August 12th, 2008
Forty years ago today Cheap Thrills the seminal work by Texas artist Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding company was released. This was the album that proved to be the breakout for Janis and sold over a million copies (what would have been multi-platinum by today's standards) and set her on the road to legend. There are so many great songs on this album that you will always get an argument about which is best but I like everything on the record! The cover features artwork by one of the most original and incredibly weird artists of the 60's R. Crumb (check out the documentary; Crumb). Bill Graham used to introduce the band as "Four gentlemen and one Great, Great Broad...Big Brother & the Holding Company!"
Enjoy the clip and buy the CD or download; this is both a compelling recording from the time and timeless at the same time. From one of a long line of interesting musicians from Texas!
Enjoy!
Boy, I remember that day. It makes me feel pretty old.
Excellent song from an excellent album! Wow remember albums?
Stephen and mystery commenter: I do not feel that much older but was certainly awhile back! And I still have a fwe albums stashed away somewhere...Thanks for commenting!
Russell, you look like you're doing pretty well :-) Please, feel free to ask, and in keeping with this post.......I'll......TRRRRY, just a little bit harder
Russell, thanks for the memories...still love all of the songs and always will.
By the way your header on your blog looks great!
That title to your blog was as funny as it was misleading :) I have not thought about janis Joplin in YEARS but she is stiil fabulous!
Well Thank you "mystery commenter" I am still a big Janis fan!
Russell...
Boy I listened to this a lot (I think :-)!
I wanted to come to your blog to make sure you got this...
Russell...
NO NO, I did not take it that way, I was teasing you! I have a weird sense of humor :-).
Sorry I didn't call you back but have not been feeling up to par the last couple of days.
Here is what you do, go up to my blog on the contest and the fist tag you see is
beat the heat,
Click on that and it takes you to were all the post tagged with that are, so you can see who is entered, read their post and once you post yours, go and check and make sure it's there. That's were we find the entries.
You do not have to put Beet the Heat in the title or anywhere else, EXCEPT AS A TAG, beat the heat,,
AND IT MUST BE SEPERATED BY A COMMA BEFORE AND AFTERR SO IT DOES NOT RUN TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER TAGS!
Hope that helps, if not call me back, OK. It was a pleasure meeting you at the AR gathering, suce a pretty place. Liz
Our picture turned out great...will get a post up in next couple of days with all my pictures. L
Oh, man, 1968 wasn't 40 years ago, was it? I still listen to Janis Joplin sometimes. Cheap Thrills is my favorite album of hers, too.
Hey Liz!!!! I am still in learning mode with my "beat the heat entry".I have all the pictures, a funny story and the history but on page but I am having trouble with the lay out so will post it on Monday after I get some pointers!
and LIZ thatis a great picture of you and for once I am not 'all dressed up" it might get around that I am not nearly as serious as some of my pictures might indicate!