Wooden Ships (1970) - Jefferson Airplane

Wooden Ships, written by David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Paul Kantner, originally recorded for the Volunteers LP. A "live" studio performance filmed April 2, 1970 with The Jefferson Airplane featuring the band's new drummer Joey Covington.

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Education

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• wooden
• ships
• jefferson
• airplane
• marty
• balin
• paul
• kantner
• jorma
• kaukonen
• jack
• casady
• grace
• slick
• joey
• covington
• papa
• john
• creach

[jg90278]

This was originally written by Crosby & Stills. Kanter got a writing credit because he changed "I can see by your coat.." to "I can see by your coke..."

[aurora1957A]

@jg90278

That ain't the way Kantner tells the story lol

[localguitarlegend1]

Anybody who feels that jorma and jack were not the guiding forces of this outfit needs to hit replay..Loved this whole thing..but it's quite easy to see why Hot Tuna was born.

[reaper3366]

This song is about the aftermath of a nuclear war. Those in the ships are escaping from the devastation. The purple berries reference concerns radiation sickness while the "silver people" are wearing protective suits. The images of desolation on the video are perhaps from the nuclear bomb tests at Bikini. A similar but bleaker theme was pursued in The House at Pooneil Corner. Those of us who were adults in the Sixties were always aware of the threat of nuclear annihilation - Cuban Crisis 1963.

[SteveSparx]

ultimate~



[1TopGunPaintballer]

This song has some crunchy tunes. Not gonna lie.

[1TopGunPaintballer]

"Suck on my berries until they turn purple"

[Federockeer]

My soul was there...

[cheedimed]

AURORA1957A THANK YOU,Merci pour cette sublime chanson.

[gdiddy56]

a nice version but I must say that the CSNY version is better

[MrCarl220]

@localguitarlegend1 I think EVERY member of a band plays the driving force to some extent. They all contribute something. I never listened to 'Hot Tuna' actually, but heard they were great,

[LEPRASE]

beautyfull song and grat video.