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Jefferson's Tree of Liberty | 
| Artist: Jefferson Starship
Label: The Lab / Fuel Records
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
Buy New: $13.99
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 1456
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 061738
UPC: 302061738268
EAN: 0030206173826
ASIN: B001D5F3RG
Release Date: September 2, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Wasn't That A Time | | • | Follow The Drinking Gourd | | • | Santy Anno | | • | Cowboy On The Run | | • | I Ain't Marching Anymore | | • | Chimes Of Freedom | | • | Genesis Hall | | • | Kisses Sweeter Than Wine | | • | Royal Canal | | • | Risin' Of The Moon | | • | Frenario | | • | In A Crisis | | • | Maybe For You | | • | Comandante Carlos Fonseca | | • | Pastures Of Plenty | | • | Imagine Redemption | | • | On The Threshold Of Fire | | • | The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood |
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Album Description
The legendary Jefferson Starship is at it again. Moving forward by reaching back, and in doing so, daringly casting a light for a new generation of change-makers riveted by the group's first new studio album in a decade, Jeffersons' Tree Of Liberty. The 18 song CD finds the group harnessing rare gems from the great folk tradition that inspired the rock n' roll hall of fame band more than 4 decades ago. The brainchild of singer/songwriter/band co-founder Paul Kantner (and co-produced by band manager Michael Gaiman, recurring Jefferson Airplane/ Jefferson Starship fixture and Quicksilver Messenger Service founder David Freiberg and Paul Kantner), the album mixes it up with Jefferson's trademark knack for defying fans' expectations as well as their own, introducing a soaring new female voice on many of the songs, Cathy Richardson, and tapping rock icon and original Jefferson treasure Grace Slick to appear on the album's mesmerizing `Easter Egg' bonus track.
Album Description
Jefferson's Tree Of Liberty is an unusual Jefferson Starship album in a number of ways. First, it's the first covers album any Jefferson configuration has ever recorded in their five-decade career, which is a noteworthy event in itself, but that's not the only thing different about JTOL. When Jefferson Starship decided to cut a whole album of folk tunes popularized by their heroes and peers, it was decided to create a sound not too dissimilar to the early version of the Airplane that Kantner and Balin founded over 40 years ago. The CD features one song with Grace Slick and has Paul Kantner, David Freiberg, Darby Gould, Cathy Richardson, David LaFlamme, Mart Balin, David Grisman and Prairie Prince also on the CD.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Sometimes, it's better not to look back November 15, 2008
Brian (Washington DC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love the old Jefferson Starship - Blows Against the Empire, and even other 'revolutionary' themed offerings from Paul Kantner and Grace Slick (Sunfighter, Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra), so was thrilled when I had heard they had released a 'new' old themed CD - if there were ever times that screamed for some type of protest, it's got to be the last 8 years of Republican controlled government (the Democrat controlled congress is a moot point if they can't override a veto), anyway - I thought, "cool, my sixties revolutionairies are back .... hooray". But when I got this, they just sounded old and dated. Maybe it's me, but I just didn't find what I was looking for with this CD. Is it 'revolutionary', well .... at times, but mostly, it just struck me as a lament for old days by a bunch of once great, but now dated artists. Cathy Richarson, who that takes the Grace Slick vocal slot, does a fine job - and can hold her own with Grace Slick in her prime, but there's no passion in these songs. They seem like half-hearted, folksy ditties that don't measure up to their predecessors. Sometimes, it's not a good thing to look back. Marty Balin is on this, but his voice is gone. Paul Kantner sounds familiar, but older, and overall, kind of washed up. If you're a die hard and want to complete a collection, then go ahead and get this, but if you're looking for something like Blows Against the Empire, or for that matter - any other Jefferson Starship Cd, you'll probably find this lacking.
 Going to have to prove themselves... November 15, 2008
M. C. Myers (Webster, Texas USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a fan of Airplane/Starship from all the way back to the late 60's and early 70's. The late Starship stuff was pretty insipid, nothing I could recommend. I hope this is a genuine rebirth...but I am cautious. How about providing old fans with some samples??
 What's Your Favorite Stripe on the Flag? November 11, 2008
Max Fairfax (Reston, VA United States)
Wow! Paul Kantner and friends travel all the way around, back to the beginning, then break through to a new dimension! This is amazing, heartfelt stuff, drawing upon myriad influences from the early days. Yet it's not for Kantner to look backwards without looking forward. One could call it interplanetary folk music. Further!
Ain't marching anymore November 10, 2008
Jeffrey L. Giltenboth (Hilton Head Island, USA)
I did it to myself again. I read about this new disc of protest/folkish songs by the resurrected Starship and siad this sounds like it could be great. Maybe it could have but lordy. lordy this sucks. Someday I will learn that you can never go home.
I really liked the Airplane (despite a stint back stage with the truly unlikeable Grace Slick in the 60s); still do. The Starship had their moments but did begin to get a little too pop oriented. Nonetheless, most of their music was on the plus side.
Well, something went dreadfully wrong. It took days to finish listening to all the cuts once. Then it immediately was taken out of the jewel case and put into a plastic sleeve and taken to the basement where maybe my heirs will give it a spin. I will never listen to it again.
Thomas Jefferson is rolling over
Full Circle October 28, 2008
Kevin Nolan (Danbury, CT)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's nice to see a band remain not only active but relevant for more than 40 years. I'm always excited when the Jeffersons (Airplane/Starship) come out with something new. I wish it happened more frequently.
'Jefferson's Tree of Liberty' goes back to the sounds and songs of protest of the late '50's into the '60's. As Paul Kantner has said, sort of a reverse (electric to acoustic) of the route Bob Dylan went. The timeliness of these older songs having come full circle back to relevancy is almost eerie. The times now, the political and economic climate today almost demand an album like this.
There are 19 songs in all. The 19th, 'Surprise, surprise (look what's goin' down)' is not even listed but is one of my favorites, featuring the single song return of Grace Slick. Her voice still has the same magical qualities. My favorite song which I've heard hundreds of times now is 'Chimes of Freedom.' The harmonies are exquisite. The rest of the album has a range of styles, messages and singers from thoughout the Jeffersons' history. Marty Balin is even on a couple of tracks. The messages carry more weight than the sounds of these other songs, which for the most part, I could take or leave myself, but just hearing something fresh from Starship was refreshing enough for me.
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