And all the joy Within you dies

[Gob]

Paul Kantner, who helped pioneer psychedelic rock as the guitarist and founder of Jefferson Airplane and its splinter group Jefferson Starship, has died of multiple organ failure and septic shock. He was 74.



SF Gate reports that he had suffered a heart attack earlier in the week. He’d endured numerous health problems in recent years, including a previous heart attack in March 2015.

Born in San Francisco on March 17, 1941, Kantner had been a folksinger in the Bay Area when he met another folike, Marty Balin, in 1965. Over the next couple of years, they recruited guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, bassist Jack Casady, drummer Skip Spence and vocalist Signe Anderson. After releasing their 1966 debut, Spence and Anderson left and were replaced by, respectively, Spencer Dryden and Grace Slick.

The first album with the new lineup, Surrealistic Pillow, was one of the original albums of the growing psychedelic movement, hitting stores four months before the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It spawned Top 10 singles in “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit.” They performed at both Woodstock and Altamont, the latter of which saw Balin knocked unconscious by a Hells Angel during their set. Kantner sarcastically thanked the motorcycle gang for their action.

But by 1970, after five albums, the band split apart. Kantner and Slick, who by now had become a couple, brought together a handful of their fellow San Franciscans and released an album called Blows Against the Empire. The concept album, about humans leaving Earth for outer space, was credited to Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship.

After a couple more records in this loose all-star format, Kantner, Slick settled on a lineup for the band, and brought Balin back. Jefferson Starship had a poppier edge than its predecessor. Balin’s “Miracles,” a No. 3 hit in 1975, pushed Red Octopus into the top slot on Billboard‘s album chart. But after 1978’s Earth, which had two more hits in “Count on Me” and “Jane,” the internal fighting returned, and Balin and Slick, whose relationship with Kantner ended in 1975, left. Kantner kept Jefferson Starship alive through various incarnations until 1984, when Starship was formed.

He revived Jefferson Starship in 1992, and they remained a viable touring act. Jefferson Airplane were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

Kantner is survived by China Kantner, his daughter with Slick, and two sons, Gareth and Alexander.


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[RayThom]

That's sad. So many aging rocker out there. You can't stop the hands of time.

Well, maybe it's possible.

[oldr_n_wsr]

RIP

[MajGenl.Meade]

I told my wife.

She asked, "Who?"

And I said, "No, Jefferson Airplane"

She said, "Who?"

[Lord Jim]

Another dead rocker...

When I saw the title to this thread, I thought it might be Grace...

[Bicycle Bill]

I told my wife.

She asked, "Who?"

And I said, "No, Jefferson Airplane"

She said, "Who?"

.....it could have been worse.....

Costello:  So I hear you're going to have a rock festival with the some of the big groups from the 60's and 70's.
Abbott:  I certainly am.  Would you like to buy a ticket?
Costello:  Well, depends on the bands.  You got a band schedule?
Abbot:  Of course I do!  Guess Who's on first . . .
Costello:  Who?
Abbott:  Not Who.  Guess Who.  Who's on second.
Costello:  Wait a minute.  Who's on first?
Abbott:  Guess Who.
Costello:  Who?
Abbott:  No.  They're second.  Guess Who's on first.
Costello:  That's what I'm trying to do!  Look, after the first group plays and you write them a check, who gets the money?
Abbott:  No.  Why should Who get the money?  Guess Who gets the money!

pause.....

Costello:  The band that's playing first.  Who are they?
Abbott:  No, The Band is playing third.  Guess Who is playing first.
Costello:  Who?
Abbott and Costello (together):  They're playing second!
Costello:  Let me try again.  The band plays, right?
Abbott:  Right.  Of course The Band plays.
Costello:  So who is onstage?
Abbott:  No.  Why should Who be onstage if The Band is playing?
Costello:  Who is onstage while the band is playing?
Abbott:  No, Who is backstage while The Band is playing.
Costello:  I'm not going if you're not going to tell me who is playing.
Abbott:  You don't like them?
Costello:  Who?
Abbott:  Most people like them.
Costello:  Can you at least tell me which group is playing LAST?
Abbott:  Yes.
Costello:  Who?
Abbott:  No, they're second.
Costello:  Who is playing last?
Abbott:  No.  Who is second.  Yes is last.
Costello:  Who?
Abbott:  No, Yes.
Costello:  Do you have a contract from the band that's playing last?
Abbott:  I do.  Yes.
Costello:  So it's who?
Abbott:  No.  I already told you; Who is playing second.
Costello:  The contract is signed by who?
Abbott:  No.  Why should it be signed by Who?
Costello:  Who signs it then?
Abbott:  No, Yes signs it.
Costello:  This is nuts!  Guess Who's on first, Who is on second, the Band is on third, and Yes is on fourth!
Abbott:  You finally got it right!!
Costello:  I don't even know what I'm saying!  Forget it.
Abbott:  Forget it?
Costello:  Right.  I'm not going if you won't tell me who's playing; and if you say they're playing second, I'll belt you one!
Abbott:  OK, OK!  So what will you do instead of coming to the concert?
Costello:  I think I'll go to Boston.
Abbott:  Oh.  We weren't able to sign them!

-"BB"-

[Econoline]

R.I.P. Signe Toly Anderson, original vocalist for Jefferson Airplane dead at 74

Anderson passed away the same day as her former bandmate Paul Kantner



Signe Toly Anderson, an original vocalist for Jefferson Airplane, has died. According to a report from Psychedelic Sight, Anderson had been suffering from a series of health issues, and recently entered hospice care. She was 74 years old.

Anderson died on the same day as her former bandmate Paul Kantner, who passed away January 28th from multiple organ failure and septic shock.

In a statement, Jefferson Airplane co-founder Marty Balin wrote, “One sweet Lady has passed on. I imagine that she and Paul woke up in heaven and said ‘Hey what are you doing here? Let’s start a band.’”

Anderson joined Jefferson Airplane shortly after their formation in 1965 and sang on their debut album, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off. However, following the birth of her first child, Anderson announced her departure from the band expressing an unwillingness to tour. She performed her final show with Jefferson Airplane at San Francisco’s Fillmore in October 1966, a recording of which was issued by Sony Music in 2010. Anderson was replaced in the band by Grace Slick.

[oldr_n_wsr]

RIP Toly
This is getting to be too common.

[Gob]

RIP Toly...

[Lord Jim]

I suggest that Grace and Jack Casady not buy any green bananas...

[Fafhrd]

All of the stars from the late 50 and the 60 are now in their 70s, and subject to passing away. I am now older than many of the people whose obituaries are being mourned here.