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JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - "Somebody to Love"

Jefferson Airplane
"Somebody to Love"
Single / B-side: "She Has Funny Cars"
Released: 1 April 1967
Album: Surrealistic Pillows (Released: 1 February 1967)
Writer: Darby Slick
Label: RCA Victor

"Somebody to Love", originally titled "Someone to Love", is a rock song that was written by Darby Slick. It was originally recorded by The Great Society, and later by Jefferson Airplane. 
Great Society - "Someone to Love"
Jefferson Airplane's single: "Somebody To Love" (1967)
Jefferson Airplane - "Somebody To Love"

Written by The Great Society guitarist Darby Slick after realizing his girlfriend had left him, and first performed by that band, which included his then-sister-in-law Grace Slick on vocals, the song made little impact outside of the club circuit in the Bay Area. The song was released in 1966 as a single with the B-side another Darby Slick composition titled "Free Advice" on the North Beach subsidiary of Autumn Records, and received minimal circulation outside of San Francisco. San Francisco in the mid-'60s was the epicenter of free love, but Darby Slick saw a downside to this ethos, as it could lead to jealousy and disconnect. This song champions loyalty and monogamy, as the singer implores us to find that one true love that will nurture us and get us through the tough times.
Jefferson Airplane's single: "Somebody To Love" (RCA Victor, 1967)
Jefferson Airplane - "Somebody To Love" (43rpm RCA Victor, 1967)

When Grace Slick departed to join Jefferson Airplane, she took this song with her, bringing it to the Surrealistic Pillow sessions, along with her own composition "White Rabbit". Subsequently, the Airplane's more ferocious rock and roll version became the band's first and biggest success; the single byJefferson Airplane scored at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Jefferson Airplane's first hit song, "Somebody To Love" was also one of the first big hits to come out of the US West Coast counterculture scene. Over the next few years, musicians flocked to the San Francisco Bay area to be part of this scene. The original version of this song that Grace Slick sang with The Great Society is more subdued. With Jefferson Airplane she sounds far more accusatory and menacing when she belts out lines like "Your mind is so full of red" and "Your friends, baby, they treat you like a guest."
Jefferson Airplane's single: "Somebody To Love" (1967)
Jefferson Airplane - "Somebody to Love" (Woodstock, 1969)

Jefferson Airplane - "Somebody to Love" (American Bandstand, 1967)

"Somebody to Love" was also a track on their influential album released in February 1967, Surrealistic Pillow. Like the album on which it appeared, this song was instrumental in publicizing the existence of the Haight-Ashbury counterculture to the rest of the United States.

Line-up / Musicians:
Grace Slick – lead vocals
Marty Balin – tambourine, backing vocals
Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar (Gibson ES-335)
Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar (Rickenbacker 360)
Jack Casady – bass (Fender Precision Bass)
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JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - "White Rabbit"

Jefferson Airplane
"White Rabbit"
Single / B-Side "Plastic Fantastic Lover"
Album: Surrealistic Pillow 
Released: 24 June 1967
Writer: Grace Slick
Label: RCA Victor

"White Rabbit" is a song from Jefferson Airplane's 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow. It was released as a single and became the band's second top ten success. The song was ranked #478 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, #87 on Rate Your Music's Top Singles of All Time, and appears on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The name White Rabbit has also been described as a nickname for counterculture era figure Owsley Stanley.


Jefferson Airplane's 1967 single
Jefferson Airpalne's 1967 single "White Rabbit"
(Photo courtesy RCA Victor)


Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit" (the Smothers Brothers Comedy Show, 1967


“White Rabbit” was written by Grace Slick while she was still with The Great Society. When that band broke up in 1966, Slick was invited to join Jefferson Airplane to replace their departed female singer Signe Toly Anderson, who left the band with the birth of her child. The first album Slick recorded with Jefferson Airplane was Surrealistic Pillow, and Slick provided two songs from her previous group: her own “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love” (written by her brother-in-law Darby Slick and recorded under the title "Someone to Love" by The Great Society). Both songs became breakout successes for Jefferson Airplane and have ever since been associated with that band.
The Great Society - "White Rabbit"
Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit" (music video)

One of Grace Slick's earliest songs, written during either late 1965 or early 1966, uses imagery found in the fantasy works of Lewis Carroll: 1865's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass, such as changing size after taking pills or drinking an unknown liquid. It is commonly thought that these are also references to the hallucinatory effects of psychedelic drugs, such as LSD and psilocybin mushrooms. Characters referenced include Alice, the hookah-smoking caterpillar, the White Knight, the Red Queen, and the Dormouse.

For Slick and others in the 1960s, drugs were a part of mind-expanding and social experimentation. With its enigmatic lyrics, "White Rabbit" became one of the first songs to sneak drug references past censors on the radio. Even Marty Balin, Slick's eventual rival in Jefferson Airplane, regarded the song as a "masterpiece". In interviews, Slick has related that Alice in Wonderland was often read to her as a child and remained a vivid memory into her adult years.

Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit" (Vinyl)


Jefferson Airplane early
Jefferson Airplane 1967 (Photo: pinterest)
Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit" (Woodstock 1969)
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal Slick mentioned that in addition to Alice in Wonderland her other inspiration for the song was "the bolero used by Miles Davis and Gil Evans on their 1960 album Sketches of Spain." The song is essentially one long crescendo similar to that of Ravel's famous Boléro. The music combined with the song's lyrics strongly suggests the sensory distortions experienced with hallucinogens, and the song was later used in pop culture to imply or accompany just such a state.

Line-up / Musicians:
Marty Balin – guitar
Jack Casady – bass guitar, fuzz bass
Spencer Dryden – drums, percussion
Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar
Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar
Grace Slick – vocals

Link / Review:
Jefferson Airplane Official website: jeffersonairplane.com
Wikipedia: White Rabbit (Song)
Allmusic: White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane - Review
Songfacts: White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane
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