In 1967 I was at my jr-high afternoon dance for the 8th grade. A cute girl named Kathy and I won a "Stop-Dance" contest. The prize: A 45 record with White Rabbit and Somebody To Love on the flip side. My first Rock & Roll record! Too cool!
Cool story from my childhood, we lived in the Haight Ashburry section of San Francisco in 1969. We were out for a walk one day, I was 4 and my little brother was 2. As we were walking by this huge old house on Fulton Street, this woman comes running over to us to tell my mom what beautiful babies she had. They made some small talk and she ended up telling us her band was playing a free show in Golden Gate park the next weekend. My mom was interested and talked my dad into taking us all to the show. Turns out the woman was Grace Slick and her band was Jefferson Airplane. The opening band was the Grateful Dead and my mom became a dead head from that moment. Being only 4 I don't have a lot of memories of the show but I do remember they were passing out free acid to the crowd and my mom was freaking out telling us not to take anything from anyone and not to eat anything and not to put our hands in our mouths etc.
I was born and raised in SF also. First time I saw Grace Slick & JA and also Janis Joplin was at Longshoreman's Hall on a Thursday of 1966. I was a junior in high school.
Grace Slick wrote this for another band before joining JA in 1967 and before singing she did photo modelling. She and Janis were the queens of Rock back then.
Yes, other versions. I've never heard this version before and I grew up 60s 70s hearing these great groups on radio and records on record players. Yep...😂 . This was the era of Lots of drug use. Lots of these groups dabbled. And what is mind blowing for me is tbe music was so damn amazing stoned out of their minds. Grace had a set of pipes. Lee, any music from Woodstock is one you should immediately go listen to..,,amazing .,
@@karenfryberger4260 I'm of that generation have to agree. We were the generation that said "don't trust anyone over 30", and now we are more than double that. At least we had the best music, and probably also the best parties.
You might want to watch the clips of the Dick Cavett show from the day after Woodstock, with members of Jefferson Airplane, Crosby and Stills, and Joni Mitchell. Because of traffic gridlock in the Woodstock area, Joni's management didn't think she would make it back to the Cavett show in time, so she stayed in N.Y.C., and watched news reports of the festival from her hotel room - and wrote the song "Woodstock", which became a hit for CSN&Y.
This song came out when I was 14. After listening to the words carefully, I decided that the story had to be about Alice in Wonderland and drugs. It made me wonder, even at 14, what the author, Lewis Carroll, was thinking and doing to have written a story about a young girl and drugs in 1865. Needless to say, with no internet, no Google or Wiki, I went to the library. I got a biography on Lewis Carroll and the earliest copy of Alice in Wonderland that was available, in the Childrens section, of course. According to what I have read, it was released as an adventure story for children. Poppy (opium) and laudanum were about the only drugs that were available for chronic pain in 1865. From what I understand, he suffered from very bad migraines. Even tho I doubt he did recreational drugs, that's not to say he didn't smoke opium or take laudanum for the headaches. Both of those drugs can induce hallucinations. So, the hooka smoking catapillar was most likely smoking opium. My favorite character from the story is the Cheshire cat. A few years ago, I bought a T-shirt. It's solid black. On the front, there are huge sinister green cat eyes. Below them is a huge, not exactly pleasant, smile made up of only yellowed cat fangs. Thats all. Your understanding of the song is welcomed. Most younger reactors don't get the references to the book. The cartoons that have been made about the story pretty much whitewash the subtle drug references, which I suppose is a good thing for children. Thanks for the great reaction. ✌️😊 PS I love Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. Have listened to their music for years. More reactions on their music would be great.
Jefferson Airplane was doing an outdoor concert in the rain when Grace Slick tore off her top and shouted all the lyrics to "Somebody to Love" at the sky in a German accent. She was the pre-eminent drug goddess of the era.
It’s taken off because you are whip smart and absolutely tremendous at what you do,all while exposing your past and your heart. Keep at it Lee, the sky’s the limit!
Check out Monterey International Pop Festival. " The festival is remembered for the first major American appearances by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the Who and Ravi Shankar, the first large-scale public performance of Janis Joplin and the introduction of Otis Redding to a mass American audience." Wikipedia
Having grown up in the 60s-70s era, many things changed because of it, both good and bad. There were definitely people who tried to take advantage of misinformed kids to turn them against the government. Looking back though the openness of thought back then was so much better than the restrictions we see now. The book 1984 captures much of what we live in today. But the music was incredible! :)
Grace Slick one of the great singers of the sixties west coast bands. My favourite album is Volunteers the band at their best it was a great time for music.
I've done Ludes, lol. Yeah it sure is a real treat watching Grace Slick live. Be aware that there are actually quite a few albums that had hits on them over several years. After they had been Jefferson Airplane for a long time they changed their name to Jefferson Starship to reflect the changing times and technology. And had several hits that way and then finally they changed their name to only Starship and had at least a couple hits then I think.
I like "less on the phone, more in the world." Social media amplifies toxicity, no question. Negativity sells, unfortunately and, as they say, "a lie travels around the world before the truth can get a foot out of bed."
As someone who was a teenager in the seventies we have come so far in terms of mental health. Things are so much better now than then. Yes, we are struggling as we learn to live in the cybernetic age. But overall I find the young people today so much more connected with the world than in my generation and, on average, less screwed up.
Airplane jams: Triad, Martha, Won't You Try, Today, Lather, Crown Of Creation, Good Shepherd, House At Pooneil Corner, Wild Tyme, Lawman, We Can Be Together...also Get Together, which was a peaceful hit for the Youngbloods
The day after this performance, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills and Nash performed on the Dick Cavett show. Outstanding show that is available on UA-cam.
I was blessed to grow up hearing the 30's and 40's music from my parents, the early and late 50's from my older sisters and the 60's and 70's on up.....what a great time for music being born in 1955
There is a Santana video from Woodstock where the 17 year old drummer goes wild in his solo. They were asked to play because the next band wasn’t there yet and they had all just gotten high. Carlos said his guitar felt like a snake in his hands. I think it was called Everybody’s Everything. Check it out.
at Woodstock they played at 8am after the crowd, and the band, had been up all night, and looked like it. Great band.,.Grace Slick is the singer. They had a second singer, who often sang lead, Marty Balin, and he was wonderful.
Yea, kinda like ' Crosby, Stills - and that band from Liverpool. multi excel writers, singers, players. interesting, none of them really lasted. @@jeffmartin1026
I met Jack Casady, bass player, backstage at a concert once, when he was with Hot Tuna. Nicest guy ever! If you do end up doing Woodstock Wednesdays, don't miss I'm Going Home by Ten Years After.
The giant wrapping his huge hand around the guitar is Jorma Kaukonen. The bass player is Jack Casady. When Jefferson Airplane broke into two bands, there was Jefferson Starship, and then there was Jorma and Jack in Hot Tuna. Tuna is a voyage in itself. When I saw them as a teenager at a small venue, they played all night, as long as there was anyone to play to. Must not have been ten of us left when the finally wrapped it up. I just saw them again recently and their audience has aged with them. The first time I ever saw a line for the men's room longer than the ladies. I thought they should have set up a free prostrate exam station of the lobby - they would have done well. But anywho, they do still got it.
Saying what we're all thinking at 4:11! The Airplane were always smart, and brave, and intense but with a good sense of humor. Among their many accomplishments, they were the first band to sing the word "m-therf-cker" on national television.
Stephen Stills wrote a song about Grace Slick called *Rock And Roll Woman* when he was with Buffalo Springfield. It's really, really excellent...one of the best that the Buffalo Springfield recorded...
I saw JA five times during this period and the shows were great. The band was very powerful in person. Years later I had a few encounters with Jorma, the lead guitarist, and he was cool, cool, cool. Loved your reaction.
Hi Lee! My sister was 21 in 1969. She wanted to go to Woodstock badly. My Dad, a Police Lieutenant said "no way". I was 12, so... The sound system is incredible for 1969 isn't it? Blows me away. I've been to about 70 concerts.
As one who lived through the tail end of the 50s and into the 60s, I agree with you. It almost seems like you're one of us! You have a good head on your shoulders and are good at communicating what's in your thoughts. I admire that!
keep in mind J.A. set at Woodstock was at 7 am Sun. morning. Yes this was early Sun. morn. .... they were signed to be ' the closer' on Sat night but everything was pushed back by the rain. G. Dead played in the rain, getting shocks thru their equipment. ( Sat nt. midnight ) Creedence followed G.D. then Janis at 2:30 am. SLY AT 3:30 am the film highlight. Then the WHO. 5 am Sunday..... not a bad lineup. *. official ' Woodstock ' book. PS. the instrumental part of J.A. had a band of their own - Hot Tuna - played both old blues acoustics ( really well ) and screaming Electric. might be the loudest band I've ever heard. I think they still play.
White Rabbit is such an iconic song-constantly raising the intensity throughout. The imagery from Alice in Wonderland made for an epic song. Lewis Carroll experimented with drugs and for him to write a book about it and then it be turned into a song? Full circle.
WhiteRabbit is our True National Anthem ! Welcome home Brother. I saw them 3 weeks after this in Texas, at the Texas International Music and Art festival. And, several times after.
Lyrics straight out of Alice in Wonderland. Airplane was already established in the San Francisco scene before Grace Slick joined them. White Rabbit was her song. It propelled JA to top of the charts and national attention. Of course Marty Balin didn’t enjoy being pushed to the side as he was the singer songwriter for the band. The below is a taste of that. Good stuff Lee. Check out Today, Comin’ Back to Me, Embryonic Journey and Plastic Fantastic Lover all from Surrealistic Pillow 1967.
@d. Yep. signed to ' close' on Sat. night, but the rain pushed things back. this set started at 7 am Sun. morn. Hendrix was the Sun. closer, actually played Mon. at 8: 30 am. about 30 - 40 thou folks managed to stay.
As a Brit I never got to Woodstock but did loads of Festivals on this side of the pond, during the late 60's & into the 70's & 80's. I still do Glastonbury & The Green Gathering every year. Jefferson Airplane played the first Isle of Wight festival among other American bands & opened my ears to such great sounds. Music is my one big love, & it is great to see parts of your journey as you feed your head. By the way I was 18 in 1969.
The guy with the tambourine in Marty Balin, he was a second lead vocalist. His voice was as important to Jefferson Airplane as Grace. Grace was a fashion model before singing for The Great Society and then Jefferson Airplane.
I have been a fan since White Rabbit first came out. I'm glad to see you are hitting up on them. They were the closing act for Saturday night but didn't get on until Sunday Morning, following The Who. Surrealistic Pillow is a seminal LP that you should listen to. Crown of creation, both song and LP are worth a listen as well. This may just be a simulation but it's still the only place to get a decent meal. (Thanks Groucho!)
I was only 9 when Woodstock happened. I’ve often asked myself if I would have gone. My Father wouldn’t have been into it. Unless I was 18. Then, he still wouldn’t have liked it, but he wouldn’t have stopped me and wouldn’t have judged me. But I was only 9. Now, I’m 64. Would I have gone? It would have depended on the friends I had. I live in Texas so it would have been a long journey. But, to see those crowds. And to look at that environment. It would’ve been pretty cool.
She said the song is based on the child story, Alice In Wonderland, and how the establishment, powers that be, was against hallucinogenic drugs, but it was hypocritical propaganda, thus the song.
Some thoughts from an old dude who loves them and both these songs and woodstock you should listen to the album version of "someone to love" I think it will "hit" harder and was the way we grew up hearing them, ua-cam.com/video/a-C9pUGszsw/v-deo.html for instance when Grace starts with "When the Truth is found to be lies" is one of the greatest first lines of a song ever and it was about Nixon, and of course it will much better show how incredible Graces voice was. Then regarding White Rabbit and while there have been dozens of covers of Grace's epic song, this is by far the best to my ears, and while I cannot say it is better growing up on the original it is the closest in spirit to the original and from a current generation fantastic performing artist so please check out and enjoy ua-cam.com/video/mUtNCSUlnb8/v-deo.html.
Spencer Dryden is the Drummer in the hat, Grace Slick is the Female Singer, Marty Balin has the Tambourine and Vocals, Paul Kantner on one Guitar, Jorma Kaukonen on the other Guitar, and Jack Cassidy on Bass, Jefferson Airplane, at the start. The Airplane came on after being up all night, as the sun was rising.
THE classic Airplane line-up (1966-70). Spencer Dryden trends to get overlooked compared to the other members, but he was an excellent drummer who wasn't fancy, but played musically and for the song. He also played in the LA folk-rock band The Ashes (which later became The Peanut Butter Conspiracy after he left to join the Airplane), in the Frisco country-rock band New Riders Of The Purple Sage, and later with the 60s all-star group The Dinosaurs. He was Charlie Chaplin's nephew, but kept that a secret because he wanted to be successful on his own terms rather than through nepotism.
There is a vocals isolated version of this that really shows her vocal talent. Worth a listen. White rabbit is about Alice in Wonderland. There are a couple of versions on video, one is a Disney production and there is one with Johnny Depp. If you watch either you will have a better understanding of the lyrics. The original story was written by an Englishman over a hundred years ago.
They were a great psychedelic folk rock band from San Francisco. Shared a house with Grateful Dead and hung out with the whole scene including Janis Joplin. The guitarist and bassist left and formed a three man Blues band Hot Tuna. Amazing band as well.
You've got a great mind and a good heart. Thanks for opening up and sharing some of your story. That's great therapy in itself, being honest and true to yourself. Hope you find some healing for what you've gone thru. I'm on a rather difficult journey myself, and have been greatly help by my faith in God. Not the corrupted faith that most churches spew out, I'm talking the kind of faith Jesus walked with, committed to doing what He was created to do. We were all created with varying gifts and abilities for a certain purpose, and as we trust God with our lives, He will work thru us to do amazing things. As we lose our life, we actually find it.
BRO--try the 1967 live version of WHITE RABBIT...this one is very good, that one was GREAT! And they have a close-up of her staring in the camera which is mesmerizing. Try it, you'll love it.
In reality the songs not about an acid trip, it just sounds that way. Grace's lyrics were inspired by Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He was a 19th century professor of mathematics at Oxford University. All those weird ideas were his, but they sounded like they were acid inspired, but they weren't, they were the creation of a stuffy old Englishman.
Of course it’s about an acid trip. They’re using Alice’s adventure to describe it. And incidentally, if you think Victorian Englishmen didn’t know about hallucination, you’re very much mistaken. Read Coleridge’s poem “Kubla Khan”, which he admitted came to him “in an opium dream”. There was a lot of experimentation with drugs among middle and upper class Englishmen at the time.
The references in White Rabbit are from a book called Alice In Wonderland. Most children had that in their required reading list in school. Great stuff.
Somebody To Love is probably the only 'pop' song to provide the pivotal philosophical point of an utterly brilliant film: A Serious Man by the Coen brothers.
Gracie, powerful voice and … she was drop dead gorgeous. If you want a great song by the Airplane, you might try DCBA 25, great poetry lyrics and great psychedelic guitar break by Jorma Kaukonen . It was in 1967 off their 1st album Surrealistic Pillow.
Soooo, according to legend, Grace Slick wound up sleeping with every guy in the band except one. No idea who the unlucky fellow was, but what a story! That was the '70's.
In 1967 I was at my jr-high afternoon dance for the 8th grade. A cute girl named Kathy and I won a "Stop-Dance" contest. The prize: A 45 record with White Rabbit and Somebody To Love on the flip side. My first Rock & Roll record! Too cool!
The voice that launced 1000 trips.. No female rock singer like Grace.
Cool story from my childhood, we lived in the Haight Ashburry section of San Francisco in 1969. We were out for a walk one day, I was 4 and my little brother was 2. As we were walking by this huge old house on Fulton Street, this woman comes running over to us to tell my mom what beautiful babies she had. They made some small talk and she ended up telling us her band was playing a free show in Golden Gate park the next weekend. My mom was interested and talked my dad into taking us all to the show. Turns out the woman was Grace Slick and her band was Jefferson Airplane. The opening band was the Grateful Dead and my mom became a dead head from that moment. Being only 4 I don't have a lot of memories of the show but I do remember they were passing out free acid to the crowd and my mom was freaking out telling us not to take anything from anyone and not to eat anything and not to put our hands in our mouths etc.
That's freakin' awesome! Thanks for sharing! 😎
2400 Fulton Street,
Cool
I was born and raised in SF also. First time I saw Grace Slick & JA and also Janis Joplin was at Longshoreman's Hall on a Thursday of 1966. I was a junior in high school.
It’s easy to fall in love with Grace Slick’s vocals! And Grace Slick!
The voice that launched a thousand trips.
Grace Slick wrote this for another band before joining JA in 1967 and before singing she did photo modelling. She and Janis were the queens of Rock back then.
You’ll be doing yourself a favor to go back and listen to the studio versions of these two songs.
Please!
Yes, other versions. I've never heard this version before and I grew up 60s 70s hearing these great groups on radio and records on record players. Yep...😂 . This was the era of Lots of drug use. Lots of these groups dabbled. And what is mind blowing for me is tbe music was so damn amazing stoned out of their minds. Grace had a set of pipes. Lee, any music from Woodstock is one you should immediately go listen to..,,amazing .,
I heard both (I'm of that generation) but I love the live version from Woodstock.
Grace Slick is 84 years old. Woodstock Wednesdays. Love that idea.
How the F@ck did that happen!!!!????
@@Kevin6059 Too quickly. Way too quickly...
@@karenfryberger4260 I'm of that generation have to agree. We were the generation that said "don't trust anyone over 30", and now we are more than double that. At least we had the best music, and probably also the best parties.
You might want to watch the clips of the Dick Cavett show from the day after Woodstock, with members of Jefferson Airplane, Crosby and Stills, and Joni Mitchell. Because of traffic gridlock in the Woodstock area, Joni's management didn't think she would make it back to the Cavett show in time, so she stayed in N.Y.C., and watched news reports of the festival from her hotel room - and wrote the song "Woodstock", which became a hit for CSN&Y.
Classic tv episode!!
Grace will turn 85 in October. The guy playing tambourine is Marty Balin, he's the lead singer and has a great voice.
It's often hard to distinguish Marty's voice from Grace's.
White Rabbit. Deserving of the “total classic” label. ❤
You’ve been Graced
I was there and this part began around 6-7 am after more than 12 hrs of incredible stuff.
I was so infatuatyed with Grace. What a powerful voice.
Grace did this song back when she was with the Great Society, then brought it to The Airplane.
Always loved GRACE SLICK !!! such a bad ass !
This was straight from the head and heart of C.S. Lewis and Alice in Wonderland. What a mind! Thanks again!
Lewis Carroll
OMG! that was a pretty big gaffe! Obviously my mind is slipping! lol@@KevinRCarr
Now I have to go and refresh my memory on C.S. Lewis! Ugh! What a mess! 🤣
C.S. Lewis wrote Chronicles of Narnia as well as many Christian apologetics books.
@@glenndespres5317 Thanks!
This song came out when I was 14. After listening to the words carefully, I decided that the story had to be about Alice in Wonderland and drugs. It made me wonder, even at 14, what the author, Lewis Carroll, was thinking and doing to have written a story about a young girl and drugs in 1865. Needless to say, with no internet, no Google or Wiki, I went to the library. I got a biography on Lewis Carroll and the earliest copy of Alice in Wonderland that was available, in the Childrens section, of course. According to what I have read, it was released as an adventure story for children. Poppy (opium) and laudanum were about the only drugs that were available for chronic pain in 1865. From what I understand, he suffered from very bad migraines. Even tho I doubt he did recreational drugs, that's not to say he didn't smoke opium or take laudanum for the headaches. Both of those drugs can induce hallucinations. So, the hooka smoking catapillar was most likely smoking opium. My favorite character from the story is the Cheshire cat. A few years ago, I bought a T-shirt. It's solid black. On the front, there are huge sinister green cat eyes. Below them is a huge, not exactly pleasant, smile made up of only yellowed cat fangs. Thats all. Your understanding of the song is welcomed. Most younger reactors don't get the references to the book. The cartoons that have been made about the story pretty much whitewash the subtle drug references, which I suppose is a good thing for children. Thanks for the great reaction. ✌️😊 PS I love Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. Have listened to their music for years. More reactions on their music would be great.
Gracie was beautiful that day and her voice was right on the money.
And it's LIVE, OUTSIDE, IN THE MORNING...playing to a half a million people. REALLY??????? Just EXCELLENT!
Jefferson Airplane was doing an outdoor concert in the rain when Grace Slick tore off her top and shouted all the lyrics to "Somebody to Love" at the sky in a German accent. She was the pre-eminent drug goddess of the era.
Grace Slick is awesome. Nobody has her presence and her voice.
It’s taken off because you are whip smart and absolutely tremendous at what you do,all while exposing your past and your heart. Keep at it Lee, the sky’s the limit!
This x1000. Well said sir, you are right on the button
I love to watch and listen to musicians and singers who get 100 percent into the music.
White Rabbit is on my all-time list. Super psychedelic sixties song!
Check out Monterey International Pop Festival. " The festival is remembered for the first major American appearances by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the Who and Ravi Shankar, the first large-scale public performance of Janis Joplin and the introduction of Otis Redding to a mass American audience." Wikipedia
The band had partied Deep into the night before this morning performance.
Amazing that they could pull this off.
Having grown up in the 60s-70s era, many things changed because of it, both good and bad. There were definitely people who tried to take advantage of misinformed kids to turn them against the government. Looking back though the openness of thought back then was so much better than the restrictions we see now. The book 1984 captures much of what we live in today. But the music was incredible! :)
Grace Slick one of the great singers of the sixties west coast bands. My favourite album is Volunteers the band at their best it was a great time for music.
I've done Ludes, lol. Yeah it sure is a real treat watching Grace Slick live. Be aware that there are actually quite a few albums that had hits on them over several years. After they had been Jefferson Airplane for a long time they changed their name to Jefferson Starship to reflect the changing times and technology. And had several hits that way and then finally they changed their name to only Starship and had at least a couple hits then I think.
I like "less on the phone, more in the world." Social media amplifies toxicity, no question. Negativity sells, unfortunately and, as they say, "a lie travels around the world before the truth can get a foot out of bed."
As someone who was a teenager in the seventies we have come so far in terms of mental health. Things are so much better now than then. Yes, we are struggling as we learn to live in the cybernetic age. But overall I find the young people today so much more connected with the world than in my generation and, on average, less screwed up.
Airplane jams: Triad, Martha, Won't You Try, Today, Lather, Crown Of Creation, Good Shepherd, House At Pooneil Corner, Wild Tyme, Lawman, We Can Be Together...also Get Together, which was a peaceful hit for the Youngbloods
And Volunteers, Eskimo Blue Day, and Today to name a few others.
Can't believe you left out "Embryonic Journey".
The day after this performance, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills and Nash performed on the Dick Cavett show. Outstanding show that is available on UA-cam.
I was blessed to grow up hearing the 30's and 40's music from my parents, the early and late 50's from my older sisters and the 60's and 70's on up.....what a great time for music being born in 1955
There is a Santana video from Woodstock where the 17 year old drummer goes wild in his solo. They were asked to play because the next band wasn’t there yet and they had all just gotten high. Carlos said his guitar felt like a snake in his hands. I think it was called Everybody’s Everything. Check it out.
ua-cam.com/video/JaaT_HRb4GU/v-deo.html
at Woodstock they played at 8am after the crowd, and the band, had been up all night, and looked like it. Great band.,.Grace Slick is the singer. They had a second singer, who often sang lead, Marty Balin, and he was wonderful.
And Paul Kantner and Jorma Kaukonen.
Yea, kinda like ' Crosby, Stills - and that band from Liverpool. multi excel writers, singers, players. interesting, none of them really lasted. @@jeffmartin1026
I met Jack Casady, bass player, backstage at a concert once, when he was with Hot Tuna. Nicest guy ever! If you do end up doing Woodstock Wednesdays, don't miss I'm Going Home by Ten Years After.
welcome to my generation.....we did great drugs and the bands and singers left thier heart and soul on the stage
The giant wrapping his huge hand around the guitar is Jorma Kaukonen. The bass player is Jack Casady. When Jefferson Airplane broke into two bands, there was Jefferson Starship, and then there was Jorma and Jack in Hot Tuna. Tuna is a voyage in itself. When I saw them as a teenager at a small venue, they played all night, as long as there was anyone to play to. Must not have been ten of us left when the finally wrapped it up. I just saw them again recently and their audience has aged with them. The first time I ever saw a line for the men's room longer than the ladies. I thought they should have set up a free prostrate exam station of the lobby - they would have done well. But anywho, they do still got it.
Saying what we're all thinking at 4:11! The Airplane were always smart, and brave, and intense but with a good sense of humor. Among their many accomplishments, they were the first band to sing the word "m-therf-cker" on national television.
Ya need to check out Jarma and Jacks Hot Tuna, their great. Jim
I saw Jefferson Airplane in 1969 and 1970. In 1970 I was right against the stage. They were on of my favorite bands.
Great reaction Grace killed it.
I think everybody and a box of Bongs before they hit the stage.😎🎸🎸🎸🎸.
I’ve rolled so many joints on the cover of this album. Unbeliever band in an unbelievable era. Peace and love.
You just brought back memories 😂
Stephen Stills wrote a song about Grace Slick called *Rock And Roll Woman* when he was with Buffalo Springfield. It's really, really excellent...one of the best that the Buffalo Springfield recorded...
I saw JA five times during this period and the shows were great. The band was very powerful in person. Years later I had a few encounters with Jorma, the lead guitarist, and he was cool, cool, cool. Loved your reaction.
Hi Lee! My sister was 21 in 1969. She wanted to go to Woodstock badly. My Dad, a Police Lieutenant said "no way". I was 12, so... The sound system is incredible for 1969 isn't it? Blows me away. I've been to about 70 concerts.
Woodstock festival was so much fun.
As one who lived through the tail end of the 50s and into the 60s, I agree with you. It almost seems like you're one of us! You have a good head on your shoulders and are good at communicating what's in your thoughts. I admire that!
keep in mind J.A. set at Woodstock was at 7 am Sun. morning. Yes this was early Sun. morn. .... they were signed to be ' the closer' on Sat night but everything was pushed back by the rain. G. Dead played in the rain, getting shocks thru their equipment. ( Sat nt. midnight ) Creedence followed G.D. then Janis at 2:30 am. SLY AT 3:30 am the film highlight. Then the WHO. 5 am Sunday..... not a bad lineup. *. official ' Woodstock ' book.
PS. the instrumental part of J.A. had a band of their own - Hot Tuna - played both old blues acoustics ( really well ) and screaming Electric. might be the loudest band I've ever heard. I think they still play.
The voice that launched a thousand trips. May not be old enough, but my friend's auntie introduced me to this band while I was allegedly tripping.
White Rabbit is such an iconic song-constantly raising the intensity throughout. The imagery from Alice in Wonderland made for an epic song. Lewis Carroll experimented with drugs and for him to write a book about it and then it be turned into a song? Full circle.
WhiteRabbit is our True National Anthem ! Welcome home Brother. I saw them 3 weeks after this in Texas, at the Texas International Music and Art festival. And, several times after.
Lyrics straight out of Alice in Wonderland. Airplane was already established in the San Francisco scene before Grace Slick joined them. White Rabbit was her song. It propelled JA to top of the charts and national attention. Of course Marty Balin didn’t enjoy being pushed to the side as he was the singer songwriter for the band. The below is a taste of that. Good stuff Lee.
Check out Today, Comin’ Back to Me, Embryonic Journey and Plastic Fantastic Lover all from Surrealistic Pillow 1967.
You would like "Back street luv" by Curved Air if you like this trippy stuff. White Rabbit . Alice in Wonderland on acid :)
Woodstock, so many great performances, Joe Cocker, CSNY, Ten Years After, Richie Havens, hell just watch the movie, so many great performances
They were all out of their box at Woodstock!
yes, she is killing it, and she was stoned.
I believe Grace wrote this song as well. She was a powerhouse.
All time favorite female vocalist.
Hippie Bolero😜, a bunch of talent in this band.
exactly, Hippie Bolero. The build up on White Rabbit
Those were the days!!!!!
It's about time you reacted to this group what a lot of people don't realize they were the headliners at Woodstock out of around 30 top Acts
@d. Yep. signed to ' close' on Sat. night, but the rain pushed things back. this set started at 7 am Sun. morn. Hendrix was the Sun. closer, actually played Mon. at 8: 30 am. about 30 - 40 thou folks managed to stay.
Also headliners at the Monterey Pop Festival and The Isle of Wight in 1970. 3 of the biggest concerts of all time.
You're old beyond your years and your doing a great. Keep going we're all proud of you.
The amount of LSD they were on LOL
You will have to see Ten Years After's "I'm Going Home" at Woodstock. To me it was the greatest performance there.
Imagine singing to a half million people while tripped out on acid after being up all night listening to and hanging out with all the other bands..
Gracie was 17 with that legendary voice.
Born 1939 , 30
As a Brit I never got to Woodstock but did loads of Festivals on this side of the pond, during the late 60's & into the 70's & 80's. I still do Glastonbury & The Green Gathering every year. Jefferson Airplane played the first Isle of Wight festival among other American bands & opened my ears to such great sounds. Music is my one big love, & it is great to see parts of your journey as you feed your head. By the way I was 18 in 1969.
One of the truly greatest voices ever!
The guy with the tambourine in Marty Balin, he was a second lead vocalist. His voice was as important to Jefferson Airplane as Grace. Grace was a fashion model before singing for The Great Society and then Jefferson Airplane.
I have been a fan since White Rabbit first came out. I'm glad to see you are hitting up on them. They were the closing act for Saturday night but didn't get on until Sunday Morning, following The Who. Surrealistic Pillow is a seminal LP that you should listen to. Crown of creation, both song and LP are worth a listen as well. This may just be a simulation but it's still the only place to get a decent meal. (Thanks Groucho!)
Do" Volunteers of America!" or "lather!" for a hoot!
I was only 9 when Woodstock happened. I’ve often asked myself if I would have gone. My Father wouldn’t have been into it. Unless I was 18. Then, he still wouldn’t have liked it, but he wouldn’t have stopped me and wouldn’t have judged me. But I was only 9.
Now, I’m 64.
Would I have gone? It would have depended on the friends I had. I live in Texas so it would have been a long journey. But, to see those crowds. And to look at that environment. It would’ve been pretty cool.
😊 it makes me smile knowing that you're delving into the classic rock that we all listened to..... it's amazing stuff!
Suggestions 60s Fleetwood Mac songs,Green Manalishi, OH Well,.
AKA Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Double down on Woodstock Wednesday!!!
I love White Rabbit 🐇 A psychedelic classic. Check out the studio versions of these 2 great songs too
She said the song is based on the child story, Alice In Wonderland, and how the establishment, powers that be, was against hallucinogenic drugs, but it was hypocritical propaganda, thus the song.
What it must be like to perform before one million people!! "HOOOO!"
There were 300, 000.
The most common estimate I seen is 400k, but at the time it was said to be a million, so that's how I think of it.@@daseguin
Some thoughts from an old dude who loves them and both these songs and woodstock you should listen to the album version of "someone to love" I think it will "hit" harder and was the way we grew up hearing them, ua-cam.com/video/a-C9pUGszsw/v-deo.html for instance when Grace starts with "When the Truth is found to be lies" is one of the greatest first lines of a song ever and it was about Nixon, and of course it will much better show how incredible Graces voice was. Then regarding White Rabbit and while there have been dozens of covers of Grace's epic song, this is by far the best to my ears, and while I cannot say it is better growing up on the original it is the closest in spirit to the original and from a current generation fantastic performing artist so please check out and enjoy ua-cam.com/video/mUtNCSUlnb8/v-deo.html.
Spencer Dryden is the Drummer in the hat, Grace Slick is the Female Singer, Marty Balin has the Tambourine and Vocals, Paul Kantner on one Guitar, Jorma Kaukonen on the other Guitar, and Jack Cassidy on Bass, Jefferson Airplane, at the start. The Airplane came on after being up all night, as the sun was rising.
THE classic Airplane line-up (1966-70). Spencer Dryden trends to get overlooked compared to the other members, but he was an excellent drummer who wasn't fancy, but played musically and for the song. He also played in the LA folk-rock band The Ashes (which later became The Peanut Butter Conspiracy after he left to join the Airplane), in the Frisco country-rock band New Riders Of The Purple Sage, and later with the 60s all-star group The Dinosaurs. He was Charlie Chaplin's nephew, but kept that a secret because he wanted to be successful on his own terms rather than through nepotism.
There is a vocals isolated version of this that really shows her vocal talent. Worth a listen. White rabbit is about Alice in Wonderland. There are a couple of versions on video, one is a Disney production and there is one with Johnny Depp. If you watch either you will have a better understanding of the lyrics. The original story was written by an Englishman over a hundred years ago.
They were a great psychedelic folk rock band from San Francisco. Shared a house with Grateful Dead and hung out with the whole scene including Janis Joplin. The guitarist and bassist left and formed a three man Blues band Hot Tuna. Amazing band as well.
You've got a great mind and a good heart. Thanks for opening up and sharing some of your story. That's great therapy in itself, being honest and true to yourself. Hope you find some healing for what you've gone thru. I'm on a rather difficult journey myself, and have been greatly help by my faith in God. Not the corrupted faith that most churches spew out, I'm talking the kind of faith Jesus walked with, committed to doing what He was created to do. We were all created with varying gifts and abilities for a certain purpose, and as we trust God with our lives, He will work thru us to do amazing things. As we lose our life, we actually find it.
Well that kicked ass.
BRO--try the 1967 live version of WHITE RABBIT...this one is very good, that one was GREAT! And they have a close-up of her staring in the camera which is mesmerizing. Try it, you'll love it.
Jim Carrey does a great imitation of Graces' voice in the movie "Cable Guy". It's worth a watch if you like Carrey at his craziest.
I really love your vibe Lee....so happy I found your channel. Keep on keeping on❤
Wish you'd a done,the White Rabbit with the light show!Grace looks Super cooler!
Jefferson Airplane birthed Jefferson Starship, Starship, and Hot Tuna. Check them all out, as well as the studio versions of these songs.
Grace Slick was one of the greats.
In reality the songs not about an acid trip, it just sounds that way. Grace's lyrics were inspired by Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He was a 19th century professor of mathematics at Oxford University. All those weird ideas were his, but they sounded like they were acid inspired, but they weren't, they were the creation of a stuffy old Englishman.
in reality, it was about Lewis Caroll and LSD. Sometmes they would deny it, but they would wink when denying
I know. But it's definitely about drugs too lol
Of course it’s about an acid trip. They’re using Alice’s adventure to describe it.
And incidentally, if you think Victorian Englishmen didn’t know about hallucination, you’re very much mistaken. Read Coleridge’s poem “Kubla Khan”, which he admitted came to him “in an opium dream”. There was a lot of experimentation with drugs among middle and upper class Englishmen at the time.
The references in White Rabbit are from a book called Alice In Wonderland. Most children had that in their required reading list in school. Great stuff.
That's pretty apparent, my friend. Lol
You should check out Miracles by them and then later on they became Jefferson Starship and Find Your Way Back is a great tune!!
Somebody To Love is probably the only 'pop' song to provide the pivotal philosophical point of an utterly brilliant film: A Serious Man by the Coen brothers.
Gracie, powerful voice and … she was drop dead gorgeous.
If you want a great song by the Airplane, you might try DCBA 25, great poetry lyrics and great psychedelic guitar break by Jorma Kaukonen . It was in 1967 off their 1st album Surrealistic Pillow.
You ran into one!!!
Soooo, according to legend, Grace Slick wound up sleeping with every guy in the band except one.
No idea who the unlucky fellow was, but what a story! That was the '70's.
Marty Balin was the only one she didn't hook up with...