"Embryonic Journey" is an instrumental piece composed by

Jorma Kaukonen Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr. (; ; born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bassist J ...

which originally appeared as the ninth track on

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's second album '' Surrealistic Pillow''. Other versions of "Embryonic Journey" were recorded by Kaukonen and featured on an album sharing the song's name. According to the album's liner notes, Kaukonen composed the tune in 1962 as part of a guitar workshop in Santa Clara and included it on ''Surrealistic Pillow'' at the band's behest. According to Kaukonen, the song "evolved from... messing around on a 12 string in drop D." This song has been used in the film ''

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'', the final ''

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'' episode (entitled " The Last One"), in the movie '' The Rookie'', in the movie ''

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'' at the end with the credits, and recently in a UK television commercial for

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. It was also included on the ''

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'' movie soundtrack and in

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's documentary series ''

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.''

Covers

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did a cover version on his 1979 album ''

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''.

References

Jefferson Airplane songs 1967 songs Folk rock songs Rock instrumentals Song recordings produced by Rick Jarrard {{1960s-song-stub