Celebrate Woodstocks 40th at Spotlight 29 Oct 2, 2009
Jefferson Starship will perform Jefferson Airplane s set and more, Canned Heat, Ten Years After and Grateful Dead alumnus Tom Constanten will perform, Big Brother & The Holding Co. will perform Janis Joplin s set and Country Joe McDonald will perform. The performers vary with the dates of the 40-concert tour, but Melanie is scheduled to be a special guest performer at the Spotlight 29 event. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Taking on Lee Ang Sep 30, 2009
I had no desire to shoot "Janis Joplin" on stage. Most audiences (back in Woodstock) didn't even see that. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Daily TV and radio guide Sep 25, 2009
Footage of a rollicking 1970 Canadian concert tour includes Janis Joplin. R (2003). (Boston Globe)
The Final Word Sep 23, 2009
I traveled in groups in those days, and the group was going to see Janis Joplin ... I had my evening with Janis Joplin. (USA Today -- Life)
Robert Ginty, 60; actor in ‘Exterminator,’ director Sep 23, 2009
He was a rock drummer who played with Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin but was encouraged to try acting after his band appeared in a film. Mr. Ginty told the Los Angeles Times in 1989 that his work in Bound for Glory and Coming Home for director Hal Ashby had a lasting effect. (Boston Globe)
Screamers, moaners - and MJ Sep 21, 2009
Janis Joplin is another. She sings the great letters of the alphabet. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Time to take Susan Boyle seriously Sep 18, 2009
She's not the first star to defy beauty standards: there was Ethel Merman, Janis Joplin, heck, even "American Idol" had the chubby Christian rocker Chris Sligh. Perhaps because her voice is so pure while her chin is so wobbly, Boyle seems truly exceptional. (FOX59, IN)
Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, Allison Iraheta LPs Won't Be 'Cookie-Cutter,' Producer Insists Sep 17, 2009
To me, she's like the new Janis Joplin or Pat Benetar. " No surprise, then, that Rudolf described his collaboration as an "updated 2010 version" of Benetar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Lady Daisey Traynham Sep 14, 2009
" Eventually, her voice came back and the two, indeed, began making lovely music together. They became not only the musical duo called "Heavenly Noise," but man and wife in 2004. As a solo artist, Traynham is a perfect mesh of old school and new millennium, like if Billie Holiday and Macy Gray were to collab, says one reviewer. Her collaborations with Britt as Heavenly Noise have a sound described as somewhere between Janis Joplin and Run DMC. The two also join fellow Jacksonville performer DJ... (Suite101.com)
Good deals, great times Sep 13, 2009
Rock aficionados should check out Threadgill s (512-451-5440, ), where Janis Joplin started. For line-dancing, head to the Broken Spoke honky-tonk dance hall (512-442-6189, ). (Boston Globe)
B.B. King Museum has strong first year Sep 13, 2009
The museum also houses memorabilia of other artists, including handwritten lyrics by rocker Janis Joplin and art objects she made from yarn, on loan from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, said Gibbons. Admissions, memberships and donations helped the museum meet its budget of $820,000 for the first year. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Serious series Sep 11, 2009
Combining traditional Christmas songs with the rock stylings of artists like Led Zeppelin, Joe Walsh, Janis Joplin, and Pink Floyd, the Rock and Roll Xmas Extravaganza is a high-octane way to kick off your holiday season. The band's show can be previewed on YouTube at www. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
A Street Date in Menlo Park Sep 10, 2009
603 Santa Cruz Ave. (at El Camino Real): "One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small ..." You may find yourself singing the lyrics to Grace Slick's song "White Rabbit" while studying her paintings of Alice, the white rabbit and the Cheshire Cat, along with her portraits of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jerry Garcia. (650) 322-2200. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
1969: A year of revolution, revelation Sep 7, 2009
The Rolling Stones headlined, Janis Joplin and Johnny Winter jammed with Vanilla Fudge. Along for the ride was Iron Butterfly, The Byrds, Grand Funk Railroad, Jefferson Airplane, Ten Years After, Sly and The Family Stone and Country Joe and the Fish. (The Palm Beach Post)
Breakfast With ... Meat Loaf Sep 7, 2009
Patricia Sheridan's Breakfast With. Michael Lee Aday (aka Meat Loaf). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Debora Iyall and the Story Behind R... Sep 4, 2009
Her influences include Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and early Fleetwood Mac. A lot of her inspiration also comes from her non-conformist philosophy which can be summed up by an inscription inside a CD cover describing their music as absurdist afterthought. (Suite101.com)
A film for hippies under the bridge Sep 4, 2009
Perhaps Lee is suggesting that the actual event wasnt as important as what it symbolized, perhaps he didnt want to add to the heap of concert footage already there, but whatever the reason, seeing Janis Joplin break a note in half and project it across thousands of delirious fans would have more significance than most scenes in Taking Woodstock. It wouldnt have to be much footage. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Lee lightens up with 'Woodstock' Sep 2, 2009
This is anything but a Woodstock stage film; moviegoers looking to see who plays Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin will be disappointed. Lee and Schamus became students of the era, and the travelers walking down the road include fewer longhairs than the hippie legend has cemented in our minds. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Solid filmmaking bolsters Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock Sep 1, 2009
Names you might be familiar with such as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and The Who graced the stage in front of a massive crowd of over a half a million hippies who considered this concert to be a spiritual pilgrimage of sorts, a place where music played through the day and night, drugs were abundant, and peace reigned supreme. In the film "Taking Woodstock" from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain), the origins of the concert and how it snowballed into a cultural snapshot of a lost... (The Loyola Greyhound, MD)
Texas Pop Festival drew thousands in Lewisville, 40 years ago Sep 1, 2009
Among them were Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Chicago, Spirit, Canned Heat, Rotary Connection, Sweetwater, Incredible String Band, James Cotton, Johnny Winter, Herbie Mann and many others. According to various sources, the idea for the festival came from Angus G. Wynne III, son of Angus G. Wynne, founder of Six Flags Over Texas. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
HINGHAM RETROSPECTIVE: Woodstock revisited, 40 years later Aug 30, 2009
Janis Joplin sang her Try, Work Me Lord and Ball and Chain during the night. Sly and the Family Stone electrified the crowd again with a medley of Dance to the Music, Music Lover and I Want to Take You Higher as the festival cheered. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Miley: Making mistakes in public does suck Aug 29, 2009
Miley: Making mistakes in public does suck - TODAY Entertainment. Miley: Making mistakes in public does suck. (MSNBC -- News)
Sex, drugs, little rock 'n' roll in 'Woodstock' Aug 29, 2009
Forty years ago, when Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane et al took to the makeshift stage in a cow field in the Catskills, Lee was 14 years old and still living in his native Taiwan. James Schamus, his long-time producer and screenwriter, was just nine. (CNN)
Review: 'Taking Woodstock' Aug 29, 2009
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'Woodstock' takes you there Aug 29, 2009
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'Taking Woodstock' is a nice, safe trip Aug 28, 2009
You don t need Janis Joplin when you have this. Staunton, at least, is a vibrant alternative to the comparatively somnambulant younger people around her. (Boston Globe)
Back to the garden Aug 28, 2009
He didn't want actors lip-synching Janis Joplin or Jefferson Airplane. "Actually, there are a lot of familiar tunes there but they are on a low volume,'' he says. ''A realistic volume. People don't quite hear it and complain about it. I can't help that; it's the story.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Taking Woodstock' takes a dull path Aug 26, 2009
This is Woodstock from another perspective one without Jimi Hendrix or Janis Joplin. Perhaps this version is closer in spirit to what Joni Mitchell later sang about (but didn't herself experience): the anticipation while heading up to 's farm in August 1969, the desire to be "a cog in something turning.". (USA Today -- Life)
Dropping Out Aug 24, 2009
There is no Janis Joplin, although surviving footage suggests that, even when Janis was there, she wasn t really there. True, we get snatches of music borne on the wind, plus distant views of the throng around the stage; but most of the movie busies itself with the lead-up to the main event. (New Yorker)
'Woodstock' gets Ang Lee serious about humor Aug 24, 2009
This is anything but a Woodstock stage film; moviegoers looking to see who plays Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin will be disappointed. Lee and Schamus became students of the era, and the travelers walking down the road include a lot fewer longhairs than the hippie legend has cemented in our collective minds. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Michael Jackson, Woodstock Spark Surge In Music Memorabilia Aug 23, 2009
For this reason, it's items associated with bands such as the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Cher, and the Rolling Stones that have seen the biggest increase in value, Woolley said. In 2000, the piano on which John Lennon composed "Imagine" sold for 1. (Time.com)
CSN looks back on 'Demos' as it forges forward Aug 21, 2009
"In December of '68, Crosby, Stills were in New York, and we went into the studio at the Record Plant with Paul Rothschild, who had produced the Doors and Janis Joplin," Nash said in a recent phone interview. "We went in there, and that was the first time Crosby Stills had ever recorded.". (Florida Today)
Weekend Hot Picks In Entertainment Aug 21, 2009
Tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. we'll see whether the next Debbie Harry or Janis Joplin is among the girls who'll be performing at the camp's showcase. Tickets are 6- 35 for the show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N. Sixth St.; 718-486-5400, musichallofwilliamsburg. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Woodstock, Who Cares? Aug 21, 2009
There were legendary performances by The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin. However, due to poor planning, most of these acts played horrible time slots. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Original spin Aug 20, 2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum announces Janis Joplin will be subject of American Music Masters salute in November. Original spin Cover bands and tribute acts need not apply at the Cutting, N.Y., Music Festival. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Legendary focuses on Jimi Hendrix Aug 20, 2009
Like picture projects involving musical icons like Janis Joplin and Miles Davis, there have been numerous rumored attempts to make a Hendrix film, with the names of musician-actors like Lenny Kravitz and Andre Benjamin floated. No one has yet locked down rights with Experience Hendrix, the estate which is run by the late musician's stepsister Janie Hendrix. (Variety)
Erie's Piano Man Aug 20, 2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum announces Janis Joplin will be subject of American Music Masters salute in November. Erie's Piano Man 'Why not get Matt Gavula out here to play. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Celebrating Woodstocks 40th anniversary with one of the originals Aug 20, 2009
Give me Jefferson Airplane s Surrealistic Pillow or Jimi Hendrix doing The Star Spangled Banner or Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin, and I m happy. Angela Geso is a Braintree resident. (Braintree Forum, MA)
5 nuggets of knowledge about festivals Aug 19, 2009
Legend has it the promoters settled on the name Woodstock to attract artists like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and especially, Bob Dylan, who lived in Woodstock. While Hendrix dropped in for an incendiary flame-infused guitar version of The Star-Spangled Banner and Joplin took a little piece of our hearts, the clever Woodstock named festival failed to attract Dylan, who started life as Robert Zimmerman and may have been so Tangled up in Blue he was unable to attend. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
VIDEO EXTRA: Forty years later, local residents recall their memories of Woodstock festival Aug 18, 2009
The festival featured the likes of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and the Jefferson Airplane. I am still wrapped up in Woodstock nation in my head, said Randolph native Ed Symkus, as he listened last week to pioneering rock station WBCN s farewell to 104. (Easton Journal, MA)
Pitts: For a while, we gave peace a chance Aug 17, 2009
Jimi Hendrix performed, as did Richie Havens, The Who, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, Santana and Sly and the Family Stone, among others ... Jimi Hendrix performed, as did Richie Havens, The Who, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, Santana and Sly and the Family Stone, among others. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Strait's CDpleasinglyoriginal Aug 17, 2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum announces Janis Joplin will be subject of American Music Masters salute in November. Strait's CD pleasingly original. (Erie Times-News, PA)
40 years after, Woodstock still resonates with the make-love-not-war generation Aug 16, 2009
The Woodstock legend stems from big names such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin playing at a show where everything went wrong but turned out right ... AUG. 15, 1969Richie Havens, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie and Joan Baez AUG. 16, 1969Quill, Country Joe McDonald, John B. Sebastian, Keef Hartley Band, Santana, Incredible String Band, Canned Heat Set, Grateful Dead, Leslie West ain, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Sly amily Stone, The Who and... (Florida Today)
WOODSTOCK: 40 years later, ultimate concert still fascinates Aug 16, 2009
The Woodstock legend stems from big names like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin playing at a show where everything went wrong -- but turned out right ... -- "The Woodstock Experience": This 10-CD box set includes performances by Santana, Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family Stone, Johnny Winter and Jefferson Airplane, complemented by studio albums. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Beware the Clutch Hand Aug 16, 2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum announces Janis Joplin will be subject of American Music Masters salute in November. Beware the Clutch Hand 'The First Family' tells the story of Morello, American Mafia. (Erie Times-News, PA)
- From the Left: Woodstock at 40: At least we gave peace a chance 0 Aug 15, 2009
Jimi Hendrix performed, as did Richie Havens, the Who, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, Santana, and Sly and the Family Stone, among others. It was billed as three days of peace and music. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Peace, Love & Music: Woodstock Remembered Aug 15, 2009
Among the weekend's performers were now legendary musicians, including Jimi Henrix, who performed "The Star-Spangled Banner," Janis Joplin singing "Piece of My Heart" and Joan Baez, who performed "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.". However, Smith said, the real stars of Woodstock were the 450,000 people who came for peace, love and music. (CBS News)
Read about it Aug 15, 2009
The other performers are Jefferson Starship (minus Grace Slick,) Ten Years After (minus Alvin Lee), Big Brother and the Holding Company (without Janis Joplin) and Tom Constanten (who played with the Grateful Dead, and now tours with Starship). Country Joe is a believer. (The Age, Australia)
Across festival circuit, Woodstock's legacy felt Aug 15, 2009
Giant rock festivals fan out every summer with ambitions for just a fraction of Woodstock's impact that featured Santana, The Who, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and Jimi Hendrix, among others ... Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Janis Joplin were among those who performed. (MSNBC -- News)
Looking back on Woodstock Aug 15, 2009
Although the rain complicated the performances Swidler recalls listening to most of the bands from the refuge of her tent the weather didnt stop big name bands like The Who; Santana; Janis Joplin; The Grateful Dead; and Crosby, Stills, Nash from entertaining the masses. Although Duka missed the first night of music, he arrived just in time to hear Woodstocks biggest psychedelic and guitar rock headliners. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Chrissie Hynde’s voice, presence, and band are as strong as ever Aug 14, 2009
Her stabs at pop-punk fare weren t nearly as gratifying as when she channeled her inner blues-rocker, crash-landing somewhere between Janis Joplin and the night s reigning queen named Chrissie. James Reed can be reached at. (Boston Globe)
Woodstock never dies Aug 14, 2009
Their musical skills are impressive, and their nerdy knowledge of Janis Joplin and Keith Moon suggests that Woodstock s legacy stretches beyond aging hippies. Enjoy this story. (Salon)
Jimi Hendrixs Woodstock Aug 14, 2009
Nearly everyone who was anyone in rockJefferson Airplane, The Who, Janis Joplin, Sly & the Family Stone, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Richie Havensplayed at that mud-soaked music fest. And nearly everyone who was in the audience got to check them all out. (Slate)
Newsweek: Why I hated Woodstock Aug 14, 2009
A newly minted 17-year-old high-school graduate by August 1969, I nonetheless was a fairly accomplished patron of big-time pop or rock music events, having attended, inter alia, the American debut of Led Zeppelin at New York's Fillmore (they were the opening act for Iron ButterflyIn-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby), a Newport Folk Festival (more of a rock event), and a Janis Joplin solo concert (the most memorable of the lot). The night before my high-school graduation party, I celebrated by watching... (MSNBC -- News)
1969 remembered Aug 14, 2009
And among those we saw and heard were Santana, Mountain, Canned Heat, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Richie Havens, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe & The Fish ( I don t give a damn about Vietnam, whoopee we re all going to die. The Band, Joe Cocker, Ten Years After, Sly & The Family Stone, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Paul Butterfield and The Who. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
• Woodstock remembered Aug 14, 2009
Anyone who was anyone at the time was there: Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Santana, Janis Joplin, The Who and Grateful Dead. And for four of Juneau's own, Natalee Rothaus, Chip Thoma, John Hartle and Tom Melville, Woodstock will forever be etched in their memory as a fun, peaceful event all in the name of rock 'n' roll. (Juneau Empire)
Michael Jackson's Iconic White Glove To Be Auctioned Aug 14, 2009
Glove worn at legendary "Motown 25" special will be sold at New York's Hard Rock Caf. " When they met up again in March 1983, during the Motown special taping, Jackson sang with his brothers and took the stage alone to unveil the moonwalk while performing "Billie Jean. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Family Film Guide Aug 14, 2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum announces Janis Joplin will be subject of American Music Masters salute in November. Family Film Guide Published: August 14. (Erie Times-News, PA)
The Legend of Woodstock is a Distorted Truth Aug 13, 2009
One sixties icon after another -- Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Keith Moon and John Entwistle (the Who), Bob Hite (Canned Heat), to name just some of those at Woodstock -- died of drug overdoses. Sifting through the realities and un-realities of Woodstock forty years later might seem trivial, but honoring and remembering Woodstock as a pivotal point in American history is foolish. (Human Events Online)
Cream of the crop Aug 13, 2009
Wells said Janis Joplin became "an arch enemy" after he inadvertently brushed her off after a show at the Whiskey A Go-Go. And don't get him started on Jim Morrison. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Commentary: Woodstock gave peace a chance Aug 13, 2009
Latest Political Stories. Latest World Stories. (Fresno Bee)
At least we gave peace a chance Aug 12, 2009
Jimi Hendrix performed, as did Richie Havens, the Who, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, Santana, and Sly and the Family Stone, among others. It was billed as three days of "peace and music." It became a generational signpost: Woodstock. (Juneau Empire)
The New, Definitive Woodstock Aug 11, 2009
What really sets this collection apart is how it honors the original event by setting the album in its proper chronology, starting with Richie Havens and working through historic appearances by Janis Joplin; The Who; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and Jimi Hendrix. It is as brilliant an idea as it is simple. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Woodstock digitized, remastered, remembered at 40 Aug 10, 2009
The Woodstock Experience: This 10-CD box set includes performances by Santana, Janis Joplin, Sly amily Stone, Johnny Winter and Jefferson Airplane, complemented by studio albums. Woodstock - 40 Years on: Back to Yasgur's Farm: A six-CDs box set touted by Rhino as "the most comprehensive collection of Woodstock performances ever.". (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Woodstock 1969: Mud, music and merriment Aug 10, 2009
Tickets for the full weekend cost $18 and featured 32 of the hottest acts of the era Janis Joplin, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Santana and Jimi Hendrix, who famously closed the event ... It had been a precursor to the bigger festival with such names as Cass Elliott, Joe Cocker, B.B. King and Janis Joplin ... He can still remember some of the performers Jefferson Airplane, Crosby, Stills The Byrds, Johnny Winter, Janis Joplin. (The Herald-Mail Online)
