Once upon a time Kate wrote: >I saw her during her peak at the Filmore East, then a year or so later at >Woodstock. The Airplane set was one of the highlights from my Woodstock >experience. They played at sunrise after the rainstorms had passed. I can't >recall which song it was now, but it was the perfect soundtrack for the >beautiful new day & one of the most profound combinations of music >complementing nature.
On the Woodstock CDs, you can hear Grace saying "everyone is vibrating" when the Airplane comes on stage. That's because the acid was starting to peak. Like the Doors and Country Joe and a bunch of other bands, the Airplane (and Grace) occupy that small cosmos of time when everything they sang had special meaning Just For Me, and I took their messages to heart. Each album was a revelation, a mystic document that would yield up its treasures after prolonged listening, until it beat in my blood. Too bad about the Jefferson Starship then just Starship thing. I love the fact that Grace was born Grace Wing. Gil
