Gracie Slick
 

Karl and others-That thread from a few weeks ago that I had posted the Gracie Slick link in.... I was listening today to a bunch of Jefferson Airplane stuff while turning and got to thinking what ever happened to her.

There's alot of links online that are dead but did run across the official JA website. Gracie is now a very accomplished painter. Kicked the booze for good a few years ago. Very talented lady.

http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/

Site has some EXCELLENT clips on it you can play if you have real player also.

http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/pdf/Sausalito-07.pdf

Would love to see this stuff in person. :claps:

If I remember correctly,
Grace Slick said quite a few years ago that 60 years old has been rock stars like the Rolling Stones still dragging their old asses up on stage are pathetic (herself included)

I saw her in one of my first concerts as a teen (although they were Jefferson Starship then. "We built this city..." :yak:) Ya shoulda seen the cutie I was there with though... Didn't read or really learn about her until later. Very talented and interesting gal indeed... Can't remember who opened for them on that night in 198_ at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena...I think it was the Hooters..:confused:

Man that site got some GREAT streaming audio. I've ripped 50mb so far while filling orders and it's still going. Sweeet!

Wow the people they played with are a list of who's who in classic rock :kewl:


JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
Jefferson Airplane's debut show was on August 13, 1965 at the Matrix nightclub in San Francisco. The first performance featured Marty Balin on vocals, Paul Kantner on vocals/rhythm guitar, and Jorma Kaukonen on lead guitar. Signe Anderson, (who sang on Jefferson Airplane's first recording "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off'') also performed. The bass player, Jack Casady and drummer Skip Spence, (who was later one of the original members of Moby Grape) joined the band two months later. Spencer Dryden became the drummer in June of 1966 and Grace Slick joined as vocalist in October of 1966. The band performed the first concert for Bill Graham at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco in February of 1966.

Jefferson Airplane performed at the Berkeley Folk Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock, and Altamont. They had hit singles White Rabbit and Somebody to Love, from the album "Surrealistic Pillow". They were on the cover of Life Magazine in 1968. The band co- headlined with the Doors in Europe in the summer of 1968. Many legendary bands opened for the Airplane: Grateful Dead, Santana, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, Janis Joplin, Steve Miller, and many others.

The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

FANTASTIC guitar player.

http://web.mac.com/darbyslick/iWeb/Site/ap4.html

Darby was Gracies brother in law and part of the original band she started with her then husband Great Society.

Karl you will love this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNHbZfh396U

YOUNG Dave Letterman.

Jefferson Airplane had a very unique sound .. great band ,, Listened to that old stuff, when it was brand new .. Jefferson Starship lost me ..

Grace Slick on the FBI list .. talk about paranoid .. I always suspected Jimmy, Jannis, and Morrison going so close together and so mysteriously... CIA

I'd like to hear that Jimmy,Janis , Jim., one Karl ... cue it up ...

Gracie is a stone's throw from becoming like a crazy cat Lady


I took my wife to see their reunion tour when we were just dating....awesome show.