Sunfighter

Infobox Album
Name = Sunifghter
Type = studio
Artist = Paul Kantner and Grace Slick


Released = November, 1971
Recorded = 1971 at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Genre = Rock
Psychedelic rock
Length =
Label = Grunt/RCA
Producer = Paul Kantner
Grace Slick
Reviews = *review-Christgau|C|name=Paul+Kantner%2FGrace+Slick
Chronology = Paul Kantner
Last album = "Blows Against the Empire" (1970)
This album = Sunfighter (1971)
Next album = "Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun" (1973)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Grace Slick
Type = studio
Last album =
This album = Sunfighter (1971)
Next album = "Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun" (1973)

"Sunfighter" is an album created by Paul Kantner and Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane. The album was released shortly after the Airplane album Bark was released, and is the second record released on the Airplane's own Grunt label, backed by RCA. The album features a picture of their baby daughter, China Wing Kantner on the cover. Many Bay Area musicians perform on the album, including members of the Grateful Dead, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, and the horn group, Tower of Power. This album was also the first that Craig Chaquico performed on; he would become the lead guitarist for Jefferson Starship.

Dedications

The song "Sunfighter" is dedicated to Marty Balin, who had formed Jefferson Airplane with Kantner. [Original LP liner notes / Sunfighter Grunt Records / RCA FTR-1002]

Inspirations

The song "Diana" was written in response to the story of Diana Oughton and the Weathermen. [cite book |last=Tamarakin |first=Jeff |year=2003 |title=Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=0671034030]

The song "Silver Spoon" concerns cannibalism. According to the liner notes, Grace Slick conceived of the song out of frustration with pressure from vegetarian neighbors in Bolinas, California, where she and Kantner had recently moved.

The song "China" is about their new daughter, China Kantner.

Track listing

ide One

#"Silver Spoon" (Grace Slick) — 5:40
#"Diana" (Paul Kantner / Grace Slick) — 0:52
#"Sunfighter" (Paul Kantner) — 3:50
#"Titanic" (Phil Sawyer) — 2:25
#"Look at the Wood" (Grace Slick / Paul Kantner) — 2:08
#"When I Was a Boy I Watched the Wolves" (Paul Kantner / Grace Slick) — 4:59

ide Two

#"Million" (Paul Kantner) — 4:02
#"China" (Grace Slick) — 3:17
#"Earth Mother" (Jack Traylor) — 3:16
#"Diana 2" (Paul Kantner / Grace Slick) — 1:01
#"Universal Copernican Mumbles" (Pat Gleeson / John Vierra / Paul Kantner) — 2:03
#"Holding Together" (Grace Slick / Paul Kantner) — 7:40

Personnel

Silver Spoon
*Grace Slick - Piano / Vocals
*Papa John Creach - Violin
*Jack Casady - Bass
*Joey Covington - Drums
*The Spanish Sexuals - FluteDiana
*Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar / Vocals
*Grace Slick - Piano / VocalsSunfighter
*Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar / Vocals
*Grace Slick - Piano / Vocals
*Joey Covington - Drums
*Peter Kaukonen - Guitar
*Greg Adams - Trumpet / Flugelhorn
*Mic Gillette - Trombone
*Steven Schuster - Horn Arrangement / Sax / Flute
*Edwin Hawkins Singers - VocalsTitanic
*Phil Sawyer - Sound EffectsLook at the Wood
*Grace Slick - Vocals
*Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar / Vocals
*David Crosby - Vocals / Tambourine
*Graham Nash - Arp
*Jorma Kaukonen - Lead GuitarWhen I Was a Boy I Watched the Wolves
*Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar / Vocals
*Grace Slick - Piano / Vocals
*Peter Kaukonen - Mandolin
*Shelley Silverman - Drums
*Jerry Garcia - Guitar
*David Crosby - Vocals
*Graham Nash - VocalsMillion
*Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar / Vocals
*Grace Slick - Piano / Vocals
*Jerry Garcia - Guitar
*Bill Laudner - VocalsChina
*Grace Slick - Piano / Vocals
*Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar
*Jack Casady - Bass
*Chris Wing - Drums
*Joey Covington - Drums
*Greg Adams - Trumpet
*Mic Gillette - Trombone
*Steven Schuster - Horn Arrangement / SaxEarth Mother
*Grace Slick - Piano / Vocals
*Paul Kantner - Vocals
*Jack Traylor - Guitar / Vocals
*Spencer Dryden - Drums
*Craig Chaquico - Lead Guitar
*Papa John Creach - ViolinDiana 2
*Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar / Vocals
*Grace Slick - Arp / Vocals
*David Crosby - Vocals
*Graham Nash - VocalsUniversal Copernican Mumbles
*Paul Kantner - Vocals
*Pat Gleeson - Moog / Piano
*John Vierra - Synthesizer KeyboardHolding Together
*Paul Kantner - Vocals
*Grace Slick - Piano
*Jerry Garcia - Guitar
*Joey Covington - Drums

Production

*Produced by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick
*Engineering: Pat Ieraci
*Featuring Maurice the Miracle Man
*Tru Engine Hearing: Phil Sawyer
*Cover: Acy Lehman
*Lights Inside: Mary Ann Mayer, Joan Chase (Heavy Water Lights)
*Libretto Booklet: Grace Slick assisted by Gary Blackman, Acy Lehman

Notes