webfact Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane Co-Founder, Dies at 74Dave McNarySAN FRANCISCO: -- Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, died Thursday of multiple organ failure, his publicist told the San Francisco Chronicle. He was 74.Kantner had suffered a heart attack earlier in the week. He had also suffered a heart attack in March 2015.Kantner, a native of San Francisco, broke into the business in the late ’50s as a folk musician who idolized Pete Seeger. He was the first band member recruited by Marty Balin to form Jefferson Airplane in San Francisco in 1965 after Balin saw Kantner perform at the folk club the Drinking Gourd.Full story: https://variety.com/2016/music/obituaries-people-news/paul-kantner-dead-jefferson-airplane-1201691466/-- VARIETY 2016-01-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I am a big fan. Paul Kantner was my favorite member of the band(s), other than Grace Slick. I used to see him at concerts all the time in San Francisco after Jefferson Airplane/Starship started fading from the modern music scene. RIP Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Jefferson Airplane co-founder Paul Kantner dies at age 74 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Paul Kantner, an original member of the seminal 1960s rock band Jefferson Airplane and the eventual leader of successor group Jefferson Starship, has died at age 74.Kantner, who had survived close brushes with death as a younger man and recovered from a heart attack last year, died at a San Francisco hospital on Thursday after falling ill earlier in the week, former girlfriend and publicist Cynthia Bowman told The Associated Press.Few bands so embodied the idealism and hedonism of the late 60s music scene in San Francisco as Jefferson Airplane. Kantner drew upon his passion for politics and science fiction to help write favorites such as "Wooden Ships."The group was the first from the Bay Area to get a national record contract and achieve mainstream success, thanks to the classics "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit."-- (c) Associated Press 2016-01-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Paul Kantner, founding member of ‘Jefferson Airplane’, dead at 74BY BNO NEWSSAN FRANCISCO: -- American musician Paul Kantner, who was a founding member of the rock band “Jefferson Airplane,” which achieved international success with hits such as “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit” in the 1960s, has died. He was 74.Cynthia Bowman, his longtime publicist and friend, told the San Francisco Chronicle that Kantner died of multiple organ failure and septic shock on Thursday after suffering a heart attack earlier this week. He also suffered other health problems in recent years, including a heart attack last year.Full story: http://www.streetwisejournal.com/paul-kantner-founding-member-of-jefferson-airplane-dead-at-74/-- StreetWiseJournal 2016-01-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 .......getting crowded up there....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keemapoot Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 .......getting crowded up there....... True, must be an amazing jam session going on, but not sure if it's "up there," or "down there." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli42 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Wow, this has been a bad month for the classic rock artists. Heard that Leon Russell is now also on the wrong side of the grass. RIP to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 R I P. Blows against the empire still one of my favs. A mate had him over and played it in the uk 5? Years ago and reckoned he still v v much lived the rock and roll Life style, among other indulgences his tipple what it was i can't remember but i do remember he reckoned it was to the tune of a couple of bottles plus a day Sent from my GT-I9000 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwindhermit Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Paul Kantner did some great songwriting with Jefferson Airplane: “Volunteers” (with Marty Balin); “Wooden Ships” (with Crosby and Stills); etc., etc. The 1967 Airplane radio song “Somebody to Love” completely won me over. But it is Kantner’s 1970 concept album “Blows Against the Empire” by the lineup backing him and Grace Slick, and called Jefferson Starship, that really blew me away. I had just returned into civilian life from combat in Vietnam, and I found my beloved country to be a virtual police state under that Nixon creep and the creep before him. Thus: “We are all outlaws in the eyes of Amerika”…. That album is a timeless libertarian statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmugghc Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) I love their live album too, "30 seconds over Winterland". Edited January 29, 2016 by pmugghc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyT Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 when i red the title i thought it's about an air company co-founder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejpool44 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 What a band they were, still a great listen. RIP Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Nice to know that Blows Against The Empire has so many fans. I had gotten the impression that I was the only one that had ever heard of it. My best concert EVER was the tour where they played the whole sci-fi rock opera with members of Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver and other Bay Area bands. I had given up drugs completely for a while, but could not resist a few joints that were being passed around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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geriatrickid Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Before my time. All I know is that he never would have made it today. No way he could have competed with Justine Bieber, K-Pop, One Direction, Tyga, Kanye, Rihanna, Drake etc. I suppose alot of TVF's old timers are feeling vulnerable right about now. It get's more depressing: Grace Slick is 76. Who's next? Joannie Mitchell who is in a near vegetative state or Linda Ronstadt who has Parkinson's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheungWan Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 What a time. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aTomsLife Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) After Bathing at Baxter's (1967) is a time capsule of 60's angst and artistry. In my opinion JA's best work, though probably not their best known. "Watch Her Ride" is one of my favorite songs from the Haight-Ashbury music scene. Edited January 30, 2016 by aTomsLife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Before my time. All I know is that he never would have made it today. No way he could have competed with Justine Bieber, K-Pop, One Direction, Tyga, Kanye, Rihanna, Drake etc. I suppose alot of TVF's old timers are feeling vulnerable right about now. It get's more depressing: Grace Slick is 76. Who's next? Joannie Mitchell who is in a near vegetative state or Linda Ronstadt who has Parkinson's. Weeeell thats just your opinion because you are not from our day so you look at stuff from your day and comment......To me a couple of names you quoted to me are crap musically, and l love music...... transam, g.k.'s extracting the urine. What a great band they were, It's no use getting depressed about the talents from our youth dropping off the perch, Buddhism teaches us nothing lasts for ever.Energy simply changes form, personally I hope to change into a rosewood tree on our farm in the next life, nice views with a breeze.So long as there are people there will be music and music played by guitars and sung will never die out. RIP Paul Kantner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 After Bathing at Baxter's (1967) is a time capsule of 60's angst and artistry. In my opinion JA's best work, though probably not their best known. "Watch Her Ride" is one of my favorite songs from the Haight-Ashbury music scene. "Baxter's" was the first album I bought, at the tender age of 16, after buying my first record player. 1968. Their first live album was "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" recorded at the Fillmore East, first time I heard Fred Neil's "The Other Side of This Life." On the album "Volunteers" there is a song "Turn My Life Down" written by Jorma. Listened to that one once in a, uh, sensitive mood at a rough time, and it had profound effect on my attitude toward living. Borrowed moments Cannot fill Portions of our lives Still gives me the chills hearing it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Before my time. All I know is that he never would have made it today. No way he could have competed with Justine Bieber, K-Pop, One Direction, Tyga, Kanye, Rihanna, Drake etc. I suppose alot of TVF's old timers are feeling vulnerable right about now. It get's more depressing: Grace Slick is 76. Who's next? Joannie Mitchell who is in a near vegetative state or Linda Ronstadt who has Parkinson's. Weeeell thats just your opinion because you are not from our day so you look at stuff from your day and comment......To me a couple of names you quoted to me are crap musically, and l love music...... I'm pretty sure that geriatrickid was joking - at least I hope so. He doesn't seem like the type who would be a Justin Bieber fan to me. The sarcastic smiley he used gives it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Mee Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Before my time. All I know is that he never would have made it today. No way he could have competed with Justine Bieber, K-Pop, One Direction, Tyga, Kanye, Rihanna, Drake etc. I suppose alot of TVF's old timers are feeling vulnerable right about now. It get's more depressing: Grace Slick is 76. Who's next? Joannie Mitchell who is in a near vegetative state or Linda Ronstadt who has Parkinson's. Weeeell thats just your opinion because you are not from our day so you look at stuff from your day and comment......To me a couple of names you quoted to me are crap musically, and l love music...... I'm pretty sure that geriatrickid was joking - at least I hope so. He doesn't seem like the type who would be a Justin Bieber fan to me. The sarcastic smiley he used gives it away. Who's Justin Bieber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Another former member of the band also died recently http://www.kgw.com/entertainment/portlands-anderson-original-jefferson-airplane-singer-dies-at-74/28340103 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JingerBen Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Before my time. All I know is that he never would have made it today. No way he could have competed with Justine Bieber, K-Pop, One Direction, Tyga, Kanye, Rihanna, Drake etc. I suppose alot of TVF's old timers are feeling vulnerable right about now. It get's more depressing: Grace Slick is 76. Who's next? Joannie Mitchell who is in a near vegetative state or Linda Ronstadt who has Parkinson's. Weeeell thats just your opinion because you are not from our day so you look at stuff from your day and comment......To me a couple of names you quoted to me are crap musically, and l love music...... I'm pretty sure that geriatrickid was joking - at least I hope so. He doesn't seem like the type who would be a Justin Bieber fan to me. The sarcastic smiley he used gives it away. Obviously joking. Justin Bieber's name associated with anything makes it comical or ironic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 And. More recently gone is Joe cocker, musos falling like flies this winter. Sent from my GT-I9000 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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