The Final Night of Janis Joplin and Where She Died

We are back in Hollywood, California to retrace the final day of music icon, Janis Joplin. Joplin was in Los Angeles recording her album Pearl at the legendary Sunset Sound on October 3, 1970. Following a recording session, Janis joined some of her bandmates at Barney's Beanery before returning to the Landmark Hotel (now called Highland Gardens) in room 105. She injected herself with what would be a life ending dose of heroin and was found dead in her room at the age of 27. Join us today as we talk about the final day and the death of the legendary Janis Joplin from the location where it happened.
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[@MrIslandman59]

Thanks for this video. I saw her Dec 5, 1969 in Atlanta at the Old Piedmont Park Auditorium for Ga Tech. Between songs while she was talking to the band, I stood up and hollered, "Janis, we love you", the entire place got real quiet and she came back to the microphone and in that low gruff voice said, "Bullshiiit!" The place went crazy and her and the band went into their next song. I sat down while my 18 year old heart was about to leave my chest. What a great night, I spoke to Janis and she spoke back, to me. I still remember the exact moment I learned of her death so many years ago. Lot's of good stuff there! Look forward to more of your content!

[@FreyzelProductions]

That is a pretty neat moment!

[@MrIslandman59]

​@@FreyzelProductions It was a cool moment in my life for sure. Thanks again for making that ! She sure had my heart, maybe still does, a little!

[@clintwalker6389]

@@MrIslandman59Gratitude for you!🤦🏿‍♂️

[@marknewton6984]

Saw her get arrested in Tampa 1969. She was cool! 😮

[@MrIslandman59]

@@marknewton6984 She was arrested for vulgar and indecent language, found guilty, and fined $200 plus court costs!

[@richardmorris7063]

Its cool the new management allows visitors & embraces tourists. What a cool looking place. I'm old enough to remember her, a classic voice & style & she's gotten her props as she should.

[@kimbradley9595]

Ugh really money Maker

[@dougslaback3459]

She was a true LEGEND and pure voice. I remember that day. Still have her vinyls and listen to her often

[@BobHansen-ik1ln]

she sounded like someone was strangling a cat.

[@18andlikeit]

I know those locations very well, in '78 I lived in the Orchid Apt building on Orchid & Franklin in Hollywood. That hotel was just a half block up the street from me, it was still called The Landmark back then. Eventually I moved to West Hollywood, where Barney's Beanery became my favorite watering hole in the early 80's. Rock stars were still going there, I met Eric Burton and David Lee Roth there. What a great bar that was. In the late 80's my band recorded at Sunset Sound, I think it's still in operation. Super nice recording studio with tons of history. I've played just about every LA club there was to play. Amazing times, but LA isn't at all what it used to be. But what a place it was..

[@jimfesta8981]

My dad had a small Italian restaurant on Santa Monica Blvd in the early 1970s. My brother and I used to deliver Pizzas to the Landmark. Lots of parties, and music as I remember. Good tips too.

[@rhondaturner1661]

I remember that day like it was yesterday her song cry baby live brings out her awesome voice R.I.P. Janice you are loved and missed

[@calikalbocalikalbo6082]

awesome voice? A voice only a mother can love...sheeeesh wtf

[@ericsneary5430]

@@calikalbocalikalbo6082 You trolls really are disrespectful

[@RamsLakersDodgers]

@@ericsneary5430Why do you answer these dumb kids?🤷🏽‍♂️That’s what they want.Attention.Don’t give it to them.

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

FF: Janiis & Jimmy Johnson are former CLASSMATES!

[@nancywood9531]

Such a terrible loss she was a fantastic blues Singer had a big future ahead of her and blew it all with drugs. Sad sad

[@FreyzelProductions]

She was amazing!

[@nancywood9531]

I joined to see but can't do the money thing. I'm in 80's. Sorry

[@FreyzelProductions]

no worries at all. Everyone is welcome and watching is always free 😁

[@BenRabinowitz-1]

Where did you learn to capitalize the word "singer"? Whoever taught you is a failure.

[@ginnykilpatrick]

Great tour, thanks for sharing with us. I’ve read about the details of her last day and passing, but have never before seen images of the places other than one photo of the outside of the hotel. Great work!

[@dorinda4ever]

Barneys was a go to spot for me as well. I never have n never will be addicted to anything except 1 thing. My book explains what my weakness is...Im 55. ❤🎉 RIP Janis beautiful vocals 🙏

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

That woman was built for the Blues! Long live the Blues!

[@larrydanadavid2435]

I met Slash while sitting at the bar at Barney’s.

[@StreetTruckinTitan]

Whenever Im in LA I always stop by Barneys and have a beer at Jimbo's corner bar spot.

[@yndireyes6126]

Te felicito las conozco y la verdad no me arrepiento tengo un hijo y no quisiera por nada en el mundo q le lleguen a gustar es terrible para mí, toque fondo, al igual q pase muy buenos momentos

[@CarlTMontano]

I was 13 when Janis died thank you for sharing this is the first video I see of Janis

[@ronaldlindeman6136]

I was also 13 years old.

[@BenRabinowitz-1]

Nobody cares how old you were in 1970

[@BeverlyRieder]

I was 14 and lived in No Hollywood‼️🎸🎼❤️

[@lisablake5328]

It's so sad to see all these good people pass due to drugs 😔 thanks jeff for going where I wouldn't be able to.

[@FreyzelProductions]

It really is. She was so talented.

[@stevemoore-nx8cq]

River Phoenix.

[@gregdolecki8530]

Who says she was "good"?

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

Thanks for all the effort you put into this video.

[@memirandawong]

RIP Janis. Even at age 69 I was not aware of 90% of the information presented here. Thank you!

[@jimmylieb5225]

68 here. likewise!

[@memirandawong]

@@jimmylieb5225 LOL...🤣🤣was that you living under the same rock as me???

[@peterlloyd6100]

Thank you for this video. As a kid, when Janis died in a hotel, I had in mind a 5 story hotel like you’d see in NYC. Glad the current owners are allowing fans to acknowledge their feelings. Cheers

[@jwwj30]

Thanks for all the info on Janis last days & her passing back in 1970. I saw her in concert back in 1969 (the year I graduated high school) at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino. MC5 opened for her that night, I remember it being very loud & wild.

[@BenRabinowitz-1]

You didn't "graduate high school," and neither has anyone. You may have graduated FROM high school, though.

[@joejones9520]

@@BenRabinowitz-1 please get back on your meds

[@W.J.M.]

@@BenRabinowitz-1 i'll bet you are fun at parties.

[@belfastlad55]

Sad story

[@MarkMay-cr6bv]

@@W.J.M. I'll bet you're a ton of of fun at parties where most of the attendees are uneducated and actually boast about it. I'll bet you fit right in.

[@59Rosco]

I think Freyzel productions handles celebrity deaths with a great deal of decorum and respect, but they are educational as well. I had just turned 11 when Janis died, but I really had no perpective of her death until I viewed this video. The so-called " 27 Club" has taken so many, so young.

[@FreyzelProductions]

Thank you very much 😁

[@rhinomechanics8423]

Man. What a Voice !!!!! Still, to this day Unmatched. NO Female singer has Ever matched that powerful Bluesy Voice.

[@markhostetler6319]

Wasn’t she great!?! I recently discovered Beth Hart. She is a lot like JJ, bluesy, raw and emotional. Check her out, especially her earlier music. She’s no Janis, but I appreciate her talent.

[@bardowl8209]

I LOVE Janis and agree- but must point out Bessie Smith, who was a huge inspiration to Janis. Incidentally, Janis helped pay for Bessie to have a headstone on her grave, not long before she died herself.

[@foxmulder2941]

Back to back tragedies , Jimi and Janis , only a couple of weeks apart. Shortly after her death John Lennon recieved a cassette in the mail from Janis of her singing ' Happy Trails ' to mark his 30th birthday.

[@brianmaricle9646]

Also Jim Morrison a year later

[@ahill4642]

Sweet, about Happy Trails. Damn. 😞

[@marthareyes4024]

Wow, that was awesome to see. I've never seen that last picture of her before. I was a big fan of Janis.

[@FreyzelProductions]

She was pretty amazing. Finding these places were pretty high on my list.

[@bardowl8209]

That wasn't the last photo of her ever taken. That is not correct.

[@cbmccarty1]

Years after that tragedy I was staying for a while at a hotel/apartment in Hollywood. The late night desk clerk had worked at the Landmark hotel and was the last person to see and talk to Janis before she went to her room and OD'd. I have musician friends who knew her and she was not only wildly talented but they tell me she was really kind and a down to earth good person, too.

[@rogermanningjr452]

At 2:22 the park and the building you see across the street was a vacant lot in 1966 and that is where Bobby Fuller was found dead on July 18 1966

[@santinabellydance]

So sad he was murdered.😢

[@Catsrock-u7y]

Don’t do DRUGs boys and Girls ❤

[@joejones9520]

if they were legal and manufacture was controlled and regulated this stuff wouldnt happen

[@subooking]

don't do hard drugs

[@jdmb03]

@@joejones9520 Yeah, because nobody would OD from legal drugs. SMH

[@joejones9520]

@@jdmb03 think

[@TheCatD]

@@joejones9520 yeah cause you can trust regulated stuff NOPE!

[@bearyqnailz]

Thanks for sharing!

[@burgundyjayde]

I remember sitting across from the exact spot where she died and singing her songs when I was in California a few years ago I could still feel her spirit there❤

[@RogerBradley-b4j]

I never forgot her. She was an enigma that flew too close to the sun. I remember her in the Woodstock movie when she was walking up towards the stage. She was looking at the crowd and told a friend. "Holy SH*T" because she was blown away by the size of the people in the crowd. RIP Janis. You will not be forgotten. 💔💔💔

[@Porsche996driver]

Great that the hotel is still there at least. Take care all!

[@tomlichnofsky.7048]

RIP Janis Joplin 🍁

[@FLIPPER1439]

Sad 😢 but unless she accepted the Lord Jesus as her Savior ✝️🙏🏻🧎🏻‍♀️ and her Deliverer ~~she willl not rest in peace. 📖John 3:16 📖 ROMANS 3:23 & 6:23

[@CathyHendrix1]

Such a tragic loss of an amazing talent. The 27 Club has taken so much great talent away from us.

[@FreyzelProductions]

So many amazing talents..

[@calikalbocalikalbo6082]

hahahaha....Talent?.....hahahaha...oooookkkkkk

[@Gwen-f8c]

The saddest thing for me was aside from her body laying on the floor of her room for 18 hrs without being missed was only three people attended her funeral...her mom dad and aunt barbara...WHERE WERE HER so called * FRIENDS * !?!?! 😿💔🖤🥀👎👎😭🪦🖤 .

[@CathyHendrix1]

@@Gwen-f8c I did not know this! How awful. Thanks for sharing.

[@calikalbocalikalbo6082]

@@Gwen-f8c ....Why only 3 if so famous?

[@kenp247]

I was 16 when I saw Janis Joplin and the Big Brothers & the Holding Company in Houston, Texas. Her Mon and Dad were also in the audience. Will never forget ! 🙏

[@rhiannonrhiannon6285]

Thank you for this video.

[@battistaleone8388]

So sad...Janis was/is an amazing talent and listen to her music today in 2024 ❤❤❤ Many thanks for sharin' ❤

[@jamesmonahanmusic]

A singer who has gone to artist's paradise. ❤❤❤😢😢 LIFE WITHOUT YOU (C)2006 ❤

[@michaeljohnson4794]

Thanks for doing this.

[@saxonsteve]

I didn’t become a Janis fan until I was a bit older. I was in the 10 years old generation when she died. I became a guitar 🎸 player at age 12. Now 64, I am really into music 🎶 and playing the blues. I really liked her soulful voice and her band. ❤☮️

[@freddyeltigre2327]

I knew Janis Joplin through her bass player Brad Cambell, I never seen her take drugs, but she loved Southern Comfort and always drank a mickey before she went on stage. She had presence and a powerfull voice. R.I.P. Janis!

[@JasonJames72]

Great video. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@MomWere45]

This is so sad. Thank you for sharing i found it very interesting.

[@Sheila-o8f]

Very sad may she rest in peace …. Tragic

[@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE123]

Hello, new subscriber here from Australia, great channel 😊

[@FreyzelProductions]

Thank you very much and welcome! 😀

[@mysterytour5983]

I walked in most of those places living around years ago those places have so much history! Janis was so good, one of a kind, she didnt have a clue that 55+ years later we would still lusten to her!

[@markhostetler6319]

I never lusted after her, but love her voice and music!

[@fleece192]

Cool story. I listen to her back in the day with big brother and the holding company. You got to rock them. Thanks for this great memory

[@bardowl8209]

Thank you for this. The only correction I have is that the photo of her with the southern comfort bottle on the beat up couch was not the last photo ever taken of Janis, as it says- there are other photos from the same photo take available. Everything else was correct though, and much appreciated I'm sure from all her fans like myself.

[@Bel_leonie]

Great video!

[@HelenPrado-o8s]

I'm 57 and I love her. She was an old soul and also VERY lonely and empty inside her heart. Money doesn't buy happiness. She wanted to rest forever. She was so beautiful inside and out. Beauty comes from within. The most beautiful fake people are rotten souls inside. I miss girl. RIP 🙏💔❣️

[@RANDY4410]

I remember hearing about her death on TV, I had just started going to High School in NYC in 1970, this was a few months after the tragedy at Kent State where 4 students were shot to death by the national guards while protesting on campus against President Nixon invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam war.

[@BenRabinowitz-1]

Did your teachers in high school teach you to capitalize the words "high school"? If so, they should have been fired.

[@jimmylieb5225]

4 dead in Ohio. may they rest in peace. I remember too well Kent State on May 4, 1970!

[@Kittymay98]

@@BenRabinowitz-1What are you? The school monitor? Stop trolling on everyone’s comments!

[@brianwazac8235]

Great video. Nice job bro!

[@FreyzelProductions]

Thank you!

[@rongrady4501]

Excellent video, Thanks

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

*Yep. I did **_"Learn A Little Somethin."_** DON'T MESS WITH HEROIN!!! Thank You. And Have a Good Evening. Drive Careful.*

[@raycope2086]

Thank you for feeling it, Janis. I miss you, sweetie.

[@phredmadsen-vallee8375]

Rest In Eternal Peace Janis ♥

[@chuckg2016]

A great one of a kind talent gone far too soon. So earthy hot 🔥🔥🔥 RIP, MS. Joplin, you live in our hearts forever. 💐

[@inachavez5508]

My friend now lives in her bedroom that she lived in here in Austin tx when she went to UT the landlord even has pics of her playing acoustic guitar in the back yard

[@FreyzelProductions]

That is pretty awesome!

[@HOOTGIBSON-jq1jf]

can you share please?

[@jimmylieb5225]

far out man!!

[@jaylene.turner6524]

Very sad. Another great artist taken way too soon. Great video,sir!

[@calikalbocalikalbo6082]

no not really

[@ericsneary5430]

@@calikalbocalikalbo6082 Anyone with a functioning brain knows she had a lot of talent

[@calikalbocalikalbo6082]

@@ericsneary5430 ......As is my point, anyone knows she wouldn't even make past round 1 on a talent show today.

[@brianwells4507]

​@calikalbocalikalbo6082 depends on what type of music you are referring to? Anybody that could replicate Odetta's vocals is huge

[@calikalbocalikalbo6082]

@@brianwells4507 ......Nobody would have a chance today with that god awful voice.

[@johncameron2545]

Back in 56 I was standing right there with Elvis.

[@Super-ew1ty]

Wow seriously?

[@mikrof467]

😂 don't do drugs 😅

[@Formerlywarmer]

Great video. Thx

[@wilbur1884]

I WAS 9 WHEN JANICE JOPLIN DIED. BLESS YOUR HEART ♥ JANIS 🙏

[@rikkiross7691]

I'm a HUGE fan of Janis but the sad part is,she died 8 months after I was born..I wish she was still alive today i would of loved to see Janis in concert!! 😢

[@BenRabinowitz-1]

You "would of loved"? Too bad that there's such no word construction in the English language. You created a new one there--but not because you're a gifted writer, l assure you.

[@jimmylieb5225]

ignore the comment from that replier. he's a jerk.

[@WillieMaeLedoux]

miss you a lot Janis Joplin still listening to your music ever since the 1960s still listening the year 2024 Janis Joplin forever ❤🎉😊

[@michaelsix9684]

there have been at least 3 or more biographies on Janis, she was also on a postage stamp, such an amazing life

[@chrissharkey9644]

Nice work

[@UncleWally3]

Can’t find my keys and forget my grandkids’ birthdays but I remember that day, very well.

[@ElenioFraticelli]

Sei sempre con Noi Janis ! ❤

[@yyzz1959]

Amazing talent that will always be remembered 🙏

[@Xylographer]

Watching this brings tears to my eyes all the time so I did drugs just like her starting with LSD at 13 becoming clean at 25 some people made it some people did it a great loss to lose someone so loved

[@Kerry-fw6jt]

She definitely had a distinctive voice. Her band had a good sound too.

[@acelarson1872]

Nice video thanks

[@Sue-zf5uu]

My oldest brother dated her a few times when we lived in Orange, and she lived in Port Authur. He said she was wild and crazy. Nothing was off limits for her to do or try. She sure got famous though.

[@lime-y2b]

thank you!

[@jessedorsettii9988]

Update. It's a shelter facility for the needy. You cannot enter the building at all unless you stay there. They don't allow visitors either. I asked if I could see the room, but security will not allow it and they may lose their housing. My uncle and his 30 something year old son are staying in that room. My cousin has not reported any strange occurrences, but my uncle claims to have had visits from Janis.

[@FreyzelProductions]

Thank you for that update. I was wondering what was going on with the place.

[@jessedorsettii9988]

@@FreyzelProductions My uncle can tell you lots of stories from his life, but he did live quite a life, running away from an abusive home at 15 with his brother to Chicago from Brownsville, TX and later in life working at Mc Donnell Douglas in Long Beach during the 70's and 80's, being an Elvis impersonator and one heck of a dancer. Back in the 60's in Los Angeles would go to parties and ballrooms and was the date of Connie Francis for a short time. I believe he experienced something in that room and he says the spirit followed him to other locations. Sounds spooky and off-putting but it does not seem to bother him. It's like he kinda likes it. He would be an interesting person to interview. Most who lived 80 years and remember their lives are. His memory is still intact.

[@kirkshairpiece6741]

I went there in 1999 but the night clerk would not let me see the room. He said it had all been altered. I took photos of the lobby and the exterior.

[@maryannmartinez9425]

Loved her music

[@charlesdolphinboy]

rest in peace troubled soul 🙏 🕯 🎶 ✨️ 🧚‍♂️

[@StevenTorrey]

I remember when she passed. She ended up being an exemplum for "Just say nO!"

[@CC-xu2yz]

All I think of when i see photos and videos of her is that she was still a child.

[@karencahill4798]

Yes! Look up “Musicians who died at age 27.” It will blow your mind.

[@cheribee968]

Watching the clip of janis on the Dick Cavett show back in 1970(?) She spoke about how she was going to her high school reunion and mentioned people didn’t treat her nice there, when she was growing up. I always thought her eyes were so sad.

[@joejones9520]

she had facial features that many women in this general texas/louis. gulf region also have and the way she often looked and sounded in conversation like she was possibly near tears is also another trait ive noticed here

[@bernardmartin9186]

❤ too much truth about the man gets swept away like dust and sand . Watch your lyrics and what you say unless you 're quit to live another day.

[@Burninhellscrootoob]

Barneys beanery was made famous in a NRPS song, i think its LA cowboy❤ being a child of the 60s its a shame so many of our music icons are no longer with us

[@MonikaKozmik]

Hello. Greatly enjoyed your historic video... The picture you used as her last photo, Actually isn't her last photo. Look up. Harvard stadium. That was her last show. ❤ I've been performing a tribute for twenty-five years.

[@janeburton7647]

Hi - Very interesting info about this popular entertainer. Drugs have been responsible for the death and illnesses of many folks in the music and arts communities. Thank you for posting this memorial-like and meaningful video.

[@richardbesley9683]

Thank you

[@juancervantes4085]

As Billy Joel once sang, "...cause only the good die young..."!

[@eddiearmijo6635]

She Lives on.

[@MelindaBuntin-ik4rt]

We lost an amazing and original talent!!! Unreplacable! Such a unique presence!! So very sorry she's gone!!!❤

[@michaelsix9684]

when Morrison heard about Janis's death, he said "you're looking at number three", he died months later in Paris July 71 at age 27

[@BrianCasey-bc]

Janis will always be.missed😅 2:04

[@suzimooreakathegadgetlady907]

Sad loss, R.I.P. JANIS XXX

[@timmmahhhh]

Great video, thanks. I'll be on vacation in La next week. Maybe I'll convince the wife to take a walk over here and check it out.

[@jendagesse4524]

I love her music

[@beths4934]

So sad to go down in some funky hotel!

[@whiteorchid5412]

I've driven by this hotel for many years and on a few occasions did u-turns in the driveway to avoid traffic on Highland but never knew the history there. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix? If those walls could talk...

[@629GSMITH]

My best friend went to school with her in Port Arthur.

[@KWArtist]

As a longtime Rainbow Bar, and Whiskey patron ive spoken to Mario Maglieri many times about his life and the people he knew. He told me that before she died, i believe the night before, she stopped at the Bow and they put a case of Jim Bean in her trunk. He was sad about her passing but he always hated drugs and wasnt surprised.

[@johnland1528]

Gone but will never be forgotten 2024

[@kathyclark3168]

I often emulated Janis, hair, clothes and yes even drinking Southern Comfort as she did 😅😅 but no drugs either. I loved her music, wonder what it'd be like had she lived....

[@kimberlylegacy4190]

She had everything at her fingertips other than the feeling of acceptance. It’s true that money can’t buy everything!

[@TxCen5432]

Don’t do drugs to live longer than this person

[@BobHansen-ik1ln]

Correct

[@rhinomechanics8423]

@@BobHansen-ik1ln "This Person"? How young are you?

[@BobHansen-ik1ln]

she sounded like someone was strangling a cat

[@m_hub3957]

@@rhinomechanics8423 irrelevant

[@rolltide9547]

I agree she has a terrible voice.

[@kimbradley9595]

I grew up with her and Hendricks and Jim Morrison best ever

[@kimbradley9595]

So did I have her Pearl album original

[@kimbradley9595]

But used

[@timcolledge6813]

RIP Janis 🙏

[@deeco2544]

This lady was AMAZING!!!!! Never heard a voice like hers