Jefferson Airplane Part 9: Jack Casady Reveals The Full Story Behind Surrealistic Pillow Pt. 2 (Feed Your Head: The Great Jefferson Airplane Deep Dive Series) (Ep. 265)

Jefferson Airplane Part 9: Jack Casady Reveals The Full Story Behind Surrealistic Pillow Pt. 2 (Feed Your Head: The Great Jefferson Airplane Deep Dive Series) (Ep. 265)

From Discograffiti by David Gebroe

June 26, 2026 · 20 min · Episode 265

About this episode

Jack Casady discusses the making of Jefferson Airplane's iconic album Surrealistic Pillow in this deep dive episode.

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Feed Your Head: The Great Jefferson Airplane Deep Dive is an audio documentary that was consciously crafted to act as the ultimate repository of fact and opinion on one of the greatest bands to ever walk the face of the earth. It includes long-form interviews, commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release. Part 9 of the series features Jack and I doing a deep, deep dive on the songs off the band’s classic sophomore effort. Here are just a few of the many things that Jack discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: How “Today” came to be; Recording “White Rabbit”; The classic song that was included almost as an afterthought; The slow launch of the record, because of its flop first single; And an in-depth, track-by-track deep dive on half the songs off Surrealistic Pillow.

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Host: David Gebroe

Guest: Jack Casady

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Organizations: Jefferson Airplane

Books & works: Surrealistic Pillow

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