my favorite JA album... RIP
Posted on 01/28/2016 3:59:34 PM PST by Jolla
Paul Kantner, one of the giants of the San Francisco music scene, died Thursday, Jan. 28, of multiple organ failure. Mr. Kantner, founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, was 74 and had suffered a heart attack earlier this week.
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Well, that's where my FR screen name came from. "It's a fresh wind that blows against the empire."
my favorite JA album... RIP
Dead at 74. Dang, I'm feeling old. I watched him and the Jefferson Airplane playing at the Golden Gate panhandle just off Haight/Ashbury in the mid-1960s. Lots of free concerts there at the time by various bands that went big later, they did it for the music, not money. Almost a half decade has passed, yikes.
LOL Or worse, he could have got your shoes.
Neat story. Thanks for sharing.
RIP.
Just look at all the important musicians who have passed in the last three week, from David Bowie to Natalie Cole, Lemmie, and on and on. Really quite stunning!!
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The second record album I ever bought was Surrealistic Pillow and it was mono. Great band, saw them live in ‘67 at the ripe old age of 15.
After Bathing at Baxters was great too.
“LOL Or worse, he could have got your shoes.”
Yuck, excellent point! My pleasure.
Saw Jefferson Airplane a half a dozen times. Great show.
Prayers for his family and friends
Was a big fan of the Airplane and the early Starship stuff.
He won a Hugo Award for Blows Against the Empire only Recording so honored AFAIK
A couple that seem appropriate today
Your Mind has left Your Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWucwTZ2oIc
Jerry Garcia on the Pedal Steel BTW. The Grateful Dead used this MLB theme quite a bit over the years. Here is my favorite from 11-11-73 Very joyful piece of music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt1vOabW0I8
And of course Blows Against the Empire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53WPcHogkRk&index=2&list=PLnux67V66B43SejGmchr2D_jsSuVzlpk0
Good Shepard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWX2-l788A
Rest in Piece Paul
Great song, didn’t Marty Balin do the singing?
Shhh, you'll make Kieth Richards nervous!
Very nice
Yes.
Oh BS, neither of my parents were “hard partying”, and both didn’t see 70 years old.
Balin also wrote the lyrics
Just an opinion. No offense intended.
Agreed. Just because of genetics, I won’t see 70 either.
Read that his voice was so strong that they sometimes had to have him face away from the mic when recording to be able to equalize!
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