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"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 her boyfriend.[1] The lyrics tell of a boy who stays as young as possible until one day when he is shattered by having finally to grow up.

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"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 during their 1968 appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.[2]

Upon Dryden's death in 2005, Slick and other band members wrote tributes to Dryden that appeared on the group's website. Slick's ends with this: "Lather was 30 years old today, they took away all of his toys." – Grace Slick (January 13, 2005).[3]

Cover versions

• Tom Constanten performs a solo piano instrumental cover of this song on his album Morning Dew.^{[citation needed]}
• Small Potatoes performed as part of a medley "Lather Danish Misfortune Mad Mouth" on their album Waltz of the Wallflowers (A Dysfunctional Duet).^{[citation needed]}

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