Paul Kantner

Who they were

Personal life Kantner had three children, including China Kantner . [ 1 ] After joining the late 1960s San Francisco rock scene's exodus to suburban Marin County by briefly relocating to Bolinas, California in the early 1970s, he decided to return to San Francisco as the Jefferson Starship era dawned, residing for many years in "a beautiful house perched over the blue Pacific in the ritzy Sea Cliff neighborhood." [ 2 ] Later in life, he moved to North Beach ,

Paul Lorin Kantner 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.

Early life

Educated at: San Jose State University, Santa Clara University, and Saint Mary's College High School.

Early life Kantner was born on March 17, 1941, in San Francisco, California, [ 1 ] the son of Cora Lee (Fortier) and Paul Schell Kantner. Kantner had a half-brother and a half-sister by his father's first marriage, both much older than he. His father was of German descent, and his mother was of French and German ancestry. [ 2 ] His mother died when he was eight years old, and Kantner remembered that he was not allowed to attend her funeral; his father sent him to the circus instead. [ 3 ]

Path and career

Death Kantner died in San Francisco at the age of 74 on January 28, 2016, from multiple organ failure and septic shock after he suffered a heart attack days earlier. [ 1 ] Shortly after Kantner's death, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart called Kantner the band's backbone and said Kantner should have received the kind of credit that Slick, Casady and Kaukonen received. [ 2 ] Coincidentally, he died on the same day as Airplane co-founder Signe Toly Anderson . ^ Vaziri, Aidin (January 29, 2016).

Why this date

Paul Kantner appears on our January 28 calendar for 2016 as a death entry.