Janis was relatively unknown at this time. She was only about a year into her professional music career. But she blew everyone away with her rendition of Ball & Chain". Interesting Note: The lady watching Janis performing here at The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 is Cass Elliott from the group "The Mamas & The Papas". Her mouth drops & she mouths “Wow" after a particularly strong vocal run from Janis.

The lady you were laughing about that is staring with a look of awe on her face is none other than the great Mama Cass Elliot from the mamas and the Papas and supposedly right off camera sitting next to her is Jimi Hendrix and they were both floored by Janis’s performance. This is her first time in front of a crowd!

The woman with the sunglasses was in a group called The Mamas and the papas. Her name is Cass Elliot but people called her mama Cass😊

She is Amazing❤🎉❤

That lady is Mama Cass of the Band Mama's and Papas completely overwhelmed.

She was a great singer thank you for the amazing video

Love your reactions, and by the way the woman in the sunglasses is Mama Cass from the Mama's and the Papa's. That's probably why they stayed on her for so long.

As a pre teen my parents couldn’t understand why I played this over and over - LOUD. ‘She’s just screeching’- but I got it

She put her heart & soul into every song! Just amazing!

This was the 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival. It was at this event that Janis got signed to her first recording contract. The legend Clive Davis signed her. The lady in the audience was Cass Eliot of the Mama's and Papa's who also played at this festival. Actually the line up was legendary. I wish that I could have been there but I was at the Navy boot camp at the time. Any how, besides Janis, and the Mama's and Papa's, the lineup also included Otis Redding, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, The Who, Booker T and the MGs, The Byrds, Johnny Rivers, The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix and Simon and Garfunkel.

Janis embodied the music. Just to know, I was able to be on the earth at the same time she was here comforts me. I loved her when I was 8 years old and love her to this very day. She was a a one of a kind artist. She is in the museum of my heart. No lights, no dancers just pure unadulterated music at the highest level. RIP Janis.

Janis Joplin is an icon. Love her voice. Love your reaction!

04:16 that’s Cass Elliot sitting there hypnotized by Janis. Cass knows a little something about being a vocalist herself…… RESPECT.

Janis felt the music with every fiber of her being. There will never be anyone else like her!

I'm 44 and was born almost 9 years to the day AFTER Janis took her last breath... from an early age, somewhere around 16 (circa 1996), I fell in love with this unbelievably gorgeous creature. I felt every note she bellowed soulfully. I lived through every vulnerable offering she gave of herself, every time she performed in front of a live audience or recorded in a closed studio. I related to her on so many levels-- the loneliness she felt, the approval she craved, and the love she longed for- journeyed across the country in search of- that eventually found her (though she wasn't ready for it when it, or rather, HE, first came into her life). The sadness she felt, even when she was in the middle of a crowd, was too much for one person to experience in a lifetime. Her light was beyond the brightest of her time. She was only here for a brief moment, brilliantly talented years before her time. She will forever be preserved among the greats- the ones who paved the way for later generations, blazing through our hearts and spiritually imprinting with our souls.

Almost a national debut performance for Joplin, she and 'Big Brother' hit it out if the park. Even Mama Cass couldn't keep her mouth shut.

Love and miss her music. Gone way too soon. Part of the 27 club😞

First off... Love you and your reactions !! as a side note. Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company (relative "Unknowns" from San Francisco) played the first day of Monterey, to rave reviews. The cinematographer, D.A. Pennebacker, was late to arrive and the first day was not recorded on film, so the promoters (this year the promoters were John and Michelle Phillips. "half" of the very popular group, "The Mama's and the Papa's". (That's why "Mama" Cass Elliot was featured in the recording) invited Janis back on the last day to perform "Ball & Chain" again, to be filmed. Her backing group feared Janis would be signed leaving them to fend for themselves. The promoters also informed a bunch of "record labels", that this sensational women was going to perform again on the last day, so about 8 record companies offered her a contract, and she signed with Clive Davis from Colombia Records, contingent that her band be signed with her. The rest, as they say... "Is history" !!

A women left lonely, is a good one

They had already done their set earlier but the cameras weren't there yet. So... they actually had her & the band come back on to do this song. Going into the festival she was relatively unknown coming out she was the talk of the town so to speak. She blew them away!!!

Hi AB, Janis is 🔥, I love her lives, you can see/hear the passion and authenticity of her voice. No one sings like her...Peace🤙☝️😌

That was 🔥🔥🔥

She was great!

There’s a very deep Janis Joplin rabbit hole for you to go down and you won’t regret it she is my all-time favorite, female singer ever she died way too young! RIP Janis

My favorites are "Summertime" and " Me and Bobby McGee" written by Kris Kristophersen. I love your reaction, you are so funny. Janis was always 🔥🔥🔥🔥

The woman that is talking about looking up at Janis Joplin is Mama Cass from the Mama and the Papas which is a group that came out way ahead of Janice Joplin. She is looking up in amazement at the incredible voice of Janice.

Piece of my Heart.

The lady in the audience is Mama Cass who one of the members of The Mamas and papas! Very popular in the sixties!

Thanks for your reaction! Cry Baby live is one of the best. Raise Your Hand with Tom Jones will get you moving! They are both awesome live performances.

That was done at the Monterary Pop Festifal. The lady in the audiience is Mama Cass Elliott from the Mamas & The Papas.

Janis became a legend

Another great live performance by Janis is Work Me Lord Live in Stockholm 1969. It's one of her top 3 performances in my opinion. Great reaction! Good luck!

Great reaction again.. Yo, Janis BURST on the scene here.. Also, some guitarist named Jimi Hendrix (lol) made his debut..same show..60's rocked!!!

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I really enjoyed your reaction to this! Love Janis and good to see you love her too...try Little Girl Blue live on either Ed Sullivan Show or Tom Jones Show..not sure which it was💞✌️🔥

I was there! A blown away 16 year old.

From the first time I heard Janis I was hooked. Saw her at Woodstock. Outstanding!

React to "Me and Bobby McGee". Janis left us too soon as a lot of the great ones did.

I believe that was the great Woodstock of all time Janice was amazing

Lol..the woman in the audience is mama Cas..from the mama's and papas..you may have heard there song California dreaming.. they were both very popular during this era .👍😎🔥🔥

Me and Bobby McGee live is fire! (Written by Kris Kristofferson).

I'm pretty sure Janis and Jimi Hendrix had something together ❤

The song Maybe shows her incredible range and Summertime shows her great passion. There are live videos out there of both of these songs.

Also watch Janis live 1969 Stockholm- Summertime, 1969 Stockholm-Work Me Lord, 1969 Tom Jones Show- Little Girl Blue

Her best live performances are 'Maybe' in Germany et 'work me lord' in stockholm.

Mama Cass!!!!

The lady looking in awe is a great singer in her own right in the Moma's and Popa's...Cass Elliott

She wails. Just amazing. I’ve never in my life heard anyone like her and she was the subject of my first oil painting. A truly gifted muse and messy too!

Her duet with Tom Jones - Raise Your Hand - live on his tv show from the 60s is excellent ❤

Hold up..Janice went *SHOTGUN-MODE* 😂❤

Cry Baby live in Toronto 1970, Tell Mama also live in Calagary 1970, Maybe from the music scene 1969, Worl me Lord live in Stockholm 1969 as well as Summertime. Try just a little bit harder from music scene or Dick Cavett show. Raise your hand with Tom Jones...so many greats from the one and only Janis.

She was & still is one of my FAVORITES 💜 Gone way to soon☹️ So Sad these Talented people didn’t have more People that took better care of them🥺. Such a Sad Sad Story😞 ELVIS,Jimmy Hendrix,Micheal Jackson,Prince🙏🏼

That's Cass Elliot from The Mama's and the Papa's. Great singer also.

Check out her , Take another piece of my heart

Please do ME AND BOBBY MEGEE by Janis Joplin !

Your reaction was hilarious. But could you even imagine hearing this in the 60s?! They were all amazed.

Cry baby and piece of my heart are 2 of her best songs

The shocked woman is mamma Cass. She is a famous singer from the mammas and pappas

That woman in the audience is Mama Cass of the Mama's and the Papas

Janis left us too soon at 27, 2 weeks later we lost the Great Jimmy Hendrix at the same age 27. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Try this one Johnny and Edgar Winter Tobacco Road

My passion trio is Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker and SRV with a honorable mention to Chris Robinson from the Black Crowes. A great view into the times - "Echo in the canyon" shows how Mama Cass was always bringing new musicians into the scene like James Taylor, Janis, Stephen Stills, Joni Mitchell and so many others. Amazing shit.

Personally I know everybody goes crazy over this performance but in my opinion her best live performance was little girl blue live on the original Tom Jones Show❤❤❤ she also sang a duet with Tom called raise your hand which is fire❤❤❤ I watch a lot of reactions and I've been following you a long time but I don't remember if you've ever done a young Tom Jones song❤❤❤ sorry I'm high as a mother fucker just because and the other night when I heard that Bethlehem was canceling their Christmas celebrations due to the conflict in that area honestly it broke my heart because it's so symbolic😢😢😢😢😢 so what I did was put on my two Janis Joplin go to songs of work me Lord which was appropriate and little girl blue live on Tom Jones and it always makes me cry so I had a good cry but I am still sad about the situation in Bethlehem😢😢😢

Big Mama Thornton original, Janice gave it an incredible rendition.

Check out Janis singing Cry Baby live. It's so amazing!

You have to do Brooks and Dunn! Believe!!!!!!!!

guitar player is on a major trip.

take a listen to Little Boy Blue, it was a live TV show. I don't believe she ever recorded it. It will melt you, it shows a softer side of her

Please check out "A Woman Left Lonely ". It's a softer side of Janis. I think you'll love it ❤.

Ive been a Janis fan for 40 yrs. Here's my suggestions... Cry Baby Get it while you can Mercedes-Benz Move over Bye bye baby Piece of My heart Me and Bobby McGee Down on me ***She performs a lot of these songs on a Dick cavett show and on other TV shows so good live versions are available. Love your content and reactions so keep up the good and God bless.

work me lord, live in sweden

For your own amusement listen to the audio recording of this performance sometime. This is a great video and all but it also is limited. They cut all the guitar solos (the most obvious at the 3:18 mark of this video) and a lot of Janis scatting and being Janis. It's out there just a youtube search away.

try cry baby live at montreal a few months before she died its amazing

This is the most popular version of Ball and chain. But actually there is a much better and vocally more impressive one "Ball and chain live from Frankfurt". Janis was few years older and had much more control over her amasing voice

You left out high as a kite with your mama Cass adjectives.

The girl that you said was stunned was probably stoned...

Thank God for Janis in this song as thats some bad guitar playing. LOL. It sounds like a cat in heat on a hot summers night.

That girl you talking bout is stOnded lol

NF RUNNING

She needs a drink of orange juice.

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Cry Baby is also a great song.

She wasn't "shotgunnin" that was called scattin.... research her a little more at least

A soulful shame.

Bro, check out that first shot of her feat. Do you think she just kicked a missile 😱🤣