Here we go
again. The Grammy Awards show next month may need to add another half hour to
get to all of the memorials.
I’ve always
had a hard time picking my favorite version of “Wooden Ships,” which Kantner
co-wrote with David Crosby and Stephen Stills. I heard the Crosby, Stills and
Nash recording first and always liked it, but I finally decided on the Jefferson
Airplane’s version. The CSN harmony vocals are top-notch as usual, but somehow
the Airplane’s version seems a little rawer and more immediate.
Kantner
deserves props not only for co-founding the band, but also for getting out in
1984 after the members at that time wanted to go in a strictly commercial
direction. He gets bonus points for forcing the remaining members to give up
the word “Jefferson”, leaving them as simply “Starship”. And rest assured that
he had nothing to do with “We Built This City,” which WXPN listeners voted the
worst song of all time a little over a year ago.
Favorite
songs:
Ride The
Tiger
Pretty As
You Feel
Somebody To
Love
Crown Of
Creation
White Rabbit
Miracles
Volunteers
Greasy Heart
Lather
