It would be great to hear this! David Dalton quoted Janis about that concert and the 4/4/70 performance (37 years ago yesterday) in his second book on her. If I find my copy, I'll post what she had to say.  

I’m surprised nobody’s come forward in all this time. There’s got to be someone else? Anyway, want to thank you for sharing your memories, tenorcat - I enjoy hearing first person accounts of Janis’ performances. They demonstrate how important she was to her audience - how much they identified with and idolized her. Also, like reading articles and ...

That project has been on hold for a long time.  Another unreleased release is ''One Night With Janis.'' http://www.amazon.com/One-Night-Janis-Joplin/dp/B000HIP4HE/sr=8-7/qid=1168881456/ref=sr_1_7/102-0044886-0064961?ie=UTF8&s=music This was supposed to come out last September. The label is MegaForce, which has nothing on ...

Apparently, when you type ''***'' it changes to ***** when posted. So, I'll just say the word begins with a ''B.''

From Alice Echols’ Scars Of Sweet Paradise (1999): ''Jae Whitaker, her lover from North Beach, yelled at the television when she heard the news (that Janis was dead). ‘You goddamn stupid ***!’ she shouted. ‘I was just so hurt and angry.'' Janis died October 4, 1970. Myra Friedman’s Buried Alive was published in 1973. Many of those she interviewed ...

The live recordings and film of Janis performing are also priceless for the clarity they lend us nearly 40 years since her passing. While every book (or play or movie) has provided another aspect or vision of who she was, that portrait's made fuzzier with each layer of new paint. She might be ...

D. A. Pennebaker also filmed Big Brother at a ''Wake For Martin Luther King'' held at the New Generation Club in NYC on April 7, 1968. They're captured performing Catch Me Daddy, Piece Of My Heart, Down On Me and Summertime. This footage was included in Comin' Home, another video which inexplicably never made it to DVD format ...

Why not put out some of the existing video footage or a few concert tapes? I've never seen an answer that made any sense or seemed candid from those responsible for releasing her music.  You're right. I think it would be great if Graham captured even one song, let alone an entire concert on film. It's clear how exciting her performances ...

Another night that should be on any Joplin fan's Vault wish list:  Janis  debuted her Kozmic Blues Band on February 11-12, 1969 at the Fillmore East after an infamous, poorly-received appearance at the Stax Volt Christmas party the previous year. Although her performance is a bit shaky - vocally and in the ...

Another concert that should be in the Vault is the Big Brother reunion of April 4, 1970 at the Fillmore West. Two songs from this show appeared on the lp, Joplin In Concert, although both were cut to half their length - Ego Rock & All Is Loneliness. That night demonstrated Janis Joplin's exponential progress as a singer & also how far ...

Janis performed at Bill Graham's venues throughout her brief career. I'm hoping they'll stream some of her shows from her solo bands. Especially nice to hear would be her two versions of Lorraine Ellison's Stay With Me from the West Coast debut of the Kozmic Blues Band in March, 1969 at the Winterland. I've listened to an amateur ...