![]() I was part of it to be sure, but I was not a prime mover. It was a moment of powerful synchronicity. He and Paul Kantner came together and like plutonium halves in a reactor started a chain reaction that still affects many of us today. “Had it not been for him, my life would have taken an alternate path I cannot imagine. “Marty and I were young together in a time that defined our lives,” Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen wrote on his blog. “A great songwriter and singer who loved life and music. ![]() “RIP Marty Balin, fellow bandmate and music traveler passed last night,” Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady said in a statement. ![]() Balin’s rep confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone, though the cause of death is currently unknown. Jefferson Airplane vocalist-guitarist Marty Balin, who co-founded the San Francisco psychedelic rock band in 1965 and played a crucial role in the creation of all their 1960s albums, including Surrealistic Pillow and Volunteers, died Thursday at the age of 76. ![]()
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