At the time this album was recorded,
Jefferson Airplane had expanded from a rock group into something of a San Francisco collective of musicians and launched its own record label, Grunt, necessitating a flow of product. As a result, there was a flurry of releases by
the Airplane itself and several offshoots, with each of these records featuring several members of the loose aggregation informally dubbed PERRO (the Planet Earth Rock 'N' Roll Orchestra).
Papa John Creach, violinist for
the Airplane and its spin-off group,
Hot Tuna, was the leader on this set, which featured members of
the Airplane (
Grace Slick, for example, duets with
Creach on the lead-off track, "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac"),
Quicksilver Messenger Service, and
the Grateful Dead. The result sounds like
the Airplane records of the period, with a bit more of
Creach's electric violin soaring over the proceedings. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide