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The Great! Society
Origin San Francisco, California, United States
Genre(s) Folk Rock
Years active 1965 - 1966
Former members
Darby Slick
Jerry Slick
Grace Slick
Jean Piersall
David Miner
Bard Dupont
Peter Vandergelder
For the political action of President Johnson, see Great Society

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History

The Great Society was a 1960s San Francisco rock band in the burgeoning Haight Ashbury folk-psychedelic style pervasive during the time of its existence, 1965 to 1966. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. See also Events January 4 - Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is sold to CBS for $13 million Events January 3 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of David Miner may refer to David M Miner, American politician member of the North Carolina General Assembly 1993-2004 David Miner (musician The Great Society was also a 1960s band featuring Grace Slick, and a 1914 book by English social theorist Graham Wallas. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, US, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets Psychedelic folk or Psych folk is a Music genre that is a blending of Folk music and Psychedelic rock or pop Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The band was also known as "The Great! Society. " Remembered as the original group of model turned singer Grace Slick, the initial line-up of the band also featured her then-husband Jerry Slick on drums, his brother Darby Slick on guitar, David Minor on vocals and guitar, Bard DuPont on bass, and Peter Vandergelder on saxophone. Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of David Miner (Born Ft Worth Texas on July 24, 1945) sometimes credited as David Minor, is an American guitarist singer and Minor and DuPont would not remain with the band for the duration.

In the late summer of 1965, after seeing a new band called Jefferson Airplane at The Matrix club, Grace and Jerry decided to start their own group, assembling it fairly quickly. Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement The Matrix, a renovated former pizza shop was a nightclub in San Francisco from 1965 to 1972 and was one of the keys to what eventually became known as the "San Francisco The band made its debut at the Coffee Gallery in San Francisco's North Beach section on October 15, 1965, and continued to perform throughout 1966.

The band released only one single during its lifetime in 1966, "Somebody to Love" (originally titled "Someone to Love"), written by Darby, backed with "Free Advice. " Somebody to Love " is a rock song that was originally written and recorded by 1960s folk - psychedelic band The Great Society and later " Issued on Autumn Records' tiny North Beach subsidiary label, the single made little impact outside of the Bay Area, but the association with Autumn did lead the band to working with staff producer Sylvester Stewart, still in the process of forming his own band, Sly and the Family Stone. Autumn Records is a Wisconsin based Christian music Record label. Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart on 15 March 1943, in Denton, Texas) is an American Musician, Songwriter Sly & the Family Stone is an American funk, soul and rock band from San Francisco California. Purportedly, Stewart would eventually walk out as the band's producer during a demo session after it took Great Society over 50 takes just to get one song right.

Momentum for the band began to build as they started opening for Jefferson Airplane and other successful local bands, with Columbia Records offering the Great Society a recording contract. Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company By the time the contract arrived in the mail, however, Grace had been spirited away to replace departing vocalist Signe Toly Anderson in the Airplane, taking "Somebody to Love" and her own composition "White Rabbit," one of Great Society's live showcases, with her. Signe Toly Anderson (born 15 September 1941 in Seattle, Washington) is a Singer who was one of the founding members of the American " White Rabbit " is a Psychedelic rock and Acid rock song from Jefferson Airplane 's 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow As both the visual and musical focal point, the band could not survive without its lead singer, and disbanded in the fall of 1966. Grace and Jerry would divorce as well.

Columbia would eventually release tapes of live performances by Great Society as two separate albums in 1968 after Grace found fame, repackaging both as a double LP in 1971. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A double album is an audio Album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold (especially records and Compact Discs. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. In 1995, Sundazed issued a compilation disc featuring the band's lone single amidst unreleased studio session material. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Sundazed Records is a Record label based in Coxsackie, in the Catskills of New York. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio

Notably, "The Great Society" was a popular name for musical groups in the 1960s, due to the popularity of the term as used by the Lyndon Johnson administration in Washington, D. C. One so-named four-man group, based in Dallas, Texas, consisted of two British and two American musicians. The group lasted three years, toured extensively in the United States and Canada, then disbanded in 1969. On one occasion, in Ft. Worth, Texas, The Great Society (with Grace Slick) and the British/American version performed on opposite sides of the city on the same evening.

The two American members of that group were Steve Holder (bass) and Preston Thomas (percussion). The British members were Ronnie Deangele (rhythm guitar) and Richard Thomas (lead guitar). All four are successful in other fields today.

Members

Vocals

Harmonica

Recorder

Saxophone

Organ

Guitars

Bass

Drums

Discography

Singles

Albums

Sundazed Records is a Record label based in Coxsackie, in the Catskills of New York. Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company
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