One Of A Kind, Unpublished Janis Joplin Audio Interviews by Michael Canterbury

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This is a never before heard interviews with Janis Joplin and Big Brother that was recently discovered.
The interviewer is a Canadian broadcaster named Michael Canterbury. They sit down for casual, fun, informative and enlightening interviews.
What you are bidding on is the original interviews audio on cassettes and the professional audio digitization placed on a USB thumb drive with full rights to the content. The audio quality is clear and intelligible especially considering it’s age.
Both cassette tapes are good, clear quality. Dubbed professionally to digital WAV files, included on two USB drives. (This is a BIG one historically, very revealing stuff she talks about)
The locations and topics of discussion are below:
17 Dec 1967, at the Whisky A-Go-Go in Hollywood (last of 3 shows with LA band Sweetwater)
"The Action Set" in-depth interview with all five members of Big Brother and the Holding Company:
Sunday night, closing night.. 48 minutes
Topics include: Janis - how she warms up, how they rehearse, source of her singing style, changed from how she was before.
Who writes and how they'll write songs. Fort Arthur beginning, her background, dropping out of school. Singing from age 17.
Waller Creek Boys band doing country blues, the blues, Chet Helms brought her out, hates their 1st album.
Studio process, their crowd, Albert Grossman, etc.
Dave Getz - 2 years started band, joined before Janis, been around since June 1966. Not studio
experienced. Started at the main freak rock band in SF then got Janis. Freak rock got boring, Grateful Dead took it to its highest point.
Now interested in songs. Describing Janis, soul-blues singer, works from her life experience.
Sam Andrew - 2 years ago at 1090 Page, dances at a house basement. Chet Helms started Wednesday night jams and later Avalon Ballroom. Peter and Sam started group, James added, then Dave. Janis a year later. Big Brother name - came from Chet, his wife, and them - at a party. One was Holding Company, another was Big Brother, Chet's wife said to mix them. Big Brother - story behind it. He managed, played harmonica, not very well, was fired. Sam's origin in Okinawa, then USF. Does a lot of the writing, as do Peter and Janis. Source of his songs. Chicago blues from psychedelic. In Chicago, they changed watching blues players. Big John's in Chicago. Freak scene in San Fran. Audiences getting roots music more. Flatt and Scruggs, Ravi Shankar. Filllmore scene, Matrix, Monterey Pop Festival - they surprised people, played twice. Janis was new to that audience, really made it for them. Janis changed. She saw Otis Redding at Fillmore and changed everything, the excitement. Albert Grosmman, manager, Bob Dylan
James Gurley - 2 years ago started, before Dave and Janis, trying to make it. Trying out their audiences, Janis gave them a definite direction, a center point to ground their sound. Jazz, classical, folk, blues before. Her authentic sound grounds them, they complement what she's doing. A focal point. From Detroit, he grew up right near the interviewer! Starting out on gtr.
Peter Albin - Wednesday night jams became the Family Dog enterprise. Sam and Peter started with 2 others, Dave and Chuck, and Paul Beck (Big Brother) Technically got better, then styles come in then research and amalgam of sounds. Copying those, write your own, Janis helped find a basis of one style - blues. Covers originally, Stones etc - she was country blues originally. Mixture of music now.
Janis Joplin Special - after her death, compilation of interviews with her, and Michael's thoughts: 31 minutes.
Starts with 1968 August 27th 1970 about 5 weeks before her death. Full Tilt Boogie band - she's very happy and "up" - laughs a lot.
Heard of her during a casual interview with another band. They recommended Big Brother as the best, and talked about her - as a secret weapon.
He went to see them that same night, he flipped.
Ran backstage with recorder late 1967; talks to Janis on how she warms up. Emotional preparation, get stoned, have a good time. They rehearse a lot, every day they don't work. About 6 hours/day 4-6 days a week. On her style, where she gets the feeling for it. Changed from her blues to the new invented style she has. At rehearsal they work out songs, work on it for 5 days. Whole band contributes. Didn't study music, feel it not learned. Not from religious preacher background, southern middle-class background, just painting. 17 started singing stoned at party. Bluegrass band was first, Waller Creek Boys. Chet Helms and she hitchhiked together when young, he sent for her to come join them. Albert Grossman signing, more East Coast coming. Hoping for new album, she hates the first album. It's tawdry, superficial - done in 3 days, bad engineer. Too clean, a lesson. Easy Rider favorite, Bye Bye Baby good song but not the record version. Better in performance. Albert Grossman, businessman, costs a lot, he handles that side.
She refused interview in 1968 in Pasadena.
Aug 1969 with the Cosmic Blues Band, San Diego - Janis talks about her own band, quit Big Brother, significant. Buying a house, lost her dog. Venice CA living from 1960-61, was very loose. Apart was month, no toilet or shower. First time away from Texas at 18. Doing drugs, beatnik, parents sent her to LA. By herself, saw the freaks and moved to Venice. Gashouse, hang out, get stoned, beach, bicycles, having a good time. Spirit of Venice. The old people worked all their lives to get money, moved to edge of land in sun to die. Chinese opium den, they take care of you, better than Medicare - they take care of you until you die, that's groovy! JFK - like a lot of kids, he was the kind of politician they could believe in. No one since. New album - side one is good tunes, listening, not much personal meaning. Side two is very personal to her, she lost her dog, he ran away last week. She gets very sad and starts sobbing. She details the songs, one by one. Work Me Lord - her favorite. She's buying a house, wants to move to the country. She's quiet and sweet.
27th Aug 1970 - opening night of “Thee Club” (it is currently called “LA BOHEME”) on (8400) Santa Monica Blvd. in W. Hollywood. She's bright and happy, a year later, she knows him. Full Tilt Boogie band, new group. 2 from old band. No horns. Better groove, it rocks. Train trip through Canada was the most fun in her entire life! 300 freaks trapped on a train, getting stoned, laid, drunk, laugh, music. She had a great time! She wants to go anytime they throw a party. She has 4 more dogs now, never found the old one. House in Marin County, describes it. Loves it. South America is fascist, beaches are nice. She was in Brazil. Jail with no trials. Scary experiences. Hitchhiked around with man she fell in love with, he's in Afghanistan now. Tomorrow night the Grateful Dead are playing, she is recording for a month.
Asked about what to do for humanity: She says - Just because you can sing doesn't mean you know anything - to make a better humanity, just be considerate of others... kids, cops, parents, etc.
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One Of A Kind, Unpublished Janis Joplin Audio Interviews by Michael Canterbury.