[Chunga]

Almost everything coming out of San Francisco in the late sixties was soulless. To find a modicum of soul anywhere in California you had to find a band coming from a blues viewpoint, such as The Steve Miller Band (and when he attempted to go psychedelic he fell on his face) or head for Oakland (Sly And The Family Stone) and LA. Paul Butterfield didn't even make the cut for the Woodstock Movie and his band tore that stage up...but they were a blues band. Blues bands could find no favor in San Francisco.

The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver, Country Joe And The Fish, The Jefferson Airplane...they all were rotten, no-playing, pretentious, poorly produced bands. Although the Airplane can be forgiven a little because they sounded like they wanted to actually make statements, inane as they were.

If you want to hear really great music from the era, look toward Detroit, Memphis, New York and England.

[dfwgator]

If you want to hear really great music from the era, look towards Detroit, Memphis, New York and England

Or the South, the Allman Brothers could kick any of those San Francisco bands off the stage.

[MarkL]

Although the Airplane can be forgiven a little because they sounded like they wanted to actually make statements, inane as they were.

Again, I think that it was the drugs. I've always wondered what the Jefferson Airplane (and Hot Tuna) would have sounded like had Jorma and Jack been sober!

It would have been amazing.

Mark