Volunteers

) Volunteers followed in 1969, and, though it created some controversy with its antiwar lyrics, the album sold well and is today considered a classic. Jefferson Airplane performed at the Woodstock festival on the morning of August 17, 1969, a set that featured a memorable performance…

…released in 1969; the other, Volunteers, was a call for youth revolt, a reaction to the police riots of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In addition to its agitprop title song, the album included the postapocalyptic “Wooden Ships,” cowritten by Kantner, David Crosby, and Stephen Stills. Volunteers was…