Join us for an exclusive live stream interview and acoustic performance session with current Jefferson Starship band members and VP of Education Jason Hanley on Friday, August 21 at 7pm ET. Each one only has one guy who has been in the band I kind of stay away from that. A: I know! WebDonny Baldwin was raised in Palo Alto, California. We were talking and they were like, When we were in high school we loved that song Jane because there were no songs on the radio with solos that long. I thought maybe our manager was really right. img.wp-smiley, He would wrap his hands around the cups to warm his fingers. This is a cool chat with a real cool cat. Rock goddess Cathy Richardson speaks out about honoring the legacy of Paul Kantner, songwriting with Grace Slick for the Jefferson Starship's new album, and rocking the vote to dump Trump. Thomas, Stephanie Calvert, John Roth and Darrell Verdusco Francisco band, Rock and Roll of! But we talk on Zoom all the Being on the road is crazy enough without We had just come off of a Top 5 single from our album that Mutt Lange helped us produce. He knew that. img.emoji { I Will Fight, Despite it all, Craig still is playing at the top of his game, and he still has a huge smile on his face. Norman Harris is a famous guitar aficionado I bought a lot of my guitars from him when I was younger. riffing amiably on some of the comings and goings. When he and his longtime Starship band plays the Marin County Fair on July 1, it will be his first show here in seven years. A special interview opportunity. NJArts.net, a 501(c)(3) organization, does not have a paywall, but asks its users to become voluntary subscribers, providing funds needed to keep the site going. Apple Podcasts iHeartRadio Stitcher Google Podcasts Spotify SoundCloud YouTube Facebook Podbay Pocket Casts TuneIn RadioPublic Deezer RADIO.COM. A: Lets go! Paul and one of the lighting directors had tumbled down some stairs. It was a little out there for me---well maybe not for me, but out there for anyone else. We looked at that as our reason for playing. He was beat to shit. Caught Up In You, Mikole Kaar. Oh man, I probably shouldnt be saying this. There was a huge riot at the concert place. Hey, our house was right across the street and we wanted to play. been doing it 15 years since then.. It was like, Okay guys, were going back to point zero. Craig: It was so synchronistic, even to the point that the first album I ever owned was a Quicksilver Messenger Service album. They appreciate us, and as you said we get a lot of appreciation everywhere we go, and were thankful for it. shes instrumental in wanting to keep the band together., We were playing gigs in LA. We Built This City on Rock And Roll has only a tiny bit of rock and roll guitar in it, except for a little at the end. Mickey sings the shit out of that tune, too Jeb: When the song halts in the middle and you pick that first high fretted note and the lead kicks in he was wrong. I play some of the Jefferson Starship and Starship stuff on there. I am the only one on every hit, so I can play whatever I want. Rahway series starts Aug. 6 with 'The Princess Bride.'. Isnt that weird? Her forte was to be that hood ornament in a big way. Charles. Those first four albums were mostly with those Les Pauls. Looking for Donny Baldwin online? by Star Season 1 Episode 1 Full Episode Pilot, We do what we want. It was always fun to sing because the entire band stopped and we all got to yell that. getting some other factors mixed in there, like resentment and Craig: If you go on my website, or my Facebook, there is video from a concert of me playing on the 40th anniversary of Red Octopus last year. I think what happened was that the guitar builder had a bunch of his instruments on display in a posting or something. Anyway, I had called everyone in the original band and asked if they would consider a real reunion. Q: Had you seen Rock of Ages before you accepted the role? How many people get to say they were on the one of the worst rock videos of all time and smile about it? - Paul Kantner. Q: This run is over three weeks long, and youre doing almost 30 shows in 24 days. Mickey and Donny [Baldwin] got into this fight that I didnt even know about until the next morning when I heard Mickey was in the hospital. It sounds like Ansley is clicking his sticks, but it is really the click track that bled through into the guitar mic. It is like Its a Small World After All. Youve got to figure there was a lot of good DNA in that song. What happened when wandering star came nearer and nearer? This whole ball started rolling because of the Star Wars Christmas Special and because of the riot in Germany, as that is where the guitars were lost, as thats where the serial numbers were published in the 70s in Germany. There was this afternoon concert at this beautiful amphitheater that overlooked the Rhine River. Craig: This is really weird, because on that tour we were playing songs from Dragon Fly, Spitfire, Earth, and Red Octopus. But is this inescapable rock anthem really the worst song ever? Featuring original and historic members David Freiberg (also a founder of San Francisco luminaries Quicksilver Messenger Service) and drummer Donny Baldwin, along with longtime members Chris Smith on keyboards and synth bass, Jude Gold on lead guitar and GRAMMY Nominee Cathy Richardson anchoring the female lead vocal spot made famous by the inimitable Grace Slick (who invited her to sing in her place as Jefferson Airplane accepts their Lifetime Achievement Award at the GRAMMY Merit Awards Concert.). Starship, circa 1987: Mickey Thomas, Craig Chaquico, Grace Slick and Donny Baldwin. But the choreography on the staging is Hard for me turned out to everyone participated! going to do Embryonic Journey? Jude played it, and I said, Well, Jude, make I know it. I remember when Sara first came out, a lot of musicians even studio pros would call me up and ask, How did you get that keyboard sound?, and I would say, I dont know, man, youve got to talk to Peter. [laughs] But outside of the older ones we mentioned, thats a song I hear about from my peers quite often. shortly after I did. The big hits from the mid-80s are awesome, and were still living off of those for sure, but the songs that kind of earn me credit with my peers and people like yourself are Jane, Find Your Way Back and Fooled Around and Fell in Love. Those are the ones I believe really display my voice the best. If your manager came to you and said, Hey Mickey, were going to put you on the road with Starship, but you need to play about 30 shows in 24 days, you would say what? All we know is the other two survived, the bass and my guitar. It all began when he thought he was being summoned to see a teacher while still in high school. Grace took that a little further and made a few Nazi connections that were not so politically correct. It turned into more of Mickey Thomas bringing people into the band. It was the first time I had ever met them. Hard for me to some degree my outlook on life so I ve worked alongside a bunch heavy. It was classic. Q: The song has a lush, atmospheric quality to it and it is also very subdued for the time. Hes so busy, Freiberg says of Sears. (function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';fnames[1]='FNAME';ftypes[1]='text';fnames[2]='LNAME';ftypes[2]='text';fnames[6]='MMERGE6';ftypes[6]='number';fnames[3]='MMERGE3';ftypes[3]='radio';fnames[5]='MMERGE5';ftypes[5]='dropdown';fnames[4]='MMERGE4';ftypes[4]='text';}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true); Hes one of my old buddies I am like, Give me my guitar back. Craig: Hey, I cant complain. Not only the savage beating - by one of your best friends!- including all the lawsuits, it's like a Spinal Tap Shes never missed a show. She missed this one. The 1975 Elvin Bishop album Struttin My Stuff included the hit single, Fooled Around and Fell in Love.. We have a couple of songs that were recorded on that day that weve already released. taglines. But since then it's topped (or placed) in critics' lists in publications like Blender and Rolling Stone as one of the worst popular tunes ever recorded. environment of the road. Its to his credit that he holds no grudges against her. Q: A, before we begin I have to take a moment to question your character. You George Harrison bought guitars from him. It is so amazing. [laughs] But Im not going to look at my relationship with him that way. That is when she took her disguise off and came backstage and said, Hey do you guys need a girl singer? That is how she got back in the band. Something about going to Europe never worked out too well for us. They wouldnt give us a permit to play. The tour was postponed while Thomas recovered. Craig: That is what theyre trying to say, but that doesnt really apply, because it only starts when you know that the guitar exists. We were up on this natural amphitheater ready to perform. Please only use it for a guidance and Donny Baldwin's actual income may vary a lot from the dollar amount shown above. There will be a live DVD coming out eventually of that. We talk about the creation of their new EP, Mother Of The Sun. To our producer, Peter Wolf single fan classic `` Down to the Bone.! I thought maybe I could play a song with him someday. Soul Saga Trailer, There is a great line Norman said as he is an expert and was involved in getting George Harrisons guitar back. No Problem! Not only because of the talent of the cast, but the choreography is on a whole new level for this musical. Net worth score. I had started playing guitar so I could get that rhythm picked out. Popular ballads at my relationship with Grace like web site, ofpersonalinterest.com ; 3 References ; 4 External ; Real characters, man, I probably shouldn t Shakespeare, but the choreography is on a year! 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The actual release date was June 13, 1975 for Red Octopus and June 13, 2016 is our court date. A: Not well off for sure, but I was making ends meet and paying the bills, and I was enjoying my life. Jeb: I think it made Grace relevant as a harder rock singer in modern times. Even though we thought that, and the world thought that about her, she was eccentric and she was flamboyant, but she had a very humble opinion of herself. She would say that she wasnt as technically in-depth as these acrobatic singers. That lyric, I wish I could go back in time and start all over somehow and get it right from the start, that is a universal feeling. Our management came in with a stopwatch and told us, That solo is 28 seconds too long and that song will never be played on the radio unless you take the solo out. Everybody in the band backed me up and we left the solo exactly the way I wrote it. This time we didnt even make it. Find Your Way Back is about being on the road and packing up and leaving and the world is your living room. Richard ) Host: Bonnie Gilgallon, 350 Jersey Songs ( listed alphabetically by artist ), Jersey!, what was your relationship with Grace like in the 80s, and here! [2] The band went through several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name. Thomas lived in Marin forever, as he likes to say, from the mid-70s to mid-90s, first in Mill Valley and then in San Anselmos Sleepy Hollow. We couldnt get it out. Actually, that gig is an interesting story. That was part of our assignment in carrying on the band, was to keep on creating and to carry the fire that Paul was always carrying, Freiberg concludes. We probably had 25 people on the payroll, whether we were working at the time or not. border: none !important; It is like the Mickey Thomas Band doing Starship songs. Thanks for taking care of it and I hope you get something back from your insurance, but a stolen guitar is a stolen guitar. That is where we are right now. But its the nature of the beast when you have a band thats been around for this long in one form or another and has a history of evolving and changing, reforming and reinventing itself. Jeb: That 1978 event is even more historic because the next gig was the last time the entire band played together. I thought we could do a missing man formation and do it without Grace, as we had other singers. Their new EP, mother of the Sun on our Zoom call is David Freiberg Donny. I knew right then and there I was listening to a song destined to become a classic, and that it was being sung by one of the great voices in rock. Then, I found out my guitar is alive and kicking. WebDonny Baldwin Profile: Drummer & percussionist, vocalist. 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We had the honor of interviewing Jefferson Starship as We went through a lot of transitions there, former Jefferson Starship guitar player Craig Chaquico told Glide in an interview earlier this year about the not-so-subtle change the band went through in the late seventies just prior to Thomas joining. That guitar went to Germany, to Japan, to New York, to Ohio and it ended up in this collection in Malibu, California. People are often surprised to hear that hes the voice on (The Spencer Davis Groups) Im a Man.. By then, I was 19 years old. We could feel the parts of it and everything. Jeb: Mickey got beat up by his drummer? He said, Not only do I have the serial numbers, but I think I know where your Sunburst it. That is how I found out about it. It had to do with being on tour together for so many years in the crazy environment of the road. Jon is frosting a cake that is 6 inches in length inches in width and 2 inches in height he frosts every side except for the bottom how many square inches of frosting will he need? It was very scary and challenging for me to go through all of the wheelchair therapy and the crutches and the corrective shoes and all of that. wanted to play and he said hed love to. It has a lot of intrigue. It started very young for me. He told me there was an article that was published in the 70s in Germany in German that had the serial numbers talk about synchronicity. Im sure each of us would love to go back and retrace our steps that night and make it different, but you cant do that. trying to get something going. 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