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  1. "White Rabbit" is a song written by Grace Slick and recorded by the American rock band Jefferson Airplane for their 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow. It draws on imagery from Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

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  3. Jan 29, 2024 · As the bluff lead singer with San Francisco band Jefferson Airplane, no-one embodied the free-thinking spirit of the times like she did. And if one song came to define the Haight-Ashbury counter-culture itself, it was Airplane’s White Rabbit.

  4. Jun 21, 2020 · Her band, The Great Society, would perform this song at their gigs around San Francisco and when she jumped ship for Jefferson Airplane in 1966, “White Rabbit” was one of two numbers she...

  5. Mar 27, 2023 · The Origins. “White Rabbit” was penned by Jefferson Airplanes Grace Slick when she was still a member of the band The Great Society. She borrowed the song’s trippy imagery from Lewis...

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  6. On the first page, the White Rabbit appears, leading Alice on her adventure. In 1971, Led Zeppelin released " Black Dog," another song with a color-animal title that doesn't appear in the lyric. The Airplane were frequently found giving free concerts around the Haight-Ashbury area of San Francisco.

  7. Feb 5, 2020 · Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit was famously the first pop song focused on the experience of hallucinogens that scored major air time on mainstream radio. The soundtrack of the Summer of Love 1967 perfectly captures the free-wheeling counterculture essence of the band’s leading lady, Grace Slick.

  8. Jun 24, 2022 · Released in 1967, Surrealistic Pillow, which credited Jerry Garcia as the band’s “musical and spiritual advisor”, soared to the top of the charts, peaking at Number Three on the Us Billboard Hot 100 and establishing Jefferson Airplane as San Francisco’s hottest band. But what about ‘White Rabbit’?

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