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Rock History: Jefferson Airplane

Fresh Air | By Ed Ward

Published February 26, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Rock historian Ed Ward looks back at the Jefferson Airplane. Their first four albums have just been re-mastered and re-released.

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