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1967 trade ad for the single "White Rabbit" is one of Grace Slick's earliest songs, written from December 1965 to January 1966. [12] It uses imagery found in the fantasy works of Lewis Carroll — 1865's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass — such as changing size after taking pills or drinking an unknown liquid.
A mere two weeks after Grace Slick joined the band, the group entered RCA Victor studios in Hollywood on October 31 to record their second album. Working with producer Rick Jarrard, the group recorded album opener "She Has Funny Cars" featuring Jack Casady on fuzz bass and the mellow folk-rocker "My Best Friend", written by departed member Skip Spence and chosen as the album's lead-off single ...
Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) [1] is an American retired musician and painter whose musical career spanned four decades. She was a prominent figure in San Francisco 's psychedelic music scene during the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.
"White Rabbit" was written by Slick while she was still with The Great Society. The first album she recorded with Jefferson Airplane was Surrealistic Pillow, [52] its 1967 breakout album. [53] Slick provided two songs from her previous group: her own "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love", written by her brother-in-law Darby Slick. Both songs ...
Because Grace had been both the visual and musical focal point, the band could not survive without her; it disbanded in the fall of 1966. [4] Grace and Jerry Slick soon divorced. The Airplane recorded "Someone to Love" (retitled as "Somebody to Love") and Grace's own "White Rabbit" for Surrealistic Pillow. [4]
Jefferson Airplane Takes Off is the debut studio album by the American rock band Jefferson Airplane, released on 15 August 1966 by RCA Victor.The personnel differs from the later "classic" lineup: Signe Toly Anderson was the female vocalist and Skip Spence played drums.
Jefferson Airplane was formed in mid-1965 by vocalist and guitarist Marty Balin.He selected rhythm guitarist and vocalist Paul Kantner, to join the band, the two men then recruited the remaining initial members: vocalist Signe Toly Anderson, lead guitarist and vocalist Jorma Kaukonen, double bassist Bob Harvey and drummer Jerry Peloquin. [4]
Pages in category "Songs written by Grace Slick" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... White Rabbit (song) This page was last ...