| John Kahn | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 13, 1947 |
| Died | May 30, 1996 (age 48) |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar Double bass |
| Years active | Late 1960s – 1996 |
| Associated acts | Jerry Garcia |
John Kahn (13 June 1947 - 30 May 1996) was an American rock bass player. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1 1942 &ndash August 9 1995 was a Musician, Songwriter, Artist, and Lead guitarist and Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the For a period of about twenty five years Kahn was Jerry Garcia's principal collaborator outside of the Grateful Dead. Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1 1942 &ndash August 9 1995 was a Musician, Songwriter, Artist, and Lead guitarist and The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. He played in every line-up of the Jerry Garcia Band, and was in many other Garcia side projects, including Reconstruction, Legion of Mary, and the Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia band. The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Reconstruction was a band formed by John Kahn to occupy him while Jerry Garcia, his long-time musical collaborator was busy with the Grateful Dead. Legion of Mary was a side project of the Grateful Dead 's Lead guitarist, Singer, and defacto leader Jerry Garcia. Merl Saunders (sometimes spelled Merle) born February 14, 1934 in San Mateo California, is an American multi- Genre He played acoustic stand-up bass in Old and in the Way, one of the first "newgrass" groups. The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. Old and in the Way was a bluegrass supergroup in the 1970s. The group performed traditional tunes such as "Pig in a Pen" as well as bluegrass-flavoured Kahn also played alongside Garcia as acoustic bassist in the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, and often during the early eighties as the guitarist's only accompanist in the Garcia and Kahn folk duo.
Although Kahn did occasional work for the Grateful Dead, serving as producer/engineer for the band's aborted Egypt '78 live album and contributed organ and additional production to the Shakedown Street album, according to many books Kahn was generally not well liked within the Dead's scene for allegedly encouraging Garcia's drug habit. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Shakedown Street is the tenth Studio album by the Grateful Dead.
Prior to his involvement with Garcia, Kahn played on The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper and was briefly a member of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band in one of its later line-ups. Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper is a Double album documenting performances from two of Blues-rock 's most notable American musicians of Paul Butterfield ( December 17 1942 – May 4 1987) was an American Blues Harmonica player and Singer Other collaborators include Maria Muldaur, with whom he briefly had an affair, Nick Gravenites, and John Lee Hooker. Maria Muldaur (born Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato, 12 September 1943, in Greenwich Village, New York) is a roots- folk Nicholas George Gravenites (born October 2, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois) known as Nick "The Greek" Gravenites and Gravy John Lee Hooker ( August 22, 1917 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an influential American Post-war Blues singer
Kahn died at his home in Mill Valley, California on May 30, 1996 from complications of heart disease. Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, United States located about north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Substantial amounts of heroin, cocaine, and antidepressants were found in his body; his wife Linda was arrested for possessing about a gram of cocaine shortly thereafter. No foul play was involved.
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