Editing Grace Slick (section)

=== Jefferson Airplane ===

Slick's first album with [[Jefferson Airplane]] was ''[[Surrealistic Pillow]]'' (1967), for which she provided two songs from her time with the Great Society: her own "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love", written by her brother-in-law Darby Slick. Both became breakout successes and have since been associated with the Airplane.  The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and is widely regarded as one of the defining records of the counterculture era.

Slick remained the band's dominant vocal presence through subsequent albums including ''After Bathing at Baxter's'' (1967) and ''[[Crown of Creation]]'' (1968). In 1968, Slick performed "Crown of Creation" on ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'' in blackface and ended the performance with a Black Panther raised fist. In an appearance on a 1969 episode of ''The Dick Cavett Show'', she became the first person to say "motherfucker" on television during a performance of "We Can Be Together". 

In February 1968, manager Bill Graham was fired after Slick delivered an "either he goes or I go" ultimatum.  She and Paul Kantner became romantically involved from 1969 to 1975, and their daughter China was born in 1971, going on to have her own career as a singer, actress, and MTV VJ.