Post: #1

He founded Jefferson Airplane, one of the bands that defined the culture of Haight-Ashbury. He stuck with most of his friends when they become Jefferson Starship. He gave us one of the all-time great songs, which will make almost any woman wet her pants. Listen to the lyrics and the vibe. Put it on, and get ready to have some fun. "Miracles" is a masterpiece, wrote and sang by Marty Balin.

He died last Thursday. We will miss you!

Post: #2

Also here's one of Mart's solo efforts from the 80s, pretty decent hit:





I just finished my youtube series on the Eagles so time to dig up my 45s of Jefferson Airplane / Jefferson Starship / Marty Balin and post a few of them on the channel as a tribute.

Post: #3

I was about to say he was a member of the Laurel Canyon deep state drug pushers, but apparently the Haight scene was separate.

RIP. More into Airplane then Starship but this guy was involved in a lot of great musicm

Post: #4

Meh. Jorma Kaukonen was the real backbone of JeffAir in my opinion. RIP and all, but aside from the first two albums, I do not look favorably upon anything Grace Slick has ever been involved with.
My feelings on Starship:

Post: #5

(10-03-2018 10:20 AM)DJ-Matt Wrote:  

The music video version is more appropriate to this forum, at least this part of it rather than the rest where it's just him prancing around in a black leotard.

Post: #6

(10-03-2018 03:28 PM)trippin_squares Wrote:  My feelings on Starship:

Jefferson Starship had one and only one kick-ass song. Find your Way Back, complete with a BC Rich and a doublenecks as God intended for such songs. It's really just Craig Chaquico trying to copy Boston but it worked, other than that Mickey Thomas is probably the least convincing presence as a hard rock lead singer with that skinny tie and porn-stache.

Post: #7

Mickey Thomas isn't hard rock at all. His voice is just too high. He almost sounds like one of the New Kids on the Block. Classic rock stations play Jefferson Airplane. They don't play Jefferson Starship or Starship.

They dropped Jefferson because Paul Kantner sued them. Grace Slick was the only original member left in 1988. Of course, Starship achieved the greatest success on the charts with three #1 hits. In fact, at the time, Grace Slick was the oldest person to have a #1 song.

I do like the Balin-led days best, from about 1975 to 1978. Born in 1971, I was very young at the time and loved their music. While most people have a nostalgia for music from their teen years, I have one for music before I was nine or so.

Thanks for sharing "Hearts." I had long forgotten about that song.

Post: #8

Never realized those songs were Jefferson Airplane, very different than Jefferson Starship/Grace Slick.