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He, Grace, and Kantner had their own form of weaving vocally.

Excellent comment -- they listened to each other like jazz musicians.

Loved the Jorma tribute too. Marty Balin was part of a lot of great, important music.

Marty helped create the San Francisco music scene by opening the Matrix club, months before Chet Helms and Bill Graham launched their promotional careers. He later sold his share of the club, then left the Airplane and Starship at various times as well. An arty guy who stayed true to his principles.

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Palace Revolution 2000

- there was always something graceful about Marty Balin.

I wouldn't say always. I'm thinking about a brutal crack about Grace he made in a 1977 Crawdaddy! magazine cover story.


But that said, what a talent. The first group I ever saw live in person was the Airplane in 1967. What's forgotten today is how big they were in the late-60's, musically and as a counter-cultural force.

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Didn't he sing the song "Runaway" I love those laid back summer songs and especially "Miracles."

Yes, I love those 2

"No Anchovies, Please"

They played Miracles segueing into a commercial last night on Sunday Night football. A little tribute to Marty. SNF does that quite a bit. Producer Drew Escoff is a big rock and roll fan.

Sorry to hear this.May you rock forever up there.

Did Marty get knocked out by a Hells Angel at Altamont?

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Did Marty get knocked out by a Hells Angel at Altamont?

Didn’t you ever see Gimmie Shelter?

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Elmo Lewis
Did Marty get knocked out by a Hells Angel at Altamont?

Didn’t you ever see Gimmie Shelter?

I guess he's kidding? It's in the first post of this thread.

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Elmo Lewis
Did Marty get knocked out by a Hells Angel at Altamont?

Didn’t you ever see Gimmie Shelter?

I guess he's kidding? It's in the first post of this thread.

Oh

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I think I might have missed Paul Kantner passing.
The JA were a very odd assembly of characters. Really odd. I am still not a major fan. This is not the place to go into that though.
Like his music or not - there was always something graceful about Marty Balin.

IIRC Grace Slick confessed somewhere that, among the Airplane members, Marty was the only one who didn’t have (or refused to have) a relationship with her — which tells you something.