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Being in a rock n' roll band was like being in a Sherman tank. Nothing got to you. You were surrounded and protected by men.

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Grace Slick
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: October 30
Composer
Musician
Painter
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Highland Park
Illinois
Grace Barnett Slick
Grace Barnett Wing
Grace Wing Slick
Grace Victoria Barnett Wing
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Sherman
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Men
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Surrounded
Protected
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