Happy Birthday Janis Joplin (1943-1970)

Subject: Obit: Happy Birthday Janis Joplin
From: GUEST,ClassicBluesVideos
Date: 19 Jan 11 - 05:46 AM

Happy Birthday Janis Joplin!

In celebration of twenty seven amazing years of life.

Janis leaves a legacy and impact in Blues, Rock, and American
culture that is so vast it is difficult even to fully describe.

The music and life of Janis Joplin will be remembered and
celebrated for generations to come.

18 Live video playlist in her honor.
http://classicbluesvideos.com/video-details.asp?id=469&?Artist=Janis%C2%A0Joplin&?Song=Happy%20Birthday%20Janis%20Joplin

Subject: RE: Obit: Happy Birthday Janis Joplin
From: Smokey.
Date: 19 Jan 11 - 04:58 PM

Thank you, CBV.

Best folking singer there ever was.. :-)

Subject: RE: Obit: Happy Birthday Janis Joplin (1943-1970)
From: Janie
Date: 19 Jan 11 - 09:41 PM

Although I literally wore out her LP's playing them, I never saw her perform, nor, before tonight, have I watched videos. Haven't quite made it all the way through them yet, CBV, but am going back to finish after this post.

Musically, I had always thought her an old soul in a young body. Watching her, it is more like an old soul possessed her when the mic was in her hand.

Thanks for putting up the videos and posting the link here.

Subject: RE: Obit: Happy Birthday Janis Joplin (1943-1970)
From: Bobert
Date: 20 Jan 11 - 09:41 PM

Hey, sorry I missed this one...

Janis was the shits!!! I mean, she could tear it up... Finest white blueslady singer of the 60s... Hands down!!!

B~

Subject: RE: Obit: Happy Birthday Janis Joplin (1943-1970)
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 06:16 AM

What a woman, they don't make them like that anymore 'Happy Birthday Janis!'

Subject: RE: Obit: Happy Birthday Janis Joplin (1943-1970)
From: GUEST,bankley
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 03:20 PM

one of a kind...

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Janis Joplin (1943-1970)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 03:36 PM

Neat gal. I met her at the Newport Folk Festival in 1967 or 1968--don`t remember. She left a bottle of Southern with us (John Strike, John Crowdog and Henry Crowdog) and alleviated terrible hangovers in three of us. Personable, friendly and kind. I don`t know where you`re at now, Janis, but this old boy never forgot you.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Janis Joplin (1943-1970)
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 22 Jan 11 - 07:29 AM

Rolling Stone's August 1970 cover story:

Janis in Louisville

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/janis-joplins-full-tilt-boogie-ride-rolling-stones-1970-cover-story-20110119


Happy birthday, Janis. They don't make em like you anymore. Rest in peace, girl.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Janis Joplin (1943-1970)
From: JJ
Date: 22 Jan 11 - 10:10 AM

To see Janis in action a scant two months before her death, watch the concert film, "Festival Express."

Not only is she in marvelous voice, but, as Guest,999 states, she's so nice!

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Janis Joplin (1943-1970)
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 22 Jan 11 - 10:36 AM

I saw Janis a few months before her death. After the show was over, she came back onstage, pulled the piano bench to the edge of the stage, sat on it, and simply talked and joked with the audience for about thirty minutes.

I attended a concert every couple of weeks in those days, saw all the "legends" of the era, and have fond memories of many of them. But that simple act on Janis's part, allowing us to get close to her as a person instead of just a performer, is the one of which I'm most fond.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Janis Joplin (1943-1970)
From: Taconicus
Date: 22 Jan 11 - 12:12 PM

I saw her perform at University of Michigan, probably in 1969. Very short set. As I recall, Harry Belafonte opened for her.