Somebody to Love?
A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Publishing:3rd Dec '26
£14.99
This title is due to be published on 3rd December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
'It's hard not to admire her verve and sass' New York Times Book Review
Somebody to Love? is Grace Slick's classic autobiography which documents her life at the forefront of the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties counterculture movement. Rock and Roll's original female outlaw, as famous for her bad behaviour as for her haunting singing voice, Slick spent a quarter-century at the centre of America's most influential bands from the Great Society and Jefferson Airplane to later incarnations Jefferson Starship and Starship. Along the way, she charted dozens of hits, sold millions of albums and created anthems for generations.
In this rollicking, revealing and provocative memoir - first published in 1997 and now available in the UK as part of White Rabbit's prestigious Deep Cuts series - we discover the many sides of Grace Slick, from the artistic pioneer and rebellious thrill seeker to the complex woman navigating the competing pressures of fame and motherhood. This is both a revealing self-portrait of a woman known to many as the original rock outlaw and an unforgettable behind-the-scenes view of the wild times (and wilder characters) of American counterculture.
'Gracefully outrageous' San Francisco Examiner
'Provides fascinating backstage glimpses into the halcyon days of hippiedom' People
Provides fascinating backstage glimpses into the halcyon days of hippiedom * PEOPLE *
It's hard not to admire her verve and sass * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW *
Gracefully outrageous . . . a treasure trove of backstage gossip and psychedelic philosophy * SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER *
Candid, unpretentious . . . refreshingly irreverent . . . a caustic candour makes her book miles more appealing than the standard rocker's autobiography * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *
An absurdly readable page-turning blitz . . . A delicious, chaotic, splendid hurtle down the rabbit hole - a trip you'll never forget -- PAMELA DES BARRES, author of I'm with the Band
Finally, the last great rock 'n' roll story . . . a smart, well-written tale, told as if it's been shot out of a cannon -- STEVEN GAINES, co-author of The Love You Make
Frank . . . Highly entertaining . . . The era of free love has never been better chronicled * LIBRARY JOURNAL *
Successfully evoke both the highs and lows of the Summer of Love . . . Fun and emblematic * KIRKUS *
I always loved Grace Slick's talent. Until I read this book I didn't know I loved her wisdom and humor as well -- OLIVIA GOLDSMITH, author of The First Wives Club
With gusto and dignity, hilarity and debauchery, Grace Slick, the First Lady of Rock, has recounted for our edification the era she reigned ove -- DANNY SUGERMAN, author of Wonderland Avenue
The appealingly wry good humor she brings to her own life story makes this an engaging trip through two turbulent decades of rock 'n' roll * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *
Slick can't help being somebody to love - she's smart, sarcastic as ever, and ceaselessly funny . . . [with] a load of wonderfully colorful stories to tell . . . A page-turner throughout * DISCOVERIES *
ISBN: 9781399636551
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
304 pages