DER US-AMERIKANISCHE SONGWRITER, ROCKSÄNGER UND -GITARRIST MARTY BALIN (JEFFERSON AIRPLANE) IST GESTORBEN

Der am 30. Januar 1942 in Cincinnati (Ohio) geborene US-amerikanische Songschreiber, Rocksänger und –gitarrist Marty Balin (Bild) ist am 27. September 2018 gestorben. Er war zusammen mit Paul Kantner Gründer der Band Jefferson Airplane (später Jefferson Starship).

Foto: Carl Lender, 2006, https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/ – Lizenz: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MartyBalinPerforming.jpg

Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, longtime member of Jefferson Starship, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, has died at age 76. Balin’s publicity company, Jensen Communications, announced Friday that Balin passed away on Sept. 27, with his wife, Susan Joy Balin, by his side.

Lyndsey Parker

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/marty-balin-founding-member-jefferson-airplane-dies-age-76-233119349.html

Born Martyn Jerel Buchwald, Balin was a struggling folk guitarist on the San Francisco scene when he formed a band with Paul Kantner after meeting the 12-string guitarist at a hootenanny. They met up with guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, bassist Jack Casady, drummer Skip Spence and singer Signe Toly Anderson and cut their 1966 debut LP Jefferson Airplane Takes Off. They developed a strong following around the budding San Francisco rock scene, but became nationwide superstars in 1967 when Anderson left the group and was replaced by Grace Slick.

Andy Greene

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jefferson-airplane-guitarist-marty-balin-dead-76-730912/

Marty Balin, who was best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist of Jefferson Airplane and the songwriter for Jefferson Starship, died on Thursday (Sept. 27), Billboard has confirmed though the cause of death is still unknown.

Rania Aniftos

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8477489/marty-balin-jefferson-airplane-dies

Although Balin had his greatest impact as one of the architects of the musical counterculture during his 1965-71 tenure in Jefferson Airplane, he had his greatest commercial success when he rejoined the remnants of that group a few years later in Jefferson Starship, as the sole lead singer on both of that band’s singles to reach the top 10, «Miracles» in 1975 and «Count on Me» in 1978.

Jem Aswad

https://variety.com/2018/music/news/marty-balin-jefferson-airplane-starship-dies-dead-1202961978/

Woodstock-Legende Marty Balin ist tot

Mit psychedelischen Hits wie «White Rabbit» und «Somebody to Love» erobern Jefferson Airplane erst das legendäre Woodstock-Festival und dann die Welt.

https://www.n-tv.de/leute/Woodstock-Legende-Marty-Balin-ist-tot-article20646648.html

Audios / Videos:

Jefferson Airplane Volunteers (Live At Woodstock 1969)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=OzHBr0ndKus

Jefferson Airplane – Somebody To Love, American Bandstand, 1967

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myVzaR8cmDA

Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0&has_verified=1

Jefferson Airplane – Comin‘ Back To Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=0NdvMT32skw

JEFFERSON STARSHIP PERFORM MIRACLES LIVE – 1975

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxMEvOtnB6M