David Freiberg

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 has continued to appear with them in 2007.

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

Discography

With Quicksilver Messenger Service

• 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)

With Paul Kantner and/or Grace Slick

• 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)

With Jefferson Airplane & Jefferson Starship

• 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)

Other

• Mickey Hart - Rolling Thunder (1972)