"The House at Pooneil Corners" is a song by the American rock group

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which first appeared on their album ''

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'' as the eleventh and final track, and also appears on their album '' The Roar of Jefferson Airplane'' alongside the similarly named song "

The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" is a song by the American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane. Written by Paul Kantner, the song initially appeared as an RCA Victor single, and then subsequently as the first track of their third album, ...

".Matthew Greenwald
Song review of "House at Pooneil Corners"

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(accessed 2016-01-11). Unlike "The Ballad", "The House At Pooneil Corners" was mainly written by Marty Balin and not

Paul Kantner Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era. He cont ...

. The song was the only one Jefferson Airplane were able to complete when, while being filmed by

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(for his project ''One A.M.'', later repurposed and released as '' One P.M.'') performing on the roof of the Schuyler Hotel in

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in 1968, the police stopped the show. The band also closed their 1969

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performance with the tune.

Personnel

* Marty Balin – vocals *

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– vocals *

– rhythm guitar, vocals * Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar * Jack Casady – bass *

Spencer Dryden Spencer Charles Dryden (April 7, 1938 – January 11, 2005) was an American musician best known as the drummer for Jefferson Airplane and New Riders of the Purple Sage. He also played with Dinosaurs, and the Ashes (later known as the Peanut Butt ...

– drums

References

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