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Sunday, January 31, 2010

JANIS JOPLIN ... AND THE INFLUENCE OF BIG MAMA THORNTON


JANIS JOPLIN 
AND 
THE INFLUENCE OF 
BIG MAMA THORNTON 


Janis Joplin at Her Last Concert 

Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts 
August 12, 1970 

In his review of "Big Mama Thornton in Europe," discussed in yesterday's post, Bob Koch traces the influence of "Big Mama" on "Pearl":  Thornton "could belt it out," Koch wrote, "but she shows on this album that she could also pull it back when needed, a lesson clearly absorbed by acolytes such as Janis Joplin." 


BIG MAMA THORNTON here 

More JANIS JOPLIN here 

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