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Grace Slick, the psychedelic lead singer of band Jefferson Airplane, quit rock and roll years ago. But this has not stopped her from being the “Queen of Acid Rock” and “one of the original architects of the counter cultural revolution in the United States of the 1960s,” as her website proudly points out.
The voice behind generation-defining songs like Somebody to Love and White Rabbit, Forbes called her “the face that launched a thousand trips,” whether that be at her infamous Woodstock performance or in homes across the country.… read more.
Janis Joplin would have been 81 years old today had she not died of a tragic heroin overdose at 27, nevertheless, she had an enormous cultural impact during her short life. Known for a raspy voice that channeling the singers of her youth, Janis was “a rock and roll woman to her toes, a blues singer of unparalleled passion, and the greatest white female performer to emerge from the tempest of the late 1960s,” writes biographer Myra Friedman.… read more.
Happy birthday, Grace Slick! Today we’re celebrating this iconic and incredibly talented rock musician.
Grace Slick is a rock musician known for her role in creating several hit songs, and for her powerful voice and distinctive vibrato. Her music was a major part of the psychedelic music scene of the 60s.… read more.