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Jefferson Airplane is formed in San Francisco, California, USA, by singer Marty Balin, who wants a band to play at the opening of his new club, The Matrix, in August.Full article:
Paul Kantner (guitar/vocals, Jefferson Airplane) : A friend of (Airplane guitarist) Jorma's had a dog named Blind Thomas Jefferson Airplane. Jorma, being into the blues, had thought up the name as a sarcastic comment on white California people trying to adopt funky names … we hadn't found a name we liked, so we said, 'We'll call ourselves Jefferson Airplane until we can think of something good.'
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