Description
Rock & Roll hall of famer Marty Balin, formerly of The Jefferson Airplane and The Jefferson Starship, is one of the key personalities of the San Franciscan sound that also launched The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steve Miller Band and Janis Joplin. Recorded on June 14, 2008 at the beautiful Hatch Shell in Boston, this is the first solo DVD from Balin and features "Volunteers." "3/5ths of a Mile In Ten Seconds," "White Rabbit," "Somebody To Love" (with Didi Stewart on vocals for those Grace Slick classics), a version of Marty Balin singing "Somebody To Love" (the first time ever on a commercial release), "Today" and "Summer Of Love," as well as Balin's Jefferson Starship hits "Miracles," "Count On Me," "Runaway," along with his 1980 solo hit "Hearts" and a cover of Bruce Cockburn's "Rocket Launcher." It is the ultimate fan package featuring interview footage with original Jefferson Airplane lead singer Signe Anderson and the two authorities on all things Airplane/Starship rock journalists Jeff Tamarkin and Craig Fenton.Sales Points
• First Solo DVD of Marty Balin performing the majority of his hits without the Jefferson Airplane or Jefferson Starship
• Featuring drummer Donny Baldwin of Elvin Bishop Group ('Fooled Around & Fell In Love') and Starship ('Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now')
• Audio mastering by Rob Fraboni, producer/engineer for The Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys
• Interview with Signe Anderson, original lead singer of The Jefferson Airplane before Grace Slick (when Grace was in 'Great Society')
• Interview with Jeff Tamarkin, author of Got A Revolution, Tamarkin is well-known in Airplane circles as the person who wrote the liner notes on most of the Sony/BMG releases
• Interview with Craig Fenton, author of Take Me To A Circus Tent and another book on the Airplane/Starship
• A 50 minute interview with Marty Balin from 1995
Practice footage from the 6/13/08 session .. the rehearsal at Newbury Media Recording Studios the day before the gig including a short version of 'Count On Me' plus two new songs
• A surprise 'hello' from the group America
• 'White Rabbit' and 'Somebody To Love' featuring former Kirshner/CBS recording artist Didi Stewart on lead vocals!
• Cover photo by Darby Gould, former lead singer of The Jefferson StarshipTrack Listing01 3/5th Of A Mile In 10 Seconds (Balin, Marty)
02 Runaway (Dewey, Nicholas)
03 Count On Me (Barish, Jesse)
04 Somebody To Love (Slick, Darby)
05 Miracles (Balin, Marty)
06 Hearts (Barish, Jesse)
07 White Rabbit (Slick, Grace)
08 Volunteers (Balin, Marty) encore
09 If I Had A Rocket Launcher (Cockburn, Bruce)
Bonus Tracks:10 Do It For Love - Fitzgeralds, Berwyn IL 6/8/06
11 Somebody To Love (Slick, Darby) - Bratfest 5-26-07 Madison Wisconsin
12 Summer of Love (Balin, Marty)
13 Today (Balin, Marty)
14 Shape In The Night
15 Somehow The Tired Reach Home
16 Count On Me (Barish, Jesse)
17 Later On (Balin, Marty) - Recorded in 1995, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
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