Marty Balin boarded last flight....

[ProCarsteNation]

on the 27th....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NdvMT32skw


Haven't listened to them in a while, but damn I loves me some Airplane

[Ugly Nora]

..

[dubkitty]

very sad about this. i didn't love everything he did, but without the Airplane (which was his idea in the first place) and the Matrix club he opened in 1965, before Bill Graham was ever a thing, the San Francisco Sound might never have made it out of the clubs to turn on the world. he was very talented, and even had the brass balls to jump off the stage at Altamont and try to stop the Hell's Angels (and got punched out for it!)

here's my favorite Marty performance:

[ProCarsteNation]

he was very talented, and even had the brass balls to jump off the stage at Altamont and try to stop the Hell's Angels (and got punched out for it!)

Holy Cojones, I did not know that!
makes me admire & respect him that much more

here's my favorite Marty performance:

Fuck yeah, I love those faster versions on Bless Its Pointed Little Head!
Seriously on fire!
3/5th of a mile is also a contender




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca6sOFRWmRw

[dubkitty]

you can see the Altamont incident in the Gimme Shelter film. first he throws his tambourine at an Angel, then jumps into the crowd. after he came to the Angel, a lovely bloke called Animal, came backstage to apologize and when Marty said "fuck you" Animal punched him out a second time.

[Lurker13]

I like some Airplane too. RIP Marty, and thanks for leaving us some great music.

[Chankgeez]

One of the channels I'm subscribed to just uploaded this:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBKdzKoAxQI

[Dandolin]

RIP Marty. 'Come Up the Years' is still one of the most heartbreaking sounds I ever (though, as with most good music, I couldn't tell you why)....

Marty @ 3:25: 'Up against the wall, motherfucker!". Paul's line, but Marty made it soar....



also why does it have to be that when i get noodly i sound like bad Jerry when i would far rather sound like any kind of Jorma?

#suxtosuck

[Chankgeez]

"Bad Jerry" is not so bad.

When I get noodly I wanna sound like a combination of Jack Casady, Signe Toly and Skip Spence (on drums & guitar simultaneously).

(With a little Barry Melton thrown in for good measure.)

[Dandolin]

One man band!

Strange but true--home alone 2nite and couldn't stream 'Inland Empire' like I wanted, so I decided to watch 'Stranger Things' and right there in episode 1 in the scene where 11 sneaks into the kitchen @ the Benny's Burgers to scarf fries, what should be playing in the background but 'Watch Her Ride'? Then ol' Benny gets terminated to the tune of 'White Rabbit' major bummer....

[sorry for spoiier]

[dubkitty]

after spending so many decades as a Deadhead i can't play anything faster than quarter-note values without sounding like Jerry, but i also spent a lot of time working out Jorma's Rev. Gary Davis stuff. it was Jack on "Somebody To Love" that got me interested in stringed instruments in the first place. apparently even Mingus dug Jack.

[dubkitty]

that "Watch Her Ride" clip proves yet again that Kantner and Casady are the two coolest nerds this side of Brian Eno.