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Marty Balin, founder and singer of the 1960s pioneer rock band, Jefferson Airplane, died at the age of 76, his spokesman said. Balin died Thursday in Tampa, Florida as he was heading for a hospital, his spokesman Ryan Romenesko said Friday. No details were available on the cause of death. Balin was a driving force behind San Francisco's psychedelic rock scene in the 1960s and an element of the city's counterculture community at the time. He was the original owner of the Matrix, a club that helped launch the careers of the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin, among others. Balin's voice can be heard in the Jefferson Airplane "Today" and "Plastic Fantastic Lover" successes, and he also sang several songs after Jefferson Starship's banding together in the 1970s. Balin continued to produce his own solo music until shortly before his death. In 2016, when Jefferson Airplane received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, he released several new songs on "The Greatest Love".
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