JANIS JOPLIN PHOTO COLLECTION
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Seattle Pilots Stadium – Tempe – 10-3-69
appeared with James Cotton
Janis Joplin – “I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama!”
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter who first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her own backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. She was one of the more popular acts at the Monterey Pop Festival and later became one of the major attractions to the Woodstock festival and the Festival Express train tour. Janis Joplin charted five singles, and other popular songs from her four-year career include “Down on Me”, “Summertime”, “Piece of My Heart”, “Ball ‘n’ Chain”, “Maybe”, “To Love Somebody”, “Kozmic Blues”, “Work Me, Lord”, “Cry Baby”, “Mercedes Benz”, and her only number one hit, “Me and Bobby McGee”. Joplin was well known for her performing abilities, and her fans referred to her stage presence as “electric”. At the height of her career, she was known as “The Queen of Rock and Roll” as well as “The Queen of Psychedelic Soul,” and became known as Pearl amongst her friends. She was also a painter, dancer and music arranger. Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
JANIS JOPLIN – Discography
- [with Big Brother and The Holding Company…]
1967 – Big Brother and the Holding Company (Mainstream) - 1968 – Cheap Thrills (Columbia)
- [Janis Joplin solo…]
1969 – I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mam! (Columbia) - 1971 – Pearl
- 1972 – In Concert
- 1973 – Greatetst Hits
- 1974 – Janis soundtrack
- 1980 – Anthology
- 1982 – Farewell Song
- 1983 – Janis (Sony)
Janis Joplin – Try – 1969
JANIS JOPLIN Links
I was at the July 5th concert (at Sicks Stadium) watching Janis Joplin, Pacific Gas and Electric, Steve Miller Band, Daily Flash (local band) and maybe the Youngbloods. This was years ago…I have my “old lady” moments. But I will never forget standing less than five feet from part of the stage and watching Janis take a big slurp from her bottle of Southern Comfort../.but what a great concert she did!!