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Paul Kantner

real name Paul Lorin Kantner

San Francisco, United States · 1941-03-17 – 2016-01-28

Paul Kantner is credited on 1,668 releases across 210 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,668

Credits

210

Albums

7

Decades active

916

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Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – January 28, 2016, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) was an American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter known for co-founding Jefferson Airplane, a psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era, and its more commercial spin-off band Jefferson Starship. Father of China Wing Kantner.

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1,668 releases · 210 albums · active 1966–2025

  • Performance · 5,702
  • Other credits · 530
  • Production · 160

Studios: Wally Heider Studios · RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Fillmore East

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