Jefferson Airplane co-founder, Marty Balin, dead at age 76

Jefferson Airplane The co-founder, Marty Balin, died at the age of 76 from unknown causes. Spokesman Ryan Romenesko told the Los Angeles Times Balin was on his way to the Tampa, Florida, hospital on Thursday, when he faltered.

Balin had recently filed a complaint after being left "totally disabled" after a hospital stay in New York City where he was admitted for emergency cardiac surgery. Balin claimed that Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital staff had ruined his recovery from open heart surgery in 2016, according to the report. New York Post. The costume has left, says the costume, without half of its tongue, its vocal cords, its left thumb and its mobility in the left hand.

He leaves behind a huge rock legacy. "Marty is the one who launched the San Francisco scene," Bill Thompson, Balin's roommate in the '60s and former director of the plane and Jefferson Starship, Told Variety.

Martyn Jerel Buchwald was born on January 30, 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in the San Francisco area. Also inspired by Beatles and from other acts of British invasion, he trained Jefferson Airplane with the same spirit Paul Kantner in 1965.

With folkloric venues declaring their music too strong, Balin opened his own club called the Matrix this summer, welcoming other groups of adventurers such as the Grateful death and Quicksilver Messenger Service. Jefferson Airplane became the house band.

In less than two years, they were one of the most popular acts in the country. The soulful voice of Balin contrasts with the more daring sound of co-singer Grace Slick on songs like "It's No Secret", "Come Up The Years", "Today" and "Volunteers". He co-wrote five titles on seminal Surreal pillow, and appeared on stage with the Jefferson Aircraft at Woodstock, the Monterey Pop Festival and Altamont. Over time, however, Kantner and Slick largely took control of the group, and Balin, frustrated, left in 1971.

"I thought everyone [was] kind of asshole, "said Balin Rolling stone earlier this year. "It was a period of cocaine so … everyone took cocaine. And the people I would work with, they would yell at you and it would become intense. The plane was doing this kind of trip. You know, I just drank alcohol. But some of the chemicals made people crazy and very selfish, and it was really not fun to be there for me. So I bailed out.

Balin returned in 1974, after the band changed its name to Jefferson Starship, and played a more central role in this new era. He led them to a series of Top 10 successes, including number three "Miracles". "Count on me" went to No. 8, while "With Your Love" and "Runaway" both reached No. 12. However, there were still bad feelings.

"Every time I did something, it was always Grace Slick and the plane and Grace Slick and the Starship – even though it was my voice," Balin said. relix magazine in 1993. "I even made songs by myself and people come to me and say," I'm surprised you're doing this song. I've always thought it was Grace. "For a while it hurt, but I can not do anything about it."

He left again in 1978 and later scored another hit in the Top 10 solo with "Hearts" in 1981. Balin found Jefferson Airplane for a tour in 1989, then joined the Jefferson Starship in 1993 for another 15 years. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the plane in 1996, before returning to work solo later. This time, Balin returned to his folk roots, performing club performances with an acoustic trio.

"All night it's me – and if you dig it, cool," he says relix in 2016. "And I'm having fun, I go where I want, from one song to the other, there is no ego and there is [we are free from] people's problems – wait for someone to light a cigarette, drink a drink or change their guitar and organize their music. Let's go to music, man. That's what I'm doing: flying. "

Balin was in New York for a performance in March of the same year when he was rushed to the hospital for a heart problem. He did not leave Mount Sinai Beth Israel for three months because he had undergone open-heart surgery, triple bypass and valvular replacement, while he was spending a lot of time in the unit intensive care. While there, Balin said that a tracheostomy was performed incorrectly. The lawsuit, reported for the first time last month, also alleged that his infusion was improperly inserted and poorly monitored.

Jefferson Airplane has been honored with a trophy for all of his achievements in the Grammys 2016, but he has published a comment prepared by congratulations"I am grateful for the beautiful musical journey that my life continues to make," said Balin. "To all my colleagues in the Jefferson Airplane Group, through its various transformations, I thank you for this dream come true."

His last album, The greatest love, was released the same year. Balin is survived by his wife Susan, daughters Jennifer Edwards and Delaney Balin and stepdaughters Rebekah Geier and Moriah Geier. "Marty and I shared the deepest of love – he often called her Nirvana, and that was the case," Susan said in a statement. official statement. "But truly, we have all been touched by his love, and his presence will be forever in my whole being."