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It seems only fitting that we slide down the rabbit hole on the last day of February...
Grace Slick, White Rabbit performed by Suzzane, the Tambourine Queen:
“White Rabbit” was written and performed 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.[4] Both songs became top ten hits[5] for Jefferson Airplane and have ever since been associated with that band.[6]
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 well into her adulthood.[2]... 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.[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_(Jefferson_Airplane_song)
Chuck Berry, "Johnny be Good" performed by Rockin Shirley
Written by Berry in 1955, the song is about a poor country boy who plays a guitar "just like ringing a bell," and who might one day have his "name in lights."[3] Berry has acknowledged that the song is partly autobiographical, and originally had "colored boy" in the lyrics, but he changed it to "country boy" to ensure radio play.[4] As well as suggesting that the guitar player is good, the title hints at autobiographic elements because Berry was born at 2520 Goode Avenue in St. Louis.[3] The song was initially inspired by Berry's piano player, Johnnie Johnson,[5][6] though developed into a song mainly about Berry himself. Though Johnnie Johnson played on many other Chuck Berry songs, it was Lafayette Leake who played piano on this song.[3]... Berry has written thirty more songs involving the character Johnny B. Goode, "Bye Bye Johnny", "Go Go Go", and "Johnny B. Blues"; and titled an album, and the nearly 19 min instrumental title track from it, as "Concerto in B. Goode". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_B._Goode
John Fogerty, "Hot Rod Heart" performed by James, Mr. Bass.
Hot Rod Heart came off the album Blue Moon Swamp ... the fifth solo studio album by American singer/songwriter John Fogerty, released in 1997 Guest musicians for vocal backing, the Lonesome River Band, were invited to join in on "Southern Streamline" and "Rambunctious Boy". Other vocal backing was provided by The Waters on "Blueboy" and The Fairfield Four on "A Hundred and Ten in the Shade". Luis Conte accompanied on select songs as a guest percussionist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_Swamp
Featuring the usual suspects:
Arden, vocals and acoustic lead guitar,
Cathy, vocals
Don D on electronic drums
Gillie, acoustic guitar and vocals
James on bass and vocals
John on keyborads
Robin, rhythm & lead guitar & vocals
Roy, plugged in flute & blues harp
Rockin' Shirley, acoustic guitar & vocals
Suzzane, The Tambourine Queen, , vocals and tambourine
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