The Jefferson Starship Site Presents

Past and Present Members of Jefferson Starship

• Paul Kantner
  • vocals, rhythm guitar, 12-string guitar
  • member: 1974-84, 1992- (KBC 1985-87, Wooden Ships 1991-92)
  • Paul's Commentaries (from Jeff Z's Airplane Page)
  • A 1971 interview
  • A 1997 interview (by S Rogovoy)
• Grace Slick
  • vocals, keyboards
  • member: 1974-84 (Starship 1985-87)
  • read what Grace is up to nowadays (by Jeff Tamarkin, April, 1997)
  • Grace Slick and "Her" Great Society - a new great Grace site
  • The Grace Slick Gallery
  • White Rabbits - a Grace Slick Homepage
  • Grace with forks (a very nice photo by David Gans)
  • Grace with her mother Virginia and daughter China (Life, 1971)
  • read an interview from Sounds, 1978
  • "When the truth is found to be LIES..." (A page dedicated to Grace)
  • another Grace page
  • Grace solo albums available at CDNow
• Marty Balin
  • vocals, rhythm guitar, percussatives
  • member: 1974-1978, 1992- (KBC 1985-87)
  • soon on a solo tour with his new band
  • earlier this year on a little acoustic tour: reviews
  • The official Marty Balin Web-site
  • The new solo album Freedom Flight is out, and so is the first single Can't Forget the Night.
• David Freiberg
  • vocals, bass, keyboards
  • member: 1974-84
  • has also played a lot with Quicksilver Messenger Service
  • Quicksilver albums available at CDNow
  • Read a very nice interview with David by John Barthel.
• Pete Sears
  • bass, keyboards, guitar
  • member: 1974-84 (Starship 1985-1986)
  • before joining JS he played with Rod Stewart
  • made a great solo album, Watchfire, with Jerry Garcia, Holly Near, Mimi Farina and other friends
  • nowadays member of Hot Tuna
  • has a new album out in Japan: Millenium (on Capacity Records), featuring grand piano improvisations.
  • played with drummer Mickey Waller in a band called Silver Metre in 1969.
• Papa John Creach
  • vocals, electric violin
  • member: 1974-75, spring 1978, 1992-93
  • The Official Papa John Page
  • re-released solo albums on CD
  • Papa John (a nice picture)
  • Papa John albums available at CDNow
• Craig Chaquico
  • lead guitar
  • member: 1974-84 (Starship 1985-90)
  • The Craig Chaquico Homepage
  • New 1999 CD: Four Corners
  • has made several solo albums since leaving Starship: apart from the new Four Corners, the titles include Acoustic Highway, Acoustic Planet, A Thousand Pictures, and Once in A Blue Universe - Buy them all here!
  • Craig lost his guitars, but Fred helped him out
  • read an interview from 1993
  • Real Audio interview and a short biography
• John Barbata
  • drums, vocals
  • member: 1974-78
  • ex-member of The Turtles
• Aynsley Dunbar
  • drums
  • member: 1978-82
  • before joining JS he played with The Mothers & Zappa on these albums
  • and here is another great Aynsley Dunbar Biography with discography
  • played drums on Whitesnake's 1987 album
• Mickey Thomas
  • vocals
  • member: 1979-84 (Starship 1985- )
  • the main reason for the band turning softer and finally becoming just Starship (note that this site is a Jefferson Starship site and not a Starship one; Starship is definitely NOT the same thing as Jefferson Starship)
  • Starship albums available at CDNow
• Jack GOD Casady
  • basses
  • member: 1992- (KBC 1985-87)
  • Jack Enters The Hall of Fame of Bass (article/interview)
  • Jack @ Manny's Car Wash, 1995 (Photo by Alexander D'Gabriel)
  • Of course, also a member of Hot Tuna
  • Jack & Jorma (May 4, 1986)
  • Hot Tuna albums available at CDNow
• Darby Gould
  • vocals
  • member: 1992-1995
• Tim Gorman
  • keyboards
  • member: 1992-1995 (KBC 1985-87, Wooden Ships 1991-92)
• Prairie Prince
  • drums
  • member: 1992?-
• Slick Aguilar
  • lead guitar
  • member: 1992- (KBC 1985-87, Wooden Ships 1991-92)
• Signe Anderson
  • vocals
  • member: 1992-93
• Trey Sabatelli
  • drums
  • stand in for Prairie Prince since 1993
• Diana Mangano
  • vocals
  • member: 1993-
  • sings on Henry Kaiser's Garcia tribute Eternity Blue
  • Henry Kaiser albums available at CDNow
• Bill Laymon
  • bass (stand in for JC) since 1995(?)
• T Lavitz
  • keyboards
  • member: 1996-
  • ex-member of Dixie Dregs
  • 5-time GRAMMY nominee
  • T's Personal Homepage
  • Dixie Dregs albums available at CDNow
• Chris Smith
  • keyboards
  • member: 1998-
  • Replacement for T Lavitz (unclear if permanent or temporary)
• Peter Kangaroo Kaukonen
  • bass
  • member: 1974, stand in for JC in 1990s
• and a few others, e.g.:
  • Gary Cambra, keyboards
  • Donny Baldwin, drums

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