The Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound by Ralph J. Gleason

West Pole captures the magnetic attraction of musicians who provoked the establishment enough to create national news. There are also cameo appearances from David Crosby and Jerry Garcia. Go Ride The Music is a stunning document of Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service (a band destined for stardom who short-circuited their own success). The San Francisco Sound, as it became to be known, was a montage of shrieking guitars and bold now-classic Acid Rock. The original mono recording has been remixed and remastered. And when Carlos Santana, Jerry Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady and Paul Kantner kick out the jams to end it all, all hell breaks loose. Jefferson Airplane then splits the club wide open with their patented incendiary and provocative performance style. A Night At The Family Dog starts with two iconic Santana performances before Grateful Dead covers Otis Redding. These three bands would define a scene that had the whole world wondering what exactly was going on in the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco. Gleason who did more than any other journalist to hip the world to what was shakin’ in San Francisco in the late ‘60s.Ī Night At The Family Dog held on February 4, 1970, featured the brightest three lights of the Bay Area, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and Santana. All three films were originally produced and created as groundbreaking television documentaries by Ralph J. Mercury Studios has released A Night At The Family Dog (1970), Go Ride The Music and West Pole (1969), three psychedelic trips down memory lane, on May 12 as a 2 DVD package, complete with new artwork and ‘60s-styled poster. The resulting flashback is great because it happens without all of the nasty neurological messiness of a real flashback. Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and Santanaīaby boomers, if you wish to experience a true musical/visual flashback to the good ol’ days, then you will want to watch A Night At The Family Dog, Go Ride The Music and West Pole. A Night At The Family Dog (1970), Go Ride The Music and West Pole (1969)

The Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound by Ralph J. Gleason