Music
You can take Papa John Creach out of the rock band, but you can’t take the rock out of Papa John Creach.
Sept. 3, 1986
Those looking to understand the roots of San Francisco psychedelic rock need only read one observation from Paul Kantner, who died Thursday at age 74, to connect the microdots.
Jan. 29, 2016
Paul Kantner, the Jefferson Airplane guitarist, songwriter and fixture of the San Francisco ‘60s rock scene, died Thursday of septic shock and organ failure, according to his publicist, who confirmed his death with the San Francisco Chronicle.
Jan. 28, 2016
Obituaries
It was emblematic of the turbulent path San Francisco’s Jefferson Airplane navigated in the 1960s and ‘70s that when the group showed up to play a 1969 festival that was supposed to be the West Coast version of Woodstock, founding member Marty Balin got knocked out cold.
Sept. 28, 2018
After several decades of chaotic changes, the group led by original members Paul Kantner, Marty Balin and Jack Casady.
June 20, 1996
Perhaps more than any group, the Jefferson Airplane epitomized the spirit of revolutionary politics in rock music of the late ‘60s.
July 6, 1995
Paul Kantner, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane and composer of some of the most vivid countercultural anthems of the ‘60s, was discussing his latest musical project: “You’ve gotta take acid and go down to the dance hall to appreciate it, man,” he said, laughing.
Dec. 2, 1992
It would be stretching the point to say that Hot Tuna’s concert Monday night at the Belly Up Tavern re-created a night at the Fillmore, San Francisco’s storied rock showcase of the ‘60s.
Feb. 27, 1991
The days when the Jefferson Airplane vaulted its chaotic psychedelia into pot-filled, amoeba-light-showed halls might seem like ancient history now.
May 25, 1990
When the truth is found to be lies And all the joy within you dies Don’t you want somebody to love?
Jan. 1, 1993