{"id":28814,"date":"2025-01-30T05:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T10:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=28814"},"modified":"2025-01-31T10:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:00:28","slug":"five-notable-grace-slick-guest-vocals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/five-notable-grace-slick-guest-vocals\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Notable Grace Slick Guest Vocals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Slick is one of the most distinctive voices in rock. First with the Great Society (with whom she recorded the earliest versions of two classics, \u201cWhite Rabbit\u201d and \u201cSomebody to Love\u201d) and then with Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, Slick lent her talents to a cache of era-defining music. Between 1974 and \u201884 she released four solo albums; Slick retired from music in 1990. These days painting is her primary means of creative expression.<\/p>\n<p>But during her years active in music, Grace Slick took part in recording sessions for many of her friends and musical associates. Here are five notable \u2013 and wildly varied \u2013 guest vocals featuring Grace Slick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhat Are Their Names\u201d from David Crosby\u2019s <em>If I Could Only Remember My Name<\/em> (1971)<\/strong><br \/>\nSinger, songwriter and guitarist David Crosby had a long musical association with Jefferson Airplane. In fact his song \u201cTriad\u201d \u2013 written when he was in the Byrds \u2013 would be recorded by the Airplane with Grace singing. For Crosby\u2019s first solo album, he was joined by members of the Grateful Dead, Santana and Jefferson Airplane, as well as musical associates Graham Nash and Neil Young. Slick joined those last two and Jerry Garcia on vocals for this track.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AW0r0KSJl6w?si=pG6xMXRR_hHAFdIh\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Janitor Drives a Cadillac\u201d from Papa John Creach\u2019s self-titled album (1971<\/strong>)<br \/>\nViolinist Papa John Creach was 54 when he released his debut solo album. By that point the Pennsylvania-born bluesman was well known in the rock community, having played on albums by Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane and <em>Sunfighter<\/em>, an album credited to the Airplane\u2019s Paul Kantner and Grace Slick. Drummer Joey Covington\u2019s song opens Creach\u2019s album; the tune features Quicksilver Messenger Service\u2019s John Cipollina on guitar along with Grace on vocals.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RDcAdcxTTYE?si=zcAlIcR4SofdXTbh\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBlind John\u201d from Mickey Hart\u2019s <em>Rolling Thunder<\/em> (1972)<\/strong><br \/>\nBy 1971, San Francisco heavyweights the Grateful Dead had released seven albums, five of those featuring drummer Mickey Hart. In 1972 Hart had left the group, though he\u2019d return in \u201875 and stay on until the very end. During his break from the Dead, Mickey Hart recorded a solo album, featuring a roster of players and singers that reads like a who\u2019s who of the Bay Area psychedelic rock scene. For <em>Rolling Thunder<\/em>\u2019s \u201cBlind John,\u201d Hart recruited the Tower of Power horn section; Country Joe and the Fish guitarist Barry Melton; the Airplane\u2019s Paul Kantner, David Frieberg and Grace Slick and others.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4TR-Jfw4mhE?si=ztWBcedrofK_N0xB\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDance wit\u2019 Me\u201d from Rick James\u2019 <em>Throwin\u2019 Down<\/em> (1982)<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile he would eventually become the punchline of an era\u2019s drug-themed jokes, at his peak Rick James was a force to be reckoned with on the dance-funk scene. In 1982 his \u201cSuper Freak\u201d single was nominated for a Grammy Award, though he didn\u2019t win. That same year, he followed up his blockbuster <em>Street Songs<\/em> LP with <em>Throwin\u2019 Down<\/em>, an album that featured guests including the Temptations and Teena Marie. Vibraphone legend Roy Ayers took a tasty solo on \u201cDance wit\u2019 Me,\u201d and Grace Slick\u2019s voice can be heard amid that track\u2019s rousing party vocal ensemble.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NayVnAKR51k?si=ZMikf36_HBd3A_Jm\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhat About Love\u201d from Heart\u2019s self-titled album (1985)<\/strong><br \/>\nLed by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, rock superstars Heart enjoyed well-earned success in the second half of the 1970s. Drawing favorable comparisons to Led Zeppelin, Heart combined passion and songwriting smarts to rack up a string of hit albums. The group\u2019s popularity waned as the MTV era began, but Heart roared back with their eighth album. 1985\u2019s <em>Heart<\/em> featured no less than five hit singles; with guest vocals from Grace Slick, the melodramatic power ballad \u201cWhat About Love\u201d was the first of those to hit the charts, peaking at #3 on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Mainstream Rock singles chart.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KE5GGMhmo-M?si=zMIOwA_Ss8Vc_X2s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Slick is one of the most distinctive voices in rock. 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