Jefferson airplane white rabbit grace slick, woodstock. I dont know who alice is i have never known exactly who she is, but her own curiosity the white rabbit will always be. I still think the eeriest rendition of white rabbit i ever experienced was when i saw blue man group do it in 1998 or so. Louis, marching band loses halftime appeal, the southeast missourian, cape girardeau, mo. And if one song came to define the haightashbury counterculture itself, it was airplanes white rabbit.
The great society was a west coast band with rhythmic tunes, radical lyrics and grace slick as main vocalist. Grace slick praises pinks cover of white rabbit music. White rabbit was written by grace slick, who based the lyrics on lewis carrolls book alice in wonderland. The former models foghorn vocals, enormous charisma and dropdead beauty aside, slick gave the airplane their biggest hit songs. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Pinks version of the 1967 psychrock classic appears in the disney film alice through.
Pinks cover version of white rabbit for the new film alice through the looking glass was meant as a sisterly nod to grace slick, the songs writer and original singer. Slick, better known as their singer, exchanges banter with her hometown crowd. Pinks version of the 1967 psychrock classic appears in the disney film alice through the. White rabbit is a song written by grace slick and recorded by the american rock band jefferson airplane for their 1967 album surrealistic pillow. Grace slick at woodstock 1969 wild, wild grace slick, singer for the jefferson airplane.
Singersongwriter grace slick was one of the lead singers for the band jefferson airplane. Grace slick born grace barnett wing, october 30, 1939 is an american retired singersongwriter and artist who was a key figure in san franciscos burgeoning psychedelic music scene in the mid1960s. There are occasions where we post things era such as the artists of the and the most famous concert in hippie. Just as the 19thcentury storybook character escaped the doldrums of britains adult world, miss slick rebelled against what she calls the beige monotony of 1950sera suburban life palo alto, to be exact, hopping down her own rabbit hole of sorts into the mindbending world of sex, drugs and rock n roll. Listen to grace slicks hairraising vocals in the isolated track for. It was the first release on grunt records, launched in august 1971 by the band and rca as an autonomous imprint for jefferson airplanerelated releases. Jefferson starship white rabbit 1181975 winterland. The original somebody to love is pretty dreadful so i left it off. Oct 17, 2015 surrealistic pillow is american rock band jefferson airplanes second album. One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small sometime in the summer of 2016, this isolated track of grace slicks vocals for white rabbitprobably the most famous jefferson airplane song and definitely one of the top ten psychedelic songs of.
Grace slick born grace barnett wing, october 30, 1939 is a rock music icon, serving as the. Pink sang the cover for the film, alice through the looking glass. What followed was an adventuresome and surprisingly tight set that not only featured the bands big hits like white rabbit and somebody to love but also premiered songs from the volunteers album that was still three months away from being released, including a 21minute version of wooden ships. Grace slick was part of their team though, and shes singing in this live version too, which is perhaps the most psychedelic one. Grace slick praises pinks straight attack on white rabbit cover. She wrote one of their greatest hits, white rabbit and helped her brotherinlaw darby slick write somebody to love. Grace slick had some very nice things to say about pop stars pinks cover of the classic rock hit that slick wrote, called white rabbit back when she was. How jefferson airplanes grace slick wrote white rabbit. Last i heard, she was doing quite well and looks approximately half her age. Jan 29, 2016 crazily enough, slick attended the same new york finishing school as nixons daughter tricia, and not long after the song came out she was invited to a tenyear reunion at the white house.
Grace slick wrote white rabbit, in 1965, on a used piano that was. Pretty as you feel culled from a longer jam with members of santana n 1 was recorded in january 1971, during slicks convalescence, while hot tuna continued touring and recorded the. Grace slick says pink nails her cover of white rabbit youtube. As the bluff lead singer with san francisco band jefferson airplane, noone embodied the freethinking spirit of the times like she did. The group featured vocals and guitar from balin and kantner, lead vocals from grace slick, a bluesrock sound from guitarist jorma kaukonen and bass player jack casady, and drums from spencer dryden. How jefferson airplanes grace slick wrote white rabbit wsj.
This is what i found on wikipedia about white rabbit and its composer grace slick. White rabbit jefferson airplane song pop culture wiki fandom. Grace slick wrote white rabbit, in 1965, on a used piano that was painted red and missing keys. The track is far superior to the jefferson airplane version, even though that also features grace slick as lead vocal. Lyrics for white rabbit by jefferson airplane songfacts. She had inspired one generation after another, and in the 1990s it would be bands such as hole, bikini kill and the. Jefferson airplane, jefferson starship, starship 2, the great society. That zenith in jefferson airplanes 1966 hit may have also. Louis, marching band loses halftime appeal, the southeast missourian, cape girardeau, mo, october 25, 1998, p. White rabbit seems more to be about magic mushrooms than lsd. Abcrandy holmes pop star pink recorded a rendition of jefferson airplanes classic 1967 hit white rabbit for the new film alice through the looking glass, and the songs writer and original singer, grace slick, has given the cover version a thumbsup. It was released as a single and became the bands second top10 success, peaking at number eight on the billboard hot 100. My first exposure to grace slick was through jefferson airplanes album surrealistic pillow in 1967.
Grace slick offered positive feedback on pinks cover of jefferson airplanes white rabbit. White rabbit new version of the grace slick jefferson airplane. Heres what grace slick thinks of pinks version of white rabbit. Over the years, i ve heard a lot of versions of the song where singers dont have. Watch jefferson airplanes legendary 8am performance at woodstock. It was one of the first of its kind to achieve mainstream success with singles such as somebody to love and white rabbit. White rabbit by jefferson airplane we are the people our parents warned us about, grace slick yelled in the 60s. Imagine hurtling yourself back in time to the original woodstock festival in 1969, finding a good, relatively dry spot to chill, and settling in to hear more than three straight days of music. A new version of is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Jefferson airplane stopped touring in november 1970 as grace slick and paul kantner were about to have a child. When i first played this earlier effort from her time in the great society, i couldnt help noticing that she sings the first lines on the first track, sally go round the roses, with the strength and liquid flexibility that became her trademark. It produced two top 10 singles, both penned by grace slick, somebody to love and the iconic psychedelic rock anthem, white rabbit. Pinks cover version of white rabbit for the new film alice through the looking glass was meant as a sisterly nod to grace slick, the songs.
White rabbit by jefferson airplane set to the animated disney 1951 version of alice in wonderland. What is the meaning of the song white rabbit by jefferson. The song was ranked number 478 on rolling stones list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, number 116 on rate your musics. See more ideas about grace slick, jefferson airplane and jefferson starship. The great society version of white rabbit was released in 1968 on an album called conspicuous only in its absence credited to the great society with grace slick, a live recording of a show at the matrix in san francisco. Sep 04, 2019 singersongwriter grace slick was one of the lead singers for the band jefferson airplane. Watch jefferson airplanes legendary 8am performance at. It is the first album by the band with vocalist grace slick and drummer spencer dryden. White rabbit jefferson airplane song info allmusic. This cd has the original version of white rabbit, with the clarinet, 8 minutes long and absolute magic. The hit song, with lyrics based on alices adventures in wonderland, became a. Thompsons fear and loathing in las vegas where the authors acidtwisted companion demands that a pluggedin tape deck be dropped in his bath at the same moment grace slicks voice peaks in white rabbit. No true grace slick anthology could forget the great society, so i didnt included in my version are free advice, sally go round the roses, outlaw blues, and the original white rabbit.
White rabbit is one of grace slicks earliest songs, written during either late 1965 or early 1966. Playing it on the tubes is even weirder, and they get the crowd to sing the words. White rabbit is a song written by grace slick, and recorded by the american. Compare the original version to davis track solea to hear what i mean. Grace slick is an american singersongwriter, musician, artist and former model, widely known in rock and roll history for her role in san franciscos burgeo. Crazily enough, slick attended the same new york finishing school as nixons daughter tricia, and not long after the song came out she was invited to. This record does not exist not this long version, no mixed at home owners and composer credits. Oct 30, 2017 grace slick had been earmarked to join jefferson airplane in 1966 as the replacement for the bands original female singer, signe anderson, who had just given birth to daughter lilith. Several versions live and studio exist from the original version written by grace slick when a member of great society. Having said this, white rabbit is an excellent summary. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Like many young musicians in san francisco, slick did a lot of drugs. White rabbit is one of grace slick s earliest songs, written during either late 1965 or early 1966.
White rabbit the alice in wonderland themed drughaven fairytale was originally written and performed by slick when she was in a band called the great society. Mark from lancaster, oh i read that grace slick was trained as an opera singer, and when i listen to the song, it seems quite probable that this is indeed the case. Surrealistic pillow is the second album by the jefferson airplane and the first to feature singer grace slick. In 1967, san francisco rockers jefferson airplane released surrealistic pillow, an album that put the haightashbury hippie scene on the commercial map and featured the bands two biggest hits, somebody to love and white rabbit. An unprecedented and unmatched mix of peter, paul and marys harmonious folkrevival music, howlin wolfs overdriven guitar blues, bo. Pink, who covers it in the new film alice through the looking glass. She saw lots of drug references in carrolls book, including the.
Technically, the ja version is not the original one, since the great society had already been touring with white rabbit, but they never released any studio albums. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. American singer and songwriter, born october 30, 1939 in evanston, illinois, usa. Early life and education grace slick was born grace barnett wing on october. Jefferson airplanes version appears in a 2020 tv commercial for celebrity cruises and in a 2015 feature film documenting the life of american chess. Grace slick had proved to be one of the most influential female rock singers of all time, having arrived on the scene a decade before heart and the runaways. She saw lots of drug references in carrolls book, including the pills, the smoking caterpillar, the mushroom, and lots of other images that are generally trippy. Surrealistic pillow is american rock band jefferson airplanes second album. That, for him, was the way to goelectrocuted as slick wailed, feed your head.
How jefferson airplanes grace slick wrote white rabbit it. There are many videos featuring this movie to this song bu. Was married to jerry slick from 1961 to 1971, and to skip johnson from 1976 to 1994. Bark was the airplanes first new album in two years, the previous being 1969s volunteers. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. White rabbit a ete utilisee comme theme dans plusieurs films. She wrote the song white rabbit and sang the popular tune somebody to love. It utilizes imagery found in the fantasy works of lewis carro. Grace slick in the washington times limelight agency. White rabbit jefferson airplane grace slick disneys alice in. Psychrock legend grace slick is in the middle of telling us a story.
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