Thursday, March 29, 2018

"Come Back Baby" by Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane began in San Francisco as a psychedelic rock band. Fronted by Marty Balin and Grace Slick, they scored a couple classic hits right out of the gate in 1967 when "Somebody To Love" hit #5 and "White Rabbit" hit #8. The band never hit the top 40 again under this moniker.

Balin left in 1971 and rejoined in 1975, and their name evolved to Jefferson Starship. The music also changed as band members decided to ditch the psychedelic rock for a more pop-oriented sound. The band would go full-on into 80s pop when Balin was replaced by Mickey Thomas in 1979, the vocalist best known at the time for singing the Elvin Bishop hit "Fooled Around And Fell In Love." These personnel changes were accompanied by another name change that jettisoned the "Jefferson" part.

"Come Back Baby" goes way back to their 1967 record, "Surrealistic Pillow" (more accurately, the 2003 reissue). An atypical tune for the band during this era, it is a cover of a traditional blues-styled rocker with a guitar riff that is hard to dislodge from your brain.

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