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Mostly known for being the frontwoman to psychedelic rock pioneers Jefferson Airplane, Grace Barnett Wing (October 30, ), aka Grace Slick, not only lent her powerful voice to the group’s acid-fueled sound but also penned their most memorable hits. Throughout her decades-spanning career, she was also a part of the band’s different incarnations, including Jefferson Starship and Starship. Born in Highland Park, Illinois, Wing lived in the Chicago Metropolitan and relocated to Palo Alto, California with her family in the early 50s. There she attended a private all-girls school and pursued a college education before marrying filmmaker Jerry Slick and becoming a model. Inspired by a Jefferson Airplane live performance at the legendary The Matrix nightclub in San Francisco, Wing formed short-lived The Great Society alongside husband Jerry Slick, brother-in-law Darby Slick, and David Miner in During that time, she wrote the songs “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love,” both of which would later be included in Jefferson Airplane’s sophomore effort Surrealistic Pillow () as Wing replaced main vocalist Signe Toly Anderson. Both tracks went on to become Top 10 hits and took the band to new heights, establishing her as one of the most recognized female vocalists in rock music. Throughout the 70s, and following Jack Casady’s departure from the Airplane, Wing formed Jefferson Starship with Paul Kantner and the other remaining members, and kicked off her solo career with debut album Manhole (). The Grammy-nominated Dreams followed in , and so did Welcome to the Wrecking Ball! () and Software (). In the mids, Wing formed the band Starship,
Grace Slick
American painter and musician (born )
Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, ) is an American painter and retired musician whose musical career spanned four decades. She was a prominent figure in San Francisco's psychedelic music scene during the mids to the early s.
Initially performing with the Great Society, Slick achieved fame as the lead singer and frontwoman of Jefferson Airplane and the subsequent spinoff bands Jefferson Starship and Starship. Slick and Jefferson Airplane achieved significant success and popularity with their studio album Surrealistic Pillow, which included the top-ten US Billboard hits "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love".
With Starship, she sang co-lead for two number-one hits, "We Built This City" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now". She has released four studio albums as an independent artist. Slick retired from music in , but continues to be active in visual arts. In , Slick was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Jefferson Airplane.
Early life and education
Grace Barnett Wing was born October 30, , in Highland Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, to Ivan Wilford Wing (–), of British descent, and Virginia Wing (née Barnett; –). Her parents met while they were both students at the University of Washington in Seattle, and later married. In , her younger brother Chris was born.
Her father worked in the investment banking sector for Weeden and Company, and the family relocated several times when she was a child. She lived in the Chicago metropolitan area, Los Angeles and San Francisco before her family settled in Palo Alto, California in the early s. Wing attended Palo Alto Senior High School, then transferred to Castilleja School, a private all-girls school in Palo Alto.
Following graduation, she attended Finch College in New York City from to , and the Unive () Grace Slick is an American singer-songwriter who is known for her solo career as well as her time as one of the lead singers of the band Jefferson Starship. In , she started her own group. Slick and her band became part of the San Francisco rock scene, and she befriended members of Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead. After her band split up in , she became one of the lead singers for Jefferson Airplane. She wrote one of their greatest hits, "White Rabbit" and helped her brother-in-law Darby Slick write "Somebody to Love." Grace Slick was born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, , in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up as the oldest child of Ivan and Virginia, an investment banker and a former singer and actress. As a child, Slick idolized such performers as actress Betty Grable. She also admired characters from children's stories—Robin Hood, Alice in Wonderland and Snow White among others—and loved to pretend and play dress-up. Around the age of three, Slick moved to Los Angeles, California, with her family for her father's work. They relocated to the San Francisco area a few years later. While there, the family grew to include her younger brother, Chris, born in In school, Slick enjoyed her art and English classes, but she stood out more for her personality than her academic accomplishments; as a teenager, Slick became known for her sarcastic sense of humor. After high school, Slick went to Finch College in New York for a year before transferring to the University of Miami in Florida. All the while, Slick focused most of her energy on having a good time instead of studying. She soon decided to abandon college and return to San Francisco after a friend sent her an article about the burgeoning hippie scene there. Back in Northern California in , Slick took some time to find a direction for her life. She auditioned to be a singer but was met with little success. In Grace Slick
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Early Life and Education
Early Career
Grace Barnett Wing was born on October 30, , in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois to Ivan and Virginia Wing. Since her father was an investment banker, Grace more than likely received her artistic side from her mother Virginia who had been an actress and singer in the early '30s. When Grace was three years old, she and her family moved to Los Angeles. In they moved again settling in San Francisco. She stayed in San Francisco until she left to attend Finch College in New York (), a prestigious finishing school for girls. In she transferred to the University of Miami.
She would be beckoned back to San Francisco by a friend's letter in stating, "You have to come back. Things are starting to happen here." Back at home, Grace's beauty earned her a job as a couture floor model at the affluent store I. Magnin. When Grace Barnett Wing married Jerry Slick in August of , the name Grace Slick was born.
In , Grace read a story in the San Francisco Chronicle about a new band called Jefferson Airplane. A week later, she and Jerry checked out the band at the Matrix Club. After deciding that being in a rock band looked like a lot of fun and also paid much more than being a model, she formed a band called the Great Society. Making this band a real family affair, husband Jerry was the drummer and brother-in-law Darby Slick was the guitarist. They made their debut in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco on September 22, Shortly after they began opening for local bands including Jefferson Airplane. Columbia Records even offered the Great Society a recording contract (and would release two albums by the band after Grace found fame) but by the time the contract arrived in the mail, the Great Society was no more.
In September Jack Casady, the lead singer for Jefferson Airplane, asked Grace to join the group and replace Signe Anderson. Grace gladly accepted, and with that decision, began her ride into rock n' roll history. Shortly after joining Jefferson Airplane, the