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Also known as Paul Lorin Kantner

American singer and guitarist (1941–2016)

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1941-03-17
Active to
2016-01-28

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Paul Lorin Kantner (born March 17, 1941 in San Francisco, California, died January 28, 2016) is an American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter, most known for co-founding the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane. Then during the transitional period of the early 1970s, as the Airplane started to disintegrate, Kantner in 1970 recorded Blows Against The Empire and then in 1971recorded Sunfighter <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Kantner">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Born
Paul Lorin Kantner , ( 1941-03-17 ) March 17, 1941, San Francisco , California, U.S.
Died
January 28, 2016 (2016-01-28) (aged 74), San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres
Psychedelic rock folk rock acid rock
Occupation
Musician
Instruments
Guitar vocals
Years active
1964–2016
Labels
RCA Grunt Arista
Formerly of
Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Starship KBC Band

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Paul Kantner
date of birth
1941-03-17
date of death
2016-01-28
start of work period
1964-00-00
name in native language
Paul Kantner
end of work period
2016-00-00
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Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and a secondary vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era. He continued these roles as a member of Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Airplane's successor band.

Jefferson Airplane was formed in 1965 when Kantner met Marty Balin. Kantner eventually became the leader of the group and led it through its highly successful late-1960s period. In 1970, while still active with Jefferson Airplane, Kantner and several Bay Area musicians recorded the album Blows Against the Empire, which was co-credited to both Paul Kantner and "Jefferson Starship".

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