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Marty Balin dies at 76
Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960's “San Francisco Sound” both as founder and lead singer of Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Airplane and other bands performed, died Sept. 27 in Tampa. He was 76.
He died while en route to a hospital, spokesman Ryan Romenesko said. The cause of death was not immediately available. Mr. Balin, who underwent emergency heart surgery in 2016, sued a New York hospital earlier this year, saying a tracheotomy he had at the time paralyzed a vocal cord and caused other damage.
The dark-eyed, baby-faced Mr. Balin was an ex-folk musician who formed the Airplane in 1965 and within two years was at the heart of a nationwide wave that briefly rivaled the Beatles’ influence and even helped inspire the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album.
Title: Comin' Back To Me
Album: Surrealistic Pillow
Track No: 5
Written By: Marty Balin
Marty Balin - Lead Vocals
Grace Slick - Vocals
Jorma Kaukonen - Lead Guitar
Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Jack Casady - Bass Guitar
Spencer Dryden - Drums
with Jerry Garcia - Guitar (uncredited)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...bc7_story.html
He died while en route to a hospital, spokesman Ryan Romenesko said. The cause of death was not immediately available. Mr. Balin, who underwent emergency heart surgery in 2016, sued a New York hospital earlier this year, saying a tracheotomy he had at the time paralyzed a vocal cord and caused other damage.
The dark-eyed, baby-faced Mr. Balin was an ex-folk musician who formed the Airplane in 1965 and within two years was at the heart of a nationwide wave that briefly rivaled the Beatles’ influence and even helped inspire the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album.
Title: Comin' Back To Me
Album: Surrealistic Pillow
Track No: 5
Written By: Marty Balin
Marty Balin - Lead Vocals
Grace Slick - Vocals
Jorma Kaukonen - Lead Guitar
Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Jack Casady - Bass Guitar
Spencer Dryden - Drums
with Jerry Garcia - Guitar (uncredited)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...bc7_story.html