Prayer Request Paul Kantner, R.I.P - Page 2

Mr. Laz · 01-28-2016, 08:31 PM

Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane Co-Founder & Guitarist, Dies at 74
January 28, 2016

Kantner passed away on Thursday (Jan. 28) of multiple organ failure, following a heart attack earlier in the week.

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."

Kantner and guitarist and vocalist Marty Balin formed the band in a bar called the Drinking Gourd, intending the group to be a folk-rock group. Amidst the city's drug experimentation, they developed something far more interesting.

"Jefferson Airplane had the fortune or misfortune of discovering Fender Twin Reverb amps and LSD in the same week while in college. That’s a great step forward," Kantner told author and music historian Harvey Kubernik. "We went into it our normal selves.... The point is if you find something that makes you joyful take note of it. Amplify it if you can. Tell other people about it. That's what San Francisco was about. Both musically, idealistically and metaphorically and every other way. That's what we did here."

As more and more flower children moved to San Francisco, Jefferson Airplane's local following grew and it became the first of the city's psych-rock bands to sign to a major label, releasing its debut Jefferson Airplane Takes Off in 1966. That same year, they became the first band to headline concert promoter Bill Graham's now legendary Fillmore Auditorium.

By the following year, the band's second album, Surrealistic Pillow, became a soundtrack to the Summer of Love. It hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with the help of singles "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit," as the rest of the country began following in San Francisco's hippy footsteps.

"On our first U.S. tour we were in cities where all the kids came in prom gowns and tuxedos. Then we came back to Iowa a year later and they were having nude mud love-ins and everybody had their faces painted," Kantner told Kubernik.

Jefferson Airplane performed at the three most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s' -- Monterey in 1967 and Woodstock and Altamont in 1969. In 1996, Kantner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with the band.

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.

Kantner is survived by three children: sons Gareth and Alexander and daughter China. Funeral arrangements are pending.

cosmo20002 · 01-29-2016, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Baconeater

That was neither Jefferson Airplane nor Jefferson Starship.

They're all ****ing related, are they not? Sorry for not ****ing knowing the exact ****ing timeline of spin-off groups and ****ing personnel changes for ****'s sake. It's not like I said a ****ing Fleetwood Mac song.
And I quickly ****ing cleared him of all charges. ****ing sheesh.

splatbass · 01-29-2016, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by cosmo20002

They're all ****ing related, are they not? Sorry for not ****ing knowing the exact ****ing timeline of spin-off groups and ****ing personnel changes for ****'s sake. It's not like I said a ****ing Fleetwood Mac song.
And I quickly ****ing cleared him of all charges. ****ing sheesh.

I'm ****ing offended by your language.

cosmo20002 · 01-29-2016, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

You're a such a ****ing unbearable twat.

Have you ever even had sex?

Who would want to **** you?

If you didn't say this shit to half of CP, I'd probably feel really hurt and insulted.
I guess you're really sensitive about "You Built This City." Kind of weird, but it kind of makes sense.
And you posted without mentioning the value of your house. You're slipping.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-29-2016, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by cosmo20002

If you didn't say this shit to half of CP, I'd probably feel really hurt and insulted.
I guess you're really sensitive about "You Built This City." Kind of weird, but it kind of makes sense.
And you posted without mentioning the value of your house. You're slipping.

Half? What the **** are you smoking?

It's more like dozen, maybe a half a dozen.

But you're the #2 cockbag behind Blackbob, for sure.

Rest assured, he'll be banned again soon, moving you back into the #1 slot.

Where you belong.

cosmo20002 · 01-29-2016, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Half? What the **** are you smoking?

It's more like dozen, maybe a half a dozen.

But you're the #2 cockbag behind Blackbob, for sure.

Rest assured, he'll be banned again soon, moving you back into the #1 slot.

Where you belong.

If I felt like it, I am positive I could find a half dozen posts in the last month where you call someone the biggest idiot/dickbag/cockbag/****wad/asshole/ etc. And that's just what I've randomly happened upon, and doesn't count your lunatic rants in general, just the ones with you handing out #1 titles.
You seem to forget what a spaz you are and how easily prone you are to deranged, unhinged outbursts over nothing.

Look at you now...freaking out because I insulted a really shitty song.
You're a freak show.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-29-2016, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by cosmo20002

If I felt like it, I am positive I could find a half dozen posts in the last month where you call someone the biggest idiot/dickbag/cockbag/****wad/asshole/ etc. And that's just what I've randomly happened upon, and doesn't count your lunatic rants in general, just the ones with you handing out #1 titles.
You seem to forget what a spaz you are and how easily prone you are to deranged, unhinged outbursts over nothing.

Look at you now...freaking out because I insulted a really shitty song.
You're a freak show.

eDave · 01-29-2016, 01:56 AM

What a ****ed up RIP thread.

**Baby Lee** · 01-29-2016, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by eDave

What a ****ed up RIP thread.

I'ma gonna let you rest in peace in a minute, but first I got this CP beef I gotta discuss

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-29-2016, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by eDave

What a ****ed up RIP thread.

Is there a thread in which Jizzmo posts that isn't ****ed up?

That said, it's really sad that Kanter is but a footnote in the Summer of Love/San Fran scene. He had a vision but was often overlooked.

Jefferson Starship was nothing like Jefferson Airplane.

eDave · 01-29-2016, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

I'ma gonna let you rest in peace in a minute, but first I got this CP beef I gotta discuss

You've been on a roll. Another funny.

seclark · 01-29-2016, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Is there a thread in which Jizzmo posts that isn't ****ed up?

That said, it's really sad that Kanter is but a footnote in the Summer of Love/San Fran scene. He had a vision but was often overlooked.

Jefferson Starship was nothing like Jefferson Airplane.

heard an interview w/grace s a few years ago. she talked like she didn't even like being part of starship. said something like no one even knew how to right songs/music anymore. said she was more into her painting than music nowadays.

guess we all get old and bitchy.
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rabblerouser · 01-29-2016, 09:19 AM

I'd be OK with permaban on KC nitwit and cocksmoke2002, and it'd not be because no one likes them; it's because they add absolutely nothing to any conversation, ever.

Nothing. No insight. No nothing.

I haven't always gotten along with everyone here...but Damm near everyone on here has the capability of adding something of substance to any thread at any given time...except for cocksmoke2002 and KC nitwit.

rabblerouser · 01-29-2016, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by seclark

heard an interview w/grace s a few years ago. she talked like she didn't even like being part of starship. said something like no one even knew how to right songs/music anymore. said she was more into her painting than music nowadays.

guess we all get old and bitchy.
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Her belief is that rock music is for young people and shouldn't be a vehicle for commerce. Once Starship crossed the line into MTV-land with 'We Built This City' and the 'Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now' Hollywood soundtrack bit, she figured she had enough money and retired.

Good on her.

cosmo20002 · 01-29-2016, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Is there a thread in which Jizzmo posts that isn't ****ed up?

That said, it's really sad that Kanter is but a footnote in the Summer of Love/San Fran scene. He had a vision but was often overlooked.

Jefferson Starship was nothing like Jefferson Airplane.

Kantner. Show some respect.

**Bugeater** · 01-29-2016, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by cosmo20002

They're all ****ing related, are they not? Sorry for not ****ing knowing the exact ****ing timeline of spin-off groups and ****ing personnel changes for ****'s sake. It's not like I said a ****ing Fleetwood Mac song.
And I quickly ****ing cleared him of all charges. ****ing sheesh.

It's a touchy subject for me. "Starship" was a ****ing embarrassment to the former groups.

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