Slick, Grace
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Birthname | Grace Barnett Wing | ||||
born on | 30 October 1939 at 07:37 (= 07:37 AM ) | ||||
Place | Evanston, Illinois, 42n02, 87w41 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American singer-songwriter, musician, artist and former model, the queen of acid-rock with "Jefferson Airplane," which evolved into "Jefferson Starship." In 1979 she put the group on the back burner and focused on a solo album instead. Six years later the band had a bitter split.
She married the bands former light man, Skip Johnson, but the relationship didn't last. In 1981 she had a daughter named China with the band's guitarist, Paul Kantner, but they never married.
At the time of the Woodstock festival in 1969 she was a non-user. She later went on to develop a long-time drinking habit.
In 1982, she stopped doing drugs and alcohol altogether. Her sober streak apparently ended inasmuch as on 3/05/1994, the police in Tiburon, CA received a call that a drunk woman was firing a gun. When police arrived she threatened three officers with an unloaded shotgun. At her trial on a felony weapons charge, she settled for a plea bargain that set her free on $7,000 bail and required her to attend an alcohol treatment program. As of late 1994 she was attending four AA meetings a week and seeing a psychologist.
Her large four-bedroom home was destroyed by fire 9/16/1993, started by an accidental spark from welders working nearby. Estimated damage at $700,000.
Relationships
- business associate/partner relationship with Barbata, John (born 1 April 1945). Notes: Band mates in "Jefferson Starship"
- lover relationship with Morrison, Jim (born 8 December 1943)
- parent->child relationship with Kantner, China (born 25 January 1971)
- spousal equivalent relationship with Kantner, Paul (born 17 March 1941). Notes: 1969-1975
Events
- Work : New Job 16 October 1966 in San Francisco (Debut performance with Jefferson Airplane)
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- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 25 March 1967 ("Surrealistic Pillow", Jefferson Airplane album released)
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- Social : Great Publicity 24 April 1970 in Washington (Denied entrance into White House with Abbie Hoffman for birthday party)
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- Work : Lose social status 17 June 1978 in St.Goarshausen (Embarrassing drunken performance with Jefferson Starship)
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- Work : Begin Major Project 1979 (Solo album)
- Family : Change in family responsibilities 1981 (Daughter born)
- Mental Health : End Addiction 1982 (Stopped doing drugs and alcohol)
- Misc. : Trauma from Nature 16 September 1993 (Mill Valley home destroyed by fire)
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Source Notes
B.C. in hand from the Wilsons (Same data from Barbara Rowes, "Grace Slick," 1980, p.2.)
(Formerly, Scott Silverman quoted her autobiography "Someone to Love" that Slick claimed to have made up the birth time of 7:47 A.M., explicitly repeating that no one in her family knows when she was born. She writes in her autobiography, "Virginia Wing gave birth to Grace Barnett Wing at 7:47 AM. Well not really. I don't know my actual time of birth or the name of the hospital, because they weren't written on my birth certificate. Back then, record keepers weren't an anal-compulsive as they are today, so I've always made up my own stats when it was time to fill in the blanks." She is apparently misinformed as the B.C. in hand was filed on Nov 6th, 1939 and signed by Dr. Winston H. Tucker.)
Categories
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Alcohol (Rehab)
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Drugs (Rehab)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (two)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (one daughter)
- Family : Parenting : Kids - Noted (China Kantner)
- Lifestyle : Work : Retirement circumstances
- Lifestyle : Work : Work in team/ Tandem (rock bands)
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Social crime/ delinquent (Threatening police officer, weapons charge)
- Personal : Religion/Spirituality : 12 step group (AA for drug and alcohol abuse)
- Vocation : Beauty : Model (former)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Group/ Duo (Jefferson Airplane/Starship)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Notable : Book Collection : Culture Collection
- 1939 births
- Birthday 30 October
- Birthplace Evanston, IL (US)
- Sun 6 Scorpio
- Moon 3 Gemini
- Asc 20 Scorpio
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Alcohol
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Drugs
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Family : Parenting : Kids - Noted
- Lifestyle : Work : Retirement circumstances
- Lifestyle : Work : Work in team/ Tandem
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Social crime/ delinquent
- Personal : Religion/Spirituality : 12 step group
- Vocation : Beauty : Model
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Group/ Duo
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Notable : Book Collection : Culture Collection