Now Paul Kantner has died

[Katzndogz]

Abe Vigoda was 94. For all that Keith Richards looks like he crawled out of a grave, he's only 72.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

One of the original singers of iconic hippie-era band Jefferson Airplane has died -- by coincidence, on the same day as the group's co-founder and guitarist.

Signe Toly Anderson, who was in the first lineup of the San Francisco group, died on Thursday at age 74 from undisclosed causes, a band member said.

The news came out over the weekend, after the announcement that fellow founding member Paul Kantner had died, also on Thursday at age 74.

"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,'" singer Marty Balin wrote on Facebook.

Compared with Kantner, Anderson's tenure in Jefferson Airplane was brief.

She appeared on the band's 1966 debut album "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off," taking lead vocals on a cover of "Chauffeur Blues."

She left afterward to raise a child, not believing that parenthood would be easy while touring with the famously free-spirited band.

She was replaced by Grace Slick, who became the identifiable voice of Jefferson Airplane with songs such as "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" that served as a soundtrack for the 1960s counterculture.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Holy shit, someone please turn off the dead rock star spigot !

Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane Co-Founder & Guitarist, Dies at 74

efferson Airplane guitarist, vocalist and co-founding member Paul Kantner has died. He was 74.

Kantner died Thursday (Jan. 28) of multiple organ failure. He had suffered a heart attack earlier in the week. Kantner’s publicist confirmed the news with the San Francisco Chronicle.

From 1965-1972, Jefferson Airplane was a pioneer in the Bay Area counterculture psychedelic rock scene, first defining what became known as the “San Francisco sound.”

The band’s second album, Surrealistic Pillow, from 1967 hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with the help of singles "Somebody to Love" and “White Rabbit." The band performed at the 1960s’ three most famous American rock festivals – Monterey in 1967 and Woodstock and Altamont in 1969.

Kantner is the first of Jefferson Airplane's founding members to have passed away. He was also a founding member of the group’s spinoff band, Jefferson Starship. which took off in 1974.

Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane Co-Founder & Guitarist, Dies at 74

Well he wasn't really famous

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Holy shit, someone please turn off the dead rock star spigot !

Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane Co-Founder & Guitarist, Dies at 74

efferson Airplane guitarist, vocalist and co-founding member Paul Kantner has died. He was 74.

Kantner died Thursday (Jan. 28) of multiple organ failure. He had suffered a heart attack earlier in the week. Kantner’s publicist confirmed the news with the San Francisco Chronicle.

From 1965-1972, Jefferson Airplane was a pioneer in the Bay Area counterculture psychedelic rock scene, first defining what became known as the “San Francisco sound.”

The band’s second album, Surrealistic Pillow, from 1967 hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with the help of singles "Somebody to Love" and “White Rabbit." The band performed at the 1960s’ three most famous American rock festivals – Monterey in 1967 and Woodstock and Altamont in 1969.

Kantner is the first of Jefferson Airplane's founding members to have passed away. He was also a founding member of the group’s spinoff band, Jefferson Starship. which took off in 1974.

Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane Co-Founder & Guitarist, Dies at 74

Well he wasn't really famous

Certainly not like David Bowie or Glenn Frey. However, back in the late '60's and into the '70's his name was well known in the rock world.

 

[konradv]

Signe Toly Anderson, the original female singer in Jefferson Airplane, died the same day as Kantner!

Anderson died at her home in Beaverton, Oregon at the age of 74 on January 28, 2016, following a battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She died on the same day as Airplane co-founder Paul Kantner.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signe_Toly_Anderson