Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane guitarist and founding member, dieshttp://www.cnn.com/2016/01/29/entertainment/jefferson-airplane-guitarist-dies/index.htmlCNN/By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Updated 5:32 PM ET, Fri January 29, 2016
"CNN)—Paul Kantner, a founding member and guitarist in the '60s psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its successor, Jefferson Starship, has died, the Grammy Awards Twitter page said. He was 74.
The statement did not mention a cause of death.
"Paul was a key architect in the development of what became known as the San Francisco Sound," Neil Portnow, president and CEO of the Recording Academy, the organization in charge of the Grammy Awards, said in a statement. "The music community has lost a true icon.""
