RIP Paul Kantner
– Jefferson Airplane
– “Somebody To Love”
(Live at Woodstock Music & Art Fair, 1969)
From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kantner
Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American guitarist and vocalist, known for co-founding Jefferson Airplane, a psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era, and its more commercial spin-off band Jefferson Starship. He was born in San Francisco California.
Kantner died at the age of 74 on January 28, 2016 due to multiple organ failure and septic shock.[49] These were the direct result of a heart attack suffered days earlier.
VIDEO (long clip):
Marching for Solar Power
Bob Weir, Michael Franti, Sammy Hagar, J Bowman
“Here Comes the Sun”
Musicians led crowd to the steps of the California Public Utilities Commission bldg
Where a vote takes place this Thursday on net metering of solar energy.
Bob Weir, Michael Franti, Sammy Hagar, #RockTheSun
San Francisco, California
Sunday January 24, 2016
Bob Weir, Michael Franti, and Sammy Hagar,
played a brief set at the Phoenix Hotel in San Francisco today, to support solar power and the rights of individuals to choose solar, and to have solar panels on their rooftops.
The crowd assembled early, about 150-200 people, in the hotel courtyard with a small stage. Representatives from Solar City and Vote Solar, and environmental activist Leilani Munter spoke briefly, and then introduced the musicians.
Weir, Franti and Hagar were joined by J Bowman, and played a brief (amplified) acoustic set, and then led the crowd on a short march out of the hotel, and up the street to the steps of the California Energy Utilities Commission,unplugged and singing the refrain “…Here Comes the Sun…”
You can watch it here:
Setlist
Bob Weir, Michael Franti, Sammy Hagar
Rock The Sun
Phoenix Hotel San Francisco, California Sunday January 24, 2016 3pm
Sound of Sunshine – Michael Franti
Loose Lucy – Bob Weir and Sammy Hagar
Still Standing – Michael Franti
Here Comes the Sun – all
> refrain, unplugged while marching w audience to Utilities bldg steps
(Hey Hey) I Love You – Michael Franti & J Bowman (on steps while Weir and Hagar were whisked away)
VIDEO
Michael Franti
“Sound of Sunshine”
(plus behind the scenes photos from the 2011 Venice Beach video shoot).
I used to live in Venice, California, just a couple short blocks from the world famous Venice Beach Boardwalk. Back in 2011… I was having a down day, decided to go for a walk in the sun to cheer myself up.
Who do I see walking down the Venice Boardwalk? One of my real heroes, Michael Franti! One of the most POSITIVE HUMANS on the planet – talk about cheering me up! Michael Franti always makes me feel better.
He was with a full production crew in tow, shooting a music video for “Sound of Sunshine”. Anyway, it really made my day. Helped me to stay human. I ran home, grabbed my camera, and then came back and followed them around, which no one seemed to mind. Here are a few of my shots from that day…
