1978, when Grace Slick was unable to perform and the show was cancelled. Into the '80s, Chaquico was sponsored by Carvin Guitars and often appeared on tour, in the studio and in guitar magazine ads playing a Carvin V220 or a Carvin koa doubleneck played through Carvin amplifiers, his favorite being the Carvin X100B. Philanthropy Chaquico became a believer in the healing power of music after recovering from a car crash when he was twelve. With the National Association of Music Therapy, Beamz, Remo, and Washburn Guitars, he provided instruments to patients in hospitals. He has worked with organizations such as the American Music Therapy Association and Memory and Music which use music therapy with injured and traumatized people and those with various forms of dementia. Awards and honors named him one of the 100 most influential jazz guitarists of all time. He was named Best Pop Instrumental Guitarist in Guitar Player magazine's 1997 Readers' Poll. Discography Acoustic Highway (Higher Octave, 1993) Acoustic Planet (Higher Octave, 1994) A Thousand Pictures (Higher Octave, 1996) Once in a Blue Universe (Higher Octave, 1997) From the Redwoods to the Rockies with Russ Freeman (Windham Hill, 1998) Four Corners (Higher Octave, 1999) Shadow and Light (Higher Octave, 2002) Midnight Noon (Higher Octave, 2004) Holiday (Higher Octave, 2005) Follow the Sun (Shanachie, 2009) Fire Red Moon (Blind Pig, 2012) With Jefferson Starship Dragon Fly (Grunt, 1974) Red Octopus (Grunt, 1975) Spitfire (Grunt, 1976) Earth (Grunt, 1978) Freedom at Point Zero (Grunt, 1979) Modern Times (Grunt, 1981) Winds of Change (Grunt, 1982) Nuclear Furniture (Grunt, 1984) With Starship Knee Deep in the Hoopla (Grunt, 1985) No Protection (RCA/Grunt, 1987) Love Among the Cannibals (RCA, 1989) With Paul Kantner, Grace Slick Sunfighter (Grunt, 1971) Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun (Grunt, 1973) With Grace Slick Manhole (Grunt, 1973) With Jack Traylor and Steelwind Child of Nature (Grunt, 1973) With Big Bad Wolf Big Bad Wolf (1998) As guest With 3rd Force 3rd Force (Higher Octave, 1994) Force of Nature (Higher Octave, 1995) Vital Force (Higher Octave, 1997) Force Field (Higher Octave, 1999) Gentle Force (Higher Octave, 2002) With others Joan Burton, Only a Moment Away (1993) Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Rock 'n Roll Again (1977) Cusco, Apurimac III: Nature Spirit Pride (1997) Russ Freeman, From the Redwoods to the Rockies (1998) Gregg Rolie, Gregg Rolie (1985) Tom Scott, New Found Freedom (2002) Mickey