"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" | |
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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]
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