Mama Cass in the audience stunned by Joplin's performance.

The camera panning down to her feet gets me every time! That is someone singing with every bit of her body, right down to her toes. It is incredibly endearing & I have to give credit to whoever captured that, along with Mama Cass' reaction & the way Janis skips off stage like a little kid. Great moment in musical history!

The woman with the glasses you commented on is Cass Elliot aka Mama Cass from Mamas and The Papas... an amazing vocalist in her own right.

Monterey Pop was the concert event that led up to Woodstock. It was put together by John Phillips, leader of the Mamas & the Papas. It was really the coming out of several acts, including Jimi Hendrix and the group then called Big Brother and the Holding Company with, of course, Janis as lead singer. The lady you spotted with her mouth wide open was Mama Cass Elliott of the group I mentioned earlier. She had been identified by many as the best female pop/rock singer of the 60s.

Mama Cass was not only a great vocalist but was instrumental in putting the festival together. She was blown away by Janice. This was Janice's 1st big gig. Today, Beth Hart is the closest you could come to that type of passion. Try Beth & Joe Bonamassa "I'd Rather Go Blind"

Lady Janis belting it out

Janis' voice - like fire blowing out of her inwards, past the microphone, into the listeners' soul. Mamma Cass, the woman in the glasses, had a voice like warm honey, poured over your day.

And that little "happy dance" when she left the stage and knew that she had nailed it. This was the performance that put her on the map.

Mama Cass was one of the producers of the festival, along with John Philips. There is a great movie on this whole concert which includes many other great performances.

The thing about the Blues is that there's so many different styles to choose from: there's Delta Blues, Mississippi Blues, Chicago Blues, Texas blues, Memphis, Soul, etc. If you don't like one style, there's plenty of others to try.

Just pure perfection. Vocally nothing compares.

There was never, and never will be another Janis Joplin. Now if you really want to learn to love the blues, react to Stevie Ray Vaughan doing Texas Flood, live at the Mocambo. I think that may change your mind a little about blues music.

You: "You all are trying to make me eat my words when I said I didn't like the Blues music, I think." Me: "Why yes. Yes we are, lol !" Thanks for keeping your mind open to new music ! ✌❤🌻😷🎶

The band she is playing with here is Big Brother and the Holding Company. They were very raw and unfinished, actually part of their charm, very much a garage band feel to them! She out grew them quickly! But their songs with her are legend.

Her recording career spanned a little less than three years, 1967 to 1970 when she died, and she is still relevant today. She is the bar that every other blues/jazz singer is compared to.

You need to checkout the rest of the monterey festival. This was the changing of the guard from the harmonies of the early 60's to the harder rock of the later 60's.The Mamas and Papas produce the festival at their height of their fame. (The women in the glasses). This Festival introduced Janis Joplin, The Who and Jimmy Hendrix to the US.

So good to see all you young guys digging up the past. This is truly the best, Janis Joplin.

One of her best performances. The woman you mentioned was another artist called Mamma Cass Elliott of the Mammas and Pappas.

Oh yeah!!! Classic moment in Rock History, fer sure!! R.I.P. Janis Joplin 🙏🏽

Her raw voice quality in and of itself was so-so, but her control of it was just unreal. One moment it's smooth as honey, the next it sounds like a wolf dying in a cement mixer. She's the only singer of any generation or genre I've ever heard who could flip that raspy edge on and off like a switch. Not to mention the emotion she packed into every moment.

Robert. Plant has commented that when Zeppelin first toured the US in 1969, he was overwhelmed by the whole California scene, and couldn’t believe that he was actually meeting Janice. He spoke of how kind Janice was to him, and how she kind of “mothered” him. Janice used to give him advise on how to take care of his voice....various “tinctures” and teas etc. But of course, Robert said, it was half vodka I think Plant was influenced by her....I think of Joplin as the female Plant. She had a sad life......always searching for love and not finding it. I found her difficult at times to listen to. All I could think of was the damage she was doing to her voice.

Love this, 1st Lady of Rock & Roll. She is the best.

This is from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. The Who, Jimi Hendrix and a bunch of other great artists played it. You should check out some of these other performances from the festival.

we were used to sandra dee, petula clark, and lady singers that were well groomed and would never sing in that bluesy voice that was so wonderful. For all of us who did not look like the hollywood model it was nice too see someone that did not fit the norms. Yes she had passion and i loved her for being different and not pulling back at all. she sings an absolutely wonderful rendition of Summertime,

That moment was pivotal too, because it was no longer Big Brother and the Holding Company, it was all Janis Joplin. I often imagined what it would be like to have been there, There was no MTV, no KZfaq, no internet, just what you've heard on the radio, and seeing acts like this and Hendrix for the first time live! You know it's good when Mama Cass is in awe.

Janice live was a sensation, she sang with everything she had in her. You saw it though, mama cass saw it. lol

Ahh, Janis... my older brother took me to see her when I was 12-13 yrs old (Yale Bowl, Yale Uni, New Haven, CT after Big Brother. Her new band was The Kozmic Blues Band. Just awesome! (Gordon Lightfoot opened for her!)

Love Janis Always Love When Mama Cass Couldn't Belive What She Was Seeing Mama Cass Another Great Singer HerSelf Please Give A Listen To Janis Song Call Work Me Lord✌✌👍

She was special alright. Me and Bobby McGee is her masterpiece...one of them anyway

This video gives me chills each time I see it. Perhaps the best live performance ever.

Joplin's entry into the big time, 1967. The audience stunned.

I'm pleasantly surprised by how quickly you reacted to this song after Piece of my Heart. I think this song represents what Janis is all about. The Monterey (mon ter RAY) Pop Festival also featured Jimi Hendrix and the Who.

Several folks have already pointed out that Mama Cass of the Mamas & Papas was the woman in the audience. Also in the audience that night was Columbia Records exec Clive Davis - One of the few real "music men" still in the business, incidentally. He signed Janis that night on the strength of this blistering performance. Davis can be seen in the final audience shot. He's the balding guy in the white sweater. One of my favorite parts of this video is seeing how she puts her whole body into the performance, practically lifting off the ground as she stomps her feet in time with her delivery. Janis - though she died so young (at 27, just three years after this) - influenced pretty much every female singer that followed. Few, if any though, could ever match her passion (Beth Hart comes about as close as I've ever seen/heard). Janis was absolutely fearless and unconcerned with sounding torn up and ugly from wrestling with the intense emotions that she felt. Her secret weapon, of course, was that she really did have the ability to deliver carefully controlled and sweet passages when they were called for. You should check out other tracks by her, such as Move Over, Down On Me, Me & Bobby McGee (written by Kris Kristofferson), Try (Just a Little Bit Harder), and Summertime. There's also a great live version of her covering the Bee Gees 1960s classic To Love Somebody filmed for the Dick Cavett talk show. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nNF3iNdltr_HYGw.html - Many other great performances at Monterey Pop, including career-defining sets by Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix (who set his guitar on fire and then smashed it - to one-up Pete Townshend and The Who - they had performed earlier), and others. Enjoy!

Daniel! I was at this performance at your age in Monterey. ( MAHN-TA-RAY)The Monterey Pop Festival in ‘67 was the world’s first ever pop and rock festival. It’s two hours south of San Francisco- . She was a true original who worshipped the old blues singers. She was raw and gritty unlike the California Beach Bunny types that got all the breaks at that time. To see joyous fun loving Janis check out the video of her singing Raise Your Hand with super pop hunk Tom Jones!

The thing to remember is, if these musicians are still alive, they'd be pushing 80.

Must listen to Jan's album Cheap thrills, that had piece of my heart. Next song should be "Summertim". She's in great voice and nice solo, its best song of album. Rest of album has gems too. Cheers, Chicago Ray

As a '60's flowerchild this was the music that grabbed me , and that I still frequently listen to ~~ we had some amazing performers to experience ~~ So good to see younger generations appreciate this music! I enjoy your reactions! Janis was uniquely talented! There's a great documentary on her life, check it out! A current singer who pours his emotions into his singing is Avi Kaplan, his powerful solo original " Change on the Rise " was written during his emotional struggles after leaving Pentatonix, his "Lean on Me " tribute to Bill Withers is soulful and beautiful ~~ Hope to see ou react to these!

That was the late great Mama Cass Elliott. A tragic case in her own write was just embarking on a solo career and was the toast of London. She had just talked to her best friend and was so excited because she had sung 3-4 encores. That night her heart stopped and we are all poorer for it. Janis was her own worst enemy. But back in the day depression, and probably Manic Depression, or Bi-Polar 1 wasn't being talked about. Janis was horribly insecure which is why alcohol and drugs were prevalent in her daily life. She died alone. What a sad day. I would have gladly taken her place had I known what waste my life ended up being. Oh well I'll never get it right. She was the first and last to sing like that. She always sang the way she felt. She and Joe Cocker are the only ones I know of that could sing like that. You might check him out at Woodstock where he sang an incredible version of "With A Little Help From My Friends" off the Sargent Pepper album by the Beatles. I have always loved live music because you get a real indication of what kind of musicians the band or the singer really is. Janis was always better live. Thankfully we have quite a few of her recordings still around.

This is the performance that catapulted her into fame. This is where it all started for her. That was Mama Cass of The Mamas and the Papas that the camera kept cutting to in the audience. I believed she either organized or helped organize this festival? Edit: All art is sort of like an exorcism of emotion. Emotion is at the heart of any artistic endeavor, from singing to writing, painting, sculpting, playing an instrument. It's part of what makes us human :)

Thank you very much ! It was really cool to see your reaction to this incredible song an incredible artist !. The lady in the crowd was actually Mama Cass , from the band The Mamas & Papas. There is footage leading up and including to the Monterey Pop Festival. I would have rather to go to that show then Woodstock !.

The song recommendations are meant to challenge you, and everyone listening, with the fact that in every genre of music there is that ONE Performer that can change your mind. Music knows no bounds.

Caught this live at Monterey - a square boy from New Zealand - who had all his corners blown away by Janice. The primal scream has been owned by her ever since.

"Summertime" by Joplin, is my choice, it's insane

I feel young again! Beautiful!

R. Crumb, mentioned as having done the cover art for "Cheap Thrills", was the subject of a 1995 feature length documentary titled "Crumb". He was an interesting character in his own right and the documentary is worth checking out.

Great song great reaction! Thanks for covering this one. Janis is raw emotion. This was a little before my time to be there watching her at Monterey but I would have loved to!

If you notice after her performance and they pan the audience, there's a guy in a white pull-over sweater clapping. That's a young (later to become legendary music producer) Clive Davis who immediately signed Janis to a contract after her electric rendition. He is also famous for signing Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Chicago, Billy Joel, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd and discovering Whitney Houston & Barry Manilow.

RIP Janis. We used to go across the Bay Bridge from Berkeley and listen to a little-known group at the Avalon Ballroom, with its then unknown singer, Janis Joplin. Every single time, the audience insisted she sing this. That really happened. Best time and place for music in the 60s! Thanks for discovering this one.

That's what I miss in music today, passion. Musicians back then didn't care about money or fame (and they did get screwed), it was just wanting to play music. Mama Cass knew she was seeing greatness. Peace!

Remember being there for this performance like it was yesterday, I still Love this woman.... #RIP

Next one: Summertime. My favorite! She died 2 weeks after Hendrix. Both in the 27 club (other musicians died age 27...).

Keep posting great videos man

From what I understand, Janis knew a lot of emotional hardship. Her death at 27 was a tragic loss. Try "Move Over", "Get It While You Can" or "Me and Bobby McGee".

Even after 50 years, still gives me goosebumps. Such emotions in this song!!

Badfinger, Day After Day

Interesting snippet: "The first performance on June 17 was not filmed, so the band was persuaded to perform the song again on the next day"

Glad to see your really enjoying this great music. Your doing a great job. Janis Joplin's greatest hit was (Me and Bobby McGee) I'm sure you would want to react to that one. It was written by Kris Kristopherson. Fantastic song! Keep up the good work.

She walked in relatively unknown but walked out a superstar. And, no, there will never be another like her.

Hard living Texas blues girl.

GONE TOO EARLY! . MASTERPIECE!. SUPERB TALENT!. EXPRESSION OF HER DEEP PAIN, HER LIFE WAS EXPRESSED IN ALL OF HER SONGS!. THAT'S WHAT MADE HER SO SUPERB! ..WE MISS YOU!!.❤😥👍🌻❤

That is Mama Cass . Look her up. Huge talent of ,sixties

Wow that was great. Janis looked like she was about to explode. Many great performances from this concert, the first of the music festivals. Check out Jefferson Airplane. Otis Redding. The Animals. Mamas and Papas. Country Joe. Simon and Garfunkel. The Who. Jimi Hendrix. Etc. Great reaction to this incredible performance.

6:28 that's Mama Cass (Cass Elliott) from the Mamas and the Papas. Another fantastic voice. She died not long after Janis did.

One of the most iconic moments of the late 60’s music scenes. That was Momma Cass from the Mommas and Papas being mesmerized by what she was witnessing. And Momma Cass had an epic voice herself! Sadly Janis died at 27 like so many other rock stars who flew too close to the sun with alcohol, drugs, sex and rock and roll.

WOW!!!!!!! Now you are into something to boggle the mind!!!! This woman is second to NONE!!!!!! When she goes... LOOK THE HELL OUT!!!!! NEVER HEAR ANYTHING LIKE HER EVER EVER AGAIN!!!!!!! I SO FEEL HER PAIN WHEN SHE IS SCREAMING AT ME!!!! YES I WAS ALIVE WHEN THIS WAS GOIN ON!!!!! QUEEN OF THE BLUE IS JANIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!✌️💕😎

I just got ch ch chills!

Love that Big Brother and the Holding Company ! She did my favorite song of hers with a different backing band later tho - please check “Me and Bobby McGee “ , done shortly before her passing.

There were a lot of record execs in the audience..I think she got signed soon after this performance by Bob Dylan's manager.

Even after listening to this over decades, it's still like a hammer.

She is not only singing this track, she LIVED this track until she died!

Thank goodness someone recorded this performance!

The Janis Joplin experience is unprecedented unique and will remain unmatched forever. This powerful singer was a meteor that disappeared too fast.

Janis is my favorite female singer. She put's every ounce of her being and soul into a song.

She was an original sound and we loved her while she was here.

This is her performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. A record producer was so intrigued by her performance that he signed her on the spot to a record deal which was the beginning of her career. Janis led a lonely depressed life as she had been bullied and shamed by class mates. She didn't think she had much self worth, but Janis was the most sweetest giving of herself person there was. She sang with a heart and passion and soul that most of us will never understand. Once in an interview she did on the Dick Cavett show she told how her class mates voted her least likely to succeed and she said afterward "I guess I showed them." You sure did Janis you sure did. I was on the school bus home when the local radio station broke in and reported that Janis had just been found dead in a motel room. She died alone from a drug overdose. I loved Janis so much that I broke down and cried. Janis had so much soul. I just subscribed to your channel. Love your reactions and comments to the videos. I am 66 years old and it does my heart good to see the younger generation enjoying the music that I grew up with. Rock never dies. Just watched your reaction last night to Eddie Van Halen's Eruption. Will be watching more. Thank you for bringing back the memories of my youth. Rock is my heart and soul and it will live in me forever. RIP EDDIE AND JANIS.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍 Janis is my spirit animal.

I never really got into Janis when I was young, although, I wouldn't dare change the radio station and always appreciated her talent. *Then* - about ten years ago - a local performance artist/singer (Amber Ferrari), started doing a Tribute Show called, "Joplins Pearl" that I finally 'got it'. After that, I went back and listened/watched Janis' work back in her heyday. I fell in love. I guess I needed the time to mature to relate to her pain and passion. She can rip out your heart and make you feel such emotion...from the depths of your soul, like no other. 💜💫✌🏼🎵 Great reaction, Daniel. You are wise beyond your years, most certainly. Another *Great* lost to the 27 club. 💔

Check out the live version of "Piece of My Heart" , the audience members (in Germany) actually get up on stage and start dancing with her, very cool!

Janis was one of the FEW vocalists that realized the power of moving the microphone AWAY at the right time. Every powerful vocalist I know LOVES screaming into that mic and blowing your ears off. They could learn from this.

Monterey was a pivotal festival, the west coast Woodstock. Performances by otis redding, the who, jimi hendrix, janis... All great.

Still gives me goosebumps no matter how many times I watch this video.

In the Stones tune, it's only rock & roll, jagger says "if I could stick me hand in my heart and spill it right here on the stage...". That's pretty much what Janus did

Greetings DS9 Love knowing that once you hear these artists that you are growing into a super reservoir for the next generation.

10/28/2020 This was when rock was born. Feel the growing pains. Her cover of Big Mama Thornton's penmanship. Janice had so much soul from childhood and the misery of never having someone to really Love. Other songs mention this but this to me is the greatest , then CRY. You can almost feel her bleed! Don

There is no describing the talent that was Janis Joplin

Janis felt the music deep down in her soul!!!

The lady was special. Have to give a shout out to the band also. The great Big Brother and the Holding Co. Check out "Summertime" live.

Man, she's amazing ❤

back in the day we called this the Texas blues (she was from Texas) and nobody could do it like Janice, this performance at Monterey got her signed to her first label

I was 13 when Janis Joplin died, I remember someone wrote Janis' name on a garage door after she died. Have loved her ever since.

That was the performance that made Clive Davis sign her to a deal!

that is mama cass elliot,,from the mamas and the papas,,,her jaw literally dropped

Janis made the song "Ball & Chain" famous, but it was written by Big Mama Thornton. Janis was unique. There is no other Janis, and there never will be. Few people sing with such raw passion. She grew up in Port Arthur, Texas, where she always felt like an outcast.

I believe this was at Monterey International Pop Festival, 2 years before Woodstock. She was amazing, her band was great too.This show was the intro too Jimi Hendrix. 2 years later he was the Head liner at Woodstock. Blues Rule.

daniel Big Mama Thorton wrote this tune......check a video of her doing this late 60's.....she also was the first to record Hound Dog later covered by elvis

The woman the camera keeps showing is Mama Cass -- one of four in the very *famous at the time - The Mamas and Papas. It is said that Janis at Monterey Pop "came in a nobody, and left a legend." I love Janis! And a request: "Little Girl Blue".

No one had ever heard of her or the band. Their record hadn't been released yet! Mama Cass was at the summit of pop music. California Dreaming. She had her own national tv show. And to quote her: "WoW." What the hell is this?

Another great one is "Summertime" live 1969. Black and white, maybe not as good as quality as new songs but powerful.

Janice went the way of the wind, in every direction and often at breakneck speed, I think it might’ve been hard for her to be limited by growing old. Her lifestyle would slowly tear apart anything productive in her life. I myself think her ending was the best it could’ve been. We never got to witness her inevitable decline. Rest peacefully Janice

The woman in audience is Cass Elliot from the Mama’s & the Papa’s. You should check out some of their music. Cass had a phenomenal voice. The fact that *she* was blown away by Janis’ performance was probably why the camera zeroed in on her face. Edited to say this performance was Joplin’s break out gig. Her star went shooting up into the stratosphere after this.