/Starship/Hot Tuna member Papa John, one Jefferson takes a bass-solo, and one Airplane stops for a rehearsal. All in free-flight and with top notch rock and roll

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Welcome to the Jefferson  Rock Central 2009:

Sounds of yesteryear are ringing out proudly.  How are you feeling?

Common sense is something humans often overlook.  The local shopping center had not one spec of snow in the parking area today but the entire walkway was full of enough ice to become part of Antarctica.

On to rock and roll land!!  Cool stuff from the vaults.

How about a Marty Balin rehearsal as well as…

We fly back to Redding, California during May 5th of 1995

5/5/95

Jefferson Starship on stage with Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, and Jack Casady:

Papa John (Marty wrote this tune dedicated to the late Papa John Creach)

The Other Side Of This Life (A Fred Neil classic done here with a Jack Casady bass-solo!)

Marty Balin rehearsal with Bodacious D.F. from 1973 The Witcher

Enjoy. Got to go rock and roll.

Please board the Rock Tent Jet here for great Jefferson sounds:

http://www.takemetoacircustent.net/media/JeffersonAirplaneTakeMeToACircusTentAircast64papajohnandasideofjack.mp3

Please go through the rock time machine for Marty Balin’s rehearsal

http://www.takemetoacircustent.net/media/JeffersonAirplaneTakeMeToACircusTentAircast64rehearsal73.mp3

Wishing you a great day,

craig

 

Jefferson Airplane- Would Paul Kantner and his Airplane friends playing a song 4 years before its release be a good way to rock the weekend journey? It’s in free-flight as always.

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Greetings from the Frozen Tundra of Rock & Roll Island:

It is still 127 below zero.  Welcome aboard.

There is a good one from the Rock Tent Vault by request today.  4 years before the Jefferson Airplane released “Planes” on the reunion record and played it live the KBC Band had some fun with a different arrangement.

Let’s fly out west for Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, and Jack Casady also known as KBC for:

PLANES

Got to go rock and roll.

Please board the rock and roll this way for 3 Airplane members playing live:

http://www.takemetoacircustent.net/media/JeffersonAirplaneTakeMeToACircusTentAircast64theyloveplanes.mp3

Wishing you a great day,

craig

 

Jefferson Airplane- An “Electric Night” from 68 gives you a Jefferson Airplane treasure as we bring in the rock weekend!

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Hello Weekend Rockers:

Are you getting by the cold front?  It is 127 below zero as I type with gloves on.

The better news is the rock and roll is solid.  If you take a ticket for our flight you can enjoy the sounds of a Jefferson Airplane from over 40 years ago.

The city is Philadelphia.  The time 1968 and we check out:

Philly Jam

Enjoy.  Got to go rock and roll.

Please board here for intense Airplane rock:

http://www.takemetoacircustent.net/media/JeffersonAirplaneTakeMeToACircusTentAircast64anelectricairplane.mp3

Wishing you a great day,

craig

 

Jefferson Airplane- A rare Grace Slick Great Society journey and one from Mr. Paul Kantner, call it Airplanes in all directions or rare gems from the vaults!!

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE– JEFFERSON STARSHIP– Great Society

Please spread the

word the new Jefferson Starship book:

“HAVE YOU SEEN THE STARS TONITE” has landed.

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http://www.amazon.com (The books are proudly featured here)

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE– JEFFERSON STARSHIP– Great Society– Take Me To A Circus Tent

Have You Seen The Stars Tonite

Quality Rock & Roll Airplane style.

Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, and a trillion friends:

Your Mind Has Left Your Body (From the 1973 Baron Von Tollbooth sessions)

Great Society W/Grace Slick studio circa 1965:Don’t Mess With Me

Hello there and welcome to the Jefferson Flight:

How about an unreleased 1965 studio track from the Great Society and from the Baron Von Toolbooth sessions a stellar gem without the hiss. Even if you heard it previously it may not have been with this quality! Mr. Paul Kantner and a cast of zillions do their thing!!

A quick note about the football Giants.  Any time  a team doesn’t get to defend their title in the championship game the season is a major disappointment.  The Eagles played with more passion.

Enjoy as always. Got to go rock and roll.

Please spread the

word:

The new Jefferson Starship book “Have You Seen The Stars Tonite” has arrived!

Thanks as always!

Relax and have fun!

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE–

JEFFERSON STARSHIP– Great Society-

Take Me To A Circus Tent

I look forward to hearing you later!

The book is Take Me To A Circus Tent (The Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual) W/93 photos, 32 interviews, 543 pages, and a myriad of 5 star reviews!

Please remember at any moment on an Aircast it can be a rare memory from the Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, KBC, Wooden Ships, Marty Balin, Paul Kantner to name several.  Maybe another picture previously unseen from the Rock Tent Vault sees daylight from Herb Greene or Don Aters.

Wishing you a great day,

craig

Please board here for the rock treasures:

http://www.takemetoacircustent.net/media/JeffersonAirplaneTakeMeToACircusTentJefersonAircast36GreatBaronTA.mp3

All my best,

craig