Kozmic Blues

Susan Tedeschi performing Janis Joplin's song "Kozmic Blues".

Little Girl Blue

Janis Joplin performing the Rodgers and Hart Song "Little Girl Blue".

One Night With Janis Joplin

Mary Bridget Davies is currently performing as Janis Joplin in the show "One Night with Janis Joplin" at the Arena Stage. The show is headed to Broadway. I saw it last night, and it should be a big hit in New York. Sabrina Elayne Carten co-stars as several of the women who influenced Joplin's singing, Unfortunately I don't see any clips of her performing, so you will have to attend the show in order to see her. It is well worth it to see either of these two women perform, and a double treat to see them together. 

Here are some clips from a few years back of Davies performing with Joplin's band, Big Brother and the Holding Company.

"Piece of My Heart"



"Summertime"



"Ball And Chain"—Big Momma Thorton wrote this song, and you can see her performance of it in this 2010 Post

Summertime

It is that time of the year again—"Summertime" performed by Janis Joplin.

Jerry Ragovoy

The songwriter Jerry Ragovoy passed away a couple days ago. In tribute, here are performances of a couple songs he wrote.

"Time Is On My Side" - Irma Thomas recorded this song in the early 1960's. You can see her performing the song in this post. The Rolling Stones saw her perform the song, copied her interpretation of the song, and it became one of their early hits.



"Piece of My Heart" performed by Janis Joplin



"Get It While You Can" - This song was also recorded by Janis Joplin, but it was recorded first by this man, Howard Tate.

Janis Joplin

Today is the 40th anniversary of the death of Janis Joplin, who died on October 4, 1970 at the age of 27. So a post in tribute to her.

My last post was on Big Mama Thornton, who was a big influence on Joplin. One of Joplin's biggest successes was "Ball & Chain", a song Big Mama wrote, and was included in my last post.



Joplin had another hit with this song that Kris Kristofferson wrote, "Me and Bobby McGee"



Here Joplin performs George Gershwin's classic "Summertime"



Finally, "Mercedes Benz" a song Joplin co-wrote with the poet Michael McClure and Bob Neuwirth

IBMA Awards Pt. 2

Winning the IBMA'sInstrumental Group of the the Yesr
was Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper. In addition, they also won Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year for this song, "Jerusalem Ridge".



Dan Tyminski won Male Vocalist of the Year, as well as Album of the Year for the album Wheels. Dan also performs with Alison Krauss' Band Union Station, and is the voice that comes out of George Clooney's mouth when he sings in the movie "O' Brother Where Art Thou". Here is Dan performing the title track from his album.



Dale Ann Bradley won the award for Female Vocalist of the Year. This is the third yeat in a row that she has won this award. Here she is performing the Kris Kristofferson song that Janis Joplin made famous, "Me and Bobby McGee".