I picked up Cheap Thrills a few weeks ago for $1 at a record store. This song at the end of side 2 just makes you want to flip it over and play it again!
I picked up Cheap Thrills a few weeks ago for $1 at a record store. This song at the end of side 2 just makes you want to flip it over and play it again!
There have been very, very few female singers who have the deep, emotional involvement in their singing as Janis. She makes you feel the soul of every song she sang. A true legend.
There have been very, very few female singers who have the deep, emotional involvement in their singing as Janis. She makes you *feel* the soul of every song she sang. A true legend.
Agreed. She is the epitome of this. Aretha, Janis, Ella, Joni. I had a thing for Norah Jones and Amy Lee in late 90's, early 2000's, and Linda Ronstadt when I was in my Laurel Canyon/Gram Parsons phase, but these women really tore it up at a level rarely seen except through sheer artistry..
Agreed. She is the epitome of this. Aretha, Janis, Ella, Joni. I had a thing for Norah Jones and Amy Lee in late 90's, early 2000's, and Linda Ronstadt when I was in my Laurel Canyon/Gram Parsons phase, but these women really tore it up at a level rarely seen except through sheer artistry..
Janis at her height. The emotion she puts into this performance is, is...well, just watch.
"Ball 'n' Chain" or "Ball and Chain" is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Big Mama Thornton. Although her recording did not appear on the record charts, "Ball 'n' Chain" has become one of Thornton's best-known songs, largely due to performances and recordings by Janis Joplin.
Janis Joplin, who frequently acknowledged Thornton's musical influence, recorded several live performances of "Ball and Chain". According to Big Brother and the Holding Company guitarist James Gurley, Joplin first heard the song during a performance by Thornton at a bar in San Francisco. The group transformed the song into a slow minor-key blues with breaks. They performed the song at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 to an enthusiastic audience and critical reception. The first performance on June 17 was not filmed, so the band was persuaded to perform the song again on the next day. This shorter version (without Gurley's extended guitar solo) was released in the 1968 film Monterey Pop, while the longer June 17 version was released in 1995 on the Joplin compilation 18 Essential Songs. Another live version of "Ball 'n' Chain", recorded March 8, 1968 at the Fillmore East, was included on Big Brother's 1968 breakthrough album Cheap Thrills. Other live versions are included on Cheaper Thrills, Live at Winterland '68, Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968, The Woodstock Experience, and In Concert.