Parsing through the musical history of Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship may be a bit of a zig-zag, but one thing is clear — the band’s iconic sound of the 60s, 70s, and on through the 2020 record Mother of the Sun will be onstage at The Granada Theatre on Sunday, March 3. (And yes, the Granada has assured us that their recent water damage is on track to be fixed and the stage will be ready to rock ‘n’ roll.)
I spoke to Cathy Richardson — who celebrates her 16th anniversary as Jefferson Starship’s frontwoman in March — about what we can expect from the show, which is part of their Live on Cloud 9 Tour with the Marshall Tucker Band.
“We try to mix it up. We don't want to do the exact same show every single night. Then again, there's certain songs that people want to hear every single show: ‘White Rabbit,’ ‘Somebody to Love,’ ‘We Built This City,’ ‘Jane,’ ‘Find Your Way Back,’ the big Starship hits. … We're gonna play all the all the greatest hits of Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship,” said Richardson, speaking from her home in Chicago, where the band was about to take off to perform on Rock Legends Cruise XI, which sounds like an amazing floating music festival alongside other legendary artists like Sammy Hagar, Bret Michaels, Rick Springfield, The Immediate Family, Collective Soul, and Canned Heat, to name a few.