![]() ![]() The same year the group formed its own label, Grunt (3), distributed by RCA. Kaukonen and Casady formed Hot Tuna In 1971, but remained members of the Airplane. They performed at the Woodstock and Altamont festivals but then had its second major shakeup when Dryden left in 1970 to join New Riders Of The Purple Sage (he was replaced by Joey Covington), and the band stopped touring when Slick became pregnant by Kantner. Anderson left to have a baby and was replaced by Grace Slick, Spence left to form Moby Grape and was replaced by Spencer Dryden, which began the group's definitive lineup. The group was signed by RCA Victor, and their debut album charted (#128), selling 10,000 copies in the San Francisco area. They began as a folk-rock group, added lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, drummer Alexander Spence, singer Signe Anderson, and bassist Bob Harvey (7), who was soon replaced by Jack Casady. The band began in 1965 when singer Marty Balin met guitarist Paul Kantner. During the late 1960s, the band (along with The Grateful Dead) epitomized San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury culture. American psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, CA. ![]()
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