Friday Freak Flag Flying ~ “I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama!” ~ Janis Joplin

This Queen of Rock would have been 70 now. One can only wonder how much more she would have contributed and became had she lived beyond 27. Sadly a further explosion we never got to experience.

And why she was also called Queen of just Psychedelic Blues? It might have been the era, but this lady was 100% good old-fashioned low down dirty Mother F’N Blues. To me “Work Me Lord” was a Masterpiece.

Pipes, Talent and Real but all so alone.

One song on this album would ultimately define Janis for the song she sang was really about herself, Little Girl Blue.

Raw, Honest, Pure, Heart, Soul, Emotion… and Beyond Missed.

Friday Feelin’ ~ Little Girl Blue ~ Janis

Written: Music by Richard Rodgers and Lyrics by Lorenz Hart.

Released in 1969 from Janis Joplin’s “I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama!”

Nina Simone (whose 1958 debut album was named after the song was admired by Janis.

Friday At The Fillmore ~ Raise Your Hand ~ Janis

Febuary 12, 1969 Fillmore East

Written by Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd & Alvertis Isbell.

Friday At The Fillmore ~ Work Me Lord ~ Janis Joplin

Written By Nick Gravenites.
Recorded Feb. 12, 1969 at the Fillmore East.

Song of the Day ~ Gut Wrenching Gritty ~ Big Brother and the Holding Company ~ Ball and Chain

Cheap Thrills Style.

Released in 1968.

Sunday Blues ~ Janis ~ Maybe

Released the year I was born ~ 1957

Written by Arelene Smith    

       

    

Guitarist James Gurley Dead.

Born in Detroit, Mi. Dec. 22, 1939.

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