Weighted Down
eBook - ePub

Weighted Down

The Complicated Life of Skip Spence

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  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Weighted Down

The Complicated Life of Skip Spence

About this book

Skip Spence was a soldier, a rock star, a folkie, an innovator, an addict, a cult phenomenon and a ward of the state. The cast of characters in his story include some of the biggest stars in music: Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young and many more.

His life is the story of the Sixties – it’s the story of San Francisco, the biggest bands in America and rock’n’roll mayhem.




Although Spence spent much of his life battling addiction and mental illness, during his lucid moments he performed in several bands and is best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and as the co-founder of Moby Grape. Tracks from his cult solo album Oar has been covered by Tom Waits, Beck and Robert Plant.




With family photos, a foreword by Robin Spence, and accounts from his friends, bandmates and family, Weighted Down is the first book to tell his story in full.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. Foreword by Robin Spence
  6. Prologue: Myth and True
  7. 1. From Windsor to Ohio
  8. 2. Phoenix
  9. 3. Going to California
  10. 4. South Bay Folk
  11. 5. Beyond the South Bay
  12. 6. The Jefferson Airplane
  13. 7. The Airplane Takes Off
  14. 8. Awol
  15. 9. What’s Big and Purple and Lives in the Ocean?
  16. 10. Corte Madera and the Ark
  17. 11. The Ballroom Bidding War
  18. 12. Welcome to Columbia
  19. 13. False Starts
  20. 14. Puttin’ Out the Katz
  21. 15. You Can Do Anything
  22. 16. Funky Motorcycle Foxtrot
  23. 17. The Ides of March
  24. 18. Manhattan Breakdown
  25. 19. Oar
  26. 20. The Doobie Brothers in A Night at the Opera
  27. 21. Granite Creek: The Second Rise and Fall of Moby Grape
  28. 22. Aftermath
  29. 23. Spinning Freely
  30. 24. Surviving
  31. Epilogue: Life After Life
  32. Appendix A: Skip Spence Gigography
  33. Appendix B: Skip Spence Sessionography
  34. Acknowledgements
  35. Endnotes
  36. Copyright