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Sunfighter

Paul Kantner / Grace Slick

Initial release : December 1971

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Garcia plays on three tracks of this release.

Tracks

  • Silver Spoon (Grace Slick)
  • Diana (Paul Kantner / Grace Slick)
  • Sunfighter (Paul Kantner)
  • Titanic (Phil Sawyer)
  • Look at the Wood (Paul Kantner / Grace Slick)
  • When I Was a Boy I Watched the Wolves (Paul Kantner / Grace Slick)
  • Million (Paul Kantner)
  • China (Grace Slick)
  • Earth Mother (Jack Traylor)
  • Diana 2 (Paul Kantner / Grace Slick)
  • Universal Copernican Mumbles (Pat Gleeson / Paul Kantner / John Vierra)
  • Holding Together (Paul Kantner / Grace Slick)
Musicians

  • Paul Kantner - guitar, vocals
  • Grace Slick - keyboards, vocals

  • Greg Adams - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jack Casady - bass
  • Craig Chaquico - guitar
  • Joey Covington - drums
  • Papa John Creach - violin
  • David Crosby - tambourine, vocals
  • Spencer Dryden - drums
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar
  • Mic Gillette - trombone
  • Pat Gleeson - synthesizer, piano
  • Jorma Kaukonen - guitar
  • Peter Kaukonen - guitar, mandolin
  • Bill Laudner - vocals
  • Graham Nash - arp, vocals
  • Phil Sawyer
  • Steven Schuster - saxophone, flute
  • Shelley Silverman - drums
  • The Spanish Sexuals - flute
  • Jack Traylor - guitar, vocals
  • John Vierra - keyboards, synthesizer
  • Chris Wing - drums

  • Edwin Hawkins Singers
  • Edwin Hawkins
  • Walter Hawkins
  • Tramaine Davis Hawkins
  • Elaine Kelley
  • Norma J King
  • Barbara Gill
  • Ruth Lyons
  • Donald Henderson
  • Shirley Miller
  • Eddie Bayers
Garcia plays on three of the twelve tracks on the album. The LP booklet provides some information about the musicians on each track. Garcia plays on the following tracks;

When I Was A Boy I Watched The Wolves;

  • Paul Kantner
  • Grace Slick
  • Peter Kaukonen - mandolin
  • Shelley Silverman - drums
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar
  • David Crosby - vocals
  • Graham Nash - vocals
Million;
  • Paul Kantner
  • Grace Slick
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar
  • Bill Laudner - vocals
Holding Together;
  • Paul Kantner
  • Grace Slick
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar
  • Joey Covington - drums
Credits

  • Produced by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick
  • Engineer - Pat Ieraci - Featuring Maurice The Miracle Man
  • Tru Engine Hearing - Phil Sawyer, Rick Stanley
  • Cover - Acy Lehman
  • Lights inside - Mary Ann Mayer, Joan Chase, Heavy water lights
  • Libretto booklet - Grace Slick assisted by Gary Blackman, Acy Lehman
  • Drawings - Grace Slick, Ann Gottesman (Titanic drawing)
Notes

The original LP release had a gatefold sleeve and a lyrics/credits booklet. It is well worth searching out an LP copy of this album for the full size artwork on the cover and in the booklet.

Related releases

One single was released in conjunction with this LP;

  • Sunfighter / China, Paul Kantner & Grace Slick, January 1972
Silver Spoon was included on;
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