Jefferson's Tree of Liberty

The Tree of Liberty
Studio album by
Jefferson Starship
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2008
RecordedOctober 27, 1970 at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, California; 1998 at Coast Recorders in San Francisco, California; March 16–30, 2008 and May 14–18, 2008 at Renegade Studios in San Rafael, California
GenreFolk rock
Length67:08
LabelThe Lab, Varèse Sarabande, Universal Music Group
ProducerMichael Gaiman, David Freiberg, Paul Kantner
Jefferson Starship chronology
Across the Sea of Suns
(2001) 		The Tree of Liberty
(2008) 		Mother of the Sun
(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blogcritics(favorable)[1]
Boston Herald(C)[2]
Goldmine[3]
Mojo[4]
Musictap[5]
Philadelphia Daily News(B+)[6]
Toronto Sun[7]
Yahoo! Music(favorable)[8]

Jefferson's Tree of Liberty is the tenth album by Jefferson Starship, released on September 2, 2008.[9] It is the band's first studio album since 1999's Windows of Heaven. The new album includes cover songs from Irish, American, English, and Latin-American traditions.[10] The title is a reference to Thomas Jefferson's quotation, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."[11][12] The idea began in 2003 as "The Cuba Project",[13] which was to include classic protest and folk songs recorded in Cuba. In 2008 the album was finally recorded but in California. About half of the songs planned for The Cuba Project were used on the final cut, with other songs coming from Jefferson Starship's previous repertoire and another project band member Paul Kantner had planned called "On the Threshold of Fire."[14] The promotional tour for the album began in late June with shows at Larkspur, California followed by tours in the US and Europe before the album's release, and continued through December 2008 with a further tour in the US and a tour in Japan.[15] On February 1, 2009, more tour dates and venues were announced by the band's manager Michael Gaiman, with additional plans to continue the tour through 2010 and bring it to Australia and South America.[16] David Grisman joined the band for the April 2009 tour dates.[16] The band's promotion for the album ended in June 2009 as the band changed their set-list to Jefferson Airplane's Woodstock Festival material and started touring with the "Heroes of Woodstock" through the end of October.[16]

  1. ^ "Blogcritics review". Blogcritics.org. Archived from the original on May 14, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  2. ^ "Boston Herald review". News.bostonherald.com. September 1, 2008. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  3. ^ "Goldmine review". Retrieved Apr 7, 2020.
  4. ^ Mojo Magazine, January 2009, p. 111
  5. ^ "Musictap review". Musictap.net. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  6. ^ "Philadelphia Daily News review". Retrieved Apr 7, 2020.
  7. ^ "Toronto Sun review". Torontosun.com. November 16, 2008. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  8. ^ Dave DiMartino (September 1, 2008). "Yahoo! Music review". New.music.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  9. ^ [1][dead link]
  10. ^ "Jefferson Starship leader loves the magic of performing | Music | projo.com | The Providence Journal". Projo.com. July 24, 2008. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  11. ^ Jefferson's Tree of Liberty (CD booklet). Jefferson Starship. The Lab Records. 2008. 3020617382.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. by Thomas Jefferson". Quotedb.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
  13. ^ "Tour History". Jeffersonstarshipsf.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
  14. ^ Kantner, Paul (2003). Lyrica - Paul Kantner's Theory of Everything. Little Dragon Press.
  15. ^ "Jefferson Starship-2012 Ringing the Bell". Jeffersonstarshipsf.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
  16. ^ a b c [2][dead link]