The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is celebrating the career of Janis Joplin as part of the 14th Annual American Music Masters Series. Numerous events are scheduled at the Hall and in conjunction with Case Western Reserve University all leading up to a November 14 tribute concert.Concerts by Big Brother and the Holding Company and a introductory lecture on Joplin have already taken place while the...
A bit of hype was ignited a few years back when it was announced that She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel had beaten out Scarlett Johansson, Britney Spears (?), and Lindsay Lohan for the lead role in Penelope Spheeris’ planned Janis Joplin biopic, The...
Sony Music Entertainment and Woodstock Ventures have teamed to release albums from five key artists from the 1969 Woodstock Music & Arts Festival. Each 2-CD set will contain a classic album by the artist that was released in 1969 along with their performance from the festival. Release is set for June 30.The albums by Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Santana, Sly & the Family Stone and Johnny...
No, this song is not a tribute to Bessie Smith, at least not an overt one to my knowledge. This is an interesting vocal blues with guitar and typewriter accompaniment. I think Smith's influence is apparent in Janis' performance.The tribute I am talking about is the monument Janis Joplin helped buy for Bessie Smith's grave.Shocked to learn that jazz and blues legend Bessie Smith was buried in a...
Taken from the 2005 2cd Legacy Edition of her biggest selling LP Pearl, comes this demo version of Janis covering her then beau Kris Kristofferson's tune.From Wiki:"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller. Janis Joplin notably covered the song on the album Pearl. The song was recorded only a few days before her death in O...
Culled from "Pearl" Legacy Edition is this demo version of Me and Bobby Mcgee. Pearl is undeniably Janis Joplin s studio classic, and her final recording, released posthumously. She departed the earth at the very top of her game creatively, and just listening to this bring tears to my eyes.
I have a love/hate relation with Sleep. I would love to sleep but Sleep just hates me to death... I envy people who can find sleep at will. Nothing I do will coax Sleep toward me. I'm morbidly curious about everything to do with sleep: I bought "The House of Sleep" by Jonathan Coe only because its title bore the fiven letter word. I went to see "The Science of Sleep" for the same reason. Then t...