Posts Tagged ‘Kosmic Blues Band’

janis

Janis Joplin American singer songwriter and lead vocalist with the then Kosmic Blues Band a more soulful Rhythm and Blues styled band, the show at the Albert Hall in 1969, Janis who had been in Big Brother and the Holding Company had been major attraction at Montery Pop Festival and Woodstock. Well know for her electric live performances and unusual style of dress with coloured hair and vintage scarves, devastatingly original voice overpowering but deeply vulnerable the Filming for the documentary “Janis” included footage covering the european tour. Janis who died from quantities of heroin and alcohol at the age of 27 only 16 days after rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix. of the same age.