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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 [[album|LP]], ''[[Long John Silver (album)|Long John Silver]]''. The remnants of the band -- minus [[lead guitar]]ist [[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.
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 [[album|LP]], ''[[Long John Silver (album)|Long John Silver]]''. The remnants of the band -- minus [[lead guitar]]ist [[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]] is still touring with the group and will be performing on their upcoming studio album.
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]] 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]].
Freiberg is married to the [[singer]] Linda Imperial and resides in [[Marin County, California]].

Revision as of 00:27, 17 June 2008

David Freiberg

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

Career

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.

Discography

With Quicksilver Messenger Service

With Paul Kantner and/or Grace Slick

With Jefferson Airplane & Jefferson Starship

With Mickey Hart

With Robert Hunter


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