All too well... Did you know Stephen Ambrose who owned a Jazz Club in Haight-Asbury & lived downstairs from Janis Joplin or around the Corner?^^🌅🗽💖🌉🎆🎈🎠🏭🎁🎐
A side note about 'the real state of the union': government criminals within the very Far-Extreme-Right ARE relentlessly Damaging American Citizens' & Others' Eyes, et al = implosion is when the Federal Government No Longer Protects & factually Evil has come to America: PACTSNTL.org Newsletters July 3, 2020 & Also Published in Geneva, Switzerland at the UN Human Rights Commission.. Both note these Crimes as CyberTorture.. & with stellar US Naval intelligence Officer Veteran Derrick Charles Robinson on Facebook + Splcenter.org Nazis Who Say They Are Anarchists + HateWatch.org + TeachingTolerance.org + OregonLive.com Hate Crimes _Up 360+% with the attacks on Gays, Minorities, Others in Eugene'a Whiteaker area supposedly "the cool neighborhood" horrendously proliferating as are attacks on Jews & Orthodox & Minorities in Brooklyn, et al & elsewhere; online, Seattle Hate Crimes _Up 400+% from 17%_elsewhere in Washington; California's Hate Crimes are as shocking as here + in Canada, Mexico_Nazism hordes migrated down there, too & globally_//USHMM.org Memory & Action & etc.since at least Fall 2015 in detail + The Shoa Foundation.org + BlackGenocide.org + The Lang Lang Foundation For Peace.org + the McCain Institute.org + PEACE BY CHOCOLATE + Blaine Harden's "ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14" & Anchee Min's "THE RED AZALEA" + Theo Halo's... ;&, TeachForAmerica.org🌅🗽💖🌉🎁/unedited/Lorna Kim in Eugene, Roman Catholic Joan-Therese
Too many haters in the comments expect technical perfection from these admitted self taught musicians. Rock and roll is supposed to be fun. Super groovy!
@@Robyn-Lee-Bee It was a play on the old Harlan Howard quote from I think the '50s (don't quote me on that). 😂 I am showing my age I guess. But I agree with what you said 100%.
I was lucky enough to see Janis in Concert in Jan.1970, I was am still am a huge fan of Janis Joplin and after all these years after Janis's untimely death I still have three different paintings of Janis hanging on my wall. It's hard to explain in words how the great talent that Janis had has effected my life over these many years. Janis is an Icon and Legend in the history of "Rock & Roll" and thanks to UA-cam we are still able to enjoy the great talent that Janis shared with the musical world. There will never be another Janis Joplin and as I said thanks to UA-cam we are still able to just sit back and enjoy the music Janis left with us.
Milton Williams: I agree 100%! I was not born in the right decade. I wish I could have been alive back then to see her live. I would pay anything!! You are very lucky. I’m glad you got to see her, & I’m glad you love her like I do! Rock on! :)
Who was it said, you're pretty much going to love the music that was playing when you first got laid. We were young and impressionable, but people like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen, and David Bowie showed us the way out of our teenage lives. Love the San Francisco sound here. We took a family trip through SF in the 60's I wanted to jump out of the car and stay. Live up here now.
It’s too bad that she dumped Big brother. That doesn’t show any loyalty to the people who without them she most like likely wouldn’t be anyone who’s name you know.!
still the dopest jam ive watched,these guitar players no there stuff,and whats more groovy they are not uptight ,they can laugh ,good sence of humor .love big brother,the hall of the mountain king is so groovy to jam.its hard man,but these guys do it right.god bless them all.life is just a party man, what else we meant to do? drink cups of tea and talk about the weather,haha drop a tab,have a drink and love each other man.peace from new zealand.
As far as I know - Peter & Dave are the only two left alive. Dave's kind of the Archivist of the Tapes & such matters. Peter always had a great sense of humor. I liked the Entire Family Feel in that Group & luckily saw a "Sam Show"- he'd stopped playing w/them for the most part it seems. It was a benefit for a Radio Station that I think changed its format to Funk & Soul or something unlike 'Rock 'n Blues'. The last two Real LPs were very strong w/expanded abilities & the Nick Gravenites influence in many ways. Also a collection of Demos, Various works 'Can't Go Home Again' is interesting & a CD Import. They played a year or so ago in Union Square for free for a few hours in a tight unit. James Lived longer than I thought he had but put out at least one Solo Lp that I had trouble getting a grip on- such a good player as time went on though.
Janis of course was a force of Nature but I never enjoyed her music as much later on. I loved the band Big Brother & the Holding Company including their great singer, Janis! The other guys were awesome and deserve more historical recognition. Maybe they weren't super technically advanced on their instruments but they created original psychedelic rock music that was raw, real, experimental, gritty and great!
Gracias ,Creador ,por darme el orivilegio de nacer en esta decada de experimentacion y libertar de expresion ,y de seguir existiendo para disfrutar a esta generacion que no los vi en sy momenti de actuacion gracias ,,,,,,,,,
My brother brought home Cheap Thrills when I was maybe 11 years old. It remains some of the best guitar interplay, between Andrew and Gurley, that I've ever heard! Sad to learn this evening that Sam passed last year. Great to see this tonight! Really, man, thanks for putting this up!
This is a very interesting timepiece although someone should correct the date as it is incorrect. As others brought up in the comments this was in 1967 before the Monterey Pop Festival. BBHC certainly sound very amateurish but their joy in the sound they were producing is obvious. Janis , at this point , was very intent after a year's work with this band to have them cross over to a larger audience. This was actually before she started to do the waaaah' wail and raspy voice delivery. She definitely had a clear sound at this point. The voice she developed later required extreme amplification to support it as it was a pure head voice. Hearing their innocence in their interview is also very interesting and endearing.
@@stevenrevins4663 BB&tHC was not then (never was) the most polished musical entity. Other musicians, quite clearly, had either more technical prowess, better "musicianship," or both. That said, and granted the production level (low) of many recorded performances from the late '60s, one cannot deny that some of JJ's most iconic recordings were done with that band. Her untimely death left many unanswered (unanswerable) questions . . . However, the answer to how great a performer she was is right there in the discography ... just take a listen.
Reminds me of the Avalon in the Fall of 1966 when the Holding Co. were the defecto house band. Everything was so new and exciting and the people were as exciting as the bands on stage. Magical newness in SF. I could Groundhog Day forever from '66 to '69. No kidding.
Anybody who wants this on DVD can get it as the bonus feature on Revolution 68. That documentary features Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe And The Fish, The Steve Miller Band and Mother Earth. The KQED special was called Come Up The Years : Big Brother And The Holding Company and it's part 2 of this DVD. It was broadcast in April 1967. Come Up The Years was a song by Jefferson Airplane on their first album. Ball And Chain is still her signature song as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for uploading this.
My mother worked at KQED and was involved in producing Come Up the Years. She helped Laura Weber get her show produced at KQED. Laura loved Jorma and Jack and had them as guest on her show in 1969. Jorma, like so many others, adored Janis.
I feel it should be mentioned that they are playing the cheapest beginner level guitars you could get back then. It’s amazing they sound as good as they do here. Fortunately, they all had nice Gibson SGs by the time of Monterey and they sounded a lot better!
Big Brother and the Holding Company in early 1967. Janis has her Ball and Chain down pretty good. She usually wore granny glasses at this time. Saw them a lot free in the Park. The group was OK, but by this time, everybody wanted more Janis. The first time you saw her, you knew she was very special. As long as she stayed in San Francisco, you knew she was safe.
You nailed it.This is before everything.Before the release of Sgt Peppers.Before, the "Summer of Love". Almost 2 months before The Monterey Pop Festival.Classic SF sound.I love it
Though Big Brother sounds rough in this video, they went on to get to a high level of musicality while maintaining this very distinct San Francisco sound. If you werent there youll probably never know it. You've got to hear them playing the Avalon Ball Room, and bouncing that big buzz monster off the ceiling. Nothing like it. Very cool to have this video of them at this stage!
They were seriously ELECTRIC musicians. I often read that the band was considered "sloppy," but the more you listen and watch them play live, especially in a close setting like this, I suspect "sloppiness" is better translated as "a consistent element of sonic unpredictability." Janis shared that as well, albeit vocally. They never seemed like a band performing by rote. Very acid, very wild, very alive. Too real for most people, probably. I wish I could have seen them! Thanks for posting; still such an inspiration for musicians today, who covet playing a set that tight and still have the audience wondering if you're winging it!
Big brother were a good band Janis is awesome talking of sloppiness i have been listen to The Velvet Underground & Nico quite a bit some of that is sloppy but I cant get enough of it. The West coast bands were better than East coast bands in the 60s by far imo The Doors, Byrds, Love, Big Brother, jefferson airplane and canned heat etc etc but what a time for music ✌
This concert is in 1967 not 1968. I saw them in their first east coast appearance on Feb.17,1968 in NYC with BB King. I was so taken I flew to San Francisco on the 19th and stayed a month going to the Avalon and Fillmore West....Trippin' out
I don't know that Big Brother and the Holding Company ever did anything less than a stellar performance. The period of 1966-1967 in San Francisco had great bands, and BBHC was one of the best, even though short lived. If anyone has other film of a live performance PUT IT UP! I was at the Fillmore on February 19, 1967 in San Francisco, California when Big Brother and the Holding Company shared the night with Jefferson Airplane, a great group. Grace Slick, Marty Balin, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady and Paul Kantner put on a fabulous show, but Big Brother and the Holding Company blew them away: it was like a firecracker compared to an M80. Standing right at the foot of the stage was a great place for me to experience both groups, and when Janis exploded with that voice, and James Gurley and Sam Andrew played notes that didn't exist anywhere else, what a phenomenon! That there is footage of Big Brother and the Holding Company is great for music history. That a new generation is hearing this group and liking them is great! Get your hands on the early LPs if you can.
I saw them in 1968 Alexandria Roller Rink great show. Janis had a bottle of liquor on stage. It was an amazing concert. I still have all my vinyl albums and 45’s.
Today, 10 Aug 2020, this rocks the rock world. Praise the body electric. Wow. What a document to get to see and hear. Great drumming, drone rhythms, just trance pulsating wall of sound rock. Thank you whomever for sharing this..love.
I'm lucky enough to have all my mom's Janis Joplin albums. I knew when my mom was cleaning the house on a Saturday morning when all you heard was Janice blasting through the house.lol. I knew it was time to wake up. Cuz she would have it on full volume didn't even care if I was asleep. I miss those days.
This was that Come Up The Years local tv special they did for KQED in San Francisco on 4/25/67 if my memory serves me well and an absolutely beautiful example of why I have always loved Big Brother...🌹🖤✌🏼
Thank you for this. I loved his solo on SUMMERTIME with Janis. Andrew lived in northern California with his wife Elise Piliwale. He had one daughter, Mari Andrew, from his marriage to Suzanne Thorson. He died in San Francisco, California on February 12, 2015, following complications from open-heart surgery due to a heart attack suffered ten weeks prior.
Da,chitarele cu distors (distorsionate) împreună cu timbrul vocii catifelat și căldură inefabilă brav-oooo lor, Doamnei șarmantă respectiv Janis Joplin,o femeie sublimă și plină de candoare,a emoționat până la epuizarea și extaz publicul larg din America și Europa, Versurile sale explozive extravagante expansive excitante, poziții de top din Billboard USA Melody mekar Musical Expres UK London,D-zeu sa o odihnească în pace și liniște,,.S-a catapultat pe orbită!!!
Janis's facial expression was very indicative of her mood. When Janis felt a sense of anguish, her eyebrows were immediately seen with the inner corners raised. Here, in the final part of the video, when she greets her mother, after the greeting, we see her face becomes sad. What a tenderness!
There's just the barest of hints of the vast growth in their sound and playing quality quantum leap about to take place in about one year. Yes, this is '67 because I saw them in '68 at Newport and by then they'd made the leap and it was mind blowing. I'd been to lots of good concerts but I'd never heard anything yet as powerful as Big Brother when they debuted Cheap Thrills. Just Wow!
Honestly this is one of the few things that has brought a smile to face. Janis you are and always will be the greatest songstress of any generation. Love ya babe to all the goosebumps you've tattooed upon my soul.
People need to understand, this is what actual musicians sound like. This recording may sound hollow and sloppy but it is not. The meter is solid, few missed notes and the vocals are near perfect. As a musician, THIS IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY SOUND LIKE. I think people have taken overproduction for granted. That is fake. Backing tracks, MIDI tracks, ear monitors with click tracks, plus the Protools and all that other garbage gives a false impression of how good the musicians actually are. What you have here is as close to real as you will get. Take these musicians and give them the toys that we all have now, and they will sound like what we hear today.
I'll take BB&HC any day. I really enjoy their laid back way of playing, having fun and not taking it all that serious, but playing good. Great stuff. I like Janis best when she was with these boys. They had good attitudes and I think they were really good for her. Family.
Saw them at the Hollywood Bowl. My first concert---My parents had to drive us LOL! All Janis had to do was Ball and Chain and be a legend, in my mind. Here she already has it all down in '67. At the Bowl, they were second billing to Iron Butterfly. Fraternity of Man opened! Thank you Janis! Wish you could stay with us. As we found out on the Train: Tomorrow never comes. It's all one day.
I like how Janis turns towards the band, digging what they're doing. Big Brother gets a bad rap but I thought they were perfect -- and very creative. When I saw Janis in London in 69 with a new bunch, it was exciting but not like this.
Big Brother all great musicians w Albin, Getz still playing. Sam and James (the god father of psychedelic rock) playing right up to their deaths a few yrs ago. Love BB
I was only thirteen years old and lived far away, but was crushed when I heard Janis was leaving Big Brother. Neither of her next two bands ever sounded as good or had the raw energy of the Holding Company.
+Carvin Manhasset You are correct on the date ... I recall seeing this in its live presentation in 67. By this time in 68, Janis had moved on to other players ... when I saw them in Spring 1968, someone screamed sing "Down on Me" - her reply "we don't do that shit no more!"
One of my favorite bands. Quirky, not perfect, but extremely wonderful and authentic. Magic mojo in the best sense of the words. They highly influenced my own musical career back in the day. Wonderful to see this, thanks. :-)
@@jamesmack3314 Yes, I really think Janis lost her mojo apart from them (other than taking Sam Andrews with her for lead in her live band, best I understand). They had a synergy greater than the parts, although, no doubt, they were all solid, respectable players. They truly inspired me at a young age.
Well as another commentator said,the band really became a professional and much more powerful year in 68....they were still developing their sound here
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I lived downstairs from Janis when she was on Baker St. , she did a lot of Free Concerts in the Panhandle, remember all to well . RIP
My aunt went to high school with her, said she was very quite.
Artistic, though.
All too well... Did you know Stephen Ambrose who owned a Jazz Club in Haight-Asbury & lived downstairs from Janis Joplin or around the Corner?^^🌅🗽💖🌉🎆🎈🎠🏭🎁🎐
A side note about 'the real state of the union': government criminals within the very Far-Extreme-Right ARE relentlessly Damaging American Citizens' & Others' Eyes, et al = implosion is when the Federal Government No Longer Protects & factually Evil has come to America: PACTSNTL.org Newsletters July 3, 2020 & Also Published in Geneva, Switzerland at the UN Human Rights Commission.. Both note these Crimes as CyberTorture.. & with stellar US Naval intelligence Officer Veteran Derrick Charles Robinson on Facebook + Splcenter.org Nazis Who Say They Are Anarchists + HateWatch.org + TeachingTolerance.org + OregonLive.com Hate Crimes _Up 360+% with the attacks on Gays, Minorities, Others in Eugene'a Whiteaker area supposedly "the cool neighborhood" horrendously proliferating as are attacks on Jews & Orthodox & Minorities in Brooklyn, et al & elsewhere; online, Seattle Hate Crimes _Up 400+% from 17%_elsewhere in Washington; California's Hate Crimes are as shocking as here + in Canada, Mexico_Nazism hordes migrated down there, too & globally_//USHMM.org Memory & Action & etc.since at least Fall 2015 in detail + The Shoa Foundation.org + BlackGenocide.org + The Lang Lang Foundation For Peace.org + the McCain Institute.org + PEACE BY CHOCOLATE + Blaine Harden's "ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14" & Anchee Min's "THE RED AZALEA" + Theo Halo's... ;&, TeachForAmerica.org🌅🗽💖🌉🎁/unedited/Lorna Kim in Eugene, Roman Catholic Joan-Therese
🎸🎶👍 me Haight ASHBURY Fillmore 1960s. 2021 I'm still singing these tunes EVERY DAY 4PM AT this senior mobile park. 6 2021
@@sandraragole2411 I’m 47. Never got see Janis I’ve and I still play BBHC out loud
Too many haters in the comments expect technical perfection from these admitted self taught musicians. Rock and roll is supposed to be fun. Super groovy!
It's not just that, but people are used to overproduction. This stripped down performance is REAL. It's just them, their axe, and the truth! 😂
@@Meme-zc4cwwell said!
@@Robyn-Lee-Bee It was a play on the old Harlan Howard quote from I think the '50s (don't quote me on that). 😂 I am showing my age I guess. But I agree with what you said 100%.
James Gurley and Sam Andrew were both great and original.
That was the pure san Francisco sound
A sound and feel to never be repeated. The San Francisco Sound. Had a lot of fun back in the day.
I was lucky enough to see Janis in Concert in Jan.1970, I was am still am a huge fan of Janis Joplin and after all these years after Janis's untimely death I still have three different paintings of Janis hanging on my wall. It's hard to explain in words how the great talent that Janis had has effected my life over these many years. Janis is an Icon and Legend in the history of "Rock & Roll" and thanks to UA-cam we are still able to enjoy the great talent that Janis shared with the musical world. There will never be another Janis Joplin and as I said thanks to UA-cam we are still able to just sit back and enjoy the music Janis left with us.
Milton Williams: I agree 100%! I was not born in the right decade. I wish I could have been alive back then to see her live. I would pay anything!! You are very lucky. I’m glad you got to see her, & I’m glad you love her like I do! Rock on! :)
Milton Williams Well said...She was so awesome to listen to. Really loved Big Brother backing her.
Who was it said, you're pretty much going to love the music that was playing when you first got laid. We were young and impressionable, but people like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen, and David Bowie showed us the way out of our teenage lives. Love the San Francisco sound here. We took a family trip through SF in the 60's I wanted to jump out of the car and stay. Live up here now.
@@pcatful where's up here?
@@pcatful I cant afford " up here" anymore. I had to move
Still one of the most iconic singers in all of music, Janis was such a powerhouse vocalist, man…
The queen of blues.
@@jensandersen7011 Yup, her voice was fucking insane and it's awesome
She was a very nice and humble person too
It’s too bad that she dumped Big brother. That doesn’t show any loyalty to the people who without them she most like likely wouldn’t be anyone who’s name you know.!
Janis and Sam's voice go so well together!
Wow never saw this before. What a treasure of a film before they were household names. Thanks for posting
still the dopest jam ive watched,these guitar players no there stuff,and whats more groovy they are not uptight ,they can laugh ,good sence of humor .love big brother,the hall of the mountain king is so groovy to jam.its hard man,but these guys do it right.god bless them all.life is just a party man, what else we meant to do? drink cups of tea and talk about the weather,haha drop a tab,have a drink and love each other man.peace from new zealand.
As far as I know - Peter & Dave are the only two left alive. Dave's kind of the Archivist of the Tapes & such matters. Peter always had a great sense of humor.
I liked the Entire Family Feel in that Group & luckily saw a "Sam Show"- he'd stopped playing w/them for the most part it seems. It was a benefit for a Radio Station that I think changed its format to Funk & Soul or something unlike 'Rock 'n Blues'. The last two Real LPs were very strong w/expanded abilities & the Nick Gravenites influence in many ways. Also a collection of Demos, Various works 'Can't Go Home Again' is interesting & a CD Import. They played a year or so ago in Union Square for free for a few hours in a tight unit.
James Lived longer than I thought he had but put out at least one Solo Lp that I had trouble getting a grip on- such a good player as time went on though.
Janis of course was a force of Nature but I never enjoyed her music as much later on. I loved the band Big Brother & the Holding Company including their great singer, Janis! The other guys were awesome and deserve more historical recognition. Maybe they weren't super technically advanced on their instruments but they created original psychedelic rock music that was raw, real, experimental, gritty and great!
Totally agree. Easily one of my favorite San Francisco psychedelic bands.
Cheap thrills is the best out of the 4 Janis was apart of, and I always liked Kozmic Blues more than Pearl for some reason
Sadly 51yrs ago today we lost her🌹RIP Janis🌹 I LOVE YOU💖💖💖
Gracias ,Creador ,por darme el orivilegio de nacer en esta decada de experimentacion y libertar de expresion ,y de seguir existiendo para disfrutar a esta generacion que no los vi en sy momenti de actuacion gracias ,,,,,,,,,
BB was rhe perfect backing band for Janis! Scrappy and perfectly imperfect. I love them!
My brother brought home Cheap Thrills when I was maybe 11 years old. It remains some of the best guitar interplay, between Andrew and Gurley, that I've ever heard! Sad to learn this evening that Sam passed last year. Great to see this tonight! Really, man, thanks for putting this up!
I remember the summer I got that record of Cheap Thrill. Just about wore it down to the grooves. Still badass after all these years.
Ball And Chain-when Janis nails a song, she absolutely *NAILS* it!
James' guitar on ball and chain is outstanding
Far out. Yeah, I still say far out. Big Brother has a solid sound. This is 60s psych to me.
This is a very interesting timepiece although someone should correct the date as it is incorrect. As others brought up in the comments this was in 1967 before the Monterey Pop Festival. BBHC certainly sound very amateurish but their joy in the sound they were producing is obvious. Janis , at this point , was very intent after a year's work with this band to have them cross over to a larger audience. This was actually before she started to do the waaaah' wail and raspy voice delivery. She definitely had a clear sound at this point. The voice she developed later required extreme amplification to support it as it was a pure head voice. Hearing their innocence in their interview is also very interesting and endearing.
if it sounds amateurish it's because it isn't polished like most music we hear
@@stevenrevins4663 BB&tHC was not then (never was) the most polished musical entity. Other musicians, quite clearly, had either more technical prowess, better "musicianship," or both.
That said, and granted the production level (low) of many recorded performances from the late '60s, one cannot deny that some of JJ's most iconic recordings were done with that band. Her untimely death left many unanswered (unanswerable) questions . . .
However, the answer to how great a performer she was is right there in the discography ... just take a listen.
Great, revelatory insight!
@@stevenrevins4663 Early - mid 60's rock music wasn't polished. This was the garage band sound of the '60's.
27 April 1967 at San Francisco's KQED studios in a program "Come up the years"...
I was really noticing how great a versatile musician Peter Albin
really is.
For many audiences at this time technical perfection was not a priority, sounding different was.
I see that Albin is on lead guitar and Andrew is on bass at least on a couple of songs. Didn’t know they switched off like that.
I actually WATCHED this on KQED back in the day. Had an audio tape of it for years. So thrilled to see it come back to life!
KQED was a PBS station?
They are much tighter and seem more intentionally sloppy than what I had gathered from written accounts. Love this band!!!!
Yes. 67. Love this video. Just babies!
Reminds me of the Avalon in the Fall of 1966 when the Holding Co. were the defecto house band. Everything was so new and exciting and the people were as exciting as the bands on stage. Magical newness in SF. I could Groundhog Day forever from '66 to '69. No kidding.
Anybody who wants this on DVD can get it as the bonus feature on Revolution 68. That documentary features Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe And The Fish, The Steve Miller Band and Mother Earth. The KQED special was called Come Up The Years : Big Brother And The Holding Company and it's part 2 of this DVD. It was broadcast in April 1967. Come Up The Years was a song by Jefferson Airplane on their first album. Ball And Chain is still her signature song as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for uploading this.
Thanks
My mother worked at KQED and was involved in producing Come Up the Years. She helped Laura Weber get her show produced at KQED. Laura loved Jorma and Jack and had them as guest on her show in 1969.
Jorma, like so many others, adored Janis.
I feel it should be mentioned that they are playing the cheapest beginner level guitars you could get back then. It’s amazing they sound as good as they do here. Fortunately, they all had nice Gibson SGs by the time of Monterey and they sounded a lot better!
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Big Brother and the Holding Company in early 1967. Janis has her Ball and Chain down pretty good. She usually wore granny glasses at this time. Saw them a lot free in the Park. The group was OK, but by this time, everybody wanted more Janis. The first time you saw her, you knew she was very special. As long as she stayed in San Francisco, you knew she was safe.
then you must have seen the band i played in: "marvin gardens"
check our "marvin gardens 68" on highmoon records only took 45 years... m)
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@@WhiteCamry thank you for posting the link... m)
@@WhiteCamry a little video made by high moon records from an 8mm film taken by larry welz
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This was 1967 not 68...Taped on KQED here in SF... right before Monterey Pop
67 gotta be the best year of the decade.
yes correct April 25, 1967 KQED TV, San Francisco
You nailed it.This is before everything.Before the release of Sgt Peppers.Before, the "Summer of Love". Almost 2 months before The Monterey Pop Festival.Classic SF sound.I love it
@@sdunbar84 great stuff then and now
@@from94til10 1967 The Beatles' best year and even Elvis was great, because his Comeback wasn't until 1968!
Though Big Brother sounds rough in this video, they went on to get to a high level of musicality while maintaining this very distinct San Francisco sound. If you werent there youll probably never know it. You've got to hear them playing the Avalon Ball Room, and bouncing that big buzz monster off the ceiling. Nothing like it.
Very cool to have this video of them at this stage!
What a voice - what a feeling in "Ball and Chain"!
Yes absolutely correct
They were seriously ELECTRIC musicians. I often read that the band was considered "sloppy," but the more you listen and watch them play live, especially in a close setting like this, I suspect "sloppiness" is better translated as "a consistent element of sonic unpredictability." Janis shared that as well, albeit vocally. They never seemed like a band performing by rote. Very acid, very wild, very alive. Too real for most people, probably. I wish I could have seen them! Thanks for posting; still such an inspiration for musicians today, who covet playing a set that tight and still have the audience wondering if you're winging it!
Big brother were a good band Janis is awesome talking of sloppiness i have been listen to The Velvet Underground & Nico quite a bit some of that is sloppy but I cant get enough of it. The West coast bands were better than East coast bands in the 60s by far imo The Doors, Byrds, Love, Big Brother, jefferson airplane and canned heat etc etc but what a time for music ✌
This is an insightful comment...
Referring to the original poster...although iain is also correct.
She was much more real than Grace who came across as somewhat affected, imo.
According to those criteria, the GD was 'sloppy,' too.
This concert is in 1967 not 1968. I saw them in their first east coast appearance on Feb.17,1968 in NYC with BB King. I was so taken I flew to San Francisco on the 19th and stayed a month going to the Avalon and Fillmore West....Trippin' out
I don't know that Big Brother and the Holding Company ever did anything less than a stellar performance. The period of 1966-1967 in San Francisco had great bands, and BBHC was one of the best, even though short lived. If anyone has other film of a live performance PUT IT UP! I was at the Fillmore on February 19, 1967 in San Francisco, California when Big Brother and the Holding Company shared the night with Jefferson Airplane, a great group. Grace Slick, Marty Balin, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady and Paul Kantner put on a fabulous show, but Big Brother and the Holding Company blew them away: it was like a firecracker compared to an M80. Standing right at the foot of the stage was a great place for me to experience both groups, and when Janis exploded with that voice, and James Gurley and Sam Andrew played notes that didn't exist anywhere else, what a phenomenon! That there is footage of Big Brother and the Holding Company is great for music history. That a new generation is hearing this group and liking them is great! Get your hands on the early LPs if you can.
Steven Ihde
Another great band from the San Francisco bay area was "Moby Grape"
Songs "Omaha" "Hey Grandma" among others.
@@drewpall2598 So true, Moby was a lot of fun to watch.
От этого голоса можно сойти сума. 50 лет ее слушаю, ещё не сошел с ума, но крыша , явно, не на месте
JANIS brings tears to me eyes.
I saw them in 1968 Alexandria Roller Rink great show. Janis had a bottle of liquor on stage. It was an amazing concert. I still have all my vinyl albums and 45’s.
I just can’t get enough of Janis. I find myself watching her everyday. She was a amazing singer. Its so sad she is gone.
Janis Joplin has passed away? Oh my God, when?
Today, 10 Aug 2020, this rocks the rock world. Praise the body electric. Wow. What a document to get to see and hear. Great drumming, drone rhythms, just trance pulsating wall of sound rock. Thank you whomever for sharing this..love.
Dave Getz drums
I'm lucky enough to have all my mom's Janis Joplin albums. I knew when my mom was cleaning the house on a Saturday morning when all you heard was Janice blasting through the house.lol. I knew it was time to wake up. Cuz she would have it on full volume didn't even care if I was asleep. I miss those days.
This is from April 1967 Such a great performance!!
Brilliant camera work at the start showing the bassist then drummer during the guitar solo.
This was that Come Up The Years local tv special they did for KQED in San Francisco on 4/25/67 if my memory serves me well and an absolutely beautiful example of why I have always loved Big Brother...🌹🖤✌🏼
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Thank you for this. I loved his solo on SUMMERTIME with Janis. Andrew lived in northern California with his wife Elise Piliwale. He had one daughter, Mari Andrew, from his marriage to Suzanne Thorson. He died in San Francisco, California on February 12, 2015, following complications from open-heart surgery due to a heart attack suffered ten weeks prior.
The Magic Days of San Francisco Sound...
Thank goodness for video and audio recording technology.........
This refutes the notion that Big Brother was simply Joplin's back up band.
I met Dave Getz at the ballard firehouse when Big Brother was performing in the 90's. Very cool band. Miss Janis
I saw this KQED TV & saw them live almost every time they played the SF Bay Area in the 60's
TheQuicksilverdog can you tell me where this video was recorded?
Yeah, me too. The Straight. Goldengate Park . . .
ME TOO!
Was this just before Monterey? I got to SF late...Feb 1968
Da,chitarele cu distors (distorsionate) împreună cu timbrul vocii catifelat și căldură inefabilă brav-oooo lor, Doamnei șarmantă respectiv Janis Joplin,o femeie sublimă și plină de candoare,a emoționat până la epuizarea și extaz publicul larg din America și Europa, Versurile sale explozive extravagante expansive excitante, poziții de top din Billboard USA Melody mekar Musical Expres UK London,D-zeu sa o odihnească în pace și liniște,,.S-a catapultat pe orbită!!!
Absolutely my favorite of the San Francisco bands!
Janis's facial expression was very indicative of her mood. When Janis felt a sense of anguish, her eyebrows were immediately seen with the inner corners raised. Here, in the final part of the video, when she greets her mother, after the greeting, we see her face becomes sad. What a tenderness!
There's just the barest of hints of the vast growth in their sound and playing quality quantum leap about to take place in about one year. Yes, this is '67 because I saw them in '68 at Newport and by then they'd made the leap and it was mind blowing. I'd been to lots of good concerts but I'd never heard anything yet as powerful as Big Brother when they debuted Cheap Thrills. Just Wow!
You are absolutely right..I have their live at Winterland CD April ,68 and man the band was now light years ahead of this!!
I'm 73..yes, I remember.
This is Great. For Big Brother and Janis fans this is more than I could believe. Right there watching them play. Thanks so much for uploading this.
Honestly this is one of the few things that has brought a smile to face. Janis you are and always will be the greatest songstress of any generation. Love ya babe to all the goosebumps you've tattooed upon my soul.
People need to understand, this is what actual musicians sound like. This recording may sound hollow and sloppy but it is not. The meter is solid, few missed notes and the vocals are near perfect. As a musician, THIS IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY SOUND LIKE. I think people have taken overproduction for granted. That is fake. Backing tracks, MIDI tracks, ear monitors with click tracks, plus the Protools and all that other garbage gives a false impression of how good the musicians actually are. What you have here is as close to real as you will get. Take these musicians and give them the toys that we all have now, and they will sound like what we hear today.
It doesn't get bettr than this, music wise
Ain’t nobody to replace this girl!!
Sundays on KQED at 3pm hosted by Ralph Gleason!
I love James Gurley's playing
Gurley's fu*kin awesome
Thanks for reuploading this! I saw this 10 years ago and never found it again
My sister went shopping with Janis in MPLS, and took the photo on her last album.
RIP Sam Andrew
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+Kristoffer Ganga Somewhere in the cosmos, he and Janis are reunited for a kickass performance of "Combination of the Two"
+Kristoffer Ganga RIP Janis , Sam and James. We'll hear them jam when its our time to go.
@@johntheyank88 james james james that guitar
this is awesome down on me one of my favorite songs ever
Back when things weren't so damn " commercial " 👍
I'll take BB&HC any day. I really enjoy their laid back way of playing, having fun and not taking it all that serious, but playing good. Great stuff. I like Janis best when she was with these boys. They had good attitudes and I think they were really good for her. Family.
Absolutely Wild, Peter, too!
Band of 60s pure musician pure hippies music peace and love
Saw them at the Hollywood Bowl. My first concert---My parents had to drive us LOL! All Janis had to do was Ball and Chain and be a legend, in my mind. Here she already has it all down in '67. At the Bowl, they were second billing to Iron Butterfly. Fraternity of Man opened! Thank you Janis! Wish you could stay with us. As we found out on the Train: Tomorrow never comes. It's all one day.
O wow, it is? IDKT
I like how Janis turns towards the band, digging what they're doing. Big Brother gets a bad rap but I thought they were perfect -- and very creative. When I saw Janis in London in 69 with a new bunch, it was exciting but not like this.
BB&HC were perfect, especially for Janis. They were the band she should have never left. Together they were magic.
Big Brother all great musicians w Albin, Getz still playing. Sam and James (the god father of psychedelic rock) playing right up to their deaths a few yrs ago. Love BB
You must have seen her at the Royal Albert Hall. What do you remember most about it?
I was only thirteen years old and lived far away, but was crushed when I heard Janis was leaving Big Brother. Neither of her next two bands ever sounded as good or had the raw energy of the Holding Company.
@@thomasbrown4291 She definitely was best with BB.
Great footage ! Thanks a lot for sharing !
MODERNO
I found this date listed for the KQED studio performance and believe it to be correct:
April 25, 1967
+67psych2 You and Richard are awesome. Thanks for noting this.
+Carvin Manhasset You are correct on the date ... I recall seeing this in its live presentation in 67. By this time in 68, Janis had moved on to other players ... when I saw them in Spring 1968, someone screamed sing "Down on Me" - her reply "we don't do that shit no more!"
+67psych2 I agree totally. This band was sloppy and rough and it fit Janis Joplin perfectly. Were they the first punk band? Possibly.
Yes - Dave Getz posted this on his timeline
@@loutylee you are wrong mate, back in 1968 she was still part of Big Brother and they were still playing Down On Me every concert.
The only survivors are Peter Albin and David Getz
Algo de maravilhoso sai da voz dessa mulher.
🤫👩🌾 we were free spirited 1960s and honestly having fun growing up. 2021
By god I love this band. Cheap Thrills is an excellent album. The singer ain't bad neither.
criative and fantastic Band!
Buenísimo! Muchas gracias por subirlo. Lo escuché de joven y no lo podía conseguir...
This is 1967. Shown on PBS SF Bay Area.
Fabuloso!
La verdad qe si fabuloso
@@diegomedina2894 same same Im sure
su voz siempre me ha encantado!
8:29 best version
Love it.
🎸down on me... I sing everyday 4pm.
Haight ASHBURY Fillmore 1960s Janis.
🍾🎶🎵🎵🎶 never forgotten.
This is absolutely WONDERFUL - PRICELESS !!! Thanks so much !!!
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Big Brother tinha que ter respeito pela guria. Acabou um dos melhores grupo de Rock. Janis seguiu sozinha. 🙏Viva
Great Joplin, Free spirit.
WE're very happy Janis left Port Arthur and came to San Francisco....VERY happy.
I wonder if all the people that had the opportunity to see this band realized what an epic journey they were all on...🤔🧐😎
Feed your head!...from 'White Rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane
Great footage. I've never seen this before.
Excellent what a treat😎
Lots of cool tremolo-reverb sounds along with a highly powerful and remarkable voice.
One of my favorite bands. Quirky, not perfect, but extremely wonderful and authentic. Magic mojo in the best sense of the words. They highly influenced my own musical career back in the day. Wonderful to see this, thanks. :-)
Actually they were solid players all of them despite what some say. Very much of their time..love Gurley
@@jamesmack3314 Yes, I really think Janis lost her mojo apart from them (other than taking Sam Andrews with her for lead in her live band, best I understand). They had a synergy greater than the parts, although, no doubt, they were all solid, respectable players. They truly inspired me at a young age.
Well as another commentator said,the band really became a professional and much more powerful year in 68....they were still developing their sound here
April 1967 not August 1968. Just sayin'. Big Brother with Janis were magic and legendary.
Que voz fantastica da janes, e essa banda também é fenomenal. Eles se completam musicalmente.