August 12th, 2008
Forty years ago today Cheap Thrills the seminal work by Texas artist Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding company was released. This was the album that proved to be the breakout for Janis and sold over a million copies (what would have been multi-platinum by today’s standards) and set her on the road to legend. There are so many great songs on this album that you will always get an argument about which is best but I like everything on the record! The cover features artwork by one of the most original and incredibly weird artists of the 60′s R. Crumb (check out the documentary; Crumb).
Bill Graham used to introduce the band as “Four gentlemen and one Great, Great Broad…Big Brother & the Holding Company!”
Enjoy the clip and buy the CD or download; this is both a compelling recording from the time and timeless at the same time. From one of a long line of interesting musicians from Texas!
Enjoy!
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