After the breakup up of Jefferson Airplane, frontman Paul Kantner performed his first gig with his reformed group, now called Jefferson Starship, on March 19, 1974. Kantner had enlisted several new artists for the group, which was initially intended only as his backing band for a one-off tour. Having released a solo debut titled "Blows Against the Empire" in 1970, Kantner had already begun to move in his own direction by the time Jefferson Airplane split up. Sticking with the sci-fi themes laid out on that first album, he settled on the name Jefferson Starship. Kantner, along with new members Craig Chaquiço and Peter Kaukonen, performed their first concert at the Chicago Auditorium, where Airplane had given one of its final shows. The revamped group's debut tour was generally well received, but Chaquiço later recalled that some fans missed the former Airplane members, especially Jorma Kaukonen."The first show we did I stepped to the front of the stage to do a solo, and I hear, 'Where's Jorma?!' And this huge jug of red wine busted on the stage right in front of me. I thought 'What have I gotten myself into?'" he recalls in Jeff Tamarkin's book "Got A Revolution."Jefferson Starship put out a series of albums in the 1970s and 80s, including the double-platinum "Red Octopus." The group would change its name again to Starship in the mid-1980s, this time after the departure of Kantner, and would put out the number one hit singles "We Built This City" and "Sara."