Paul Kantner & Grace Slick - Sunfighter (1971)

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Here's an album featuring Grace Slick and her male partner, Paul Kantner that I bet you didn't know exists! It's an oldie, but I stumbled across it in a trash heap while looking for music by Mike Rowland (to say this album was out of place in that heap is an understatement!) Well, if you have heard of it, you've got one up on me! I didn't know it existed until this morning! Thank God for Wikipedia!

The History of the Sunfighter
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.

The song "Sunfighter" is dedicated to Marty Balin, who had formed Jefferson Airplane with Kantner.

The song "Diana" was written in response to the story of Diana Oughton and the Weathermen.[5]

The song "Silver Spoon" concerns cannibalism. According to the liner notes, Grace Slick, now a vegan,[6] 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.