Jefferson Airplane At Woodstock              

On the morning of 17 August, 1969, the band was understandably very tired. The San Francisco group had been scheduled to perform the night before, a Saturday, but delay upton dealy resulted in their set being pushed back again and again.

Following the Who's well received set, The Airplane plugged in and woke up anyone who'd dared to fall asleep. "Alright, friends," Grace Slcik addressed the sea of humans, "you have seen the heavy groups. Now you will see morning maniac music. Believe me, yeah, it's a new dawn."

With Nicky Hopkins sitting in on piano, the Airplane, who were paid $15,000 for their morning's work, played to the throng but all the band membrs later agreed that their perfomrance was anything but inspired.























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