Jefferson Starship – ‘Spitfire’ [Retro Album Review]

T-I-M-B-E-R-R-R-! If hacked down in a musical forest, loggers could easily count the many rings of this 55-year-old rock and roll Monterey cypress. From the high-flying early days as the Jefferson Airplane, the group defined the psychedelic San Francisco sound of the mid and late ’60s. Boasting a revamped lineup, the band transformed into the cosmic Jefferson Starship and rocketed into the stratosphere during the mid and late ’70s. Under the stripped-down moniker, Starship, the former pioneers of the once-powerful peace and love movement became purveyors of platinum-selling pop provolone during the mid to late ’80s. Today, flaccid incarnations of the various versions of the franchise still tour — performing at local weenie roast events and hometown rib fests across the country. I guess a b...

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