8 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart) and the band embarked on a national tour. [44] Grace Slick had to miss the ceremonies because of a serious leg infection, but sent a message which Kantner delivered: "Grace sends her love. He found inspiration in science-fiction books and folk music, dropping out of college to pursue music. He just said, 'Don't worry about me. Additionally, the band continued to depend on external collaborators to an unusual extent for the era, most notably lyricist Jeannette Sears (the wife of Pete Sears) and songwriter/producer Peter Wolf. 10) and included the No. [19] A sequel (Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra) including several Blows Against the Empire participants was released as a Kantner solo album in 1983. Paul Kantner, founding member, guitarist and singer for Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, died Thursday of multiple organ failure and septic shock. In 1985, Kantner formed the KBC Band with Balin and Jack Casady; they released their only album, KBC Band, two years later on Arista Records. Following the demise of the KBC Band in 1987, Kantner briefly rejoined Hot Tuna after performing in the band's first lineup eighteen years earlier. Log In. By 1975's bestselling Red Octopus (including the No. Founding member of the pioneering psychedelic '60s San Francisco rock group the Jefferson Airplane Paul Kantner has died at age 74, according to reports. In 2004, a documentary containing 13 Jefferson Airplane performances and bandmember interviews was released on DVD. No doubt Young did read that, but Slick’s daughter says it’s an urban myth. "He's in the hospital, stable and undergoing tests to find out exactly what's going on, but doctors suspect he had a heart attack. 8] and N. Q. Dewey's "Runaway" [No. 3 hit "Miracles"), Balin was a full member and had ensconced himself as a major creative force in the group with the epochal song. The legal battle had personal repercussions as well, permanently damaging Kantner's friendships with Mickey Thomas and Craig Chaquiço. On March 25, 2015, it was reported that Kantner had suffered a heart attack. "[59] In a 2016 reminiscence, Marty Balin reflected on this period: "It was sad to see. Kantner put together Jefferson Starship – The Next Generation in 1992, which led to a trademark infringement suit with his former bandmates. In 1970, Rolling Stone asked Kantner why it was important for him to play live. He had suffered a heart attack earlier in the week, according to San Francisco Chronicle. [2] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Jefferson Airplane in 1996. Paul Kantner war der erste, den Marty Balin 1965 zum Projekt Jefferson Airplane einlud. He'd been touring around the world and I talked to him and said, 'You better be careful. Might as well die of something I like. Jefferson Airplane, Obituary. Take care of yourself. He was 74. I'm strong as a bull.' Paul Kantner, who co-founded the psychedelic-rock group Jefferson Airplane and helped define the San Francisco sound in the 1960s with songs such as "Somebody to Love," has died. Get Directions. Sunfighter was an environmentalism-tinged album released in 1971 to celebrate China's birth. [54], A lifelong cigarette smoker (with a penchant for unfiltered Camels) throughout his adult life, Kantner prophetically stated in a late-in-life interview, "I'm not going to give up the few things I enjoy. Create New Account. Contact Mansarda "Paul Kantner" on Messenger. I can do anything. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and occasional vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era. In 1988, Grace Slick sat in with the band at a San Francisco concert. At the age of eight or nine, in the school's library, he read his first science fiction book, finding an escape by immersing himself in science fiction and music from then on. He WAS a hard-headed German."[11]. In July 1986, she appeared as a guest VJ on MTV, which led to her making regular appearances for the next two years during her summer vacations. He … For Mr. Balin, Jefferson Airplane was focused on live performance, not commercial formula. / Lived: 74 years: Zodiac sign: Pisces Kantner revived the Jefferson Starship name in 1974 and continued to record and perform with them through 1984. Paul Kantner, a … [52] After joining the late 1960s San Francisco rock scene's exodus to suburban Marin County by briefly relocating to Bolinas, California in the early 1970s, he decided to return to San Francisco as the Jefferson Starship era dawned, residing for many years in "a beautiful house perched over the blue Pacific in the ritzy Sea Cliff neighborhood. [2], After his mother's death, his father, who was a traveling salesman, sent young Kantner to Catholic military boarding school. 55. We pretty much just did Paul's music. Following a long sabbatical, Marty Balin began to work with Jefferson Starship while their first album, Dragon Fly, was still in the works, co-writing the early power ballad "Caroline" with Kantner and performing the song on the album. 38"; 12-string guitar on "It's Only Music"; rhythm guitar and glass harmonica on "Epic No. Kantner had three children: sons Gareth (a restaurateur) and Alexander (a musician who sometimes played with Jefferson Starship), and daughter China (a former MTV VJ and actress). Kantner eventually became the leader of the group and led it through its highly successful late-1960s period. In October 1980, Kantner was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in serious condition from a cerebral hemorrhage. Anderson, who survived cancer in her 30s, died on the same day that another Airplane member, Paul Kantner, died. At times, he was the only founding Jefferson Airplane member to remain in Jefferson Starship. In June 1984, Kantner left Jefferson Starship, complaining that the band had become too commercial and strayed too far from its countercultural roots. He didn't do anything to take care of his health with all his drinking and everything, smoking cigarettes all the time, pushing himself too much. Through longtime friend Jack Traylor, Kantner discovered teenaged guitarist Craig Chaquico in 1971. Jefferson Airplane formed in 1965 when Kantner met Marty Balin. Kantner and Slick made news again in 1972, when they were accused of assaulting a policeman after their Akron, Ohio concert. Paul Kantner, founding member, guitarist and singer for Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, died Thursday of multiple organ failure and septic shock. [20], Kantner had been in love with Grace Slick for some time, but she was involved in a relationship with the band's drummer, Spencer Dryden. That wasn’t too serious; his replacement, Spencer Dryden, was a proper drummer. The album’s lush “Miracles” earned them a Number Three hit, and their next two albums – 1976’s Spitfire and 1978’s Earth – would also earn them Top 10 singles. "[42], Kantner and his Jefferson Airplane bandmates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. “Pointing things out. He was age 74. Kantner and Slick released two follow-up albums. Jefferson Airplane continued to record and perform until 1973. It's a noxious drug that turns people into jerks. With hits such as "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit," Jefferson Airplane wrote anthems for the hippie movement and the memorable "Summer of Love" in which young people took over the US city in 1967. It seemed more like a dream than reality, and he barely noted my reaction. "[45], In early 1992, Kantner and Balin reformed Jefferson Starship. By 1980, though, Kantner was the only original Jefferson Airplane member left in the lineup. The year they formed, they became the first San Francisco band to sign to a major label. After putting out Blows Against the Empire, which featured members of Crosby, Stills and Nash and the Grateful Dead, Kantner and Slick formed Jefferson Starship. [5] Kantner had been working in Los Angeles on an album when he became ill.[30] He was 39 years old at the time and beat considerable odds with a full recovery without surgery. Mit David Crosby und Stephen Stills schrieb er das Stück Wooden Ships, das auf dem Airplane-Album Volunte… Grace Slick, seen here in 1999 at PETA's Party of the Century and Humanitarian Awards, took to social media to share her sadness over the death of former bandmate Paul Kantner. See more of Mansarda "Paul Kantner" on Facebook. 64 in 1976) and the "Song to the Sun" suite. He later led a reformed Jefferson Starship from 1992 until his death in 2016. Trump Wishes 'Happy Easter to Radical Left Crazies' Who 'Want To Destroy Our Country! © Copyright 2021 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. [28] Upon his departure, Kantner took legal action against his former bandmates over the group's name after the rest of the band resolved to continue as Jefferson Starship; as Kantner's lawsuit proceeded, the group briefly performed as "Starship Jefferson. Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, died Thursday of multiple organ failure. "We will dedicate every show to Paul until he is well enough to rejoin us onstage. Want more Rolling Stone? Kantner had a half-brother and a half-sister by his father's first marriage, both much older than he. [5][14][17][18] This earliest edition of Jefferson Starship included members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (David Crosby and Graham Nash) and the Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart) alongside some of the other members of Jefferson Airplane (Grace Slick, Joey Covington and Jack Casady). Kantner had the longest continuous membership with the band, with 19 years in the original run of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship and 24 years in the revived Jefferson Starship. [2][6] For a while, he shared a communal house in Venice, Los Angeles with several other folksingers who would subsequently transition to rock, including David Crosby and David Freiberg. Shortly thereafter, Balin quit the group in October 1978 to pursue a solo career. Kantner was born on March 17, 1941, in San Francisco, California,[1] the son of Cora Lee (Fortier) and Paul Schell Kantner. [35][36] Other accounts maintain that both parties agreed to only use "Jefferson" and/or "Airplane" if unanimous consent was granted by the five corporate directors of Jefferson Airplane (including Kantner, Slick, Kaukonen, Casady and manager Bill Thompson). [14][36] Although the album stalled at No. [2] As rhythm guitarist and one of the band's singers, Kantner was the only musician to appear on all albums recorded by Jefferson Airplane as well as Jefferson Starship. The album, which peaked at No. "[4] The injury from the motorcycle accident was credited with saving Kantner from serious complications from the cerebral hemorrhage; the hole left by the accident relieved the accompanying cranial pressure.[2]. With Jefferson Airplane, Kantner helped pioneer the oft-imitated psychedelic sound: simple, fuzzy guitar lines steeped in dreamlike reverb. Paul Kantner, a founding member of the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, has died at 74, according to the San Francisco Gate. Sign up for our newsletter. PAUL Kantner, a founding member of the psychedelic 1960s band Jefferson Airplane has died at the age of 74. "[53] Later in life, he moved to North Beach, where he frequented the original Caffe Trieste. In This Article: Kantner schrieb etliche Songs für die Band, die sich häufig um Themen aus der Science-Fiction drehten: Der Text des Liedes Crown of Creation vom gleichnamigen Album aus dem Jahr 1968 besteht zum Beispiel nur aus Zitaten aus dem 1955 erschienenen Science-Fiction-Roman Wem gehört die Erde? [4] Despite the dissolution of their romantic relationship, she remained with the band through June 1978, when she left the group to seek rehabilitation for her alcohol use disorder after Kantner asked for her resignation following two disastrous concerts in Germany. Daughter of Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship members Paul Kantner and Grace Slick.China first appeared as an infant on the sleeve of the Kantner/Slick 1971 solo LP "Sunfighter". Paul Kantner, a founding member of the '60s rock band Jefferson Airplane and its successor, Jefferson Starship, has died, the Grammy Awards Twitter page said. Pretty soon people start filtering in, saying, ‘Hey, they’re having a good time.'”. Later that year, they’d score a lesser hit with “The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil,” a harder-rocking song that Kantner wrote that would become the lead track on their After Bathing at Baxter’s album. [43] The induction ceremony marked the first performance by most of the "classic" lineup of Marty Balin, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden and Kantner since 1970. Kantner, Slick and the three remaining late-Airplane holdovers (vocalist/bassist/keyboardist David Freiberg, drummer John Barbata, and fiddler Papa John Creach) were joined by Chaquico and Pete Sears, a contributor to previous solo efforts by Creach and Slick who alternated with Freiberg on bass and keyboards. Despite its commercial success, the Airplane was plagued by intra-group fighting, causing the band to begin splintering at the height of its success. Recalling Woodstock 40 years later, Kantner stated: "We were due to be on stage at 10pm on the Saturday night but we didn't actually get on until 7.30am the following day. [4] It marked the beginning of a new era of diminished success for the group; although Modern Times, Winds of Change (1982; No. Paul Kantner was born on March 17, 1941 in San Francisco, California, USA as Paul Lorin Kantner. [25][26] 1973's Baron von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun was named after the nicknames David Crosby had given to the couple. With their latest female vocalist Cathy Richardson and Kantner's son Alexander Kantner on bass, Jefferson Starship released their first studio album since Windows of Heaven, titled Jefferson's Tree of Liberty in September 2008. “[We’re] trying to make consciousness,” he said. His publicist Cynthia Bowman, who has a son with Kantner, confirmed his … / Died: 28 January 2016: How many years did Paul Kantner live? Balin plucked Skip Spence, a guitarist, for drums because he “looked like a drummer,” and with the first lineup complete they commenced playing rock reminiscent of early Beatles, folk, blues and ballads. [2][16][21] In 1969, they began living together publicly as a couple. After formalizing the band Jefferson Starship, the band went on to greater commercial success than Jefferson Airplane, scoring platinum and gold records, including the double-platinum 1975 record Red Octopus. Kantner appears in the documentary film about the Altamont concert, Gimme Shelter, in a tense on-stage confrontation with a Hell's Angel regarding the altercation.[13]. 38", backing vocals on "All the Machines" & "It Just Won't Stop", This page was last edited on 18 March 2021, at 16:19. Walking in San Francisco in the nineties, I came upon Paul Kantner standing outside City Lights bookstore. While no attempt was made to replace Slick, Balin was soon replaced by Mickey Thomas, who had previously achieved success as a member of the Elvin Bishop Group.[28][29]. Although Earth (1978) – to which Kantner contributed just one song – duplicated the success of Red Octopus and Spitfire with two major Balin-sung soft rock hits (Jesse Barish's "Count on Me" [No. Just make people enjoy themselves. Paul Kantner: It changed my life too. Kantner had three children: sons Gareth (a restaurateur) and Alexander (a musician who sometimes played with Jefferson Starship), and daughter China (a former MTV VJ and actress). But then Signe Anderson started imposing travel restriction [46] The album was a return to Kantner's musical roots featuring covers of 1950s and 1960s protest songs from the American folk music revival. 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