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Friday 29 January 2016

Jefferson Airplane Guitarist Paul Kanter Dead at 74


Another legend lost. Jefferson Airplane guitarist Paul Kanter has passed away at the age of 74. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the musician died on Thursday, January 28, of multiple organ failure and septic shock.

According to the paper, Kantner suffered a heart attack in March 2015 and had been battling ill health.

Kanter, who helped form the psychedelic rock band in 1965 — along with Marty Balin, Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden, Jorma Kaukonen and Grace Slick — is responsible for what became known as the San Francisco sound, and hits “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit.” He later went on to form The Jefferson Airplane spinoff group, Jefferson Starship, with bandmate Slick in 1974.


"Our condolences go out to the friends, family and fans of Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane on the news of his passing," a post on The Doors’ Facebook read on Thursday.

 "Music would not be the same without the sounds of The Doors and Jefferson Airplane, which both contributed so heavily to the signature sound of the Sixties and Seventies."
Kanter was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and is survived by his three children.


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