You just witnessed one of the great moments in rock history. Janis was mostly unknown at the time (she wasn't among the performers mentioned on the poster). This concert was the legendary Monterey Pop Festival. The mesmerized woman in the audience is another legend, Mama Cass (Cass Elliott), who was there to perform with her band The Mamas and the Papas. Janis became a huge star after this, but she always had difficulty with drugs and alcohol. Sadly, she died at the age of 27.

@suecook1326

2 жыл бұрын

Mama Cass and The Mamas & Poppas were the organizers of this festival. This was Janis' debut performance. Much like Santana's debut performance at Woodstock, they were outstanding! Santana walked away with half a million fans before their first album was released! As you can see here, Janis made a few fans too!

@TheDivayenta

2 жыл бұрын

I was there!

@crgirlmcgrath7087

2 жыл бұрын

FYI Jimmy Hendrix is sitting next to Mama Cass.

@myronstenka8249

2 жыл бұрын

The guy in the crowd (at the end - the applause) in the white sweater with the blue V down the front was Clive Davis. He had just been named head of Capitol Records rock division and attended the concert. After this performance, he met Janis backstage and signed her.

@danielbardier1372

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheDivayenta please tell me more

Keep in mind this was her 1st live performance and she hit a grand slam. Even other artist were in AWE. The lady in the audience they focus on is Momma Cass of the ' Mommas & papa's ' Hope you enjoy 🤘🎶💥🎤

@jennhurl

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know this! Thank you so much for the info! That's truly incredible!

@largemouthhunter5014

2 жыл бұрын

@@jennhurl you are very welcome Jennifer , Happy New Year 🎉

@kurtsaxton823

2 жыл бұрын

It was her first live gig in front of a large audience. She was well known in south east Texas a few years before Monterey pop.

@s.mcpherson6354

2 жыл бұрын

For Janis that's a double edged sword. You're honoured she's there, but then you think: gee, I'd better be good. Knowing Janis she'd just take any angst from that and sing it out.

@sharonhalliday3180

2 жыл бұрын

Jimi Hendrix was sitting next to Cass Elliot. Many big names were blown away by Janis' talent and style

That lady looking amazed, like anyone else in the audience, was Cass Elliot, a famous singer and songwriter. I could go on for hours talking about Janis and this concert, Monterrey Pop Festival 1967. You have entered a deep and mind-blowing rabbit hole, known as the sixties and early 70’s. The music of this era spanned the spectrum and Janis was the epitomy of the times, including excess drug use, broad sexual experience and crazy clothes. I am 66 and this was what I saw from a distance. Somehow, the times were more real. Happy and healthy new year.

@keetahbrough

2 жыл бұрын

xo

Janis Joplin was and still is the best female vocalist to ever grace a stage......Cry Baby, Piece of my Heart, Mercedes Benz, the a cappella version, Summertime is a must, Maybe, Get it While You Can, Down on Me. That should get you started. Janis was unlike anyone on a stage. When she sang it came from the deepest part of her soul every time. She was the subject of bullying from grade school on into college where she was voted the ugliest boy on campus. Yes, she is a member of the 27 club. The list includes, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Alan Wilson, Jim Morrison, Ronald McKernan, Pete Ham, Kurt Cobain. There are 20 of them all together. You have to understand at this concert they literally walked on stage as nobody’s and walked off stars with a contract. The saddest part of it all is she died before she ever knew just how much people loved her.

@andrewcastillo9558

2 жыл бұрын

Same with hendrix at this concert.

@pauldion914

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewcastillo9558 Don't forget that Otis Redding also blew away the audience at Monterey. Just a few months later he died in a plane crash at the age of 26, shortly after recording Dock Of The Bay.

Janis was a shy Texas girl until she got a mic in her hand …. Janis was in a league of her own . The world missed out so much when we lost her .

"Janis Joplin Cry Baby Live in Toronto 1970 " is sick. She put her whole soul into those vocals

@nightwood4379

2 жыл бұрын

Saw her live in Chicago on her last tour…incredible ball of fire. Her rendition of “Summertime” always a favorite.

@samuellord8576

2 жыл бұрын

Crybaby Toronto 1970 FTW

@happyjack6901

Жыл бұрын

How did that happen she dies in 69

Janis wore her soul like a blanket trying to protect her from pain, hurt, anger, & even love! This woman was one of a kind, & sadly missed by everyone who loved & understood her music ❤ 💚 💙 She truly was a gift that was only with us for a short time, but what a glorious time it was!!! Thank you both, for such a thoughtful reaction ❤ 💚 💙

The amazed woman was from the Mama's and the Papa's, she is known as Mama Cass Elliot. A marvelous singer in her own right.

Bobby Mcgee & A Little Piece of My Heart are two stunning songs by her also. Def worth a look 😊 Thanks for sharing!

She was extraordinary and full of soul! She left us way too soon at 27. Jimi Hendrix 27 Jim Morrison 27 😓 The woman staring in the audience was Mama Cass of the Mamas and The Papas a famous group.

She came to Brazil for a while to try to unwind and get rid of her addiction cause we hadn´t heroine here. She even performed with a local band as a guest singer. It´s very sad that she died only at age 27, as Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix too. A thunderous generation that passed fast like a comet. :(

That person looking amazed from the crowd is no one other than Mama Cass Elliot from the Mama's & The Papa's. A great vocalist herself.

I am now 73 years old. In 1968 or 1969, my older sister took me to see Janis at the Avalon Ballroom for the first time. We sat on the floor and watched her sing, and I've been a fan ever since that day. She put her heart and soul into every song she sang, and in-between songs she passed a bootle of Southern Comfort around the front row. What a woman!

Janis was one of a kind 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I'm so old that I actually saw her in concert in San Diego. She was a force of nature! She put every bit of love, pain, vulnerability out there!

raw, rough, intense was her vocal style, she broke her own inimitable ground as a vocalist

Mama Cass was one of the greatest vocalists ever, and she is in awe of Janis ⚡👍

Janice said during an interview on Dick Cavet that she sang from the bottom of the music, unlike most women singers who sang at the top. Every time she was onstage she gave everything she had, part of why she will be remembered as long as people listen to rock music.

Seen this 40 times by now . Thought today was how was she able to walk off ? She left it ALL out there . Loved watching you young people experience this with me

She had soul down to her toes, and you felt it as it rose up inside her!!!

I lived next door to Janis Joplin in fall of 1967. In the Haight-Ashbury. I didn't know her personally, but I would see her running around the neighborhood. And, of course, I went to see her shows most weekends. My sister met her once. My sister got backstage, and Janis was standing over across the room talking and laughing with a bunch of musicians. She had a bouquet of roses in her hand. Then she saw my sister, and she crossed the room and handed her a rose. My sister and I still adore her to this day. The woman sitting watching Janis in amazement was Mama Cass, who is sitting next to Jimi Hendrix at the show. Mama Cass was one of the organizers of the show.

@MRCANTGETANAME

2 жыл бұрын

@raenelle fisher that is Clive Davis not Jimi Hendrix that Cass Is sitting beside.

The 27 club is an unfortunate term for artists who we lost at that young age. Even though statisticlly that not the age number - it's truly sad 😞 that we lost so many in their prime. Here's a few. RIP to these legends. Janice Joplin Amy Winehouse Kurt Cobain Jim Morrison Robert Johnson Jimi Hendrix Brian Jones - Rolling Stones Ron McKernan - Grateful Dead ...and unfortunately many more

@largemouthhunter5014

2 жыл бұрын

Also known as the white lighter club. It is believed all in the 27 club had in their possession a white cigarette lighter ( creepy weird )

@largemouthhunter5014

2 жыл бұрын

Really sad and major loss of talent

@kurtsaxton823

2 жыл бұрын

@@largemouthhunter5014 Robert Johnson had a white lighter?

@largemouthhunter5014

2 жыл бұрын

@@kurtsaxton823 I dont know for sure , it's a long running rumor about this group.

Not just a regular spectator being amazed either - that's a hell of a singer in Momma Cass! Summertime is probably my favorite from this spectacular legend!

Janis is still the number one female rock singer of all time. She left everything on stage when she sang. When she sang she gave her soul to her he music.

Big Mama Thornton wrote this song in the 1950s. Janis Joplin sang this in 1967 at this festival and recorded it in 1968. She died from a heroin overdose in 1970. She was 27.

Both JImi Hendrix & Janis Joplin came to Monterey Pop nobodies & left the stage legends!

1967- audiences had never seen anything quite like Janis Joplin.

That woman they kept showing in the audience is Mama Cass, Cass Elliott who was very famous in her own right as a singer. Janice was a phenomenal artist.

Janis was a free spirit and a tortured soul. A comet. A shooting star that burned out too soon. This performance launched her career, as she was signed to CBS Records by Clive Davis, who was at the festival and witnessed it.

I never get tired of this song or anything by Janis. She is truly amazing.

Grew up with my Mom playing her Janis records! So grateful.

5:22 That's "Mama" Cass Elliot from the Mamas and the Papas in the audience. She helped her Band mate "Papa" John Phillips organizing the Monterey Pop Festival because she was very well connected in the scene. She was one of the best female singers of the era herself and obviously she was completely in awe hearing Janis for the first time like the majority of the audience that day.

Janis was special. Seen her perform many times. Rock & Roll festival roadie 1968 -- 1969 West coast to East coast. The last one I did was the West Palm Beach festival had Janis there she did her show and another with Johnny Winters and Vanilla Fudge band. "DOWN ON MAIN" and simulated going down Johnny too. Rolling Stones were the headliners. 3 days of Great Rock & Roll.

Your example was Mama Cass Elliot from the Mamas and the Papas. Check out California Dreaming.

Janis Joplin is the 28th Greatest Singer of All Time. That is what Rolling Stone Magazine rated her a couple of years ago when it published its 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

@ninarice5279

4 ай бұрын

Rolling Stones is a has been rag magazine. Janice is NO 1

Thank You , THANK You guys for reviewing this legendary performance and Giving it your honest reaction 🙋🙌

She never had formal vocal training. Janis' parents had wanted her to be a school teacher. But she started singing when she was 17 and never turned back. She was completely self-taught, learning from listening to many great musicians.

@td1145

4 ай бұрын

no doubt she had no formal training. she sounds like an animal had its balls dipped in acid.

When Janis sang, she meant it. It came straight from her soul.

haha mama cass is impressed, damn, not really any female singers like janis, very special

She was strongly influenced by Big Momma Thorton, and other early female and male Black blues singers, who you might want to check out, too. But yeah, lots of Janis is awesome!

@mariannegoldweber1577

2 жыл бұрын

Only a few months before she died Janice purchased a tombstone for Bessie Smith which was another one of her idols

Janis had a hard life, and she sings it in her music. Thank you peace ✌️

Ah, Janis always hits the note that breaks the heart. That woman in the shades who looked up in awe at Janis was Mama Cass of The Mama And The Papas, another great singer who was taken from this world so early.

Tina Turner " Acid Queen ". Jimi Hendrix also played his set at this exact same festival . The original singer of " Ball And Chain " was Big Mamma Thornton . Janis just covered her song .

That's Mama Cass Elliot of the Mama's and the Papa's looking stunned.

It still amazes me how much depth she had. She was feeling it. She was only like 25 or 26 years old. Just amazing!

It was at this concert that Janis Joplin first got signed to a record deal by Clive Davis. She like a little Southern Comfort while she performed.

yes that is cass elliot at the '67 monteray pop festival. front row of janis joplin and the holding company set. wOw!

Just stop and consider the fact that no one had seen anyone do anything like this before her. People were in shock. Their brains were wondering if that sort of presentation of a song was even 'allowed' in a world just coming out of the pretty prudish 50's.

Mama cass in the audience was with the mamas and the papas! They sang California dreamin ! And many others!

5:20, Cass Elliot (Mamas & Papas), in your side: Noel Reding (19458-2003), Jimi's bass and... Jimi Hendrix!!! You don't see in this video. But in photos!!!

She did have stage anxiety or stage fright. At the end you could see her run off the stage. She was with the band Big Brother and the Holding Company. You mentioned that her voice sounded a little low. A lot of people have complained that the band would have their amps up too loud and overshadowed her voice at times. You have to check out some of her other greats, Summertime, Cry Baby, Piece of My Heart, Me and Bobby McGee. Janis Joplin died in 1970 and the 27 club refers to those who died before they reached 28, Jimi Hendriks, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain.

That lady with the amazed look sings with the Mamas & the Papas who released five studio albums and 17 singles over four years, six of which made the Billboard top 10, and have sold close to 40 million records worldwide. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Check out JIMI HENDRIX - HEY JOE Live at Monterey Pop Festival.

Janis was one of a kind..loved her unique voice...she is missed

That girl looking amazed is mama cass from the mamas and the papas, such a great band

I love that you saw that she showed girlish shyness, almost odd after her passionate outpouring moments before!!!

Half a million people in the crowd and you could hear a pin drop, she held them speachless

That's Mama Cass Elliott from the Mama's and the Papa's, you commented on sitting there amazed. Cass had an amazing voice and she was floored by this little girl with a HUGE voice! She had to get drunk to get on stage, led to her early death.

That bigger lady in the audience they kept showing is Mama Cass from the Mamas and the papas. Also, you should react to Bobby McGee by Janice...still to this day one of my all time favorite songs.

This was The Monterey Pop Festival in Northern California June 1967. 1 month after I was born.

This was Janis' breakthrough performance - an incredible woman a very short life and career but a huge influence on women vocalists for decades. Please check out her other stuff including 'Work Me Lord' which is just beautiful

Check out her fun side killing it with Tom Jones on his TV show- “ Raise Your Hand”. That was the first Pop music festival ever- it was in Monterey, CA and I was there!

Dude the woman in the audience was co-organizer of the concert, Cass Elliot....sitting next to Clive Davis. Elliot was watching a miracle, and you just saw it.

For all you young people, the lady in the audience was Cass Elliot from the Mamas and the Papas.

Janis is definitely one of the greatest female vocalist ever. No one could deliver a vocal better. Etta James & Beth Hart are cut from the same cloth.

There were a lot of unknown artists at the Monterey Pop festival in 1967. Janis and Jimi Hendrix as well as white audiences seeing the King of Soul and Canned Heat blues and a performance by Mike Bloomfield (Rock's 1st guitar hero) and his new band The Electric Flag that spawned Blood, Sweat and Tears, Pacific Gas and Electric, Ides of March and Chicago by introducing rock, blues and jazz. This concert inspired 1969 Woodstock

@mlhesler68

2 жыл бұрын

Otis Redding was the King of Soul.

I love your shirts! Im a huge Beatles fan and John Lennon is my favorite Beatle. Janis left this earth way too soon. Such a great loss.

Big Brother and The Holding Company was her band.

The woman starring at Janis with her jaw dropped is the late great Mama Cass. She was a member of The Mamas and The Papas until she went out on her own and made it even bigger..

The chick amazed is Mamma Cass (Mamas and the Papas). That chubby could FLING it herself. Died shortly behid Janis...musical LEGEND shizz, right here!!

The album's cover art was designed by R. Crumb, an underground comic book artist who was popular in the '60s counterculture scene for his self-published Zap Comix and in the '80s for his alternative comics magazine Weirdo.

I was a child and she fascinated me and scared the hell out of me at the same time. We had only seen beautiful woman before. Very ladylike women Cher, Momma and Poppas, Dinana Ross ect and Janis was NOTHING like them!!! She was and still is unique.

it doesn't get any better than this...............ever

Janis bared her soul... My sister reminded me of her. R.I.P. Janis... And my beloved sister Marsha. ❤

The the lady that you're talking about looking up at her while she's singing is Mama Cass from The Mamas and the papas

Another famous singer Bette Midler playing her in an unauthorized movie about her life called The Rose. If you get a chance to watch it it's pretty amazing. Janice died from an overdose at 27...

The amazed girl in the audience is the incredible mama Cass Elliot and huge star herself

The amased woman is mama cas from mamas & papas 🤗

Janis Joplin, "Piece of my Heart, Me and Bobby McGee".

Talk about quality, we made music back then. Jim

throw back to the late 1960's.....RIP Janis Joplin

GOTTA DO CRY BABY LIVE IN TORONTO 1969. It’s crazy amazing

Watch Tom Jones and Janis sing and dance on his variety show in the late 1960s. It is one of my favorite live performances. ❤

I was lucky enough to have seen Janis in person in 1969 in Miami when I was in college.

Janis Joplin was a unique force. Basically a soul singer, straight up. For some reason her popularity and legendary status has kind of faded. Her style isnt as popular now. But she remains a favorite of mine from that era. Side story: My boss from about 30 yrs ago went to highschool with Janis. And sat right behind her in class. She was very shy and self concious about her looks. "I make love to a hundred thousand people in song on stage and go home alone"-Janis Joplin.

Bobby McGee by Janice.....you're welcome!😉💕

Was blessed to see her: in1969… here in San Diego 🙏🏽♥️

You know you’re good when you leave Mama Cass in awe.

My favorite of JJ’s of all time > ‘WORK ME LORD’ live in Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 (1969) Portland Oregon USA 🇺🇸

It's funny you both have John Lennon & Beatles t-shirt, which is a sign you like 60s/70s music, but you didn't recognize that was Mama Cass looking at Janis Joplin. 😊

She was so bluesy loved her!

That's "Mama Cass ,from the "Mama's and Papa's" in the audience

Her voice 😍

The woman looking on in AAWW IS MAMA CASS From the mama's and the papa's

The first along with Tina Turner "Rock" female singers.

She was a Texan and vocal in school about black rights and she suffered for it. at school, they voted her ugliest man on campus. She was way smart and skipped several grades so she was also younger than her classmates. Check out her interviews on The Dick Cavett show.

Janis----- Little Girl Blue.

Her vocal range is staggering!!

Me and My Bobby McGee. Maybe her biggest hit, was not released until after her death. My other favorite is "Piece of My Heart" studio version.

It wasn't a lot of people that passed away at age 27, it was who they were. The three biggest stars in Rock music from the late 60s were Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison of the Band "The Doors." All were worldwide Rock stars in the same era (1967 to about 1971. The first to go was Janis Joplin, who was an unbelievable soul/ Blues vocalist. The next was Jim Morrison, and then the greatest guitarist ever, the one and only Jimi Hendrix. All three are from the same era, and all three died from a combination of drug and or alcohol overdose. Janis drank a fifth of Bourbon a day and had a very expensive Heroin habit. If you are a Rock star, you have the money to get as much Dope as you want, and that's not a good thing. These three stars, made up the infamous "27 Club." Man, they were great.