Slick Aguilar


Mark "Slick" Aguilar is an American guitarist. He has worked with a number of notable musicians but is probably best known as a member of Jefferson Starship. From 1974-1980 he was an in house guitar player for TK studios in N. Miami. He recorded with KC & the Sunshine Band, Bobby Caldwell, Latimore, George & Gwen McRae, Clarence Reid, Timmy Thomas and Betty Wright. He played guitar with KC & the Sunshine Band and Wayne Cochran during the late 1970s before moving to the West Coast. It was there that he recorded with, Buddy Miles' band and in 1982-84 he toured with David Crosby. In 1984 Slick joined Marty Balin's band which led to him being hired to play lead guitar in the KBC Band. When Paul Kantner reformed Jefferson Starship in 1992 he hired Slick as the band's lead guitarist. He also sometimes performs with Marty Balin as a duo. credits: David Crosby Band C. Santana, Randy California, Rick Derringer, Stephen Stills, Edgar Winter, Ray Manzarek, Tony Williams, Todd Rundgren, Gregg Allman, Timmy B. Schmidt, Wayne Cochran & CC Riders, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Al Kooper, Jose Feliciano, Jerry Jeff Walker, Merle Saunders, Neil Young, Butch Trucks, Big Brother and the Holding Co., Papa John Creach, Amos Garrett, Fred Neil, Vince Martin.
When Paul Kantner reformed Jefferson Starship in 1992, he hired Slick to be the band's lead guitarist, a position that lead to musical director that he held until 2012.
In 2016 Slick formed the Airplane Family including Joli Valenti,Michael Falzarano, Prairie Prince, Peter Kaukonen, Darby Slick, Darby Gould Venegas.
Currently, also formed in 2016 the Live/Dead69 Band with the original keyboard player from the Grateful Dead in 1967-70 Tom Constantin, Mark Karan, Robin Sylvester, Prairie Prince or Joe Chirco.

Discography

with PAX band
with KBC Band
with Jefferson Starship