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Paul Kantner
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American singer and guitarist (1941–2016)
Key facts
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Child
- China Kantner
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- San Jose State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- acid rock
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Official website
- www.jeffersonairplane.com/the-band/paul-kantner
- Image
- Paul Kantner 2011.jpg
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- Commons category
- Paul Kantner
- date of birth
- 1941-03-17
- date of death
- 2016-01-28
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- member of
- Jefferson Airplane
- name in native language
- Paul Kantner
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- unmarried partner
- Grace Slick
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Encyclopedic overview
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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul Kantner” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.