8/21/2023 0 Comments Janis joplin band start![]() The album did contained a few powerful songs, including "Down on Me" and "Bye Bye Baby", that when played live would sound so much better. ![]() Their first self titled album was released on a minor label in 1967, but the sessions were too rushed and the production was poor. At first Andrew also handled some of the lead vocals but it didn't take long to see that Joplin was the band's main kick and attraction. The band, a psychedelic guitar band featured Joplin on lead vocals, and had four other members Sam Andrew and James Gurley on guitar, Peter Albin on bass and David Getz on drums. Shortly after her return to the Bay area, Janis joined the band Big Brother And The Holding Company. She moved back to San Francisco in 1966 and never looked back again. After her recovery from pills, her fiance suddenly left her and she again got the yearning to perform live. She even got engaged and went back to school. She decided that she would quit the business and settle down. She became addicted to amphetamines and in 1965 decided to returned to Texas in an effort to clean up. ![]() In 1963 Janis made her first move to San Francisco where she became a regular attraction at the North Beach Coffee Gallery. That next year she joined her first group, Waller Creek Boys, an Austin based act that also featured Powell St. She sang both the blues and folk music, but her vocal style was like no others even then. Her first regular gig was at the Purple Onion Club in Houston. But she had a special, very powerful voice even at an early age and decided to be a singer. Too wild and totally different than her peers in high school, she was mainly shunned by them. Born and raised in the conservative town of Port Arthur, Texas, Janis was an outcast. ![]() Considered by many as the best White female rock/blues singer of all time, Janis Joplin's career was a short wild ride. ![]()
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