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Actor Gene Hackman is 82. Actress Tammy Grimes is 78. Actress Vanessa Redgrave is 75. Country singer Norma Jean is 74. Singer Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship is 70. Musician Phil Collins is 61. Actor Charles S. Dutton (“Roc”) is 61. Comedian Brett Butler (“Grace Under Fire”) is 54. Singer Jody Watley is 53. Actor Christian Bale is 38. Singer Josh Kelley is 32. Actor Wilmer ...

On this day in 1971, Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane gave birth to a daughter, naming her God

Here's an album I used to listen to back in the vinyl age. The Paupers were a Canadian psych band who were active from 1964 (then named the Spats) to about 1971. The original organizer was Skip Prokop. They were a very popular live band, and before they ever committed much to wax, they wrere already opening for the likes of Jimi Hendrix, the Soft Machine and Jefferson Airplane. They also ...

9PM 1. Etta James- All I Could Do is Cry- The Best of Etta James 2. Tono Quirazco Y Su Grupo- Psicosis Makossa- Soul Makossa 3. Sevil & Ayla- Irgat Turkish Freakout 2 4. Gor Mahia Boys, Kajulu boys & Osiri Boys- Mouna Opusi- Benga at its Best 5. El Hijo de la Cumbia- Soy el Control- Freestyle de Ritmos 6. Confusions- Voice from the Inner Soul- Simla Beat 70 7. Jefferson Airplane- You , Me ...

, a look back with a slurry of memorable clips from 2011. Young and inspiring harpist Charles Overton plays Debussy, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch reads Shakespeare, and Gillian Welch sings Jefferson Airplane.

By Theodora Aggeles, Times Correspondent Thursday, December 29, 2011 Marty Balin, founder and featured vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, and his band will put on a free show tonight in downtown Clearwater. CLEARWATER — Think New Year's Eve is the most exciting night of the year? Then why not start celebrating early? Casanova's Blast Friday will light up downtown Clearwater's Cleveland Street ...

With the recent release of the film adaptation of Steig Larsson's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo we thought it would be fitting if we looked back on some other memorable cover songs used in movies.

Actor Frederic Forrest (“Lonesome Dove’’ ) is 75. Actor James Stacy is 75. Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) is 71. Drummer Ron Bushy of Iron Butterfly is 70. Actor-comedian Harry Shearer (“The Simpsons’’) is 68. Actress Susan Lucci (“ All My Children ’’) is 65. Guitarist Dave Murray of Iron Maiden is 55. Singer Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam is 47.

In the early-1970s heyday of the Capitol Theater here there were appearances by the likes of Traffic, Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd and Santana. The Grateful Dead logged 18 shows over an 11-month period, and Janis Joplin played her next-to-last show at the Capitol on Aug. 8, 1970, two months before she died...

Bob Doherty, NBC Universal’s vice president of broadcast operations, still goes to camp at the age of 56.

Bob Doherty, NBC Universal’s vice president of broadcast operations, still goes to camp at 56. His playground is the 120- acre Fur Peace Ranch in southeast Ohio, where guitarists of all stripes come to learn from masters such as Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna bandmates Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen.