‘It’s hard not to admire her verve and sass’ New York Times Book Review
Somebody to Love? is Grace Slick’s classic autobiography which documents her life at the forefront of the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties counterculture movement. Rock and Roll’s original female outlaw, as famous for her bad behaviour as for her haunting singing voice, Slick spent a quarter-century at the centre of America’s most influential bands from the Great Society and Jefferson Airplane to later incarnations Jefferson Starship and Starship. Along the way, she charted dozens of hits, sold millions of albums and created anthems for generations.
In this rollicking, revealing and provocative memoir – first published in 1997 and now available in the UK as part of White Rabbit’s prestigious Deep Cuts series – we discover the many sides of Grace Slick, from the artistic pioneer and rebellious thrill seeker to the complex woman navigating the competing pressures of fame and motherhood. This is both a revealing self-portrait of a woman known to many as the original rock outlaw and an unforgettable behind-the-scenes view of the wild times (and wilder characters) of American counterculture.
‘Gracefully outrageous’ San Francisco Examiner
‘Provides fascinating backstage glimpses into the halcyon days of hippiedom’ People
Somebody to Love? is Grace Slick’s classic autobiography which documents her life at the forefront of the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties counterculture movement. Rock and Roll’s original female outlaw, as famous for her bad behaviour as for her haunting singing voice, Slick spent a quarter-century at the centre of America’s most influential bands from the Great Society and Jefferson Airplane to later incarnations Jefferson Starship and Starship. Along the way, she charted dozens of hits, sold millions of albums and created anthems for generations.
In this rollicking, revealing and provocative memoir – first published in 1997 and now available in the UK as part of White Rabbit’s prestigious Deep Cuts series – we discover the many sides of Grace Slick, from the artistic pioneer and rebellious thrill seeker to the complex woman navigating the competing pressures of fame and motherhood. This is both a revealing self-portrait of a woman known to many as the original rock outlaw and an unforgettable behind-the-scenes view of the wild times (and wilder characters) of American counterculture.
‘Gracefully outrageous’ San Francisco Examiner
‘Provides fascinating backstage glimpses into the halcyon days of hippiedom’ People
Reviews
Frank . . . Highly entertaining . . . The era of free love has never been better chronicled
Candid, unpretentious . . . refreshingly irreverent . . . a caustic candour makes her book miles more appealing than the standard rocker's autobiography
Slick can't help being somebody to love - she's smart, sarcastic as ever, and ceaselessly funny . . . [with] a load of wonderfully colorful stories to tell . . . A page-turner throughout
Gracefully outrageous . . . a treasure trove of backstage gossip and psychedelic philosophy
Provides fascinating backstage glimpses into the halcyon days of hippiedom
The appealingly wry good humor she brings to her own life story makes this an engaging trip through two turbulent decades of rock 'n' roll
Finally, the last great rock 'n' roll story . . . a smart, well-written tale, told as if it's been shot out of a cannon
With gusto and dignity, hilarity and debauchery, Grace Slick, the First Lady of Rock, has recounted for our edification the era she reigned ove
I always loved Grace Slick's talent. Until I read this book I didn't know I loved her wisdom and humor as well
An absurdly readable page-turning blitz . . . A delicious, chaotic, splendid hurtle down the rabbit hole - a trip you'll never forget
It's hard not to admire her verve and sass
Successfully evoke both the highs and lows of the Summer of Love . . . Fun and emblematic