David Freiberg
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David Freiberg is an American musician. He was vocalist and/or bass guitar player with Quicksilver Messenger Service
, Jefferson Airplane
and Jefferson Starship
.
and Paul Kantner
. Janis Joplin
was also one of his roommates. In the mid-1960s, Freiberg founded Quicksilver Messenger Service with John Cipollina
.
In 1972 Freiberg joined Jefferson Airplane
for the tour that promoted their final studio LP
, Long John Silver
and appeared on their final live album Thirty Seconds Over Winterland
. The remnants of the band eventually evolved into Jefferson Starship
, and Freiberg remained with this group until 1984 when he quit the group following the departure of Paul Kantner
.
After a two decade hiatus, Freiberg rejoined Kantner in Jefferson Starship for their 2005 tour, which was billed as "The Jefferson Family Galactic Reunion", and as of 2010 has officially rejoined the group and appears on the 2008 release Jefferson's Tree of Liberty
which is the first Jefferson Starship release to feature Freiberg since 1984's Nuclear Furniture
.
Freiberg is married to the singer Linda Imperial and resides in Marin County, California
where he has built a recording studio. Orpheus
creator Bruce Arnold has been quoted as saying "He has developed a wonderful way of recording my acoustic guitar and has a $100,000 voice mike that will make anyone sound good."
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...
, 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....
and 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...
.
Career
Freiberg began his career as a coffee house folk musician. For a while he shared a house in Venice, California, with other future folk-rockers David CrosbyDavid Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...
and Paul Kantner
Paul Kantner
Paul Lorin Kantner is an American rock musician, known for co-founding the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off band Jefferson Starship.- Overview :...
. Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
was also one of his roommates. In the mid-1960s, Freiberg founded Quicksilver Messenger Service with John Cipollina
John Cipollina
John Cipollina was a guitarist best known for his role as a founder and the lead guitarist of the prominent San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service...
.
In 1972 Freiberg joined 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....
for the tour that promoted their final studio LP
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Long John Silver
Long John Silver (album)
-Personnel:*Grace Slick – vocals, piano*Jack Casady – bass*Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar*Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals*Papa John Creach – electric violin*John Barbata – drums, tambourine, "against the grain stubble scraping"...
and appeared on their final live album Thirty Seconds Over Winterland
Thirty Seconds Over Winterland
-Personnel:Personnel credits from original Vinyl release.*Jack Casady – bass*Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar*Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals*Grace Slick – vocals*Papa John Creach – electric violin*John Barbata – drums, percussion...
. The remnants of the band eventually evolved into 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...
, and Freiberg remained with this group until 1984 when he quit the group following the departure of Paul Kantner
Paul Kantner
Paul Lorin Kantner is an American rock musician, known for co-founding the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off band Jefferson Starship.- Overview :...
.
After a two decade hiatus, Freiberg rejoined Kantner in Jefferson Starship for their 2005 tour, which was billed as "The Jefferson Family Galactic Reunion", and as of 2010 has officially rejoined the group and appears on the 2008 release Jefferson's Tree of Liberty
Jefferson's Tree of Liberty
Jefferson's Tree of Liberty is a 2008 studio album by Jefferson Starship, released on September 2, 2008. It is the tenth studio album recorded by the band under the Jefferson Starship name, the first studio album since 1999's Windows of Heaven and the first on a major label by the band since 1989...
which is the first Jefferson Starship release to feature Freiberg since 1984's Nuclear Furniture
Nuclear Furniture
-Personnel:*Donny Baldwin – drums, percussion, vocals*Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, rhythm guitar*David Freiberg – vocals, keyboards*Paul Kantner – vocals, electric rhythm guitar, acoustic rhythm guitar, banjo*Pete Sears – bass, keyboards*Grace Slick – vocals...
.
Freiberg is married to the singer Linda Imperial and resides in Marin County, California
Marin County, California
Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2010, the population was 252,409. The county seat is San Rafael and the largest employer is the county government. Marin County is well...
where he has built a recording studio. Orpheus
Orpheus (band)
Orpheus is a rock band from Worcester, Massachusetts that enjoyed popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s.In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the avant garde band. Original members included guitarist/vocalists Bruce Arnold and Jack McKennes, bass guitarist Eric "The Snake"...
creator Bruce Arnold has been quoted as saying "He has developed a wonderful way of recording my acoustic guitar and has a $100,000 voice mike that will make anyone sound good."
With Quicksilver Messenger Service
- Quicksilver Messenger ServiceQuicksilver Messenger Service (album)Quicksilver Messenger Service is the debut album of Quicksilver Messenger Service, released in 1968.-History:This was Quicksilver Messenger Service's first album, although they had already produced two songs for the soundtrack of the 1968 movie Revolution...
(1968) - Happy TrailsHappy Trails (album)Happy Trails is the second album of the American band Quicksilver Messenger Service.Happy Trails consists mainly of a performance cover of Bo Diddley's - aka Ellas McDaniel - "Who Do You Love?" spread out over 25 minutes...
(1969) - Shady Grove (1969)
- Just For LoveJust for Love (album)Just for Love is the fourth album by American psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. Released in August 1970, it marks the culmination of a transition from the extended, blues- and jazz-inspired improvisations of their first two albums to a more traditional rock sound...
(1970) - What About Me (1970)
- Solid Silver (1975)
- Peace by PiecePeace By PiecePeace by Piece is the ninth album by American psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service and the first to be released with guitarist Gary Duncan at the sole command...
(1986) - Shape Shifter (1996)
With Paul Kantner and/or Grace Slick
- Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun (Kantner, Slick, Freiberg et al.) (1973)
- Manhole (Grace Slick) (1974)
- Planet Earth Rock And Roll OrchestraPlanet Earth Rock and Roll OrchestraThe Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra is a nickname given to artists who recorded together in the early 1970s. They were predominantly members of Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Crosby, Stills and Nash. Their first album together was Blows Against the...
(Paul Kantner) (1983)
With Jefferson Airplane & Jefferson Starship
- Blows Against the EmpireBlows Against the EmpireBlows Against the Empire is a concept album by Paul Kantner and Grace Slick, released under the name Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship, the first album to use the "Starship" name, although the personnel line-up was not the same as would appear on the first actual Jefferson Starship...
(1970) - Thirty Seconds Over WinterlandThirty Seconds Over Winterland-Personnel:Personnel credits from original Vinyl release.*Jack Casady – bass*Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar*Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals*Grace Slick – vocals*Papa John Creach – electric violin*John Barbata – drums, percussion...
(1973) - Dragon Fly (1974)
- Red OctopusRed OctopusRed Octopus is a 1975 album by Jefferson Starship. It was the best-selling album by any incarnation of Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off groups, and the single "Miracles" hit #3 on the Billboard charts, being the biggest hit single the band had until that point...
(1975) - SpitfireSpitfire (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:...
(1976) - EarthEarth (Jefferson Starship album)-Personnel:*Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "Show Yourself"*Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals*Marty Balin – vocals*Pete Sears – bass on "Skateboard", "Runaway", and "All Nite Long", electric piano on "Love Too Good", organ on "Love Too Good", "Count on Me", "Take Your Time", "Crazy Feelin",...
(1978) - GoldGold (Jefferson Starship album)-Personnel:*Marty Balin – vocals*John Barbata – drums, percussion, vocals*Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, vocals*David Freiberg – bass, keyboards, vocals*Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals*Pete Sears – bass, keyboards*Grace Slick – vocals...
(1979) - Freedom at Point ZeroFreedom at Point Zero-Personnel:*Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards on "Things to Come"*Pete Sears – bass on "Things to Come", "Awakening", "Girl with the Hungry Eyes", "Rock Music", and "Freedom at Point Zero", keyboards on "Jane", "Lightning Rose", "Awakening", and "Just the Same", organ on "Fading Lady...
(1979) - Modern TimesModern Times (Jefferson Starship album)- Personnel :* Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, synthesizer on "Find Your Way Back", "Mary", and "Free", steel drums on "Mary"* Aynsley Dunbar – drums, percussion, marimba on "Mary", synthesizer on "Free"...
(1981) - Winds of ChangeWinds of Change (Jefferson Starship album)Winds of Change is a 1982 album by Jefferson Starship. It was the first studio album produced after Grace Slick rejoined the band as a full member. Aynsley Dunbar plays drums on the album, but was replaced by Donny Baldwin for the supporting tour...
(1982) - Nuclear FurnitureNuclear Furniture-Personnel:*Donny Baldwin – drums, percussion, vocals*Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, rhythm guitar*David Freiberg – vocals, keyboards*Paul Kantner – vocals, electric rhythm guitar, acoustic rhythm guitar, banjo*Pete Sears – bass, keyboards*Grace Slick – vocals...
(1984) - Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change 1979-1991)Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change 1979-1991)-Personnel:*Previous material from Freedom at Point Zero, Modern Times, Nuclear Furniture, Knee Deep in the Hoopla, No Protection, and Love Among the CannibalsDon't Lose Any Sleep*Mickey Thomas – vocals*Craig Chaquico – guitarsGood Heart...
- Jefferson's Tree of LibertyJefferson's Tree of LibertyJefferson's Tree of Liberty is a 2008 studio album by Jefferson Starship, released on September 2, 2008. It is the tenth studio album recorded by the band under the Jefferson Starship name, the first studio album since 1999's Windows of Heaven and the first on a major label by the band since 1989...
(2008)