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The KBC or Kantner-Balin-Casady Music group was formed in the mid-’80s by three former members of Jefferson Airplane: guitarist/singer Paul Kantner (b. March 12, 1942, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA), vocalist Marty Balin (b. Janurary 30, 1942, Cincinnati), and bassist Jack port Casady (b. Apr 13, 1944, Washington, D.C.). The group …

While remaining most widely known for his efforts towards the pioneering SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA psychedelic music group Jefferson Airplane, Marty Balin also enjoyed an effective solo career, rating a Top 10 strike in 1981 with “Hearts.” Created Martyn Jerel Buchwald in Cincinnati, Ohio, on January 30, 1942, he grew …

Among the finest bassists to emerge from San Francisco’s psychedelic motion from the mid- to later ’60s, longtime Jefferson Aircraft/Hot Tuna member Jack port Casady was also among the initial rock musicians to try out the bass as though it all were a business lead instrument. Blessed John William “Jack …

Vocalist/songwriter and tempo guitarist Paul Kantner was a founding person in Jefferson Aircraft and Jefferson Starship. Kantner was the initial person contacted by vocalist Marty Balin about piecing together a folk-rock group within the mid-’60s within the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay Region. Jefferson Aircraft was one of the primary …