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 Jefferson Airplane was the
first of the San Francisco psychedelic rock groups of the 1960s to achieve
national recognition. Although, The Grateful Dead ultimately proved more
long-lived and popular, Jefferson Airplane defined the San Francisco sound
in the 1960s, with the acid rock guitar playing of Jorma Kaukonen and the
soaring twin vocals of Grace Slick and Marty Balin, scoring hit singles and
looking out from the covers of national magazines. - More
 Formed in 1969 in Los Angeles
by two former members of Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention, songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist Lowell George and Roy Estrada on bass guitar,
completing the line up were drummer Richard Hayward and Bill Payne on keyboards.
Little Feat’s music is eclectic mix of blues, R&B, country and rock and
roll.
They were soon
signed to Warner Bros., where Little Feat, in various configurations, would
remain for twelve of their sixteen albums. This initial line-up recorded the
band’s first two LPs, 1971 self-titled “Little Feat”, featuring the classic
cut Willin, and its follow-up, Sailin’ Shoes, which added Easy To Slip,
Trouble, Tripe Face Boogie, Cold Cold Cold and the infectious title track
to their repertoire. ''Little Feat'' and ''Sailin' Shoes'', received good reviews
but failed commercially, and the band split up until 1972 when it reformed
with Kenny Gradney replacing Estrada. This new incarnation also included
guitarist Paul Barrere and percussionist Sam Clayton. - More
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 Robert
Wyatt, Mike Ratledge, Kevin Ayers and Daevid Allen formed Soft Machine in
1966. Wyatt had already worked with Allen in the Daevid Allen Trio (which
Ratledge occasionally jammed with) in 1963, and with Ayers in the Wilde
Flowers in 1964. Although the band had its roots in Canterbury, it soon
became a London-based band.
In January 1967, the band's one and only
single ever was recorded : it had two songs on it, "Loves Make Sweet
Music" and "Feelin', Reelin', Squeelin'". Three months
later, a collections of demos was recorded at DeLane Lea Studios  with
producer Giorgio Gomelsky, but not officially released until 1971 (on two
compilations on the French Byg label). At that time, Soft Machine
had already become something of a 'cult' band on the London psychedelic
scene, gigging at places like the Roundhouse or the UFO. On April 29th,
1967, they took part in an event set up by the underground paper 'International
Times', which also featured the Pink Floyd, and was given the name, '14
Hour Technicolor Dream'. - More
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