Vocalist-guitarist Marty Balin, co-founder of the quintessential 1960s psychedelic band Jefferson Airplane, has died at 76. Balin’s wife, Susan Joy Balin, was at his side when he died Thursday, CNN reported. Balin was a folk guitarist in San Francisco when he joined Paul Kantner to launch Jefferson Airplane in 1965. Balin quit a year after Altamont, but officially rejoined the band in 1974, when it had evolved into Jefferson Starship with a more commercial sound. Jefferson Airplane was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

Source: Huffington Post September 29, 2018 03:00 UTC