Drinking Gourd Previous Location

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Former Location –
This is the location where Marty Balin first met Paul Kantner. The “Gourd” was a kind of funky bar that served sandwiches and had a small stage where Kantner was playing at the time.

Balin also first met Signe Toly Anderson, the original vocalist for Jefferson Airplane, when she was performing at the Drinking Gourd. With the addition of Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady and Skip Spence, this was the beginning of Jefferson Airplane.

Jefferson Airplane Discography

1966 – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
1967 – Surrealistic Pillow
1967 – After Bathing at Baxter’s
1968 – Crown of Creation
1969 – Volunteers
1969 – Bless Its Pointed Little Head
1970 – The Worst of Jefferson Airplane
1971 – Bark
1972 – Long John Silver
1973 – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland
1974 – Early Flight
1977 – Flight Log
1987 – 2400 Fulton Street
1989 – Jefferson Airplane
1992 – Jefferson Airplane Loves You
1996 – Journey…best of
1998 – Live at the Fillmore East

Drinking Gourd
1898 Union Street
San Francisco CA 94123