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Today In Music History: Grace Slick Stirs Up Trouble

Posted at 6:05 AM on December 15, 2011 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)
Filed under: Music History


Birthdays:

Drummer Dave Clark of the Dave Clark Five is 69.
Bassist Paul Simonon of The Clash is 56.


Today in:

1967, The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour went Gold.
1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band made its concert debut in London.
1977 - Members of the Sex Pistols were denied visas to enter the U.S., two days before they were to appear on Saturday Night Live. Their replacement was Elvis Costello and the Attractions.
1988 - James Brown was sentenced to six years in prison for leading police on a chase through two states.


History Highlight:

Today in 1968, performing with the Jefferson Airplane on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Grace Slick appeared in blackface and raised a black leather glove in the black power salute at the conclusion of "Crown Of Creation." It was one of the incidents that led to corporate axing the show the following season.

Comments (1)

Yeah, I would just like to say that Grace Slick herself was fortunate enough not to have the NAACP picketing Jefferson Airplane's concerts back in the 1960's due to that incident. They would probably have a field day if she ever did something like that these days.

Posted by Mr. Dana W. Carlson | December 16, 2011 6:30 AM

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