Grace Slick
Grace Slick
Celebrated Name: Grace Slick
Real Name/Full Name: Grace Barnett Wing
Gender: Female
Age: 84 years old
Birth Date: October 30, 1939
Birth Place: Highland Park, Illinois
Nationality: American
Height: 5 feet and 6 inches
Weight: Not Known
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Marital Status: Divorced
Husband/Spouse (Name): Gerald “Jerry” Slick (1961-1971), Skip Johnson (1976-1994)
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): Yes

China Kantner

Dating/Boyfriend (Name): N/A/
Is Grace Slick Lesbian?: No
Profession: Singer-Songwriter, model
Salary: Not Known
Net Worth in 2024: $22 million
Last Updated: March 2024

Grace Slick is an American singer-songwriter, artist, musician, and previously a model, broadly known in awesome history for her job in San Francisco’s thriving hallucinogenic music scene in the mid-1960s. Her music profession spread over four decades. She performed with The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship. She additionally had a sporadic solo career. Grace Slick provided vocals on various notable music, including “Someone to Love,” “White Rabbit,” “We Built This City,” and “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now.”

Maybe you know about Grace Slick very well, but do you know how old and tall is she and what is her net worth in 2024? If you do not know, we have prepared this article about details of Grace Slick’s short biography-wiki, career, professional life, personal life, today’s net worth, age, height, weight, and more facts. Well, if you’re ready, let’s start.

Early Life & Biography

Grace Barnett Wing was born on October 30, 1939, in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, to Ivan Wilford Wing (1907–1987), of Norwegian and Swedish descent, and Virginia Wing (née Barnett; 1910–1984). Her folks met while they were the two students at the University of Washington and later wedded.

In 1949, her sibling Chris was born. Her dad, working in the investment banking division for Weeden and Company, was moved a few times when she was a kid. Notwithstanding the Chicago metropolitan region, she lived in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, before her family at long last settled in the San Francisco suburb of Palo Alto in the mid-1950s.

Grace Slick went to Palo Alto Senior High School before changing to Castilleja High School, a private all-girls school in Palo Alto. Following graduation, she went to Finch College in New York City from 1957 to 1958, and the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, from 1958 to 1959. On August 26, 1961, Grace Slick wedded Gerald “Jerry” Slick, an aspiring producer, and after the couple quickly moved away from San Francisco, Grace Slick filled in as a model at an I. Magnin retail chain for a long time. Grace Slick likewise began making music, including a commitment to a short film by Jerry Slick

Personal Life

Grace Slick was married to cinematographer Gerald “Jerry” Slick from 1961 to 1971. Later, she was married to lighting designer Skip Johnson from 1976 to 1994. Her little girl is China Wing Kantner, born on January 25, 1971. China’s dad is Jefferson Airplane guitarist Paul Kantner, with whom Slick had a relationship from 1969 to 1975.

Smooth has openly recognized her alcohol addiction, talked about her rehabilitation encounters, and remarked on her utilization of LSD, marijuana, and different substances in her autobiography, different meetings, and a few distributed superstar addiction and recovery books, including The Courage to Change by Dennis Wholey and The Harder They Fall by Gary Stromberg and Jane Merrill.

During Jefferson Starship’s 1978 European visit, Slick’s liquor addiction turned into an issue for the band. The gathering needed to drop the main night in Germany since she was too intoxicated to even think about performing, making the crowd revolt. She played out the following night with the band however was intoxicated to the point that she was unable to sing appropriately.

She additionally assaulted the crowd, ridiculing Germany for losing World War II and grabbing both female crowd individuals and bandmates. She left the group the following day, and she has hauled off a San Francisco game show for mishandling the contestants. She was admitted to a detoxification facility several times, once during the 1970s at Duffy’s in Napa Valley, and once during the 1990s with little girl China.

Age, Height, and Weight

Being born on October 30, 1939, Grace Slick is 84 years old as of today’s date 2024. Her height is 5 feet and 6 inches tall, and her weight information is not known.

Career

Grace did not consider making music until she watched a band perform at The Matrix. Therefore, she formed The Great Society Band, where she was in charge of Vocals and guitar. The band made a debut performance on October 15, 1965. Later on, there was a band known as Jefferson Airplane that had a member dropping off to raise a child, and that is how Grace Slick joined then in 1966. At that time, Jefferson Airplane had become very popular in the United States and the world as well.

She later joined the Starship Band from 1985 to 1989, where she retired from the music business. She said in an interview with VH1 that she retired as she was over 50, and everyone should do the same.

Awards & Achievements

Grace Slick was nominated in 1981 for the best rock female in the Grammy awards. Later in 199, Slick was inducted into the rock and roll Hall of Fame as a Jefferson Plane Member. She went on to become the oldest female musician on a Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping hits. She was also named as one of the 100 greatest women of rock and roll by VH1 in 1999.

Net Worth & Salary of Grace Slick in 2024

Grace Slick Net Worth
Grace Slick Net Worth

As of March 2024, Grace Slick has her Net Worth estimated at around $22 million. Her wealth and fortune have come from her successful music career as she has been a band member in different rock bands. She has reached different milestones, including being the oldest female artist to have her music on the Billboard Hot 100 as she was age 46. After she had done enough in music, she felt that she was no longer relevant at the age of over 50 years, where she decided to retire.

Grace has had quite a career. Hoping from one band to another and remaining relevant was an achievement. Her addiction to alcohol also did not hold her back as she still made it possible to fight for her dreams. At some age, she also thought that she needed to retire, which was another achievement.

11 COMMENTS

  1. My 83 year old girlfriend and I love her. We have five albums but right now I have discovered Uncle Sam Blues and I just love it as I was drafted along with my two brothers in “66 & 67 and was sent to Nam simultaneously, me drafted into the Marine Corps and they in the Army. It is just so relevant to me and shared by my girlfriend. Plus the Great Society is my current play in fact that Piccolo is playing as I type. I love Grace.

  2. God Bless Grace Slick ! She brought alot of joy to alot of people ! You can’t measure that, or put dollar amount on it ! It’s priceless!

  3. Hi girl friend they never mentioned that idiot lra Lee we both shared damn you are talented l left my hillbilly lifestyle and now just bored to death just looking for another adventure even at 82 glad you are doing so well l spent my millions and living with the kindness of strangers just bad knees so I can’t run away fast like l used to old paly times good lord love ❤️ asia also darlene also Victoria

  4. Gracie, daddy told me to call you that! Your fucking awesome! Thank you for your being such a inspiration to yourself & others! Wish we could see each other again!️️

  5. The little lady belted out a huge voice & still has fans around the world today over 50 yrs later. Shes as long lasting as Clint Eastwood & Mick Jagger .

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