Bodacious DF is the only release by the short-lived band of the same name. Marty Balin

Marty Balin

Marty Balin is an American musician. He is best known as the founder and one of the lead singers of the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane.-Early life:Martyn Buchwald was born in Cincinnati, Ohio...

 had left Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success....

 in 1971, and after producing an album by the band Grootna in 1972, he formed the band Bodacious DF with Grootna members Vic Smith and Dewey DeGreaze (Greg Dewey from Country Joe & the Fish). Mark Ryan, who had played with Quicksilver Messenger Service

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock band, formed in 1965 in San Francisco.-Introduction:Quicksilver Messenger Service gained wide popularity in the Bay Area and, through their recordings, with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe and several of their albums ranked...

 also joined. The band broke up shortly after the album was released, and Balin joined Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...

, with Charlie Hickox and Vic Smith both contributing songs to the 1976 Jefferson Starship album, Spitfire

Spitfire (Jefferson Starship album)

Spitfire is Jefferson Starship's 1976 follow-up to the chart-topping Red Octopus . This album quickly scaled the charts, spending six consecutive weeks at number three in Billboard and going platinum.-Track listing:-Personnel:...

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Side One

1. "Drifting" (Jesse Osborne) – 4:30
2. "Good Folks" (Lonnie Talbot) – 7:30
3. "The Witcher" (Marty Balin, Vic Smith) – 6:26

Side Two

1. "Roberta" (Balin, Smith, Trish Robbins) – 4:25
2. "Second Hand Information" (Charlie Hickox) – 4:53
3. "Drivin' Me Crazy" (Smith) – 7:06
4. "Twixt Two Worlds" (Balin, Smith) – 5:30

Personnel

• Marty Balin
  Marty Balin
  Marty Balin is an American musician. He is best known as the founder and one of the lead singers of the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane.-Early life:Martyn Buchwald was born in Cincinnati, Ohio...
  
   – lead vocals
• Mark Ryan – bass, background vocals
• Dewey DaGreaze – drums, percussion, background vocals on "Second Hand Information"
• Vic Smith
  Vic Smith
  Vic Smith is a former football player who represented New Zealand at international level.Smith made his full All Whites debut in a 0-6 loss to South Africa on 5 July 1947 and ended his international playing career with six A-international caps to his credit, his final cap an appearance in a 0-4...
  
   – guitars, background vocals
• Charlie Hickox – keyboards, background vocals on "Second Hand Information"

Additional Personnel

• Rhani Kugel, Anna Rizzo, Trish Robbins – background vocals on "Good Folks"
• Boots Hughston – saxophone on "The Witcher"

Production

• Billy Wolf – producer
• Doc Storch – producer, engineer, mixdown
• Bodacious DF – producer, arranger
• Kurt Kinzel – assistant engineer
• Stephen Stone – photography
• North Beach Camera, Luigi Alfano, Jack Wright – photographic assistance
• Bob Fried – artist
• Recorded at Record Plant, Sausalito
• Mastered at Lacquer Channel, Sausalito