This is from the ''Thoughts'' section of Jorma Kaukonen's website
http://www.jormakaukonen.com/thoughts.htm
Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Hillside Farm, Meigs County
Last Thursday they ran the final episode of Friends. Now I'll admit that I probably watch too much TV, but I never got into Friends. I just had too many other really important forensic dramas to keep up with. I did watch on this night though. I knew that Embryonic Journey was up for being used somewhere in the final episode. I sat through the first hour of repeat snippets and then launched into the second hour, eschewing CSI. What a sacrifice. Anyway, as 2200 approached the show was winding down and they still hadn't played the song. I was starting to figure, "Oh well...' when in the final scene they played the song which continued over the credit roll. I felt a burst of pride that a song on an early Jefferson Airplane album that was written before most of the actors in the show were born was used... Not only used, but used well. I thought it really fit. My old friend Spencer Dryden [former Airplane drummer] called me to congratulate me on this blessing and we had had nice long talk. That was one of the many good things that came out of this event. Vanessa [Jorma's wife] and I were sitting in her car yesterday listening the RCA Platinum or Gold or whatever it was release of a Jefferson Airplane collection and I was completely knocked out by the Marty Balin songs on the side. Jack [Casady - Airplane and Hot Tuna bassist] and I did some soundtrack playing for Mark Isham on a Brad Silberling movie called Moonlight Mile. However, in the movie at a crucial time the actually play Coming Back to Me. Not only one of Marty's greatest songs in my opinion, but right up there with one of my favorite songs, period! I didn't realize back in the day, that Marty wrote many songs that were not anchored by context. They were not constrained by time or place. That to me is the mark of a great song, and he has written many of them.
Anyway, I was just thinking about what an important part in my development as an artist and as a man, my participation in the event known as Jefferson Airplane had. With that in mind, I'd like to take this moment to say to my old 'Friends,' a heartfelt 'Thank you!.