Ah “the sixties”, a mythical time and trying decade for post war America. An era full of social revolution, political reform, sexy music, and even sexier people. Too bad I managed to miss my favorite time period by a few decades or so. Humph. Anyway, as before stated I love everything about the sixties. From the political intrigue of the war, to the people refusing to lay down their rights. From the unity of the youth, to the power of the music. Goodness I love the music. Especially the women in the music (seriously, if it wasn't their voices it was their bodies). Which brings me to the two women of the hour the unsinkably sexy duo of Janis Joplin & Grace Slick.Ok, in my opinion if you don't know who the above mentioned are, then you totally suck and don't know $h1t about anything. 'Nuff said. Janis and Grace were musical goddesses. But for the sake of simplicity we'll start with the raven haired beauty Grace Slick.
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are what you're into but, you can't not be into Grace Slick. She was the front girl for one of the most iconic bands of the sixties, Jefferson Airplane, and her powerful voice provided the vocals for hits like the eerie White Rabbit and the politically relevant Somebody to Love. No doubt without her the band would've been naked. Hopefully, she would've been naked too. Mmm. Anyway, her voice, absolutely fantastic. She rocked the low range like nobodies business, her powerful contralto sounding neither male nor female, but entirely perfect. Seriously, this woman could have spoken and crooned my pants off. Not to mention she was super super gorgeous. Mmmm yeah, give me a minute. Time for a segway into (PUN SO INTENDED) lady number two, the warrior queen of the blues, the late great Janis Joplin. I would not mind if that fine lady went Down On Me one little bit. Though she is considered lacking in the looks department, there is something undeniably sexy about her down home Texas charm and raspy blues voice. Something about her just seems to exude a warm southern comfort. Janis started out rough as a “s
peed freak”, and remained a heavy drinker throughout her career. From her small town then was picked up by the Haight psychedelic band Big Brother and The Holding Company, and later broke out as a solo act with new hits like Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) and classics like Summertime and Ball & Chain. She's was also purportedly bisexual, if only she hadn't OD'd her, Patti Smith and I could've had one rockin' threesome. Oh well, she'll always hold a piece of my heart.Anyhoo, these women owned the sixties with a riff and a chord, bluesing and rocking their way through a dangerous decade, and generally being ultra sexy and if they didn't makeout, they definitely should've.
