FIRST TIME WATCHING | Janis Joplin - Ball & Chain - Monterey Pop | REACTION

[@berniehoe9960]

Janis was probably the only white woman in this era who both sang and lived the blues. Girl got rocks thrown at her in school for liking "black music" and she was voted "ugliest man" in her high school as some sick prank. She spent her entire life being tormented because of the way she looked and slipped into addiction because of it. A lot of folks during this era tended to steal from black artists and not acknowledge their contributions to the music they made, but not Janis. She not only acknowledged her idols, she donated a gravestone to bessie smith, a blues legend and an inspiration who was buried in an unmarked grave. Unfortunately, like most talented performers in this era, Janis OD'd at 27. Rest in peace to a legend.

[@davisworth5114]

Respecting black music by doing blues numbers is not stealing. It was white performers bringing blues to young audiences in the sixties, namely the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and what was called the British Invasion, that rejuvenated the dying or dead careers of the bluesmen like BB King, Albert King, Muddy Waters ad- infinitum that brought the blues back. Blacks mostly didn't listen to blues. White musicians saved the blues from extinction. Your ignorant comments are hateful. Listen to Paul Butterfield Blues Band, get some education.

[@dawnkennedy2983]

@@davisworth5114 You sound like an angry, bitter racist. Everything in the above comment is TRUE. Perhaps you need the education. Probably a prescription or two also, I'm guessing.

[@davisworth5114]

@@dawnkennedy2983 Young white people saved the blues from extinction. I have played with many of the great country bluesmen. I think it's you who are angry and bitter, and maybe a racist. too. All musicians "steal" from other musicians, that's how music grows. I promoted concerts for Black bluesmen, the black radio station in Seattle back in the day (KYAC) refused to publicize the concerts because young black people were ashamed of the blues. Any questions?

[@kerryknight228]

You love her like I do. ❤️

[@dawnkennedy2983]

@@davisworth5114 Said the angry racist....

[@TheDivayenta]

Janis honored all the blues greats who came before her. She bought a headstone for Willie Mae Thornton who wrote this.

[@kim162]

I think it was Bessie Smith

[@jadecostello3325]

Bessie Smith

[@tonilharmon]

Bessie Smith.

[@tonilharmon]

50 yrs after her death, and she's still a queen.

[@tonyeckman4822]

toni harmon Truth

[@hazelvee9793]

Janis was an unknown at this time and the audience was in awe. She was amazing. RIP JANIS.

[@debmiller7748]

There will never be another Janis

[@debbie6682]

She was extremely talented. Died at age 27 of a heroin overdose. She had a style all her own. Glad you liked it.

[@thor8580]

My generation grew up digging the blues and Elvis stared the cross over and it snowballed from there the Stones, Beatles and on and on. It was beautiful and I miss the ones that are gone.

[@jas8815]

Your face says it all. After all these years, I still get the chills when I hear her sing.

[@sergioneves7002]

I will never get tired of listening to her legendary songs. Today most songs are disposable, unfortunately.

[@marydeane7278]

Big Mama Thornton wrote and recorded originally in the early 60s, but it was not released. Big Mama let Janis Joplin sing it and Monterey Pop Festival launched Janis's career. She was the only performer to be asked to do a second set the next day. I love her music til this very day. She sang the blues like she was born to it.

[@davisworth5114]

Great reaction, Janis had soul.

[@NOLOos]

thank you! she definitely did

[@expatannie6958]

Great to see a young man like yourself appreciating Janis' incredible talent! My mother was a big fan, played Janis all the time -- she was one of a kind.

[@montanateri6889]

This is 1967, and Janis Joplin was 24. The woman om the audience that the camera kept going to, that was Mamma Cass from the Momma's and Poppas. This was Janis Joplin's first big break. Momma Cass was so impressed with her. The camera looked for her reaction, like Momma Cass would be a big approval to get. Noteworthy: Janis Joplin sang Me and Bobby McGee at Woodstock.

[@laurastokes4777]

At UCSD she performed about 10 yards away from us with Big Brother and Holding Co. in 1967 ........You could FEEL her.

[@rmichael399]

OH Janis, One of kind great great voice you all left us way too soon RIP Janis, Jimi, Brian, Stevie, Keith and The Beast Bonzo that's a hellva band right there ...

[@eco611]

Janis was amazing and actually put feelings in her music, It kind of sucks you in, I like that.

[@robertkoch618]

Also if you hear the studio version of her singing Little Girl Blue. It's great.

[@DominickValenti]

So awesome seeing someone find Janis. You got another sub, keep it up!

[@montanateri6889]

Joplin’s importance in the history of rock is due to not only her strength as a singer but also her intensity as a performer, which flew in the face of the conventions that dictated how a “girl singer” should act. Her raw blues-soaked voice-influenced by Thornton, Leadbelly, and Bessie Smith-was matched by her uninhibited physical movements. The two elements fused in a mesmerizing display of soulfulness few had thought a white singer could pull off.

[@paulwolf2432]

Thanks for exploring this.

[@georgej.dorner3262]

The highlighted spectator in sunglasses was Mama Cass of the Mamas and Papas. Definitely no slouch herself as a vocalist, she seems stunned to recognize that she couldn't deliver the blues like Janis.

[@Aunt_Bee4738]

This was the early 70 or late 60's ... that's Mama Cass from the Mama's & Papas ...and she was thoroughly impressed with this new up & commer.

[@cugrngneer]

NOLO, To give you perspective of when this was? Somewhere between 1968-1970. I was 6-7 yrs old then and 56 now. That bands from SF and L.A. had an artistic rivalry. The woman with her jaw hanging was Mama Cass of the Mama's and The Papas and that was the first time they were seeing Janis. It was kind like her taking her place in music history moment. She's also one of the "27 Club".

[@mlhesler68]

Her influence was the blues legend Bessie Smith (who died after a car accident and was refused treatment at a "white" hospital.) Janis was one of a kind no one before or after will ever be able to sing like her.

[@junesecrist6719]

She did Big Mama Thorton proud with her version of Ball and Chain. Growing up in Port Arthur she listened to Muddy Waters, Bessie Smith and other black artists. It was in Austin that an obnoxious fraternity voted her the ugliest Man. She was still too cool for even Austin and went on to San Fran. Monterey was probably her most powerful performance and we are lucky she went on again for a second set so we have this video as her manager was against filming. I wore out a lot of her records, and bought more. I wish she lived longer as I always wanted to hear her live. Yeah.

[@masmedi3539]

most her videos are from live shows from what i remember

[@rockubtzer]

That woman was Cass Elliot of The Mammas & Pappas That might be Bob Dylan to her left they all had tags on and were performing at the festival in Monterey that day. It was her first time hearing Janis sing. This performance got them worldwide fame because it was filmed as a movie before Woodstock was filmed also a movie.

[@cheechwizard60]

Do yourself a favor, get the album Cheap Thrills by Big Brother and The Holding Company.

[@nursemarn]

She was always better when she sang with them. Excellent album. And the album art was very cool.

[@manuelcampuzano558]

I just came across Janis singing "Work Me Lord" live in Stockholm 1969 and that's even more amazing then this, and this is awesome please check it out, Janis inspired many singers, Natalie Cole does the Janis song "Cry Baby" on her live album.

[@misterb6416]

She left her soul out there on that stage, she felt that shit.

[@HellenKillerProject]

Jimi Hendrix made his return to the USA at Monterey pop .. Paul McCartney invited him. Janis was a sad, hurt, broken doll that opened her soul up and left it on the stage. Cry Baby or Piece of my heart are testaments to the fury of her passion. Mama Cass at 5:07 was a great singer as mentioned she passed young too. A few others mentioned Mama Cass, royalty was there to witness Joplin thrust into the spotlight.

[@mymadalegnas2]

That woman you saw in the audience amazed was Mama Cass of the Mamas and the Papas.

[@WyldPinky]

That was Mama Cass from the Mamas and Papas, she was in awe of Janis.

[@kaharold]

I just Subscribed Im Glad Im Not the Only Black Person That Loves Janis Joplin..

[@NOLOos]

appreciate it 🙌🏾

[@diamondsmithny]

The woman in the audience is mamma cass from the mammas and the papas

[@sisi11122]

Thank you. I like that you're so young ( maybe you're not) and appreciate good music. Most young people are all about looks, and not a good voice. Keep it!

[@NOLOos]

wamwaneriri no problem! i'm 18 so yeah i'm young lol. thank you!

[@sharonhutton3805]

The woman with sunglasses on is called mama cass. Look her up. X

[@j-rmarimoutou7767]

She's not just siging. She felt the song so deep. Drugs was a part of that, alcool another. But, the brutallity of here existence was the main engine of her performance. Like here singer model : Betty SMITH.

[@rosiellagrace]

Janis is a queen. Periodt.

[@panpdx8919]

"Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passing by" -

[@shanefrancis368]

Another great singer who was taken too early...drugs. Hendrix, Joplin, and Jim Morrison taken one after another within in a yr of each other I think.

[@readyfreddie2334]

Yep. All of them died within 10 months and all at the age of 27. Jimi and Janis died only 16 days apart. Absolutely amazing musicians gone way too soon:(

[@harlharr]

Saw all of them in concert...AMAZING..don't make music like that anymore..they were all original talents..left us too soon!!!!!! 😥

[@dellafenton2417]

When Janis was told Hendrix had passed she said "There for the grace of God". 11 days later she died too.....

[@sherryarflin726]

This was the Monterey Pop Festival.. I think 1969

[@practicalwerewolf]

She is a God! And when Mama Cass mouths "WOW" In the audience at the end...... You know it to be.

[@ginafragata2947]

Year she amazing ❤

[@seanadams8973]

Janis Joplin how to Blues voice with a rock and roll style of music and she was given the name queen of rock and roll

[@mariamsmith6188]

The woman watching in awe is Cass Elliot

[@cafdnw]

She’s AWESOME!! ❤️

[@byzinski]

Here’s a white woman who IS THE BLUES 🎤 BETH HART 1. ‘I’ll Care For You’ Live at Beacon Theatre 🙌🏽with Joe Bonamassa (guitar) 2. ‘I’d Rather Go Blind’ at Amsterdam 🙌🏽 3. ‘Am I The One’ at PARADISO 🙌🏽

[@MB-wv6sg]

The trouble with Janis was that she didn’t put enough emotion into her songs.................hehe

[@davida.4933]

Pls. take it ez on her, it's becuz she white so what do u expect? lol

[@ginafragata2947]

Yes ❤

[@karlennis3642]

Kia Ora... Ahhhh ... One of three Voices I grew up with and who always just happened to BE there in my bestest of Teenage memories Experiencing ahhh.... life ..lol And are Still,,, unexplainable to auto cue gen BUT!!! U give me hope

[@gdm49]

This was the first time anyone had seen Janis perform. It was her first gig with Big Brother so this performance was her intro to the world and that shot of Mama Cass made her an instant star. She didn't need any help though.

[@joygernautm6641]

You may want to check out a song by a Canadian singer named sass Jordan from the 90s. “You don’t have to remind me”. Another white woman with a strong blues voice

[@sandycarson292]

One of a kind

[@audkarinen6875]

In the early ‘60s you couldn’t buy bell bottoms [except at a military place) so you had to make your own

[@Speeglelookingglass]

Listen to "Cry, Cry Baby. She was treated very badly by most people. Her heart was breaking. It was real-not theatrics.

[@shellymusgrove3328]

The guitars are so jarring, only the strength of HER voice can cut through... Janis has always been my favorite. Little Janis used to sing the blues in random clubs... her life story was amazing. This was when music was about ‘feeling’ not color. We ALL important.

[@kathys.5872]

Janis and Jimi Hendrix was way ahead of their time...and both were great!

[@MrBonners]

called "Texas Blues"

[@lorrainevitolo9451]

Some ppl make comparisons between Miss Janis and Amy Winehouse although they sound totally different. I love them both. Listen to Amy sing love you more than you’ll ever know and We’re still friends. Both Donny Hathaway covers and both blues tracks. Good for u going back in time. This music is the soundtrack of my life. Love it!!!!!!

[@REMNANTRising2005]

The woman who kept looking at her was mamma Cass Google her she was very good as well

[@fjolagu]

Janis Joplin Cry Baby live.

[@katdaniels4864]

Give me your opinion of Beth Hart. Try, Caught out in the rain. She's blues rock.

[@NOLOos]

i'll get to her in the future, thank you

[@jenniferjack4346]

Rip Janis

[@ginaarendtson9478]

I know you did this like 6 months ago lol. Janis was the first of her kind! Listen to Karise Eden and you will see the influence she had 45 years later

[@heathersimmet6643]

Samantha Fish Band - I put a spell on you. This is another good example a Caucasian female blues singer

[@dawnacynthia313]

you should try some Cream

[@susannewitt6112]

Mama Cass inproved.

[@scotarg1973]

She fucking Loved Otis Redding and tried to emulate some of his style like the stuttering you mentioned. Think an example of him doing similar is in Tell the Truth. Should give it a listen a see what you think.

[@Mr3sambo3]

Otis and Aretha.

[@StevenEverett7]

Thanks for your reaction to Janis. If you're interested in another white woman who sings really great blues check out any live videos of Beth Hart. I think you'll enjoy her. Steve

[@joereano596]

1967 ca. Monterey

[@georgej.dorner3262]

And then there's the studio cut of this, with Big Brother's crashing raw dissonant power not quite overpowering Janis's ravaging vocals....

[@ginafragata2947]

Wok me Lord '. Summertim ❤

[@Dana-e2d]

Cass Elliate in the front row

[@leann1715]

The festival was in 1967 & the woman they keep showing in the audience is Mama Cass who was a singer in The Mamas and The Papas.

[@suecook1326]

I went to the 1970 Monterey Fest planning to see Janis but she died the week before. RIP, gone too soon

[@rbffbvs]

She looks awestruck!

[@crazyfingers19]

Mama Case had some frickin' pipes too.

[@RhiannanAR1]

Leann Thank you. I thought that was Cass Elliot. 🙂👏🏻

[@kudubwrong7897]

@@crazyfingers19 Yes, as a matter of fact I was going to comment on that very thing... that momma Cass sang with a lot of soul herself especially for the time.

[@jcohen369]

The pain in her voice is universally understood. Age, race, it all doesn't matter.

[@fakenoose8978]

what janis said about white blues: "The reason we think white people can't sing soul is because white people don't let themselves feel."

[@MrBonners]

called "Texas Blues".

[@beckyneufeld5531]

You'll notice the 60s not about how you look.bout getting out sing

[@robyanez1825]

Love your reaction. That was Mama Cass and Hendrix in the audience. Listen to Little Girl Blue or Work Me Lord..amazing!

[@sallyshipwreck4315]

Hendrix was next to Mama Cass?

[@cnemo531]

I'm sure a lot of the younger folks watching this may no recognize them. Thanks for pointing them out.

[@cnemo531]

*not

[@dellafenton2417]

@@sallyshipwreck4315 Definitely Mama Cass, don't think it's Hendrix though...

[@rebeccam.2052]

One of kind she was.

[@NicolasAZARD]

The woman who you Can see in the crownd is one of the singer of mama's and papa's, a big band from the 60' (Hello from France)

[@Doreana48501]

A jaw dropped Mama Cass Elliot. Sure do love you miss Janis💗gone too soon.

[@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530]

I miss Cass also.

[@rhondaocallaghan4413]

There will never be another Janis. R.I.P

[@johngallo2072]

JANIS is the Queen of Psychedelic Rock Blues! Great watching your reaction.. check out the Cheap Thrills entire album and I Got Dem Ol Kozmic Blues Again Mama album( her R&B Soul album 1969) You will be impressed. Only singer in modern times today is Beth Hart. Check out Am I The One live from Paradiso 2005. Trust me, you have NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT!!! She's amazing...love& peace. 💜🎶🎶🎶🎶🌟🌛🎶🌞🌈 jmg ☮

[@cherylfoster1223]

There is another woman that can sing the blues. Allison Moyet from across the pond. I like her style.

[@docwho10th88]

Now this is singing the blues baby! You got to have your heart broke a few times to express this in your voice and to make the audience feel the pain you are feeling. Today all these America got talent kids ALL sound the same...they strive for perfect pitch. The reason they don't become a mega star is because they never develop their unique style to convey to the audience. Janis was unique and there has never been someone like her after and be able to convey pain, joy and heartache like she was able to. Kids need to see this because like I said they all sound technically CORRECT but that don't have any HEART AND SOUL!

[@rbellido29]

I do agree with you not a 100% but a million percent.

[@kudubwrong7897]

@Docwho 10th I completely agree. But I don't always think it's their fault. A lot of these agents/managers/coaches take a young, unique singer and absolutely ruin and destroy them. It's like they wipe away the very sound that made them standout. Take David Foster as a prime example of this. I have heard so many promising, young singers with amazing, unique voices and then by the their late teens, early twenties... they end up sounding the same as everyone else in the industry. It's truly sad.

[@christinegelabert1651]

When it comes to the present state of the music industry here is where it went wrong and it's also two of the dirtiest 4 letter words ever~Auto Tune.

[@docwho10th88]

@Mark Godfrey This is her at her VERY finest!! This video is never reacted to but In my opinion it's her best performance captured live. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5WbiJiNfdeCfac

[@Miracx3]

I just loved your reaction, this was Janis' first professional performance, she was an unknown on that day. The mesmerized woman in audience was from the mommas and Pappas. .she too died very young. Janis stands alone.

[@NOLOos]

thank you! yes i read up on her after doing this reaction to her. it's very sad how soon she was gone

[@rbffbvs]

Still gives me the chills after all these years..I see you can feel it in your bones too. Her tragic death at age 27 left the world of music a poorer place. I am still listening at age 67.

[@tovenrvik6336]

Same, I luckily got 7 Lp's of that unike voice, and still got chills, after many decades listen to her.

[@davidcochran6291]

This was 1968 before music videos. She was the first white girl singing this way. She got a lot of grief for it growing up. She does an incredible 'Summertime' that you should listen to. You have to remember nobody mainstream was doing anything like this. This featival came the year before Woodstock where she also appeared and tore them a new one too. She was a one off most definitely.

[@texasgal2794]

Just look at Mama Cass, her face is too much! Listen to "Piece of My Heart."

[@stephaniemiksell419]

Pearl was her own genre. She’s always going to be missed 💫❤️ PS Mama Cass watching Janis... priceless

[@AKICITA]

LEGENDARY JANIS!!!

[@nancat4202]

So glad to know you appreciate the best of our previous generation’s music.

[@arrow-lo7jf]

This women is Legend ! another white girl was Amy Winehouse, another OD at a young age.. check her out..Thanks for the Vid

[@dellafenton2417]

Amy didn't OD. It was alcohol that killed her

[@arrow-lo7jf]

@@dellafenton2417 I understand the meaning of OD is always drug related , but five times the alcohol level to drive , " Hmmm " To me that is an OD... But nothing to argue a bout , she did not OD , she drank her self to death...peace...

[@dellafenton2417]

@@arrow-lo7jf You have a point there. Fair play to you

[@arrow-lo7jf]

@@dellafenton2417 And so do you , peace Bro...

[@fingerprint5511]

When anyone discovers Janis ... 🤗🙏

[@prisvideos8919]

you should check out her song Maybe, it’s my favourite!!

[@rbffbvs]

I love "Move Over" too

[@Jeaniesunshine-fb5rk]

" PIECE OF MY HEART"

[@shirinlatapie5143]

I think the camera kept going on mama cases sitting in the audience in fact I'm sure it's her loved janis brilliant

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

Janis felt the music so deep in her soul! Like so many great talents, we lost her way too soon

[@BLUEOHIO]

Do Janis;s Me and Bobby McGee and Little Girl Blue!!!

[@trixier6505]

I believe the woman in the audience who was dumbfounded was Mama Cass Elliott of the Mammas and the Pappas, a legend in her own right.

[@MrBonners]

one of many artist that were there.