Haight-Ashbury tour guide to present South Lake Tahoe Library program on Jefferson Airplane

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Haight-Ashbury tour guide Rodney Paul returns to the South Lake Tahoe library to present on one of his favorite bands, The Jefferson Airplane, on August 26 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

In 1967, the year of the Summer of Love, Jefferson Airplane was the San Francisco hippie community’s best-known band. Their release that year of “Surrealistic Pillow” rocketed them to international fame, and they would go on to play all the major 1960s rock festivals: Monterey Pop, Woodstock and the ill-fated Altamont.

This presentation includes videos from several of their concerts, including ones at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium and on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

They’ll talk about their roots in folk music and how a key personnel change spurred them to great success. In just five years, they released five classic albums and were harbingers of what came to be called “The San Francisco Sound.”

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Free and all are welcome.

The library is located at 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe.