ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

Marty Balin has left the Jefferson Airplane for good. He’ll now work with Grootna, a fine West Coast band who were integrally involved in the whole Masked Marauders hoax. They even close their set with “I Can’t Get No Nookie.” (Do ya think people will write in and ask what the Masked Marauders were?)

Lebanese barbers are now shaving ALL the hair off long-haired customers who ask for a trim Sorry, fellas, if it didn’t become a fad when John and Yoko cut all theirs off, it never will.

Polydor has signed soul star James Brown to a “long term contract”, ending his long association with King Records. The “hardest working man in show business” is off for an African tour in October, as well.

Billy Preston has signed to A&M. You remember him, no doubt, from the very famous single he did called “Get Back” with a bunch of British insects.

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down Beach Boy Carl Wilson’s draft appeal case. Wilson had asked for a hearing, on the Selective Service’s order to serve as an orderly in L.A. County Hospital for two years.