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Friday, January 29, 2016

Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner dies at 74

Paul Kantner, one of the giants of the San Francisco music scene, died Thursday. Mr. Kantner, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, was 74 and had suffered a heart attack this week.

His death was confirmed by longtime publicist and friend, Cynthia Bowman, who said he died of multiple organ failure and septic shock.

Mr. Kantner had a string of health problems in recent years, including a heart attack in March.

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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

RIP and remember what he dormouse said.

Anonymous said...

That was one hell of a talent!

Anonymous said...

another dead baby boomer. Good.

Anonymous said...

8:40 you my friend are an idiot.
All of the GOOD musicians are dieing and we have nothing and I mean nothing to listen to

Anonymous said...

I like Crap,which is short for Christian Rap.This guy was a great talent and will be missed.

Anonymous said...

8:40am
We may be old., but we got to see all the good bands at their prime. How much 'classic rap' or 'classic hip-hop' or 'classic bounce' do you hear broadcast? Does it even exist?
Keep wavin' that Sanders banner and dreamin', pal.

Anonymous said...

The only AWESOME bands came out of the Boomer Generation!!! No original material worth listening to since.

Anonymous said...

Pathetic little troll. Ignore him.

RIP, Kantner. Amazing talent, another loss, along with Bowie, Frye and Rickman. Hagerty wasn't a huge talent, but he was good and a nice guy.

Anonymous said...

The Classic Rock with live forever

Anonymous said...

Saw the Group 3 times. Once as the J. Airplane, twice as The J. Starship.
Really great shows. His talents will be missed.
Unfortunately Folks my age will be seeing the people we saw in concert dwindle each year. And they aren't much older than me.
Wake up call.

Anonymous said...

Christian rap?!?! Huh somehow I don't think that is something I would tell people. How do you take something as sacred as faith and turn it into rap? Yea not too keen on the whole hip hop rap thug fake gansta wanna b's

Anonymous said...

Don't forget his contributions to HOT TUNA. A little obscure but great.