Never did see Starship but have seen June a couple of times. What a beautiful, rich voice she has. And this proves that she can sing songs from almost any genre.
Being an OLD Grace Slick J/A fan and having chased the rabbit... gotta say without taking anything away from Grace... this is a tripped out version not made for pop radio... belike to give me some flashbacks... I know of June Tabor from the world of Celtic music, and was very pleasantly surprised to hear this coming from her mouth!
June Tabor and Oysterband -- hard to beat musically. Yes, we know Grace Slick's will always be the definitive version but this is decades later and it shows how potent that song still is in the hands of true professionals. It takes on a whole new ambiance and maintains the creepiness of the fairytale. But then, Tabor has always been a master of song styles and covers.
@Craig Roberts I am an Englishman and I agree with this gentleman. Ta-lee-ho! And of course Grace Slick's voice was one of the most dynamic of all time. A Singer like that, only passes the sun every two centuries, my god. And the body, eyes and hair on that woman! Woof! Plus, you can't beat Jorma's sweet jangly intro on the Airplane recordings.
sound like a friggin twit but junes presence within her music is deeply spiritual to me ... (time for another glass of turps) ... no seriously it has deep beauty and spirituallity and a mesmeric quality ...
I remember Grace and JA doing this when I was kid back in the 60's. It's still, in my mind, one of the most memorable and poignant songs ever written. I know the song belongs to, and made Grace famous, but nothing is immutable. Please forgive my sacrilege, but I do believe that Junes version here is actually better than the original. I shall now hang my head in shame, and go to sit sit on the naughty step for ... ever probably.
Grace Slick and Airplane is not the original. You need to hear the Grace Slick & the Great Society version that precedes the Airplane. It's here on YT - all 6 minutes of it!
Ian Ashleigh Quite possibly, though Maddy Prior has always been more to my taste, and of course, nobody will ever be able to touch The Lady. Ms Tabor's Lily Marlene is startlingly good, however.
June T is utterly frightening. She has that same quality as Joni Mitchell, a sort of musical Midas touch. Once she covers a song, it seems like the final word. I wasn't aware she had recorded White Rabbit and was looking for Grace Slick's. I guess there's no point in looking further after hearing this.
It is a brilliant rendition, but don’t buy the cd on the strength of this this performance. The cd version is not live, and not a patch on this version.
I have "AQABA" and "Anthology". Just ordered Angel Tiger on a whim. Have read Quercus (band name) and the albums "Rennaisance", "Ashore" and "Fairport" are very good. Am considering getting Freedom and Rain (with Oyster Band) aswell (it's on a local craigslist sorta thing).
No disrespect intended -- but what makes this cover brilliant is Oysterband's backing. June's a fine artist in her own right, but Grace's vocal dynamics outshone hers by far. This is a Slick song - full stop,
@@martingillette7613 I didn't record the song. It's not my butt to be kissed. But similarly, you put your comment out there. I'm just letting you know it's worthless. Maybe come up with something of value to say before you hit enter.
Michael Jaramillo is actually correct. I should have wrote something of substance. Lord knows I've said that to others. This is the music I grew up with and it is heard to hear versions that are not powerful and don't give the feel of the original. I simply listened to the "Woodstock" version one day and now all kinds of versions are showing up. You know how that happens. I don't mind bands trying this song out and I've given positive reviews to a few of them. They have just enough of the original and just enough personal touch. White Rabbit should sound psychedelic and doesn't work as something else. For example I've heard acoustic versions that are really bad. It should end very powerful. The vocals are nice and I'm sure this band could do a good job with this song.
@@martingillette7613 It was a live performance at a festival of a pub band with a guest singer. They were just having fun. I think reviews in comment sections are generally unnecessary, not just yours. I could've sworn I turned comments off but RU-vid will RU-vid. The fact of the matter is, the song is available to hear if you like it. There's plenty more songs out there if you don't. If you loved this cover and gave it a rave review, the comment would have been just as useless, honestly. Though, normally I don't bother to respond. Yours was just to snarky to not get a jolly out of responding to.
Awful. Between them they have a habit of murdering covers - destroyed "All Tomorrow's Parties" at Shrewsbury. AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH
