11, better than any Jefferson Airplane-related effort in three years. Walking in San Francisco in the nineties, I came upon Paul Kantner standing outside City Lights bookstore. [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). He had suffered a heart attack earlier in the week, according to San Francisco Chronicle. 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]. By 1980, though, Kantner was the only original Jefferson Airplane member left in the lineup. / Died: 28 January 2016: How many years did Paul Kantner live? 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. Trump Wishes 'Happy Easter to Radical Left Crazies' Who 'Want To Destroy Our Country! Billboard January 28, 2016 Jefferson Airplane guitarist, vocalist and co-founding member Paul Kantner has died. [33] Kantner made his decision to leave in the middle of the Nuclear Furniture tour. Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, died Thursday of multiple organ failure. Although it received a plurality of the vote in the Best Dramatic Presentation category, this was superseded by a majority that elected not to award the prize that year. Paul Lorin Kantner was born on March 17th, 1941 in San Francisco. [51] Coincidentally, he died on the same day as Airplane co-founder Signe Toly Anderson. "[50] Kantner returned to the group later on in the year, in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jefferson Airplane with special shows that also featured Grateful Dead tribute group Jazz is Dead. 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]. Just make people enjoy themselves. [2], After his mother's death, his father, who was a traveling salesman, sent young Kantner to Catholic military boarding school. Shortly thereafter, Balin quit the group in October 1978 to pursue a solo career. Kantner had a half-brother and a half-sister by his father's first marriage, both much older than he. Outside of his main bands, Kantner recorded two albums with Slick and a 1983 solo record, Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra. Mit David Crosby und Stephen Stills schrieb er das Stück Wooden Ships, das auf dem Airplane-Album Volunte… [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. Take care of yourself. [3] His mother died when he was eight years old, and Kantner remembered that he was not allowed to attend her funeral; his father sent him to the circus instead. We pretty much just did Paul's music. It was all just like a small vacation." 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 1960s band Jefferson Airplane has died at the age of 74. 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A lot of those songs still exist, still live on, still are good. “[We’re] trying to make consciousness,” he said. 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. But nothing happened. You've got a grueling schedule.' Paul Kantner, founding member, guitarist and singer for Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, died Thursday of multiple organ failure and septic shock. [25][26] 1973's Baron von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun was named after the nicknames David Crosby had given to the couple. [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. Create New Account. [2] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Jefferson Airplane in 1996. Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, died Thursday of multiple organ failure, his publicist told the San Francisco Chronicle. While the accompanying tour was a success, the revival proved to be short-lived; as in 1973, the group never formally disbanded. The cause of his physical passing was multiple organ failure brought on by septic shock. Sign up for our newsletter. He … Kantner, who drew upon his passion for politics and science fiction to help write such rock classics as Wooden Ships and Volunteers, died on Thursday of organ failure and septic shock. “Our condolences go out to the friends, family and fans of Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane on the news of his passing,” members of the Doors wrote on their Facebook page. It’s not going too far to suggest that Paul Kantner was one of the true visionaries of the psychedelic era during its West Coast height in the late 60s. Kantner put together Jefferson Starship – The Next Generation in 1992, which led to a trademark infringement suit with his former bandmates. In 1970, while still active with Jefferson Airplane, Kantner and several Bay Area musicians recorded a one-off side project, Blows Against the Empire under the name "Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship". I can do anything. Jefferson Airplane formed in 1965 when Kantner met Marty Balin. [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). Get Directions. 31 people follow this. Paul Lorin Kantner[1] (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. [14][36] Although the album stalled at No. 26) and Nuclear Furniture (1984; No. He was 74. In This Article: 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. Despite Kantner's efforts to retain a dialogue with the punk/new wave vanguard and a more idiosyncratic approach (exemplified by a lyrical collaboration with Ronnie Gilbert of The Weavers on the latter album), Jefferson Starship became increasingly beholden to the limitations of the album-oriented rock format. Want more Rolling Stone? Kantner, who drew upon his passion for politics and science fiction to help write such rock classics as "Wooden Ships" and "Volunteers," died on Thursday of organ failure and septic shock. Despite its commercial success, the Airplane was plagued by intra-group fighting, causing the band to begin splintering at the height of its success. Rolling Stone called them "the psychedelic John and Yoko." Remembering Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane Founder With ‘Mad, Epic Ideas’ “Paul was a lot like me — opinionated, confident and not very afraid of anything,” David Crosby says 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". Slick kept her band’s momentum with Starship, which earned a big hit with “We Built This City,” without Kantner. 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. Paul Kantner, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane who stayed with the seminal San Francisco psychedelic band through its transformation from 1960s hippies to … "[58], Belying his reputation as a near-teetotaler during the commercial heyday of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, Kantner began to use alcohol more frequently in his later years, with bandmate Jude Gold ultimately characterizing Kantner's vodka intake as an "on-again/off-again love affair. 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? 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. No doubt Young did read that, but Slick’s daughter says it’s an urban myth. [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. 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. "We will dedicate every show to Paul until he is well enough to rejoin us onstage. 14 "Jane", a collaboration between Freiberg, musician Jim McPherson, Kantner and Chaquico. Kantner and Slick released two follow-up albums. It was always about Grace and Jack and Jorma (Kaukonen), I don't think he got the credit he deserved." Jefferson Airplane, Obituary. Paul never got the joke, but he liked it, the audience liked it, and that's how it started. "[57] When Kantner suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in 1980, his attending physician at Cedars-Sinai, Stephen Levy, was quick to point out it was not a drug-related issue, saying: "There is zero relationship between Paul's illness and drugs. Kantner is survived by three children: Gareth, Alexander and China. We want to hear from you! Although "Caroline" failed to chart, the album peaked at No. 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. Paul Kantner and Grace Slick backstage at Hunter College in New York City (Image credit: Getty Images) Meanwhile, there were more important matters to attend to. Jefferson Airplane continued to record and perform until 1973. Shortly after Kantner’s passing, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart reflected, “He was kind of the backbone of that band. In 1988, Grace Slick sat in with the band at a San Francisco concert. Page Transparency See More. [15] Under the terms of the settlement, no group could call itself Jefferson Starship without Paul Kantner as a member, and no group can call itself Jefferson Airplane unless Grace Slick is on board. "[34] Kantner settled in March 1985, and the group name was reduced to Starship. Me and Grace got together while we were making the album and eventually had our daughter China. As you get older and accomplish more things in life in general, you realize that drugs don't help, particularly if you abuse them. Paul Kantner: It changed my life too. / Lived: 74 years: Zodiac sign: Pisces [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. JOHN LENNON and Paul McCartney famously fell out over The Beatles split and now an interview with the Imagine hitmaker has been unearthed in which he explains what really happened. The album was nominated for a Hugo Award presented to the best science-fiction and fantasy works. [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. "[53] Later in life, he moved to North Beach, where he frequented the original Caffe Trieste. [4] It marked the beginning of a new era of diminished success for the group; although Modern Times, Winds of Change (1982; No. He would continue to play with them, eventually dropping the Star Trek-y part of their name and putting out two albums, until his death. [39][40] A self-titled album was released by Columbia Records. Paul Kantner, a … 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. Slick had left Kantner in 1975 to marry Skip Johnson, a Jefferson Starship roadie. Paul Kantner, the co-founder of Jefferson Airplane whose psychedelic sound and free-spirited mindset helped define 1960s counterculture in San Francisco, has died. Just sitting around having a good time with all this shit going on around us. [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. [4][56] In a 1986 interview, Kantner shared his thoughts about cocaine and alcohol, saying, "Cocaine, particularly, is a bummer. About See All. 38"; 12-string guitar on "It's Only Music"; rhythm guitar and glass harmonica on "Epic No. Kantner and Slick made news again in 1972, when they were accused of assaulting a policeman after their Akron, Ohio concert. I had a plate in there for a while. Mr. Kantner, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, was 74 and had suffered a heart attack this week. Grace Slick returned for 1981's Modern Times. Founding member of the pioneering psychedelic '60s San Francisco rock group the Jefferson Airplane Paul Kantner has died at age 74, according to reports. or. The group’s 1966 debut, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, was a modest hit, charting in the lower half of the Top 200, but their fortune would change when lineup changes would welcome model-turned-singer Grace Slick, who’d been playing with the Great Society, into the fold. Although they eventually reconciled, Kantner's decades-long friendship with David Freiberg was also strained when the multi-instrumentalist refused to leave the band with him. 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. One day, they got to a gig to discover that Skip Spence had decided to go to Mexico instead. Paul Kantner, founding member, guitarist and singer for Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, died Thursday of multiple organ failure and septic shock. And alcohol is probably the worst drug of all. Balin returned to the fold in time for Red Octopus, a Number One album, and the group’s mainstream rock ambitions came into focus. China appears on the album cover, and the track list includes "China", a song written and sung by Slick about her new baby. It was his second brush with serious illness or injury, having suffered a serious motorcycle accident in the early 1960s: "I hit a tree at 40 miles an hour head first and nearly shattered my skull. "[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]. See more of Mansarda "Paul Kantner" on Facebook. In 1970, Rolling Stone asked Kantner why it was important for him to play live. He found inspiration in science-fiction books and folk music, dropping out of college to pursue music. [14] This was exacerbated by manager Bill Graham, who prodded the group to do more touring and more recording. [2][4][5] As a teenager he went into total revolt against all forms of authority, and he decided to become a protest folk singer in the manner of his musical hero, Pete Seeger.[5]. Paul Kantner war der erste, den Marty Balin 1965 zum Projekt Jefferson Airplane einlud. The band also stated that they're "continuing the tour without him, as most of the shows are sold out or close to it and we have to honor our contracts and our fans who bought tickets and put on the best show possible," the band said in its official statement. "[11], With Jefferson Airplane, Kantner was among the performers at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1966 and the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and the Woodstock Festival in 1969. “Pointing things out. Paul Kantner, one of the giants of the San Francisco music scene, died Thursday. He was 74. The album was nominated in 1971 for the Hugo Award, the premiere prize awarded by science fiction fandom. Kantner was born on March 17, 1941, in San Francisco, California,[1] the son of Cora Lee (Fortier) and Paul Schell Kantner. "[59] In a 2016 reminiscence, Marty Balin reflected on this period: "It was sad to see. He died on January 28, 2016 in San Francisco. Kantner eventually became the leader of the group and led it through its highly successful late-1960s period. With the sudden passing last week of two founding members of Jefferson Airplane – guitarist Paul Kantner and original female singer Signe Toly Anderson – … 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. 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. 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. At times, he was the only founding Jefferson Airplane member to remain in Jefferson Starship. He just said, 'Don't worry about me. 8 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart) and the band embarked on a national tour. Kantner was joined in the later versions of Jefferson Starship with various former Airplane and Starship members, most notably Casady and Freiberg, who effectively replaced Balin once again in 2005. Paul Kantner was born on March 17, 1941 in San Francisco, California, USA as Paul Lorin Kantner. von John Wyndham. "[12] Later in 1969, the group also played at Altamont, where Balin was knocked unconscious during their set by a Hells Angels member originally hired as security for the concert. 75 in Billboard, a video was made for "America" (a Kantner-Balin collaboration that peaked at No. Landmark & Historical Place . Forgot account? Kantner had been plagued with some health problems in recent times, including a heart attack in 2014. Sunfighter was an environmentalism-tinged album released in 1971 to celebrate China's birth. He'd been touring around the world and I talked to him and said, 'You better be careful. Paul Kantner, Soundtrack: Forrest Gump. In June 1984, Kantner left Jefferson Starship, complaining that the band had become too commercial and strayed too far from its countercultural roots. Not only did musicians like himself build that city, they also tried to improve the building of our world. Kantner died in San Francisco at the age of 74 on January 28, 2016, from multiple organ failure and septic shock after he suffered another heart attack days earlier. So that record changed my life radically as well. Verging on a breakup in the early Seventies, Kantner recorded a solo album, Blows Against the Empire, with Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick, crediting it to Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage that year but recovered and continued with the band. 8] and N. Q. Dewey's "Runaway" [No. Community See All. Kantner’s writing would become more politicized toward the end of the Sixties, and as Jefferson Airplane became falling apart – with Kaukonen and Casady forming Hot Tuna – and Balin leaving, the guitarist stepped into a larger role. When did Paul Kantner die? [18][27] Both Red Octopus and 1976's Spitfire (which featured another Balin-penned hit in the No. He is in the best possible care and we are sending him all of our best wishes, good thoughts and healing vibes." [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. Guitarist suffered multiple organ failure, Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane co-founder, has died at age 74. Although Balin was forced to scale back his involvement with the group due to family exigencies in the mid-2000s, Kantner continued to tour and record with the band through 2015. Anyway, the idea was that I'd just sneak in, stand at the side of the stage and come out and sing 'White Rabbit' and see what Paul did. Kantner and Slick's daughter China Wing Kantner was born in 1971.[22][23][24]. The guitarist and vocalist had suffered a heart attack earlier this week. 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. But it was unique. Sad news: Signe Toly Anderson, a vocalist and original member of … “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.”. "[42], Kantner and his Jefferson Airplane bandmates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. He asked me to join him for this last go-round. In October 1980, Kantner was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in serious condition from a cerebral hemorrhage. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. This led to a formal reunion of the classic 1966-1970 Jefferson Airplane lineup save for Spencer Dryden. The group subsequently brought in guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady. For Mr. Balin, Jefferson Airplane was focused on live performance, not commercial formula. That's all he wanted to do. [15][16] During the transitional period of the early 1970s, as the Airplane started to come apart, Kantner recorded Blows Against The Empire, a concept album featuring an ad hoc group of musicians whom he dubbed Jefferson Starship. 64 in 1976) and the "Song to the Sun" suite. 31 people like this. In 1984, he left the group and formed a legal agreement with the other members that they could not use the “Jefferson” name without the approval of all respective members. Kantner and Jefferson Airplane would reform in 1989, when they put out a self-titled album, and again in 1996, when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Somewhere along the watchtower, many of us forgot what we had heard, or just pretended we never heard it. 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