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Elsewhere Art . . . Janis Joplin

...it, but I wrote a major piece about the great Janis Joplin, noting that of all the dead rock star... ...cruelly called "sleeve suckers"). Janis' story was as tragic as it was heroic, and it... ...hence the slurry multiples. You can read my Janis Joplin piece here. For other Art by Elsewhere...

Art by Elsewhere: artebyelsewhere/9772/elsewhere-art-janis-joplin/

Janis Joplin: Trouble in Mind (1965)

...great Janis Joplin has been dead for over four decades now...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4070/janis-joplin-trouble-in-mind-1965/

THE BARGAIN BUY: The Essential Janis Joplin

...rock'n'roll blues belters. Hart -- who played Janis Joplin in a theatre production -- comes from... ...singer. There is a deeper consideration of Janis Joplin here....

The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/6941/the-bargain-buy-the-essential-janis-joplin/

JANIS JOPLIN CONSIDERED (2011): Singing out the painful sparks within

...pantheon of Dead Sixties Rock Stars, Janis Joplin has been the one least well served.... ...to refer to him as “a poet”. And Janis? Like Otis, she is pretty much forgotten other... ...Bette Midler to sidestep the complexities of Janis’ life and create a movie composite of... ...Rose, and that’s about right. But maybe Janis Joplin is of too little interest to be taken... ...baby-boomers in the States who grew up with Janis -- have shown much interest in her. Not for... ...a much bigger photo. The solid tombstone of Janis Joplin music arrived in 1993, apropos of no... ...The three-disc set simply entitled Janis and with rather muted artwork was... ...role model and lifestyle template for Joplin. Janis Joplin was on of the truly great singers (and... ...types would be terrified in the company of Janis, as would most of us perhaps, and are more at... ...who were noisy and politicised would get Janis? Well, few things are more stupid or dangerous...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/2167/janis-joplin-considered-2011-singing-out-the-painful-sparks-within/

Seasick Steve: I Started Out With Nothing and I Still Got Most of it Left (Warners)

...could count among his friends in a long life Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell and Kurt Cobain,and he...

Tagged with: grinderman | janis joplin |

Music at Elsewhere: music/2234/seasick-steve-i-started-out-with-nothing-and-i-still-got-most-of-it-left-warners/

ONE WE MISSED: Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa: Live in Amsterdam (Southbound)

...paring with singer Beth Hart -- she closer to Janis Joplin than Janis Ian -- has been so...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6465/one-we-missed-beth-hart-and-joe-bonamassa-live-in-amsterdam-southbound/

Tedeschi Trucks Band: Revelator (Masterworks)

...Bonnie Raitt and sometimes edged as close to Janis Joplin as dammit. It was quite something to... ...(sharing its name with the Big Mama Thornton/Janis Joplin classic). Not everything works (the...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/4221/tedeschi-trucks-band-revelator-masterworks/

Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa: Don't Explain (J&R Adventures)

...Joplin would scare the daylight out of most...

Tagged with: bessie smith | chicago blues | etta james | koko taylor |

Music at Elsewhere: music/4537/beth-hart-and-joe-bonamassa-dont-explain-jandr-adventures/

James Cotton: Cotton Mouth Man (Alligator/Southbound)

...the fickle interest in the blues, toured with Janis Joplin, played the Fillmores and Carnegie...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/5680/james-cotton-cotton-mouth-man-alligator-southbound/

Joanne Shaw Taylor: Diamonds in the Dirt (Ruf)

...which has her edging towards Etta James -- or Janis Joplin in her more reflective moments. This is...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3860/joanne-shaw-taylor-diamonds-in-the-dirt-ruf/

JANIS JOPLIN . PEARL REVISITED (2017): Getting it while she could

...today with the vocal power and authority of Janis Joplin. Although she has been hailed as the... ...a powerful, muscular and energetic performer Janis Joplin could be when she had a great band... ...holler, heart and commitment to a stage. Janis Joplin put it all out there for her people...

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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7967/janis-joplin-pearl-revisited-2017-getting-it-while-she-could/

Judy Henske: Wade in the Water (1963)

...later I would I hear it as the forerunner of Janis Joplin's raw style. Before you look at the...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/11419/judy-henske-wade-in-the-water-1963/

The Tedeschi Trucks Band: Made Up Mind (Sony)

...can belt out blues with the fervour of Janis Joplin, and with husband/guitarist Derek...

Music at Elsewhere: music/5865/the-tedeschi-trucks-band-made-up-mind-sony/

Banditos: Banditos (Bloodshot/Southbound)

...early Sixties blues bands from Chicago and Janis Joplin on repeat-play in the flatbed. That's...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7116/banditos-banditos-bloodshot-southbound/

Maggie Bell: The Best of Maggie Bell (Angel Air/Southbound CD/DVD)

Bell was one of those paint-peeling, bluesy post-Joplin singers of the late Sixties and Seventies whose path crossed that of Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, Led Zeppelin, Eric Burdon and others with wh

Tagged with: aretha franklin | bonnie raitt | janis joplin | maggie bell |

Music at Elsewhere: music/3109/maggie-bell-the-best-of-maggie-bell-angel-air-southbound-cd-dvd/

Seasick Steve: You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks (Liberator)

...who makes or adapts his own guitars, counted Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain as friends and had...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4208/seasick-steve-you-cant-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks-liberator/

Susan Tedeschi: Back to the River (Universal)

...has rarely been in rock music since the late Janis Joplin. In an age of coy and infantile women... ...like -- and of course that wandering spirit of Janis Joplin. My guess after interviewing Trucks was...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/2216/susan-tedeschi-back-to-the-river-universal/

LOVE IS THE SONG WE SING; SAN FRANCISCO NUGGETS 1965-1970: Flowers and freak outs

...Brother and the Holding Company (fronted by Janis Joplin) with their live version of Down on Me,...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2805/love-is-the-song-we-sing-san-francisco-nuggets-1965-1970-flowers-and-freak-outs/

Tedeschi Trucks Band: Live; Everybody's Talkin' (Sony)

...husband'n'wife earthy blues (country-rock Janis/Raitt with a horn section). It's a winning...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4962/tedeschi-trucks-band-live-everybodys-talkin-sony/

Koko Taylor: Old School (Southbound)

...She is Chicago blues epitomised, influenced Janis Joplin, writes songs which sound like classic...

Tagged with: chicago blues | etta james | koko taylor | mavis staples |

Music at Elsewhere: music/1189/koko-taylor-old-school-southbound/

KOKO TAYLOR. THE EARTHSHAKER, CONSIDERED (1978): We gonna shake it Wang Dang Doodle . . .

...than local. But her influence was profound: Janis Joplin, Shemekia Copeland and Bonnie Raitt...

The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9920/koko-taylor-the-earthshaker-considered-1978-we-gonna-shake-it-wang-dang-doodle/

ETTA JAMES REMEMBERED (2012): A lady not for turning

...and which provided a pathway for the likes of Janis Joplin to follow. James was an uncompromising...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4927/etta-james-remembered-2012-a-lady-not-for-turning/

THE BARGAIN BUY: Frankie Miller: Original Album Series

...Francisco by Elliot Mazer who had worked with Janis Joplin and Neil Young. It was credited to the...

The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/6172/the-bargain-buy-frankie-miller-original-album-series/

Beth Hart: Better Than Home (Provogue/Warners)

...woman who has the raw nerve abrasiveness of Janis Joplin here also delivers classic sounding...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6915/beth-hart-better-than-home-provogue-warners/

Nicole Atkins: Neptune City (Sony BMG)

...and then Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and onwards) the wispy wee-girl types...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1621/nicole-atkins-neptune-city-sony-bmg/

Flame: This Old Heart of Mine (1978)

...Her delivery sometimes drew comparisons with Janis Joplin and she certainly attracted all the...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4426/flame-this-old-heart-of-mine-1978/

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON INTERVIEWED (2005): Rebel with a scholarship

...McGee was covered by Roger Miller, and then Janis Joplin. The line “freedom’s just... ...Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Sam Peckinpah and Janis Joplin (which reminded you of the stature he...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/436/kris-kristofferson-interviewed-2005-rebel-with-a-scholarship/

Jim Carroll: People Who Died (1980)

...which rock culture seems so fascinated by (Janis! Jimi! Jim! Kurt! et al). But the relentless...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/2855/jim-carroll-people-who-died-1980/

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE'S 1993 BOX SET: Fasten your seat belts

...classically trained, briefly sideman with Janis Joplin and a folk-blues player who assimilated...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/1796/jefferson-airplanes-1993-box-set-fasten-your-seat-belts/

MOTHER OF ROCK: LILLIAN ROXON, a doco by PAUL CLARKE

...mundane to the remarkable (Warhol's Factory, Janis Joplin, Hendrix) and was one the first...

Film at Elsewhere: film/3863/mother-of-rock-lillian-roxon-a-doco-by-paul-clarke/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . JESSE BELVIN: Joining the club

...who'd gone: Robert Johnson, Brian Jones, Jimi, Janis, Jim, Badfinger's Pete Ham . . . And of course... ...a dazzling display and then -- like Jimi and Janis and Jim and Kurt and Amy et al -- became a...

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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/4360/we-need-to-talk-about--jesse-belvin-joining-the-club/

THE MOVE: ALWAYS AND FOREVER; BELATEDLY (2022): Classic pop, great rock then forgot

...Piece of My Heart (only just made famous by Janis Joplin), the Everly Brother’s The Price...

Tagged with: janis joplin | the beatles | the who |

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2076/the-move-always-and-forever-belatedly-2022-classic-pop-great-rock-then-forgot/

BETH HART INTERVIEWED (2000): Stories to sell and tell

...My Supper. She also auditioned for the part of Janis Joplin in the stage production Love, Janis . ....

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6466/beth-hart-interviewed-2000-stories-to-sell-and-tell/

Moriarty: Gee Whiz but this is a Lonesome Town (Carte!l/Border)

...lets her voice gain strength, reaches towards Janis Joplin (at her rather more restrained) and...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2953/moriarty-gee-whiz-but-this-is-a-lonesome-town-cartel-border/

Various: Song of America (Split Rock/Southbound)

...Foster, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Freedy Johnson, Janis Ian, Andrew Bird, Jim Lauderdale, Old Crow...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1520/various-song-of-america-split-rock-southbound/

SHADOW MORTON (1941-2013): Who knows? The Shadow knows

...Vanilla Fudge as well as recording the teenage Janis Ian (her pivotal song about cross-racial love... ...and Greenwich songs into the same space as Janis Ian, the Shaggy Boys, Vanilla Fudge, Iron...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5804/shadow-morton-1941-2013-who-knows-the-shadow-knows/

Big Brother and the Holding Company: Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills (Sony)

...of the grit, depth and soul-scouring style of Janis Joplin. And even fewer seem to aspire to that...

Music at Elsewhere: music/8708/big-brother-and-the-holding-company-sex-dope-and-cheap-thrills-sony/

ROCK'N'ROLL NEVER FORGETS: A journey back through time

...sounds, style and location changed: the Byrds, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead,...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/514/rocknroll-never-forgets-a-journey-back-through-time/

Sayed Sabrina: Thou Art That (digital outlets)

...something akin to Grace Slick channeling Janis Joplin and Toni Childs at the same time. But...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/9501/sayed-sabrina-thou-art-that-digital-outlets/

Ian and Sylvia: You Were On My Mind (1964)

...the Grateful Dead, the Band, Buddy Guy and Janis Joplin, a tour notorious for its booze and...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4504/ian-and-sylvia-you-were-on-my-mind-1964/

LaVern Baker: Voodoo Voodoo (1961)

...true. There was also -- albeit briefly -- Janis Martin (whose hit My Boy Elvis she co-wrote...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4057/lavern-baker-voodoo-voodoo-1961/

Joan Osborne: Bring It On Home (Saguaro Road)

Joan Osborne's mid-90s hit (“what if God was”) One of Us almost killed her career. A 32-year old gutsy soul-blues singer with an earthy stage act, she struggled to distance herself from th

Music at Elsewhere: music/5089/joan-osborne-bring-it-on-home-saguaro-road/

New York, USA: Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning

...Bob Dylan, and Warhol's crowd in the Sixties. Janis Joplin famously had sex with Leonard Cohen...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/532/new-york-usa-woke-up-it-was-a-chelsea-morning/

Beth Hart: War in My Mind (Provogue/digital outlets)

...Home album – sang with the raw power of Janis Joplin and the soul of Billie Holiday, was...

Music at Elsewhere: music/9145/beth-hart-war-in-my-mind-provogue-digital-outlets/

Ray Charles: You Don't Know Me (1962)

...in outside of the obvious sentimentality. In Janis Ian's beautiful At Seventeen and the Veils' Us...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/10058/ray-charles-you-dont-know-me-1962/

THE BARGAIN BUY: The Doors; Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine

...the noise of that era cleared (I was a Jimi'n'Janis man, never been ashamed to admit it) then I...

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The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/6488/the-bargain-buy-the-doors-weird-scenes-inside-the-goldmine/

Katie Thompson: Bittersweet (Quirky)

...outsiders like Hank Williams, Elvis, Janis, Gram and Jimi; and Straight Talkin' Woman is...

Music at Elsewhere: music/9076/katie-thompson-bittersweet-quirky/

JUST KIDS by PATTI SMITH: Nourished by love and art

...and the encounters with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, playwright Sam Shepard and others....

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/2945/just-kids-by-patti-smith-nourished-by-love-and-art/

IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...as on Florian Saucer Attack here which is real Janis/Slick stuff with a smattering of the great...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7438/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-international-releases/

THE LAUFEY PERPLEX (2023): To jazz or not to jazz

...classy arrangements. She's no Ella, Barbra or Janis Ian, but a soft-focus balm and calm. Okay next...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10873/the-laufey-perplex-2023-to-jazz-or-not-to-jazz/

Blitzen Trapper: To Be Young (2014)

...free as a teenager however (just check out Janis Ian's pained At Seventeen) and there is quite...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/6953/blitzen-trapper-to-be-young-2014/

Melanie Pain: My Name (Cartell/Border)

While Phil Spector was being charged with murder there were any number of stories of how he would wave guns around, but rather fewer people noted that back in 1962 he'd recorded the rather dodgy He Hi

Music at Elsewhere: music/2440/melanie-pain-my-name-cartell-border/

PAULA COLE, INTERVIEWED (1999): Arm-en to that

...hip-hop."In the past we loved Elvis, Janis Joplin, the Beatles. These are all artists who...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10251/paula-cole-interviewed-1999-arm-en-to-that/

MIRIAM CLANCY INTERVIEWED (2006): Career opportunities

...her mum who played Little Feat, Neil Young, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez and Neil Diamond around the...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2574/miriam-clancy-interviewed-2006-career-opportunities/

Beth Hart: You Still Got Me (digital outlets)

...a measure of her vocal power – playing Janis Joplin in an off-Broadway musical. She's still...

Music at Elsewhere: music/11356/beth-hart-you-still-got-me-digital-outlets/

SHORT CUTS: A round-up of recent New Zealand releases

...written about how paint-stripping singers like Janis Joplin and more recently the stunning Beth... ...firepower – pulling in Grace Slick/Janis/Merry Clayton et al. There's also the...

Tagged with: new zealand music |

Music at Elsewhere: music/7718/short-cuts-a-round-up-of-recent-new-zealand-releases/

TAYLOR SWIFT, MISS AMERICANA DOCO, CONSIDERED (2020): She got a suite and you got defeat

...was as meaningful to Swift's audience as Janis Ian's Seventeen had been 35 years previous and...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9341/taylor-swift-miss-americana-doco-considered-2020-she-got-a-suite-and-you-got-defeat/

JUDEE SILL (1944-79): The disappearing crayon angel

...Berryhill . . . And who these days even cites Janis Joplin either as an influence, or simply as...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2603/judee-sill-1944-79-the-disappearing-crayon-angel/

DOCPLAY DELIVERING (2021): The truth is out there . . .

...on Liam Gallagher, Shihad, Mavis Staples, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, the Laurel Canyon scene...

Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/9990/docplay-delivering-2021-the-truth-is-out-there/

JACK WHITE INTERVIEWED (2003): The heat on the rising son

...of mortality. He was 27 -- the same age Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain checked...

Tagged with: chicago blues | jack white | loretta lynn | white stripes |

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4652/jack-white-interviewed-2003-the-heat-on-the-rising-son/

Little Richard: Here's Little Richard (1957)

...admitted he copped a lot of Richard's style. Janis Joplin said "I'd fly across the country...

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/5152/little-richard-heres-little-richard-1957/

THE ROLLING STONES' GET YER YA-YA'S OUT! (2009): The '69 Garden party

...Klein then also seducing the Beatles, a drunk Janis Joplin, Chuck Berry, composer Leonard...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2742/the-rolling-stones-get-yer-ya-yas-out-2009-the-69-garden-party/

Jimi Hendrix: Valleys of Neptune (Sony)

...sells, just ask -- if you could -- Elvis, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Otis Redding, John...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2892/jimi-hendrix-valleys-of-neptune-sony/

FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK, a doco by BOBBI JO HART

...player Nickey Barclay could roar like Janis Joplin, guitarist Julie was a thrilling player...

Film at Elsewhere: film/11248/fanny-the-right-to-rock-a-doco-by-bobbi-jo-hart/

Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding (1967)

...Musicians in that year when the Doors, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix (among others) were...

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/8488/bob-dylan-john-wesley-harding-1967/

MAHALIA JACKSON: NEWPORT 1958, CONSIDERED (1958): Twelve steps to heaven

...is on the Sparrow) and echoes can be heard in Janis Joplin. But Jackson was a rare and singular...

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The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9532/mahalia-jackson-newport-1958-considered-1958-twelve-steps-to-heaven/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Plum Green

...really affected you was . . . A number by Janis Joplin. I was really young, maybe about five....

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GORDON RAPHAEL, PRODUCER OF THE STROKES, INTERVIEWED (2004): The sky cries wary

...As a kid, the first live act Raphael saw was Janis Joplin, and later he loved bands from the...

Tagged with: gordon raphael | regina spektor | sky cries mary | the strokes |

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3126/gordon-raphael-producer-of-the-strokes-interviewed-2004-the-sky-cries-wary/

ALABAMA SHAKES. BOYS & GIRLS, CONSIDERED (2012): Raw and roaring out the gate

...from Curtis Mayfield, Stax soul, Aretha, Janis Joplin, blues-rock bands . . . But it wears...

The Album Considered: albumconsidered/10795/alabama-shakes-boys-and-girls-considered-2012-raw-and-roaring-out-the-gate/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Lisa Crawley

...most recent downloads include . . ) I bought a Janis Ian record in La Porte, Indiana over the...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/11468/the-famous-elsewhere-songwriter-questionnaire-lisa-crawley/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Donna Dean

...embarrassing) role models in music were . . . Janis Joplin and Joni Mitchell. Lennon or Jagger,...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5511/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-donna-dean/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE PIPKINS: From the people who brought you . . .

...triumph, Layla and the deaths of Jimi and Janis – with their inane music hall pop of...

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LET IT BE, REVISITED (2024): Once more in reel time

...adulthood, marijuana and Vietnam. Hendrix and Janis were dead, the musical world stretched from...

Film at Elsewhere: film/11143/let-it-be-revisited-2024-once-more-in-reel-time/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Charlotte Ivey and Harley Williams of The Tiny Lies

...made it... Alanis Morrisette at intermediate, Janis Joplin at High School. Harley: Roxette. But...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6009/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-charlotte-ivey-and-harley-williams-of-the-tiny-lies/

Joan Osborne: Taking qawwali to the kids

...came off as intelligent in interviews, admired Janis Joplin and could sing like her when she...

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Kris Kristofferson; Civic, Auckland. April 30, 2014

...Billy Dee – written after the death of Janis Joplin – is lifted beyond its era of the...

Live reviews + concert photos: livereviews/6307/kris-kristofferson-civic-auckland-april-30-2014/

IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...swing or sting the blues, has the firepower of Janis Joplin or the fragile emotions of a Billie...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7675/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-international-releases/

GUEST WRITER OWEN WOOD looks at when genius gets the blues

...others did it through belligerent alcoholism; Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and far too...

Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/5225/guest-writer-owen-wood-looks-at-when-genius-gets-the-blues/

BOB DYLAN, AND DA PENNEBAKER INTERVIEWED (2007). Looking back on Bob

...Brian Epstein. Grossman -- who later managed Janis Joplin, Todd Rundgren and The Band -- had a...

Film at Elsewhere: film/386/bob-dylan-and-da-pennebaker-interviewed-2007-looking-back-on-bob/

BETH HART INTERVIEWED (2015): Coming home to herself at last

...rare soul-blues rock voice which can run to Janis or Aretha -- I wouldn't miss it for quids....

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6877/beth-hart-interviewed-2015-coming-home-to-herself-at-last/

DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD by ERIC BURDON

...his famous friends John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Elvis and Jimi Hendrix. All of them...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/2095/dont-let-me-be-misunderstood-by-eric-burdon/

ALL KINDS OF HIGHS, SIXTIES PSYCHEDELIC POP (2012): The jellybean-tangerine-dandelion years

Back in the early Nineties when I first interviewed Fred Cole of the Portland garageband Dead Moon, he ran down the names of the bands he'd been in since the mid-Sixties. It was hilarious -- so Spinal

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5171/all-kinds-of-highs-sixties-psychedelic-pop-2012-the-jellybean-tangerine-dandelion-years/

STEVIE NICKS OF FLEETWOOD MAC INTERVIEWED (2006): Actually, not such a gypsy queen

...the hugest thing that was happening. There was Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, all those amazing San... ...don't wear jeans now. I wear pants now, little Janis Joplin-type silky pants. I've never seen a...

Tagged with: david crosby | fleetwood mac | stevie nicks |

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/385/stevie-nicks-of-fleetwood-mac-interviewed-2006-actually-not-such-a-gypsy-queen/

ELVIS PRESLEY, THE KING RECLAIMING HIS CROWN IN 1968: Stranger in a strange land

...Sinatra special in May 1960. While the Doors, Janis Joplin, the Beatles, Vietnam and Black...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2107/elvis-presley-the-king-reclaiming-his-crown-in-1968-stranger-in-a-strange-land/

MICKIE MOST CONSIDERED (2019): Pop music all present and correct, Sir. Future predicted . . .

...had an offer [from Elektra] to be the new Janis Joplin and [Mickie] said to me, 'How d'you...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8979/mickie-most-considered-2019-pop-music-all-present-and-correct-sir-future-predicted/

COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH: ELECTRIC MUSIC FOR THE MIND AND BODY, CONSIDERED (1967): Psychedelic politico-pop

...alongside Hendrix, the Dead, Big Brother (Janis Joplin was McDonald's partner for a while) and...

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The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9352/country-joe-and-the-fish-electric-music-for-the-mind-and-body-considered-1967-psychedelic-politico-pop/

JOHN SIMON INTERVIEWED (2016): Putting on the Waltz

...Cheap Thrills (the album that launched singer Janis Joplin on an unsuspecting world) to Simon and...

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TIFFANY INTERVIEWED (1988): I Think She's Alone Now

...when you line it up against the careers of Janis Ian, Marilyn Monroe or Judy Garland, all of...

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LINK WRAY REISSUED (2016): Ragged but right country

...others find Johnson stretching into that post-Janis/Elvin Bishop thread of strained, white-boy...

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SONIC YOUTH'S THURSTON MOORE INTERVIEWED (1990): Corporate greed and the politics of music

...he says. After Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin died, the record companies tried to...

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EMEL MATHLOUTHI INTERVIEWED (2014): You say you want a revolution

...listening to Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin . . . That music appeals to teenage...

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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS: Trip, stumble and fall

...Big Brother and the Holding company (with Janis Joplin), Otis Redding and other luminaries....

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