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Before joining <a href="spotify:artist:2qFr8w5sWUITRlzZ9kZotF">Jefferson Airplane</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3wNX7r7t4Vaahrx9XzyYIY">Grace Slick</a> sang lead and played various instruments for the Great Society, who were nearly as popular as <a href="spotify:artist:2qFr8w5sWUITRlzZ9kZotF">Jefferson Airplane</a> in the early days of the San Francisco psychedelic scene. Instrumentally, the Great Society were not as disciplined as <a href="spotify:artist:2qFr8w5sWUITRlzZ9kZotF">Airplane</a>. But they were at least their equals in imagination, infusing their probing songwriting with Indian influences, minor key melodic shifts, and groundbreaking, reverb-soaked psychedelic guitar by Slick's brother-in-law, Darby Slick. Darby was also responsible for penning "Somebody to Love," which <a href="spotify:artist:3wNX7r7t4Vaahrx9XzyYIY">Grace</a> brought with her to <a href="spotify:artist:2qFr8w5sWUITRlzZ9kZotF">Airplane</a>, who took it into the Top Five in 1967. The Great Society broke up in late 1966 after recording only one locally released single; after <a href="spotify:artist:2qFr8w5sWUITRlzZ9kZotF">Jefferson Airplane</a> became stars, Columbia issued a couple of live albums of the Great Society performing at San Francisco's Matrix Club in 1966. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
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