> Everything else being equal, and not to take away from Mark E.'s analysis, > IMHO Grace Slick exhuded sex. > I don't mean she was a sex symbol. I mean everything in her demeanor, > attitude and even her voice was highly sexual, sort of a queen bee if you > want. In those times of free love, she personified it to me. > Listen to Triad about a "minage ` trois" with Crosby and Kantner and you'll > get the idea.
I wouldn't disagree with this. She was one woman I always thought would be a lot of fun to have sex with. When Roseanne was interviewing her, Grace talked about a one night stand she had with Jim Morrison (she went to his room & knocked on the door). Roseanne, in her not-so-subtle-way, asked 'What other famous people did you have sex with?' to which Grace replied without missing a beat, 'all the members of my band except Marty'. Grace was pretty much doing what the men were doing in the world of rock and roll stardom, picking & choosing & having her fun with pretty much whoever she wanted. The VH1 segment also featured interviews with Grace & Paul Kantner's daughter, China. China sounded a lot like Saffy talking about Eddy on AbFab. One more footnote to my original post and a wee bit of Joni content. The Airplane appeared on the famous post-Woodstock Dick Cavett show with Crosby & Stills and Joni. After Joni performed her first song on this show, Grace was the first person on her feet, applauding enthusiastically. In her book, Grace talks about meeting Joni in those years and thinking she was very fragile. She didn't think she should mess with this person too much so she pretty much aimed her come-on-strong, confrontational personality elsewhere. She has since realized that Joni was & is a very strong person. But when she saw Joni in a restaurant a few years back, Grace said she didn't have the guts to speak to somebody who had worked with Charles Mingus. Sounds like Grace has a great deal of respect for and a certain amount of awe of our Joni. Mark E in Seattle
