Bodacious D.F. was a short-lived American band formed in 1972 by former Jefferson Airplane founder and singer Marty Balin. The band was a project Balin started after leaving Jefferson Airplane in 1971 as that whole scene fell apart
After leaving Jefferson Airplane, Balin produced an album for a band called Grootna which is rather good if you can get a copy. He then formed Bodacious D.F. (I have no idea what the name refers to) with some members of Grootna, including guitarist Vic Smith and drummer Greg Dewey. The lineup was completed by Mark Ryan perhaps inevitably from Quicksilver Messenger Service on bass and Charlie Hickox on keyboards.
The band's career didn’t last long, and they released only one self-titled album in October 1973 on RCA Records. The album was produced by Billy Wolf, Doc Storch, and the band itself. It was recorded at Record Plant in Sausalito, California. The album is notable as it was Balin's first LP appearance since Jefferson Airplane's 1969 album, Volunteers.
But in a sign of the fractured times, Bodacious D.F. broke up shortly after the album's release. In 1974, Marty Balin went on to join Jefferson Starship who became AOR giants.
Balin's time with Bodacious D.F. is often seen as a footnote in his career, but songs from the album, such as "The Witcher" and "Drivin' Me Crazy," were occasionally performed by him in later projects, and some of the Bodacious D.F. members collaborated with him on songs for Jefferson Starship, so it wasn’t all a waste of time and the album remains an undiscovered gem that Discogs describes accurately as ‘rock, funk, soul’ It is an example of many lightly dismissed records of the early 70s being superior to other more successful subsequent recordings but just not really together enough to be commercially successful
