RIP. Johnny Barbata


Fantastic underrated drummer for the Turtles, CSN, Jefferson Airplane and others, his chops will be missed 

 

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He was an excellent drummer who died last week. RIP John....

In an obit, the writer for the San Francisco Chronicle described him as the drummer from the 'classic Jefferson Airplane lineup', and when he mentioned the other 'classic lineup' members, he didn't even mention Marty Balin, and thought the last album from the 'classic' lineup was "Long John Silver". He knew not much about what he wrote of.... 

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