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David Freiberg (born August 24, 1938, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American musician. He was vocalist and bass guitar player with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.

Freiberg began his career as a coffee house folk musician. For a while he shared a house in Venice, California, with other future folk-rockers David Crosby and Paul Kantner. Janis Joplin was also one of his roommates. In the mid-1960s, already in his late twenties, Freiberg founded Quicksilver Messenger Service with John Cipollina. In 1972 Freiberg joined Jefferson Airplane for the tour that promoted their final studio LP, Long John Silver. The remnants of the band -- minus lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady, who had formed their own band, Hot Tuna -- eventually evolved into Jefferson Starship, and Freiberg remained with this group until 1984.

After a two decade hiatus, Freiberg rejoined Jefferson Starship for their 2005 tour, which was billed as "The Jefferson Family Galactic Reunion", and as of 2008 has officially rejoined the group and will be performing on their upcoming studio album.

Freiberg is married to the singer Linda Imperial and resides in Marin County, California.

• Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
• Happy Trails (1969)
• Shady Grove (1969)
• Just For Love (1970)
• What About Me (1970)
• Solid Silver (1975)
• Peace by Piece (1986)
• Shape Shifter (1996)

• Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun (Kantner, Slick, Freiberg et al) (1973)
• Manhole (Grace Slick) (1974)
• Planet Earth Rock And Roll Orchestra (Paul Kantner) (1983)

• Blows Against the Empire (1970)
• Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
• Dragon Fly (1974)
• Red Octopus (1975)
• Spitfire (1976)
• Earth (1978)
• Gold (1979)
• Freedom at Point Zero (1979)
• Modern Times (1981)
• Winds of Change (1982)
• Nuclear Furniture (1984)
• Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change 1979-1991)
• The Tree of Liberty (Due for release in September, 2008)

• Rolling Thunder (1972)
• Diga (1976)

• Tales Of The Great Rum Runners (1974)
• Tiger Rose (1975)

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