This is the web site of Planet Earth's finest - and longest running - Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Hot Tuna and psychedelic/West Coast music fanzine....Holding Together: last updated 21-Jun-2009
Holding Together magazine was started in the 1980s as a response to the complete absence in the mainsteam music press of any coverage of our favourite music (generally West Coast psychedelia past, present and future, particularly that made by Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and its various off-shoots) and has been produced jointly and severally by Bill Parry and Steve Rowland for over twenty years.
It may appear that we are bucking a trend in an age when so much has gone digital but, while we acknowledge the power and immediacy of the worldwide web, we still retain a love for the printed page and the aesthetic pleasure of something you can hold in your hands and turn the pages on. Consequently, we will go on publishing as long as there is a viable readership...and this website just complements - but will never replace - the printed page.
Holding Together magazine - or HT as we call it - is a non-profit venture. We do it for love of the music and price it in an attempt to just cover the cost of production and distribution.
In every issue of HT we aim to offer a mix of: exclusive interviews with current and ex-members of JA/JS and their various off-shoots; interviews with other musicians and bands we enjoy and think you will enjoy too; reviews of live shows, new and re-issued albums by the Jeffersons, other San Francisco/ West Coast/ psychedelic bands et cetera; reprints of archive material from four decades of Rolling Stone, Crawdaddy, Melody Maker, Let It Rock, Zig Zag, Dark Star and so forth; special features; music book reviews; and news compendia on the recent and planned activities of a broad spectrum of bands and artists we dig.
HT#44 is the latest issue (January 2009). Check out its contents via The Latest Issue tab.
HT#45 will be along in July - apologies for the delay. It's a consequence of alternating the editorship between Bill and Steve. HT#45 is Bill's edition and he's still working on it.
See also Jefferson Starship tour updates on the Jefferson Starship Tour Page tab.