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Paul Kantner

I’m so down over Paul Kantner’s passing.  It seems stupid to be so effected by the death of someone I never met, but this sucks.

I’m putzing around on youtube.  Here are a few…

This is from February 1970.  It’s not Spencer Dryden on drums, so it must be Joe Covington.  Give this a NSFW tag due to language and a little hippie toplessness, but it’s worth it for “We Can Be Together” and “Mexico”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY1k9AWVI3A

 

Did you know that Jefferson Airplane did a rooftop concert that was broken up by the cops a whole year before the Beatles?

 

Monterey Pop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWM_fmB0Of0

 

This one says it’s from 1970, but I don’t think it is.  I think it’s a bit earlier than that.  Spencer Dryden is on the drums and I think he left in December 1969 after Altamont.  But what do I know.  This clip more or less proves that Jack Cassidy is a god.  Just saying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwFR5fjs8m4

 

 

RIP Paul Kantner

Remember how crushed David Bowie fans felt when they heard he died?  Remember how crushed Eagles fans felt when they heard Glenn Fry had died?

That’s how I feel right now.  Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane died tonight.

With the rash of musical deaths over the past month, my fandom so far had been spared the great losses.  Until tonight.  Musically speaking, Paul Kantner is a giant in my eyes.  This one hurts, bad.

Rest in pace, Paul Kantner.
(The photo comes from a rolling stone article)