![]() Pearl (Janis’ favorite nickname) was recorded in Los Angeles with Paul Rothchild producing. Two marvelous albums were issued last year – Big Brother and the Holding Company Live 1968 at the Carousel Ballroom as well as the terrific historical expansion of her final studio offering Pearl. Janis would have been 70 this month, and her legacy is as strong now as ever. She, of course, rebelled against them by moving to California at just 19 years of age and joined Big Brother. Joplin’s ultraconservative mother and father were horrified at their daughter’s choice of lifestyle, even after her many successes as a recording and performing artist. There’s plenty of fine Joplin vids on You Tube that illustrate just how emotionally fragile she was on stage.Īs a longtime observer of classic rock and rollers, I find it fascinating that many musicians, including such disparate artists as Joplin, Jim Morrison and Karen Carpenter, had dreadfully dysfunctional relationships with their parents. She, as did Patsy Cline and Stevie Nicks, would go into a trance and live the lyrics she was delivering. Seeing Janis sing is a totally different experience than just listening. Janis was so “out of it†while performing at Woodstock in 1969 that her performances were cut from the original movie and album that would have exposed her to millions more potential fans. These substances eventually not only took her life but also stymied her career. Janis not only felt the blues – she lived ’em! Of course, she had plenty of “mother’s not-so-little helpers†in the form of heroin and Southern Comfort, two vices that she sought and fought years before hitting the charts in 1967 with her first major band Big Brother and the Holding Company. Gee, can you imagine Taylor Swift saying that? You can’t make up something that you don’t feel.†€œI just opened up my mouth and that’s what I sounded like. ![]() Her response makes as much sense now as it did almost 42 years ago. Music By Turner: Janis Joplin ‘lived the lyrics’ ![]()
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