Paul Kantner wrote Wooden Ships...the record company wouldn't allow his name on it for the first CSN record when Steve Stills with a handshake promised him all the royalties...Stills kept his word,to this day I have enormous respect for Steve Stills a true class act.

Beautiful memory of Paul . . . really shows who he was. Thank you, Paul. I miss you already. Glad to have known you.

Grace and Paul together, something so relieving about this moment, like, "Oh ,there they are, everything must be alright." To know that you can come back to it, thanks for posting.

Always good to discover another great performance of Wooden Ships!

Awesome...thanks for sharing this!

Thank you for posting this!! We rolled out of our IH TravelAll and the first person we met was Wavy Gravy. He was parking his car too. I watched this show from the trees, near where this video was taken. I was in tears by the end Wooden Ships. Later at the Greek that night, Bobby played Blackbird at intermission with the Russian musician.

@starrider4878

2 жыл бұрын

I was at both of shows too. I was there with friends from Philadelphia. I was 21 then. Thankful to have caught this for sure.

I was there (backstage 8')) and could swear they also played "Have You Seen the Stars Tonight." Robert Heinlein had died a few days previously. Maybe that was later at the Nicaraguan benefit?

I love Gracie Slick.

beautiful Grace

This sure is rare! Thank you!

I can't stop....watching this.

Paul meant what he said. And he said it with conviction.

i was there!!

wonderful !!!

I was there!

In the mid 1980s, musician Paul Kantner traveled to Nicaragua out of concern for the Sandinista situation. While in the country, he was given a song called "Comandante Carlos Fonseca", written by composer Carlos Mejía Godoy and revolutionary Tomás Borge. After reforming Jefferson Starship in the 1990s, he added the song to his repertoire, eventually recording the song for the 2008 album Jefferson's Tree of Liberty. These are the lyrics in Spanish: Poseídas por el Dios de la furia y el demonio de la ternura. Salen de la cárcel mis palabras hacia la lluvia. Y sediento de luz te nombro hermano en mis horas de aislamiento, vienes derribando los muros de la noche nítido, inmenso. Comandante Carlos, Carlos Fonseca, tayacán vencedor de la muerte, novio de la patria rojinegra Nicaragua entera te grita: ¡Presente! Carlos, Carlos Fonseca, tayacán vencedor de la muerte, novio de la patria rojinegra Nicaragua entera te grita: ¡Presente! Cuando apareciste llegaste a nosotros con tus ojos miopes azules intensos, fuiste desde entonces el hermano terco, indeclinable, sempiterno. Fuiste mecanógrafo, hormiga, martillo y al día siguiente de nuestro encuentro vimos tus letreros subversivos en todos los muros de nuestro pueblo. Comandante Carlos... Una bala en la selva de Zinica penetró en tu recio corazón de santo y estalló tu sangre en nuestras vidas como una gigante bomba de contacto. Desbordante de amor hacia los hombres, trinitaria roja tu pecho desnudo, tus ojos azules generosos apuntando firmes hacia el futuro. Comandante Carlos... Cuando los afiches del tirano sean insepultas huellas de la escoria; cuando los traidores y cobardes sean referencias de una vieja historia. Las generaciones venideras de la Nicaragua libre y luminosa van a recordarte eternamente con tu carabina disparando aurora. Comandante Carlos..."

@MrRhmccabe

6 жыл бұрын

My friend their last record,Jefferson's Tree of Liberty has a stunning version of the song from a couple of years ago...it's the Jefferson Airplane's best record...their best record.

@carolynpohlman945

5 жыл бұрын

Gracias

I'm so pleased I subscribed. Bravo!

Wavy Gravy abd his wife sure do much good for people. They help founded the SEVA Foundation which helps restore sight for blind people

...yeah, what those guys said....thanx!!

This must have been just after Grace left Starship. Of course, within a year they would reunite with Marty, Jorma and Jack as Jefferson Airplane. Just too bad Paul is no longer with us. I would have loved to hear what he would have written about concerning Trump.

@MrRhmccabe

6 жыл бұрын

He'd love him

@themadmattster9647

6 жыл бұрын

hed hate him of course. He hated most politicians but had a weird fascination with Communist China (fact)

@jimdep6542

5 жыл бұрын

He should ! President Trump is doing a great job ! @@MrRhmccabe​

@edharlukowicz3199

5 жыл бұрын

Moo kip kip mp

@danielrose3434

3 жыл бұрын

Please tell me the comment about the biggest grifter ever is a joke.

wavy gravy tried to hit me and my buddies Nate and Ben up for a hit off of our lit bowl, friday 13, 1983. it was a coke laced bowl saved for the first notes of jerry and the dead. Nate was pissed that I dissed the wavy man and sent him packing. it took me a good many extravegances to accumulate that particular bowl. it was packed and ready to blaze for four or five days. looks like pete sears over there at the command of the keys. WOW!

@MrRhmccabe

6 жыл бұрын

f--k Wavy Gravy....Garcia and Co.and you were entitled.

La bandiera rossa con falce e martello negli USA? Incredibile.

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Nice!

Wavy Gravy abd his wife sure do much good for people. They help founded the SEVA Foundation which helps restore sight for blind people