I guess we should have expected that this would begin to happen. We only seem to hear about the biggest names but many of their collateral band members are passing away in obscurity. It's a very sad situation and I feel bad for them, their family members and former bandmates. Paul Kantner and the Jefferson Airplane were huge when I was a teenager and it reminds me of high school (or was it being high). In any case, very sad!
We're at that age where a lot of the good cats are going to that Big Stage in the Sky. It's a package deal guys. We get to hear them when they're young and wonderful, but that package comes with an expiration date. Fortunately their music doesn't.
That is sad news indeed. Gee I am beginning to feel old here lately, David Bowie, Glen Frey, the list is way to long and too familiar. I guess I am getting old. But as a big Jefferson Airplane/Starship fan, it is truly sad to see a musician with so much to contribute pass on. My sympathies to his family, may he rest in eternal peace.
My favorite thing he did was the cover of Rosalie Sorrel's "Baby Tree" with Jerry Garcia on banjo. I hope to give "Blows Against the Empire" a spin later today--first time in decades, I'm sure.
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