John Kahn (13 June 1947 - 30 May 1996) was an American rock bass player. For a period of about twenty five years Kahn was Jerry Garcia's principal collaborator outside of the Grateful Dead, playing in nearly every line-up of the Jerry Garcia Band (including Reconstruction and Legion of Mary with organist Merl Saunders) and acoustic stand-up bass in Garcia's Old and in the Way during 1973, arguably the first "newgrass" group. Wikipedia
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