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Violinist Papa John Creach 1st found the see of rock followers when he joined Jefferson Aircraft and its own spin-off group, Hot Tuna, in 1970. By that point, he had been in his early fifties, a veteran of jazz and blues organizations, while his fellow bandmembers had been still nearing …

David Freiberg was probably the most folk-rooted person in Quicksilver Messenger Provider, where he played bass and sang. Quicksilver was the picture of his most crucial accomplishments on record, though he got even more commercial achievement as an associate of Jefferson Starship within the ’70s. His most remarkable songwriting credits …

A good though not really first-division surf music group, the Sentinals produced several albums for Del-Fi in 1963-64 and achieved a great deal of regional recognition, although just drummer Johnny Barbata (later on within the Turtles and Jefferson Starship) would continue to name organizations. They created in 1961 within the …