AUDIO: Jefferson Airplane's Jack Casady (1984)
Gene Sculatti, Davin Seay, Rock's Backpages audio, 1984
The Airplane bassist talks about the bands he had been in; meeting Jorma Kaukonen and joining the Airplane; the democratic band set-up; venues like the Longshoreman’s Hall and the emergence of hippies; the Acid Tests and the Warlocks; recruiting Grace Slick from the Great Society; the band's RCA contract and large advance; recording Surrealistic Pillow; ‘White Rabbit’; playing Monterey Pop; the band's vocal blend; the end of the band; forming Hot Tuna; how he developed his bass style, and playing Erma Franklin’s ‘Piece Of My Heart’ to Big Brother.
