Janis Joplin - Trouble In Mind

year 68 review: Janis Joplin brought her powerful, bluesy voice from Texas to San Francisco´s psychedelic scene, where she went from drifter to superstar. She has been called "the greatest white urban blues and soul singer of her generation". Joplin´s vocal intensity proved a perfect match for the high-energy music of Big Brother and the Holding Company, resulting in a mix of blues, folk and psychedelic rock. Joplin´s tenure with Big Brother may have been brief, lasting only from 1966 to 1968, but it yielded a pair of albums that included the milestone "Cheap Thrills". Moreover, her performance with Big Brother at 1967´s Monterey International Pop Festival, a highlight of the film documentary Monterey Pop, is among the great performances in rock history.

Here´s a bootleg collecting recordings Jorma Kaukonen´s home in Austin, Texas (spring 1965 and December 1964), from Monterey (June 1967) and San Francisco (December 1968).