Stage Presence coach reacts Janis Joplin "Ball & Chain"

[@jeffmorse645]

Mama Cass Elliot's reaction is so good. She recognized a true talent being introduced to the world. This was at the Monterey Pop Festival and I lived in Monterey for a decade. Every time I drove by the Monterey County Fairgrounds I'd wonder what it must have been like back in 1967 when it was going on and wishing I had a time machine.

[@fredkrissman6527]

Mamas&Papas produced this festival... There are 2 great docs, available here on YT Jeff, so you can get closer to that time for an hr!

[@rball690]

@@fredkrissman6527 yes but Janis's performance wasn't recorded originally. But the reaction brought her back for the second time to record it.

[@fredkrissman6527]

Yes,@@rball690, as they explain in at least one of the docs here on YT.

[@brucevocke4847]

I went for a walk...

[@brucevocke4847]

I have one. LSD.

[@terjerendalsvik5461]

this lady with the ring is mama cass, the lead singer in mamas and papas

[@eli10az]

I wouldn't call Cass the "lead" singer. Denny, maybe.

[@elenamcmullen2473]

She may not have been lead but she was the best

[@davidotis5598]

Yes Mama Cass.

[@billholder1330]

She was also one of the organizers of the concert, but had never actually heard Janis before and was totally blown away...

[@wildgrizz2221]

cass was a great singer but in the M&P's she was part of a quartet and each had songs they sang lead in,

[@peterriley5466]

Janis gave her whole heart and soul with every performance. She was a force of nature that burned so brightly for such a short time. She will go down in history.

[@mrgordons]

Mama Cass in the audience was stunned by the performance, as was the rest of the public. Our reaction was one of awe and disbelief.

[@andressinks]

Omg that's all I kept thinking!

[@doplinger1]

Imagine being there and witnessing this performance for the first time. There was no KZbin, no Spotify, no internet. This was truly Janis’ coming out party. It was no longer Big Brother & The Holding Company, it was all Janis.

[@billholder1330]

Though BB&THC still was ONE HELL of a band and IMHO never really got the credit they deserved for finding and "launching" Janis. James Gurley's lead playing is still among my favorites. Acidic biting tone!!

[@doplinger1]

@@billholder1330 - I agree! Of course we don’t know what went on behind the scenes but I’m not sure why they couldn’t stay together. Probably a slimy promoter.

[@williamhamilton6643]

@@billholder1330 Great description- acidic, biting tone! Dirty and nasty and pure perfection.

[@Renshen1957]

The Ring is a cameo ring.

[@Renshen1957]

Janice made love to everyone in the audience, but went home alone.

[@757optim]

Janis' performance at Monterey got her signed. Apparently, Mama Cass wasn't the only one who was impressed.

[@scott3744]

No matter how many times I see this performance, I'm still amazed at how she completely nailed the ending, the last word 'chain'. It could not have been any better. I mean, she KILLED it! Just unreal... 😎

[@marvinboswell6889]

Saw Janis in Atlanta along with creedence ,blood sweat and tears ,what a show

[@elenamcmullen2473]

Janis brings tears to my eyes everytime. I loved her 😢

[@Zentrix-24]

Was so thrilled I saw Janis live in Calgary, AB a few months before she passed. She was such a soul blues entertainer I just had goosebumps every-time she performed. RIP Janis

[@Sir_AlexxTv]

Janis has the power to shake my soul when she sings, one of a kind, gone too soon. 😍

[@brucefelger4015]

This was her first major concert performance.

[@krash66]

There will never be another be another Janis, rest her soul. A reactor once said about her, her voice makes you feel like she could win a bar fight and also hold you in her arms and make you feel like everything will be alright.

[@stephanietip]

And after that powerhouse performance, she skips off stage like an 8 year old leaving school for the day after the bell rings

[@susanneg2824]

I know, wasn’t that charming????

[@williamhamilton6643]

She knew she killed it!

[@stephenkittle6586]

Hey you made a new bumper sticker, " DON'T GO TO A THERAPIST , LISTEN TO BLUES MUSIC INSTEAD" AWESOME LOVE IT!! 😍 JANIS WAS A 🐐BEFORE WE KNEW IT 😢❤!!

[@rickferrari9042]

Janice was awesome she really got into it, so much power

[@stevedahlberg8680]

What a fun and somewhat emotional reaction. That was cool. I really like your comments afterwards too, as a musician and Studio guy and composure and stuff a lot of my life, I really like it when reactors can pull in their own experience in that direction

[@charlescahoon3557]

She grew up in the same area as Johnny and Edgar Winter. Lot of good music from the Golden Triangle of Texas.

[@moorek1967]

And George Jones.

[@gunboom]

@@moorek1967 and Johnny Preston, The Big Bopper, Jivin Gene, Clifton Chenier,Bobby Kimball......

[@scottwheeler2494]

Add east Texas down to Houston and up to Dallas and over into Louisiana over to Baton Rouge up to Shreveport and you have a major part of blues and Cajun roots that grew into modern music. Hell start in Texas over to Florida up to Tennessee and you have 80% of American music that has spread around the world. The pain felt in the South is a big key, regardless of the race of the singer or writer.

[@islandseeker1260]

Back in the wonderfully tarnished era of raw emotional music talent when concerts weren't overly rehearsed with every move practiced and choreographed right down to hair flips and fake smiles. Just go on stage, live in the moment, and let the music possess you. I would take back row tickets to this concert a thousand times over rather than the best front row seats at any auto-tuned fluff-pop concert these days!

[@williamstreet4304]

Absolutely! I loved music when music was from the soul. Let the musicians sing from their hearts. I know the stars of today still have it. Producers don't allow it. It is a sad season for music.

[@ramblerdave1339]

I had back row seats, at half a dozen concerts! 😂

[@dsfddsgh]

That bass player at the beginning was seeing ghosts in the sky man and talking to them. 🤣🤣

[@markhall4073]

during this time Mama Cass was considered music royalty.

[@manabiker]

She still is !!!

[@sp1582]

I LOVE YOU JANIS !

[@Laura_Martin42]

Janis was the queen of everything! There will never be anyone better. Heartbreaking that she isn't still with us.

[@rolandkarlsson7072]

If she was alive she would be 80. Not impossible, but with her life style not likely.

[@Laura_Martin42]

@@rolandkarlsson7072 Two words-Keith Richards!

[@rolandkarlsson7072]

@@Laura_Martin42 Still not likely. Mick, Keith and Ronnie in Rolling Stones are exceptions. They have combined drugs, not eating and taking care of themselves somehow so they are all three lean and mean zombies. Still, I think Janis took much more drugs.

[@sopwithpuppy]

You could simplify your job as a Stage Presence coach by simply showing your students any Janis live performance and saying "THIS!"

[@mrgee4592]

This was a lifetime ago. Amazing !

[@davidpeck9834]

Mama Cass Eliott is absolutely into Janis' performance :) Thank for 5the reaction.

[@ronnie237]

I saw Janis Joplin in person in 1969 in Miami . Fantastic.

[@coreyflood6661]

Noway ya gotta give us the details 😍

[@57too]

So glad you picked this version of Janis! Mama Cass (from The Mamas and The Papas) watched her from the front and she's filmed too. Janis beyond great here.

[@NondescriptMammal]

Keep in mind this was just before Janis gained national fame, Big Brother & the Holding Company was well known in the Bay area but not much beyond that, and Janis' name didn't even appear on the flyers advertising this concert. Cass was already famous, in a band that had multiple top ten hits.

[@NondescriptMammal]

@theconfidentsinger_overthere Buzz off, spambot.

[@mikefitznb1]

sweet janis always puts 100% of her soul and heart into her songs.....the TRUE goddess of rock and roll

[@MB-uw6eh]

Just love watching your reaction. Such a beautiful girl. ❤️

[@sst3d]

Cass Elliot…. I saw Janis in Chicago in 68 with my brother and mom and dad….I was 12. Lucky me …I’ll never forget it

[@wilco691]

Big Brother played earlier that day but wasn’t filmed. Mama Cass from the Mama’s and the Papa’s who helped put on the event insisted on Big Brother coming back later in the day to be filmed after seeing Janis’s performance. She performed even better the second time around and She became a star

[@skydancerforever]

lady with sun glasses is famous Mama Cass Elliot. That's why the camera was showing her reaction. People with big money have big rings.

[@political-social]

What you need to understand is that this from her and others in the era was NOT ACTING. It was just raw, real and bare. vulnerable and FERAL. no fake acting.

[@davidboivin7996]

Amazing singer Mama Cass with the bling 😎

[@rogerreed905]

Janis is a legend . . Under appreciated and often misunderstood a school . . . Great creators often are . . The smokey voice. . So cool .. . Great reacton . As a The Warning fan i along with many others eagerly await another The Warning reaction from you . . . Dust to Dust is a good one if you like Pau the drummer Till next time take care Bye from New Zealand . 🍷💐🇳🇿twa

[@crislopes4884]

I loved your reaction, Janis Joplin is incredible! I would like to see her react to Gabriel Henrique singing Something Beautiful, please. Thank you!❤️

[@larryh.5229]

Don't know if somebody has already said... But that performance was her second one of the day... That was her debut in the morning time and she blew people away so they told her to return for the evening performance when all of the big music stars of the day would be there.

[@wildgrizz2221]

i got to see her on live TV back in the early 70s pure passion and completly self taught, check her on the Dick Cavett Show, the girl with the rings was singer Cass Elliot of the Mammas & Poppas

[@wildgrizz2221]

dont have that app, phones to old to get, like myself, been a music fan my whole life 61yrs, started off a horn player, and progressed to running sound for a few local bar bands, just glad i grew up in the musical era i did, hd older cousins that played the best of the 50/60s, and i started going to concerts in 72

[@kearns11]

A story out there ! She loved Southern Confort ! & got a indorsement deal , always had a bottle around ! Her manager took her to a party , To meet Jim Morrison They got along great then Jim got to drunk ! Janis wanted to leave & Jim tried to pull her out of the car to stay !!! Janis Smashed that bottle of southern comfort over his head !! knocked him out !!! She is a bad ass ...

[@elainepimenta6595]

Janis era pura emoção ! Que voz! Otima reação! Por favor, reaja a #GabrielHenrique, Something beautiful!

[@matthewgoodA1206]

Of course, Janis was a firecracker of a singer, definitely raw and just letting her voice explode. This song is so utterly vintage blues, and her quiet vocal parts have a classic soul style. But then she also applied some soul when she blew it up and got loud.

[@mrcorvettegolfernj]

My wife saw her August 11 1970 at The Garden State Arts Center in NJ. She actually was roaming around the parking lot and Janis and entourage pulls up and asks my wife where is her dressing room is so my wife led her through the door and her dressing room was there. BTW Janis touched my wife's left shoulder and has been a fan for life. I took her to see Mary Bridget Davis A Night with Janis on Broadway, fabulous performance. Fitst row, center seat . She cried.

[@KeepEvery1Guessing]

R.I.P. Janis. And R.I.P. Cass.

[@VIDSTORAGE]

The bass player was checking out the UFOs after he took that L S- D tab

[@tbolt5883]

Janis is pure raw energy with a strong, rough but great voice. I grew up in the same era as Janis and enjoyed her music. On the opposite end of the scale but in the same era is Annie Haslam and the group Renaissance. I suggest you check out their live performance RENAISSANCE - RTL4 Studio Luxemburg 1974 COMPLETE UNEDITED RARE LIVE PERFORMANCE [32 mins] youtube video. Annie's voice is the opposite of Janis's.

[@andrewspam]

The entire genre: Renaissance, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention. All wonderful.

[@oopsdidItypethatoutloud]

With cutout music these days, people with unique and amazing talent get so little chance to shine. We rob ourselves of so much. ❤ from Northeast England ❤️

[@jongoffinet8511]

Love your reactions. Wondering if you could check out the progressive metal band called TesseracT. The song “Legion” showcases the lead singers mastery of the human voice. Heavy at times, operatic at others, and very emotional. Goosebumps.

[@zazune56]

Another raw and gutsy song , full of passion is Beth Hart live singing " Caught out in the Rain" . Also her song Am I the One live from the Paradiso in Amsterdam. She is rated as the #1 blues singer.

[@oldmanghost219]

I have seen Beth Hart with Jeff Beck. She is good.

[@oldmanghost219]

"Ball & Chain" !!! One of my top 3 songs by her. Piece Of my Heart is another but #1 is the one that was released after her death ... Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee (Audio) BTW I love to watch the on stage interactions between Jeff Beck and Tal Wilkenfeld Big Block 2007 crossroads ... Freeway Jam 2009... Stratus at Ronnie Scot's 2009 or sometimes listed as 2007.

[@alancleveland7715]

Saw Janis along with Black Oak Arkansas and Three Dog Night along with others in South Carolina at a 3 day outdoor concert .

[@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. 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. They 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. The rest, as they say... "Is history" !!

[@CraigAnderson-h2h]

Saw her many times at the Filmore west back in the day. She always gave 100% never held back!

[@DanielMarquesMoreira-dj2cd]

Eterna Janis Joplin lendária

[@MikeB-in1nd]

Meet Janis Joplin!

[@larryfisher5796]

She put her everything she had song R-I-P

[@davidpahlka6301]

You just validated my life! At 18, I went to S.F. because I knew what was happening there would never happen again in the history of the world. I wasn't new to the Bay Area, I went to high school near there. I was lucky enough to witness how these soon to be famous musicians grew their music. It was anti-establishment, experimental but they were on a mission to stop the war, unite America towards peace and love from the grass roots. Monterey Pop and Woodstock a couple of years later brought these S.F. groups to national attention. At that time although we knew they were great, before our technology no one else knew. Monterey was more than that. New performers from across America and England came. Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Otis Redding, Erick Burdon and the Animals, Simon and Garfunkel and others showed up. Hearing you say this is classic art was the validation, to hear young people as yourself be as amazed as we were brings me joy and hope for our future because right now we are experiencing chaotic times. Back then, there were rays of hope such as the Beatles song "Let It Be" and Simon and Garfunkel s "Bridge Over Troubled Water". Please check out the last one.

[@CoolEyeColorado]

Great pick! Janis was amazing. Another deep blues cut by an amazing woman blues singer, check out Big Mama Thornton and the video on youtube "Big Mama Thornton Rock Me Baby 1971(Live)". What an amazing live performance that is!

[@warrenhughes911]

Great reaction.. Janis = Queen of the Blues

[@sohweather5448]

When you have.Mama Cass with her jaw.on the ground you know youre doing it right.

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

The best woman singer🤘

[@EdwardOsborn-o2u]

Mama Cass Elliot look mesmerized because it was Janis Joplin's first major concert!😅

[@nathcrepaldi]

Your reactions are always very rich and respectful. Please react to the video clip of a Brazilian singer called Gabriel Henrique singing Something Beautiful released on his official KZbin channel.

[@davidlynch185]

Mama Cass’s reaction shows how much she is impressed by what she is seeing!!

[@shirleydibenga.2531]

She sing her PAIN for real.

[@terjerendalsvik5461]

she is a soul singer

[@guitgas]

Great reaction. Love Janis. By the way, I have the exact same Cascio keyboard that you have in the background of your video.

[@StanSwan]

The woman with the ring was Momma Cass who was the driving vocalist for the Mamma and the Pappa's. This was 1967. When Joplin and Jimi Hendrix became instant stars.

[@Richard-k8x]

You are doing great an she is the best

[@elvishemeon389]

Remember this well ...... :) She was the queen!! Check out "Me and Bobby McGee" by Janis ... amazing!!

[@kevinlundgren1169]

Gotta love Janice !

[@P-M-869]

My oldest Daughter would get anger and us. She would storm off to the cellar and crank up Janis. The funny part was, she was listening to my cassette tapes.

[@karinebatistacarvalho2411]

I just love your channel ❤️ I really wanted you to react again to the Brazilian Gabriel Henrique, singing SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, the song is available on the KZbin channel. Looking forward to seeing this reaction❤

[@dwhite849]

I came home a few months after my Dad from the Navy My Mom said she bought tickets for a concert ok I am 20 years old and lovng my Mom - I will go It was Janis

[@jean-louiscousineau754]

The woman with that ring is no other than.......Mama Cass .......

[@paullanoue5228]

I saw Janis live and I will never forget it. She was like a tornado with a microphone.

[@ewfan2631]

Loved your reaction to this. Janis held nothing back! I loved your comment about "Don't go to therapy...just listen to the blues." So, here's one you should see: Johnny and Edgar Winter doing Tobacco Road live (kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5eTo4lsmdGcldE). Brothers from Janis' neck of the woods in Texas. (In fact, I think Johnny and Janis were briefly an item.) Johnny's on guitar (which got him into the Blues Hall of Fame) and Edgar is...well, you'll see. The performance is from about 54 years ago and Edgar just won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2023. You really don't want to miss this performance!

[@gerson.mouracad]

Janis Joplin, one of the wonderful voices in the musical world, a unique and powerful voice, perfect for Rock and Blues. Please react to the music video for Something Beautiful that Brazilian singer Gabriel Henrique released on his official KZbin channel. Thanks.

[@richspeel7576]

I always say educate to elevate..🔥💪👍🔥🔥🔥

[@icetech6]

Love Cass's reaction :)

[@fjuran1]

Note on another clip you see peter Tork from the Monkees watching Janis. They were all so blown away.

[@bloodybutunbowed291]

Hey pretty lady!!! Love your reactions! I think it's time to go back to The Warning, ....Disciple! Live from teatro metropolitan

[@lugnut4848]

This was not only Janis first big concert, but also a young man named Jimmie Hendrix! So much talent!!! ❤

[@oldmanghost219]

Stage Presence coach? Have you seen any live video of Keith Emerson of Emerson Lake and Palmer? Flying piano and everybody knows that an ELP concert isn't over until Keith plays with his little organ. The Hammond C100 that he stabbed and threw around in a song called Rondo . Or Carl Palmer's solo at the California Jam in a song called Karn Evil 9. 1st impression part 2.

[@dadmateryn8092]

yep big rock stars wear those kind of rings just like the one you see in the audience!

[@dadmateryn8092]

@theconfidentsinger_overthere Well it just proves you have excellent taste!🤣

[@monicaoliveira9021]

Janis Joplin it's incredible! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I loved your reaction! Please, I would really like you to react to Brazilian singer Gabriel Henrique singing Something Beautiful, a music video posted on his official KZbin channel.

[@bobmalito720]

The gal in the audience looking up at Janice is Cass Elliot of the Mama and Papa's. Look them up, it's obvious you didnt know who she was!

[@artsensi9759]

I believe that Mama Cass was one of the organizers of this particular event.

[@nightwishlover8913]

Loooove your top/dress!

[@robertwallis854]

57 years later and this still makes the hair on my neck and arms stand up.

[@JoseGarcia-pv3th]

Hello beautiful, I love your videos, I started following you when you reacted to the warning, you are very expressive with your comments that I love, and I don't even have to talk about Janis, a question because you are so beautiful, with all due respect greetings from Monterrey Mexico.

[@spectralflapjack]

Mama Cass looks absolutely starstruck, and that's all there is to be said about this performance. When you make your big break and even the music royalty in the crowd looks shocked, you're going to be a legend.

[@giftedplanksify]

Standing up in my crib during this concert parents said don't try to hitch a ride son or your grounded 😅 true story

[@ericarachel55]

one super star mesmorizing another super star

[@williamhamilton6643]

To paraphrase a quote from Tina Turner in "Proud Mary", Janis Joplin doesn't do anything nice and easy. She does it nice and rough! Janis never did anything part way and all her songs have the same raw energy and soulful pain that she displayed here. And as others have said, that was Mama Cass sitting in the front row, a successful professional singer with the Mamas and the Papas that had her mind blown by Janis. You should check out some of her other songs like Cry Baby, Piece of My Heart, and maybe even Summertime, where she brings her unique interpretation to a Cole Porter classic. So sad she joined the "27 Club" and we lost her great talent so soon.

[@Hayseo]

I love the end, when she skips off stage.

[@robertgraham5619]

That woman in the crowd looking at her with such awe and with that crazy ring was Miss Mama Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas

[@rickc661]

check ' Me and Bobbi McGee.... turns out She can really sing.

[@kdmiranda]

All the comments about Miss Cass Elliot, just remember she didnt like being called "mamma" she was just Cass Elliot.... the great!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥