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[[Grace Slick]] (born Grace Barnett Wing, October 30, 1939) jammed with the Hot Rats Band in the opening show at The Fillmore on November 13th, 1970. She was a singer/songwriter, and lead singer of [[Jefferson Airplane]]; she also was a solo artist for nearly three decades, from the mid-60s to the mid-90s.
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[[File:Frank Zappa and Grace Slick.png|500px|thumb|right|Frank Zappa and Grace Slick, 1980s.]]
  
Zappa wanted Slick to appear in [[Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People]]. They had written and recorded [[Would You Like A Snack?(Slick/Zappa)]] together.
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'''Grace Slick''' (born Grace Barnett Wing, October 30, 1939) She was a singer/songwriter, and second and most famous lead singer of [[Jefferson Airplane]]. From the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s she also had a solo career
  
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==Zappa and Grace Slick==
  
<blockquote>Frank Zappa's house in the canyon, which I visited several times, looked exactly like a troll's kingdom.  Fuzzy haired women lounged in long antique dresses, and naked children ran to and fro while Frank sat behind piles of electronic equipment discussing his latest ideas for orchestrating satirical hippie rock music. Never a druggie, Frank openly made fun of the very counter-culture he was helping to sustain.</blockquote>
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[[Biography|Zappa]] wanted (according to a 1969 [[Mother’s Day Has Finally Come|Rolling Stone interview]]) Slick to appear in [[Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People]].  They had written and recorded [[Would You Like A Snack?(Slick/Zappa)|Would You Like A Snack?]] together.
<div align=right>[[Grace Slick]]: Somebody to Love? (1998 Autobiography ISBN: 044652302X)</div>
 
  
[[Category:Bandmembers|Slick, Grace]]
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At the [[Fillmore Venues|Fillmore show]] ([[70/11/13-14 New York NY US Fillmore East|14th November 1970]]) Slick appeared on stage to announce that [[Jefferson Airplane]] and [[Grateful Dead|The Grateful Dead]] would be playing a surprise concert there on the 16th November. Zappa teased: ''“Do you want Grace Slick to sing [[Louie Louie]]? Would that be the ultimate get-off for a [[Fillmore Venues|Fillmore East]] audience or what?”'' Slick declined the invitation.
[[Category:Musicians|Slick, Grace]]
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In 1984 Slick interviewed Zappa at Rock Palace. <ref>https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/frank-zappa-hilarious-interview-grace-slick/</ref>
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==Zappa about Grace Slick==
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'''Interviewer''': '''Gracie Slick of the [[Jefferson Airplane]] once called you the most intelligent [[asshole]] she's ever met. What do you think she meant by that?<br>
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'''Zappa''': ''"I don't know. Would you presume that "asshole" has a negative connotation? Maybe she likes assholes. [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] was an asshole. He just had a good p.r. department. Also a good tailor."'' - Quoted from ''[[Dialogue: Frank Zappa]]'', COQ, February 1974.
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''"He [a gentleman named Erik] gave me a Finnish pornographic magazine that had some girls in it that I couldn't even believe that they would take pictures of 'em. There was one or two in there that looked like Grace Slick but the rest of 'em were hurtin', really hurtin'."'' - Frank Zappa about the inspiration for ''[[Ms. Pinky]]'', liner notes to ''[[Lonely Person Devices]]'' in ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]]''.
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==Grace Slick about Zappa==
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''"Frank Zappa was pretty good at business. And Frank Zappa didn’t do drugs either. Drugs really get in the way of paying attention to what your accountant’s saying because it’s so boring."'' - Grace Slick, 2001. <ref>https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/frank-zappa-hilarious-interview-grace-slick/</ref>
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==Source==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Nlvbqm0Cw Slick interviews Zappa] (YouTube)
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* [[Wikipedia:Grace Slick]]
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[[Category:Bandmembers|Slick]]
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[[Category:Singers|Slick]]
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[[Category:Rock Artists|Slick]]

Latest revision as of 06:38, 22 October 2021

Frank Zappa and Grace Slick, 1980s.

Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing, October 30, 1939) She was a singer/songwriter, and second and most famous lead singer of Jefferson Airplane. From the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s she also had a solo career

Zappa and Grace Slick

Zappa wanted (according to a 1969 Rolling Stone interview) Slick to appear in Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People. They had written and recorded Would You Like A Snack? together.

At the Fillmore show (14th November 1970) Slick appeared on stage to announce that Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead would be playing a surprise concert there on the 16th November. Zappa teased: “Do you want Grace Slick to sing Louie Louie? Would that be the ultimate get-off for a Fillmore East audience or what?” Slick declined the invitation.

In 1984 Slick interviewed Zappa at Rock Palace. [1]

Zappa about Grace Slick

Interviewer: Gracie Slick of the Jefferson Airplane once called you the most intelligent asshole she's ever met. What do you think she meant by that?

Zappa: "I don't know. Would you presume that "asshole" has a negative connotation? Maybe she likes assholes. Hitler was an asshole. He just had a good p.r. department. Also a good tailor." - Quoted from Dialogue: Frank Zappa, COQ, February 1974.


"He [a gentleman named Erik] gave me a Finnish pornographic magazine that had some girls in it that I couldn't even believe that they would take pictures of 'em. There was one or two in there that looked like Grace Slick but the rest of 'em were hurtin', really hurtin'." - Frank Zappa about the inspiration for Ms. Pinky, liner notes to Lonely Person Devices in You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6.

Grace Slick about Zappa

"Frank Zappa was pretty good at business. And Frank Zappa didn’t do drugs either. Drugs really get in the way of paying attention to what your accountant’s saying because it’s so boring." - Grace Slick, 2001. [2]

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