In August 1965, singer Marty Balin decided to open up a new night spot in San Francisco. With some help from a couple of investors, he hoped the Matrix would provide a home for the growing number of ...

On August 13, 1965, Jefferson Airplane made their San Francisco debut, forever changing the scope of rock music by ushering in a new LSD-fueled genre of “acid rock.” The fast-rising stars of the San ...

Jorma Kaukonen, founding member of San Francisco’s psychedelic pioneers, Jefferson Airplane, has shared an official statement in recognition of the band’s 60th anniversary. On August 13, 1965, ...

Here’s wishing founding Jefferson Airplane guitarist and Hot Tuna frontman Jorma Kaukonen a very Happy 85th Birthday! Born in Washington, D.C., on December 23, 1940, Kaukonen moved to the San ...

Marty Balin, a co-founder of Jefferson Airplane and a member of its later incarnation Jefferson Starship, whose high and soulful voice defined many of both groups' songs, died Thursday, his rep ...

NEW YORK-- Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960s "San Francisco Sound" both as founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Airplane and other bands performed, has ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960s "San Francisco Sound" both as founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Airplane and other bands ...

The singer's soulful tenor was a signature of the Airplane and Starship's sound. Marty Balin, a co-founder of Jefferson Airplane and a member of its later incarnation Jefferson Starship, whose high ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960s "San Francisco Sound" both as founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Airplane and other Bay Area bands ...