One single emerged from the demos, the Darby Slick-penned ' Somebody to Love' (the “B” side to 'Free Advice') on the locally based Autumn Records subsidiary label 'North Beach'. Between October and December 1965, the Great Society entered Golden State Recorders and recorded several tracks under the supervision of Sylvester Stewart (better known as Sly Stone). By late 1965, they had become a popular attraction in the Bay Area. Īlthough Slick was an equal contributor to the Great Society's original material, Darby Slick pushed the band toward becoming a raga-influenced psychedelic act. The song, which she is purported to have written in an hour, is a reflection on the hallucinatory effects of psychedelic drugs when performed live, it featured a speedier tempo and was an instant favorite among the band's followers. On October 15, 1965, the band made its debut performance at a venue known as the Coffee Gallery, and soon after Slick composed the psychedelic piece ' White Rabbit'. As a result, Slick (vocals, guitar), accompanied by husband Jerry Slick (drums), Jerry's brother Darby Slick (lead guitar), and David Miner (bass guitar) formed a group called the Great Society. Despite being situated in the growing musical center of San Francisco, Slick only half-heartedly considered music for a profession until she watched the band live at The Matrix. In August 1965, Slick read an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the newly formed Jefferson Airplane. The Great Society in 1965: Grace is carried by her then–husband, Jerry Slick. Slick also started composing music, including a contribution to a short film by Jerry Slick. On August 26, 1961, Wing married Gerald 'Jerry' Slick, an aspiring filmmaker, and after the couple briefly moved away from San Francisco, Grace Slick worked as a model at an I.

Following graduation, she attended Finch College in New York City from 1957 to 1958, and the University of Miami in Coral Gables from 1958 to 1959. Wing attended Palo Alto Senior High School, then switched to Castilleja School, a private all-girls school in Palo Alto. Her father, working in the investment banking sector for Weeden and Company, was transferred several times when she was a child, and in addition to the Chicago metropolitan area, she lived in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, before her family finally settled in Palo Alto, California, in the early 1950s. Her parents met while they were both students at the University of Washington, and later married. Grace Barnett Wing was born October 30, 1939, in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, to Ivan Wilford Wing (1907–1987), of British descent, and Virginia Wing (née Barnett 1909–1983). Slick was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of Jefferson Airplane. Slick retired from music in 1990, but continues to be active in the visual arts field. With Starship, she sang co-lead for two number one hits, ' We Built This City' and ' Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now'.

She provided the lead vocals on both tracks. Slick and Jefferson Airplane first achieved fame with their 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow, which included the top-ten Billboard hits ' White Rabbit' and ' Somebody to Love'. With a music career spanning four decades, she first performed with the Great Society, but is best known for her work with Jefferson Airplane and the subsequent successor bands Jefferson Starship and Starship.

Slick was a key figure in San Francisco's early psychedelic music scene in the mid-1960s. Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing October 30, 1939) is an American painter and former singer-songwriter.

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