Darby Slick

Darby Slick played guitar in The Great Society, the band his sister-in-law, Grace Slick, sang in before joining The Jefferson Airplane. He also wrote "Somebody to Love," which Grace Slick introduced into The Jefferson Airplane's repertoire, and sang lead on when The Airplane recorded it for a Top Ten hit. More important, though, Slick was a skilled and distinctive guitarist and songwriter that made a substantial contribution to the birth of San Francisco psychedelic rock, particularly through his mix of rock and Indian styles. He is more obscure than he should be because The Great Society broke up after issuing just one rare single, although several albums' worth of live and demo recordings have subsequently become available.



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