Still the music will get stronger or more iconic but it isn't the same when you hear a cover band. In fact some of the reunions felt like cover bands after all this time. I guess there is no substituting experiencing these acts in their heyday. The song 'Miracles' was Kantner's highest success after the Airplane ended and it is an absorbing soft rock gem with strong flamenco guitars mixing with the breathy call and response vocals of Mary Balin and the band.The build up of tension is extraordinary particularly the fact it keeps you drawn in throughout its duration probably primarily due to the criss crossing Jefferson Airplane styled bellowing vocals; creating a gorgeous choral landscape and a hot, sweaty Latin atmosphere.
Sunday 31 January 2016
Jefferson Starship (1975) Miracles
This long month of classic rock deaths just keeps on rolling with the passing of Paul Kantner the Jefferson Airplane guitarist and iconic figure of the 60s. Surely January 2016 will go down with the Day the Music Died and the 1980 deaths of John Lennon, John Bonham & Bon Scott. Or probably won't as those died in their prime, cut short while still in their classic period. Either way it's a tough time for fans of the music as this great period of music will soon be firmly in our past; the Eagles are over, how long can the Stones go on? Paul McCartney and Ringo won't be there forever nor will the Who or Kiss. Brian Wilson and Black Sabbath are in the midst of their last tour Barry Gibbs is the only Bee Gee remaining and Deep Purple no longer have their chief figures of Lord or Blackmore. And we all know Robert Plant's stance on another Zeppelin reunion.
Still the music will get stronger or more iconic but it isn't the same when you hear a cover band. In fact some of the reunions felt like cover bands after all this time. I guess there is no substituting experiencing these acts in their heyday. The song 'Miracles' was Kantner's highest success after the Airplane ended and it is an absorbing soft rock gem with strong flamenco guitars mixing with the breathy call and response vocals of Mary Balin and the band.The build up of tension is extraordinary particularly the fact it keeps you drawn in throughout its duration probably primarily due to the criss crossing Jefferson Airplane styled bellowing vocals; creating a gorgeous choral landscape and a hot, sweaty Latin atmosphere.
Still the music will get stronger or more iconic but it isn't the same when you hear a cover band. In fact some of the reunions felt like cover bands after all this time. I guess there is no substituting experiencing these acts in their heyday. The song 'Miracles' was Kantner's highest success after the Airplane ended and it is an absorbing soft rock gem with strong flamenco guitars mixing with the breathy call and response vocals of Mary Balin and the band.The build up of tension is extraordinary particularly the fact it keeps you drawn in throughout its duration probably primarily due to the criss crossing Jefferson Airplane styled bellowing vocals; creating a gorgeous choral landscape and a hot, sweaty Latin atmosphere.
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