FIRST TIME HEARING | JANIS JOPLIN - "BALL & CHAIN" | LIVE PERFORMANCE RECATION!!

[@dagmar.6954]

Janis was relatively unknown at this time. She was only about a year into her professional music career. But she blew everyone away with her rendition of Ball & Chain". Interesting Note: The lady watching Janis performing here at The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 is Cass Elliott from the group "The Mamas & The Papas". Her mouth drops & she mouths “Wow" after a particularly strong vocal run from Janis.

[@marshaflores2923]

Yes! I thought “ Damn! That looks like Mama Cass!”.

[@debbieplato5107]

Janis felt the music with every fiber of her being. There will never be anyone else like her!

[@francesmarinapatarangawhik4702]

Hi AB, Janis is 🔥, I love her lives, you can see/hear the passion and authenticity of her voice. No one sings like her...Peace🤙☝️😌

[@feliciaecheverria]

Janis embodied the music. Just to know, I was able to be on the earth at the same time she was here comforts me. I loved her when I was 8 years old and love her to this very day. She was a a one of a kind artist. She is in the museum of my heart. No lights, no dancers just pure unadulterated music at the highest level. RIP Janis.

[@juliemanarin4127]

She was great!

[@meganconnell-cox6425]

I'm 44 and was born almost 9 years to the day AFTER Janis took her last breath... from an early age, somewhere around 16 (circa 1996), I fell in love with this unbelievably gorgeous creature. I felt every note she bellowed soulfully. I lived through every vulnerable offering she gave of herself, every time she performed in front of a live audience or recorded in a closed studio. I related to her on so many levels-- the loneliness she felt, the approval she craved, and the love she longed for- journeyed across the country in search of- that eventually found her (though she wasn't ready for it when it, or rather, HE, first came into her life). The sadness she felt, even when she was in the middle of a crowd, was too much for one person to experience in a lifetime. Her light was beyond the brightest of her time. She was only here for a brief moment, brilliantly talented years before her time. She will forever be preserved among the greats- the ones who paved the way for later generations, blazing through our hearts and spiritually imprinting with our souls.

[@PeterOConnell-pq6io]

Almost a national debut performance for Joplin, she and 'Big Brother' hit it out if the park. Even Mama Cass couldn't keep her mouth shut.

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

They had already done their set earlier but the cameras weren't there yet. So... they actually had her & the band come back on to do this song. Going into the festival she was relatively unknown coming out she was the talk of the town so to speak. She blew them away!!!

[@johnlanham9057]

04:16 that’s Cass Elliot sitting there hypnotized by Janis. Cass knows a little something about being a vocalist herself…… RESPECT.

[@patticampana9458]

Love and miss her music. Gone way too soon. Part of the 27 club😞

[@stellamartinez6636]

❤Nice reaction and beard❤

[@wilfriedmatusch9293]

Janis became a legend

[@1momification]

React to "Me and Bobby McGee". Janis left us too soon as a lot of the great ones did.

[@TheDivayenta]

I was there! A blown away 16 year old.

[@cindycig]

Cry baby and piece of my heart are 2 of her best songs

[@meganconnell-cox6425]

Me and Bobby Mcgee, her only #1, unfortunately, AND after she died, is her BEST, just saying.

[@sianrhysjones3284]

Her duet with Tom Jones - Raise Your Hand - live on his tv show from the 60s is excellent ❤

[@254967conwell]

The lady looking in awe is a great singer in her own right in the Moma's and Popa's...Cass Elliott

[@stanleynykaza9042]

Please do ME AND BOBBY MEGEE by Janis Joplin !

[@michaelpennington7800]

Also watch Janis live 1969 Stockholm- Summertime, 1969 Stockholm-Work Me Lord, 1969 Tom Jones Show- Little Girl Blue

[@karenginnotti1100]

She was & still is one of my FAVORITES 💜 Gone way to soon☹️ So Sad these Talented people didn’t have more People that took better care of them🥺. Such a Sad Sad Story😞 ELVIS,Jimmy Hendrix,Micheal Jackson,Prince🙏🏼

[@paulbob234]

Ive been a Janis fan for 40 yrs. Here's my suggestions... Cry Baby Get it while you can Mercedes-Benz Move over Bye bye baby Piece of My heart Me and Bobby McGee Down on me ***She performs a lot of these songs on a Dick cavett show and on other TV shows so good live versions are available. Love your content and reactions so keep up the good and God bless.

[@patriciadavis1393]

Personally I know everybody goes crazy over this performance but in my opinion her best live performance was little girl blue live on the original Tom Jones Show❤❤❤ she also sang a duet with Tom called raise your hand which is fire❤❤❤ I watch a lot of reactions and I've been following you a long time but I don't remember if you've ever done a young Tom Jones song❤❤❤ sorry I'm high as a mother fucker just because and the other night when I heard that Bethlehem was canceling their Christmas celebrations due to the conflict in that area honestly it broke my heart because it's so symbolic😢😢😢😢😢 so what I did was put on my two Janis Joplin go to songs of work me Lord which was appropriate and little girl blue live on Tom Jones and it always makes me cry so I had a good cry but I am still sad about the situation in Bethlehem😢😢😢

[@andrewmerrick1951]

Check out Janis singing Cry Baby live. It's so amazing!

[@jabsluna]

Please check out "A Woman Left Lonely ". It's a softer side of Janis. I think you'll love it ❤.

[@stevemchale9775]

You left out high as a kite with your mama Cass adjectives.

[@MarK-ly2ml]

This is the most popular version of Ball and chain. But actually there is a much better and vocally more impressive one "Ball and chain live from Frankfurt". Janis was few years older and had much more control over her amasing voice

[@debbiehopewell5544]

Bro, check out that first shot of her feat. Do you think she just kicked a missile 😱🤣

[@geniej9093]

She needs a drink of orange juice.

[@kathleenfarraher9894]

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[@kathleenfarraher9894]

Mama Cass Elliott was also an icon from the 60's. I am blessed to have experienced the music of this era

[@757optim]

A soulful shame.

[@proudarmymom8657]

The lady you were laughing about that is staring with a look of awe on her face is none other than the great Mama Cass Elliot from the mamas and the Papas and supposedly right off camera sitting next to her is Jimi Hendrix and they were both floored by Janis’s performance. This is her first time in front of a crowd!

[@jeffk.9075]

She hated being called Mama Cass. A great song that really shows off how wonderful she is is her version of Dream a Little Dream of Me.

[@GeorgeTropicana]

There was nothing great about cass

[@UranusHz420]

@@jeffk.9075such a beautiful version of a beautiful song

[@Syzygy-Transit]

@@GeorgeTropicanaF Off about Cass. She was wonderful. What are you talking about?!

[@cmr7854]

No way! Jimi was sitting next to Cass! Thanks for sharing that. This is my favorite Janis LIVE song. Now I love it even more!

[@kimzwolinski9919]

The woman with the sunglasses was in a group called The Mamas and the papas. Her name is Cass Elliot but people called her mama Cass😊

[@GeorgeTropicana]

No one cares about her

[@meganwoida3475]

Also a legend.

[@brendavanwaldeck5809]

She was a great singer thank you for the amazing video

[@christinatank2236]

Love your reactions, and by the way the woman in the sunglasses is Mama Cass from the Mama's and the Papa's. That's probably why they stayed on her for so long.

[@hockemeyer1]

This was the 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival. It was at this event that Janis got signed to her first recording contract. The legend Clive Davis signed her. The lady in the audience was Cass Eliot of the Mama's and Papa's who also played at this festival. Actually the line up was legendary. I wish that I could have been there but I was at the Navy boot camp at the time. Any how, besides Janis, and the Mama's and Papa's, the lineup also included Otis Redding, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, The Who, Booker T and the MGs, The Byrds, Johnny Rivers, The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix and Simon and Garfunkel.

[@Let_Jesus_Rescue_You]

Would have loved to have been at that line up! Wow! Loved every single person/group there to play! (She's wearing Princess Heels.) Glad Janis blew people away! She died so young... so did others who were way into drugs. 😢

[@dotsylynnhuffman5184]

The bewildered one is Mama Cass.

[@dotsylynnhuffman5184]

PS. I would a loved to be a rider on that bus.

[@nancysmith38]

As a pre teen my parents couldn’t understand why I played this over and over - LOUD. ‘She’s just screeching’- but I got it

[@robertgvojic5077]

Cry Baby live in Toronto 1970, Tell Mama also live in Calagary 1970, Maybe from the music scene 1969, Worl me Lord live in Stockholm 1969 as well as Summertime. Try just a little bit harder from music scene or Dick Cavett show. Raise your hand with Tom Jones...so many greats from the one and only Janis.

[@cindycig]

A women left lonely, is a good one

[@HeatherLShouseShouse]

Thanks for your reaction! Cry Baby live is one of the best. Raise Your Hand with Tom Jones will get you moving! They are both awesome live performances.

[@anitawright7169]

Janis Joplin is an icon. Love her voice. Love your reaction!

[@cindycig]

I'm pretty sure Janis and Jimi Hendrix had something together ❤

[@susanacheson390]

Wasn't that hendrix sitting next to mama cass

[@MRCANTGETANAME]

@@susanacheson390no, it was Clive Davis.

[@emilybailey8435]

I knew Jimi and they had nothing together. Janis had a girlfriend that she couldn’t let anyone know about because of the stigma of same sex relationships at the time.

[@jennyjorgensen9935]

My favorites are "Summertime" and " Me and Bobby McGee" written by Kris Kristophersen. I love your reaction, you are so funny. Janis was always 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Summertime is my absolute favorite, especially the audio recording where they capture all those overtones in her voice perfectly harmonizing with herself through all the rasp. It's just mind-blowing. Plus it's a George Gershwin song and he wrote quality stuff. But they do they're absolutely own take on it that I love.

[@kevinford9994]

Pretty much my 2 favs. If i want to give someone their first hit of Janis, it's always one of those 2 songs. About halfway through Summertime i almost always drop an "MFer" or 2. How can a human being do that!?

[@roelbrandsma8512]

Me and Bobby McGee live is fire! (Written by Kris Kristofferson).

[@proudarmymom8657]

There’s a very deep Janis Joplin rabbit hole for you to go down and you won’t regret it she is my all-time favorite, female singer ever she died way too young! RIP Janis

[@starfire6122]

I really enjoyed your reaction to this! Love Janis and good to see you love her too...try Little Girl Blue live on either Ed Sullivan Show or Tom Jones Show..not sure which it was💞✌️🔥

[@lindasalaki9404]

That was 🔥🔥🔥

[@patschickel8687]

That lady is Mama Cass of the Band Mama's and Papas completely overwhelmed.

[@warrenhughes911]

Great reaction again.. Yo, Janis BURST on the scene here.. Also, some guitarist named Jimi Hendrix (lol) made his debut..same show..60's rocked!!!

[@darinaria]

Her best live performances are 'Maybe' in Germany et 'work me lord' in stockholm.

[@trishriley9681]

❤

[@michaelphipps8647]

Mama Cass!!!!

[@ferdinandalexander8053]

Another great live performance by Janis is Work Me Lord Live in Stockholm 1969. It's one of her top 3 performances in my opinion. Great reaction! Good luck!

[@meme-ls7ft]

Lol..the woman in the audience is mama Cas..from the mama's and papas..you may have heard there song California dreaming.. they were both very popular during this era .👍😎🔥🔥

[@pauljones2857]

I believe that was the great Woodstock of all time Janice was amazing

[@bethbennett-blesi6908]

The girl that you said was stunned was probably stoned...

[@debbiehopewell5544]

That was Mama Cass from the mommas and the papas

[@gailspaw5521]

She is Amazing❤🎉❤

[@nyxinyx2521]

The song Maybe shows her incredible range and Summertime shows her great passion. There are live videos out there of both of these songs.

[@brucecronin6396]

First off... Love you and your reactions !! as a side note. Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company (relative "Unknowns" from San Francisco) played the first day of Monterey, to rave reviews. The cinematographer, D.A. Pennebacker, was late to arrive and the first day was not recorded on film, so the promoters (this year the promoters were John and Michelle Phillips. "half" of the very popular group, "The Mama's and the Papa's". (That's why "Mama" Cass Elliot was featured in the recording) invited Janis back on the last day to perform "Ball & Chain" again, to be filmed. Her backing group feared Janis would be signed leaving them to fend for themselves. The promoters also informed a bunch of "record labels", that this sensational women was going to perform again on the last day, so about 8 record companies offered her a contract, and she signed with Clive Davis from Colombia Records, contingent that her band be signed with her. The rest, as they say... "Is history" !!

[@amandabeauchamp3460]

That girl you talking bout is stOnded lol

[@jennyjorgensen9935]

Mama Cass Elliot.

[@amandabeauchamp3460]

@@jennyjorgensen9935 I know who is was . Love the Mamas and papas

[@JansmaIvy]

Hold up..Janice went *SHOTGUN-MODE* 😂❤

[@emilybailey8435]

The woman that is talking about looking up at Janis Joplin is Mama Cass from the Mama and the Papas which is a group that came out way ahead of Janice Joplin. She is looking up in amazement at the incredible voice of Janice.

[@1959Parker]

She wasn't "shotgunnin" that was called scattin.... research her a little more at least

[@rondiacarman376]

The lady in the audience is Mama Cass who one of the members of The Mamas and papas! Very popular in the sixties!

[@rhondaocallaghan4413]

Janis left us too soon at 27, 2 weeks later we lost the Great Jimmy Hendrix at the same age 27. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@annc1956]

That was done at the Monterary Pop Festifal. The lady in the audiience is Mama Cass Elliott from the Mamas & The Papas.

[@jeffk.9075]

For your own amusement listen to the audio recording of this performance sometime. This is a great video and all but it also is limited. They cut all the guitar solos (the most obvious at the 3:18 mark of this video) and a lot of Janis scatting and being Janis. It's out there just a youtube search away.

[@patticampana9458]

That's Cass Elliot from The Mama's and the Papa's. Great singer also.

[@boki1693]

Thank God for Janis in this song as thats some bad guitar playing. LOL. It sounds like a cat in heat on a hot summers night.

[@ridingroberts3072]

You have to do Brooks and Dunn! Believe!!!!!!!!

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

She put her heart & soul into every song! Just amazing!

[@beckyforest6379]

That woman in the audience is Mama Cass of the Mama's and the Papas

[@davidherbert4508]

Try this one Johnny and Edgar Winter Tobacco Road

[@janicecornett-dn9dq]

try cry baby live at montreal a few months before she died its amazing

[@kathleenarchacki7875]

The shocked woman is mamma Cass. She is a famous singer from the mammas and pappas

[@ronni5467]

Check out her , Take another piece of my heart

[@sarawall6784]

Your reaction was hilarious. But could you even imagine hearing this in the 60s?! They were all amazed.

[@nancyoman6714]

work me lord, live in sweden

[@bobmcklv]

guitar player is on a major trip.

[@patticampana9458]

Piece of my Heart.

[@christinepacetti7092]

From the first time I heard Janis I was hooked. Saw her at Woodstock. Outstanding!

[@sandrapullins8644]

take a listen to Little Boy Blue, it was a live TV show. I don't believe she ever recorded it. It will melt you, it shows a softer side of her

[@patticampana9458]

Cry Baby is also a great song.

[@redzone77p]

Big Mama Thornton original, Janice gave it an incredible rendition.

[@briankirk3469]

NF RUNNING

[@angelado3]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Prone2Thrill]

My passion trio is Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker and SRV with a honorable mention to Chris Robinson from the Black Crowes. A great view into the times - "Echo in the canyon" shows how Mama Cass was always bringing new musicians into the scene like James Taylor, Janis, Stephen Stills, Joni Mitchell and so many others. Amazing shit.

[@ccrocker5284]

She wails. Just amazing. I’ve never in my life heard anyone like her and she was the subject of my first oil painting. A truly gifted muse and messy too!