Lather (song)
"Lather", a song by Grace Slick, performed by US rock band Jefferson Airplane, is the opening track on the 1968 album Crown of Creation and was the B-side for the single of the same name. Slick says she wrote the song for the drummer of the group Spencer Dryden, who was at the time twenty-nine years old and was the lover of Slick.[1]
| "Lather" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Jefferson Airplane | |
| from the album Crown of Creation | |
| Released | September 1968 |
| Recorded | February–June 1968 |
| Length | 2:57 |
| Label | RCA Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Grace Slick |
| Producer(s) | Al Schmitt |
The band performed the song in their 1968 appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.[2]
Cover versions
- Tom Constanten performs a solo piano instrumental cover of this song on his album Morning Dew.
- Small Potatoes performed as part of a medley "Lather Danish Misfortune Mad Mouth" on their album Waltz of the Wallflowers (A Dysfunctional Duet).
References
- Slick, Grace. Somebody to love? : a rock-and-roll memoir. Warner Books. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-446-60783-4.
- Jefferson Airplane perform "Lather" on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on YouTube
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