Jefferson Starship

I was grateful to see this band. They had been with Bret Michaels for many of his Parti-Gras 2023 dates, but when he had to postpone the original July show, it wasn't known if Jefferson Starship was available for this makeup date (the other originally scheduled act, Night Ranger, wasn't due to schedule conflicts). It wasn't until a few days before this show that they were confirmed as appearing. They played a mixture of tracks, some from Jefferson Airplane, some from the original iteration of Jefferson Starship, some from their time as Starship, and some recent releases from the current lineup. Since thy weren't the headliner, they played only 11 songs (they tend to play more as the headliner or solo act). It was a good mixture. They put on a great show. Cathy Richardson is a great vocalist and extremely worthy of carrying on the legacies of Grace Slick and Marty Balin.

Loved the music, the only thing I would like to have seen was a little less competition between the lead singer and the music, at times she was screaming the words instead of singing them.

Great Concert. Played all the hits. Female lead singer is not Grace Slick, but has a similar voice, is outstanding and full of energy!

The show was better than expected! Unfortunately, whoever was in charge of supplying merch lost two boxes of larger size T-Shirts leaving many fans disappointed. I went on their site to get one but, there they don’t have the tour dates on the back. Really bummed out about this. Now, back to the show. Everyone around me and that I ran into after the show thought Cathy the lead singer was great! I concur. Of course you’d love to see the original singer but, she’s in her 80’s and hasn’t been active since the 80’s someone told me. Go see this show! You will be glad you did!

By far the best concert ever!!! Being kissed by Donny Baldwin will be a memory I’ll never forget!! Love you Donny and the rest of the band❤️❤️❤️ Can’t wait till next time 😘

What a great show! Fun venue, perfect weather, and awesome night all around Great to see and enjoy my friends and the band once again! 🚀🔥❤️🎶🤗

David Freiberg has an amazing voice for a guy about to turn 85. Cathy Richards is a powerhouse singer as well. Both are the main components for a band calling themselves Jefferson Starship. David is an original member and Kathy has been around for a while with the group, and the rest of the band is tight and plays the JS cannon loud and strong like Paul Kantner intended. Rock on!

Awesome concert! First time seeing them live and they didn’t disappoint. We had front row center seats. David Freiburg still has his chops and Cathy Richardson has an incredible voice. Donny Baldwin killed it on drums and both Chris Smith (keyboard) and Jude Gold (rhythm guitar) complement the others perfectly. Chris was kind enough to give me the only set list they handed out and Donny gave me one of his drumsticks after the performance. They deserve ten stars!

“It was my first ‘Georgia Jam’, an all day indoor event (1 pm—11 with 11 bands). Having received a list of stage times from a prompter I stealthily arrived in time for just the bands I wanted to see: Atlanta Rhythm Section 5:00-5:50, Pat Travers Band 6:05-6:50, Michelle Malone 7:05-7:40, Drivin N Cryin 7:50-8:45, Mother’s Finest 8:55-9:45, Jefferson Starship 10:00-11:00. Groupon was my friend scoring a pair of lower bowl seats half price after which I upgraded myself to row 1 side-stage left! There was to be far too much happening to write a full rundown of everything transpiring on stage hence my abridged rendering centers around Pat Travers. 2022 has been good to me for seeing guitar heroes live: Joe Bonamassa, Neal Schon, Tab Benoit, now Pat Travers, and a Jeff Beck gig coming up in October. So what’s the tie-in with the Canadian rocker to Georgia? Striving to revive the Jam tradition of 70’s and 80’s gone by, organizers sought out Travers who had played the event in the past. PTB ended up penciled in post-organization replacing the Georgia Satellites. The trio took the stage late cutting their set time down from 45 to a mere 30 minutes, the shortest actual stage time of any band the entire day. ‘My name’s Pat Travers, this is my band, and we’re gonna kick your a**, Alright?!’ The kick-off song began, 1977’s ‘Rock ’n’ Roll Susie’, loud and driving. One would swear Pat was playing to a stadium of 50,000 people in lieu of a quarter filled hockey arena, the 68 year old performer exhibiting no lack of energy. He wasted no time swapping out guitars each song, the one Fender never left his person from backstage to backstage. His combo Strat and Marshall stack echoed classic rock tones that are a rarity to hear live now-a-days. He announced the title cut from his newest album ‘Art Of Time Travel’ released last Friday which was just that, a trip back in time. For a minute or two the guitar feed cut out on Pat and David Pastorius on bass (formerly Carl Palmer’s ELP) continued ad lib showing us how skilled he truly is, all the while Alex Petrosky held tight the rhythm on the kit. The final song was ‘Boom Boom, ‘Do ya feel like makin’ some noise? Yeah’, in which Pat showed off some windmill moves reminiscent of Pete Townsend and Pastorius even exhibited some hammer and tap on the four string! The man is so humble, ‘My name is Pat Travers’ he concluded the show, I’m like ‘Yeah you are!’. I overheard one ‘hammer head’ standing in front of me as Pat left the stage saying, ‘My (concert) list is now complete.’ You betcha I’d pay good money to see a full length show any time! Michelle Malone from Atlanta was next up compacting highlights of a 30 year career in a little over half an hour. The local crowd favorite noticed the clock, ‘I wonder how time I really have, is it 7 min? Do you wanna rock?’ Michele broke into a minute of Neil Young’s ‘Hey Hey, My My’. She had the whole Young sound package complete with harmonica. Next was Drivin N Cryin also Atlanta based and on the scene since ’86, one of those bands I’d likely have remained unfamiliar with if I had remained residing up North. ‘Thank you for inviting us to your house party’, the 61 year old Kevin Kinney’ called out. They put on a heck of a full hour long performance opening with their 1991 #15 hit ‘Fly Me Courageous’ dedicated to our military. I didn’t know quite what to expect but when they broke into some fine southern rock dual lead guitars about 3 songs in, I was definitely feeling it. Following was Georgia Hall Of Fame’s Mother’s Finest going on 20 minutes late but completing the full set.The 74’ish’ year old founder, Joyce ‘Baby Bean’ and vocalist ‘Doc’ Murdock’ (also a founding member from 1972) put on a lively show leaving the stage a hard act to follow. At one point original guitarist Moses Mo put on his own show lying down on his back like a dead man while Kennedy motioning the sign of the cross revived him back on foot. He then busted out into a segment of Wilson Pickett’s ‘Land Of 1000 Dances (the Na-na-na-na song) performing a solo with his teeth. Atlanta Rhythm Section, my 3rd time seeing them in a 14 month span began the evening delivering the goods (a 9 song set) with class despite guitarist David Anderson being sidelined with Covid. It was all okay, the band’s guitarist since ’76 Steve Stong made up for it with an extended solo on ‘So Into You’. Founding singer Rodney Justo cheered on the what he called a ‘small but mighty’ crowd, his vocal performance as good as ever. The headliner Jefferson Starship, my 6th favorite all time band (in all it’s variations) rounded off the evening. In my numerous times seeing them perform live it was my first time NOT seeing them front row floor, proof that there is indeed a first time for everything. I was actually excited to finally hear the music over the main system opposed to coming off the stage monitors. So what’s the tie in with the California band and Georgia? We’ll there really isn’t one except that GA native Mickey Thomas of ‘Starship’ (and a member of J.S. ‘79-‘84) was originally slated to play but due to a contracted gig at Sandy Springs GA he was prohibited to perform. Hence the substitution. Based on an Atlanta Rhythm Section post, I half expected Mickey Thomas to join in on stage which would’ve been a landmark event considering drummer Danny Baldwin once upon a time had rearranged his face altering the course for the two individual bands permanently. The band muscled through 11 hits one after another in the one hour set. Of note guru of the band David Freiberg celebrated his 84th birthday Wednesday and took the lead vocals on Runaway, With Your Love, and on Jane (which by the way he also wrote). David goes all the way back to Quicksilver Messenger Service and the latter years of Airplane and is a rock n roll legend in truth. I can not go without mentioning the tremendous job Cathy Richardson did on vocals (as she has the last 14 years, Slick being a tough act to follow), and Jude Gold one of my favorite guitarists to see Live. Their roadie ’Todd’ (an audience favorite) made a typical appearance on stage, Michele & I led the chant: ’Todd, Todd, TODD, TODD!’ ‘Somebody To Love’ was the final song, everyone on their feet. Eleven-Thirty concluded the event, only a half hour over schedule even after all the sets and stage turns, that’s pretty amazing. All in all, in my opinion the event was a success, let’s hope this evening ignited a new fire overall in the Jam’s legacy. I know I’ll be looking forward to 2023’s line-up!” by DAve (Concert #692)

Fantastic concert! Two hours of non-stop rock. David, Cathy, Donny, Chris and Jude kept the audience rocking and happy. Such memories! David’s voice sounds just like it did in the 1960’s. The new album rocks with songs written by Grace Slick.

Front row center seat immediately in front of Jude Gold. Sound was so much better than November at the ball field in Greenville, SC. Highlights included calling out the encore request response to Cathy and them actually playing it, “Fast Buck Freddie” which was not on the setlist (which I could see on the stage). Watching Cathy throw down her cowbell seemingly in disgust at the end of “Jane”, and talking with their tech Todd Mills (who gave me a 3 pick set) after the show!

One of my top 10 bands and somehow I’ve managed to be front row every time I’ve seen them. There seemed to be a couple of tech concerns esp. the sound in the sound in the front (low vocals), not unheard of for a free outdoor show, but Todd their tech guy came through. “Go Todd!” The band honorably mentioned Marty & Paul and even completed the final 3 minutes of stage time with a stirring rendition of “God Bless America!” I’m looking forward to being front and center 12/11 for a paid performance in GA!

It was my birthday. What a gift I had!!! The show was excellent with old hits such as white rabbit,somebody to love, count on me, and one of my all time favs. We built this city. Cathy Richardson is wonderful with everyone. She is friendly and down to earth as is everyone else in the group. I would love to see them again. I had abgreat birthday with my wife and onenof the all time greatest Jefferson Starship. Thanks a lot guys!! Wish y'all would come back I'd be there for sure!! Keep the music rockin as always

Awesome concert. David looked like a kid in the candy store as he sang and played his base. The venue, small but a great place for Starship to play!

Excellent show! The band really connected with the fans. We heard all our favorite music. They played a new song called “What are We Waiting For”. Fantastic.

Jefferson played the iconic songs white rabbit, and somebody to love, as well as their hits from the 70's and 80's, guitarist got down. BöC was awesome, Buck Darby and the other main guitarist/keyboardist were shredding, and when he wasn't flipping his sticks almost to the ceiling or twirling them around his fingers, Jewels put it down on the drums.

They were amazing! I am in awe of their consistent quality and their energy, especially in light of the many shows the do. Their friendly manner and the way they talk with their fans after their shows makes me feel like a friend to them! Keep on going Jefferson Starship! I love you !

Great show and I love the fact the band came out after wards and met with the fans and signed autographs and took pictures

FANTASTIC GROUPS STARSHIP JEFFERSON WAS AS GOOD AS WHEN I SAW THEM AT AGE 18 AND I AM 50 T. 4 MR. T SAYS AND HAS SPOKEN!!!#

Totally enjoyed it. Richardson was a great voice replacing Grace Slick. Second time I saw Starship and would see them again and again!!