Slick founded the band the great society with her husband, but soon split with him to move onto the hippie band, jefferson airplane. I enjoyed the easytoread grace slick autobiography. You better find somebody to love your eyes, i say your eyes may look like his, yeah but in your head, baby im afraid you dont know where it is dont you want somebody to love. Jun 15, 2012 by 1967, restless american youth had found somebody to love in grace slick, whose trippy onstage provocations, beautiful looks, and outlier attitude shone bright during the summer of love. You better find somebody to love, love when the garden flowers baby are dead yes and your. Grace slick was born on october 30, 1939, in evanston, a suburb of chicago il. This book is mainly about the counterculture of the sixties, the san francisco music scene, and the relationships grace slick had.
Grace slick somebody to love by slick, grace with cagan, andrea and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Slick used it to open her autobiography somebody to love. Paul kantner and grace slick seemed particularly odious. Jefferson airplane singer slick delivers a bouncy, somewhat hectoring account of her 25year career. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover. After years of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, slick sobered up and wrote her personal account, somebody to love. I enjoyed the easy to read grace slick autobiography.
A candid autobiography of the great rock diva of jefferson airplane and jefferson. I remember some article about a concert jefferson airplane did in europe, germany, i think. It is written in four parts with 54 chapters, which i found to make the book easy to read, since the chapters were short enough where you didnt have to stop in the middle of a chapter to take a break. The best of grace slick is a 1999 compilation album of grace slicks work, focusing mostly on work with jefferson airplane, jefferson starship and starship. Grace slick looks back on a lifetime of sex, drugs and. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
Candid autobiography of the great rock diva of jefferson airplane. Eind jaren zestig had jefferson airplane twee grote hits met white rabbit, geschreven door slick, en somebody to love, geschreven door haar zwager darby. Book is illustrated with photographs and colored artwork. Rolling stone magazine ranked jefferson airplanes version no. As the lead singer of jefferson airplane, which produced the classics white rabbit and somebody to love, she was at the forefront of the 60s and 70s counterculture. Grace barnett slick is an american singersongwriter, musician, artist, and former model, widely known in rock and roll. They were formed in 1965 some bands that were formed with members of jefferson airplane after they broke up include jefferson starship and starship, while bands that modeled them include hot tuna and kbc band. Grace slick is an american retired singersongwriter, musician, artist and former model, widely. The epic true story of grace slick and jefferson airplane. Dec 14, 2008 grace slick was born on october 30, 1939.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. After seeing jefferson airplane perform in 1965, she, her husband, and her brotherinlaw, darby slick. Find grace slick song information on allmusic allmusic. Andrea cagan she was one of the great rock divas of the 1960s and 70s, as famous for her bad behavior as her haunting singing voice.
Jefferson airplane simple english wikipedia, the free. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Even though grace is best known as a rock diva of the 1960s i like that she writes in equal portion about the 70s and 80s as well as the 60s. Grace s life was an interesting carpet ride from gig to gig and her exploits during her jefferson airplanestarship years are explained well. In her 25year career as a musician, grace slick charted dozens of hits and sold millions of albums.
Espanol euskara francais bahasa indonesia italiano. From white rabbit and somebody to love to sarah and miracles, the. Jefferson airplane somebody to love dick cavett show. Memoir, in 1998 and narrated an abridged version of the book as an audiobook. Comin back to me embryonic journey good shepherd lather plastic fantastic lover she has funny cars. She discusses dreams solo album and jefferson airplane. Grace slick born grace barnett wing, october 30, 1939 is a rock music icon, serving as the. Airplane had huge hits in 1967 with white rabbit and somebody to love, both sung by grace slick. Grace slick is best known as the powerfulvoiced female singer in jefferson airplane, jefferson starship, and starship, rock bands with which she performed in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. I guess after years of drugging she probably wasnt in very good shape.
After moving to southern california in the mid 40s, they finally settled in palo alto, ca. Whether describing her antics at the white house with abbie hoffman or the unforgettable experience that was woodstock, slicks recollections have the same rich imagery found in her lyrics. Somebody to love and 34 related entities entities finder. See more ideas about grace slick, jefferson airplane and how to look better.
Grace slick was the lead singer of the jefferson airplane and gives an inside look both at her experiences and the counterculture of the sixtiesseventies. Grace slick born grace barnett wing, october 30, 1939 is a rock music icon, serving as the lead singer of the rock groups jefferson airplane, jefferson starship and starship for nearly two decades, from the 60s through the 80s. I had a feeling she wasnt a nice person, this book confirms it. Somebody to love originally titled someone to love is a rock song that was written by darby slick. From white rabbit and somebody to love to sarah and miracles, the songs she performed became the anthems of a generation. In separate interviews with three of the four surviving members of jefferson airplane grace slick, and jack casady and jorma kaukonen we.
Jefferson airplane was a psychedelic rock band from san francisco. Grace slick born grace barnett wing, october 30, 1939 is an american retired singersongwriter, musician, artist and former model, widely known in rock and roll history for her role in san franciscos burgeoning psychedelic music scene in the mid1960s. Grace slick biography, first lady of rock to famed painter. A candid autobiography of the great rock diva of jefferson airplane and jefferson starship, revealing her wild life at. Somebody to love a rockandroll memoir kindle edition. I chose to read this book after listening to a few jefferson airplane albums. Graces own white rabbit, a strident combination of bastardised spanish bolero rhythm and psychedelic lyrics paraphrased from lewis carrolls book alice in wonderland, confirmed. Her father was an investment banker, and her mother was a singer in the early 0s. Feb 05, 2016 in separate interviews with three of the four surviving members of jefferson airplane grace slick, and jack casady and jorma kaukonen we discussed the hits somebody to love and white rabbit. Rock chanteuse grace slick was a sophomore at the university of miami when, in 1958, a friend from her bayarea hometown sent her an article about the new san francisco scenea world of marijuana. Grace and marty had incredible voices, balin could have sung opera. Grace slick born grace barnett wing is an american singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups the great society, jefferson airplane, jefferson starship, starship, and was a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid1960s to the mid1990s.
Somebody to love a rockandroll memoir kindle edition by. Somebody to love jefferson airplane song wikipedia. Grace slick somebody to love lyrics letssingit lyrics. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
Buy somebody to love 1st edition by slick, grace isbn. Grace slicks lather, which opens the album, is said to be about her affair with drummer spencer dryden and his 30th birthday. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A rock and roll memoir, in 1998 and narrated an abridged version of the book as an audiobook. It debuted on the bands 1976 album a day at the races and also appears on their 1981 compilation album greatest hits. Somebody to love is a song by the british rock band queen, written by the lead singerpianist freddie mercury. The best of grace slick is a 1999 compilation album of grace slick s work, focusing mostly on work with jefferson airplane, jefferson starship and starship.
A biography, grace slick, the biography, by barbara rowes, was released in 1980 and is currently out of print. Featuring the legendary grace slick on vocals and the brilliant guitar work of jorma kaukonan, jefferson airplane was the defining band of the 60s san francisco psychedelic movement. It was originally recorded by the great society, and later by jefferson airplane. Somebody to love a rockandroll memoir by grace slick.
Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Composed by guitarist darby slick, the song would become a staple of the bands live set and would later be included on conspicuous only in its absence, released two years after the group had split. As lead singer for jefferson airplane and jefferson starship, grace slick. Grace slick the best of grace slick 1974, vinyl discogs. She was born to well to do parents and grew up in palo alto, ca. She was born to welltodo parents and grew up in palo alto, ca. As the lead singer of jefferson airplane later jefferson starship and, still later, starship, slick had a ringside seat for some of the decades most notorious high jinkshaightashbury, woodstock, the sexual revolution, and of course. Whether describing her antics at the white house with abbie hoffman or the unforgettable experience that was woodstock, slick s recollections have the same rich imagery found in her lyrics. While arguably the most famous of all jefferson airplanes repertoire, somebody to love, as with white rabbit, was written for the great society. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
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