The Final Night of Janis Joplin and Where She Died

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Ай бұрын

We are back in Hollywood, California to retrace the final day of music icon, Janis Joplin. Joplin was in Los Angeles recording her album Pearl at the legendary Sunset Sound on October 3, 1970. Following a recording session, Janis joined some of her bandmates at Barney's Beanery before returning to the Landmark Hotel (now called Highland Gardens) in room 105. She injected herself with what would be a life ending dose of heroin and was found dead in her room at the age of 27. Join us today as we talk about the final day and the death of the legendary Janis Joplin from the location where it happened.
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@MrIslandman59 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this video. I saw her Dec 5, 1969 in Atlanta at the Old Piedmont Park Auditorium for Ga Tech. Between songs while she was talking to the band, I stood up and hollered, "Janis, we love you", the entire place got real quiet and she came back to the microphone and in that low gruff voice said, "Bullshiiit!" The place went crazy and her and the band went into their next song. I sat down while my 18 year old heart was about to leave my chest. What a great night, I spoke to Janis and she spoke back, to me. I still remember the exact moment I learned of her death so many years ago. Lot's of good stuff there! Look forward to more of your content!

@FreyzelProductions Ай бұрын

That is a pretty neat moment!

@MrIslandman59 Ай бұрын

@@FreyzelProductions It was a cool moment in my life for sure. Thanks again for making that ! She sure had my heart, maybe still does, a little!

@clintwalker6389 Ай бұрын

@@MrIslandman59Gratitude for you!🤦🏿‍♂️

@marknewton6984 29 күн бұрын

Saw her get arrested in Tampa 1969. She was cool! 😮

@MrIslandman59 29 күн бұрын

@@marknewton6984 She was arrested for vulgar and indecent language, found guilty, and fined $200 plus court costs!

@richardmorris7063 Ай бұрын

Its cool the new management allows visitors & embraces tourists. What a cool looking place. I'm old enough to remember her, a classic voice & style & she's gotten her props as she should.

@kimbradley9595 Ай бұрын

Ugh really money Maker

@dorinda4ever Ай бұрын

Barneys was a go to spot for me as well. I never have n never will do drugs. Im 55. ❤🎉 RIP Janis beautiful vocals 🙏

@johnnyfreedom3437 27 күн бұрын

That woman was built for the Blues! Long live the Blues!

@larrydanadavid2435 14 күн бұрын

I met Slash while sitting at the bar at Barney’s.

@StreetTruckinTitan 46 минут бұрын

Whenever Im in LA I always stop by Barneys and have a beer at Jimbo's corner bar spot.

@rhondaturner1661 Ай бұрын

I remember that day like it was yesterday her song cry baby live brings out her awesome voice R.I.P. Janice you are loved and missed

@calikalbocalikalbo6082 Ай бұрын

awesome voice? A voice only a mother can love...sheeeesh wtf

@ericsneary5430 Ай бұрын

@@calikalbocalikalbo6082 You trolls really are disrespectful

@RamsLakersDodgers Ай бұрын

@@ericsneary5430Why do you answer these dumb kids?🤷🏽‍♂️That’s what they want.Attention.Don’t give it to them.

@RICHBLACKCOCK 21 күн бұрын

FF: Janiis & Jimmy Johnson are former CLASSMATES!

@dougslaback3459 Ай бұрын

She was a true LEGEND and pure voice. I remember that day. Still have her vinyls and listen to her often

@BobHansen-ik1ln Ай бұрын

she sounded like someone was strangling a cat.

@kellyshomemadekitchen 14 күн бұрын

Thanks for all the effort you put into this video.

@ginnymiller2448 18 күн бұрын

Great tour, thanks for sharing with us. I’ve read about the details of her last day and passing, but have never before seen images of the places other than one photo of the outside of the hotel. Great work!

@CarlTMontano Ай бұрын

I was 13 when Janis died thank you for sharing this is the first video I see of Janis

@ronaldlindeman6136 Ай бұрын

I was also 13 years old.

@mikegarippo7815 Ай бұрын

Nobody cares how old you were in 1970

@tomlichnofsky.7048 Ай бұрын

RIP Janis Joplin 🍁

@rogermanningjr452 Ай бұрын

At 2:22 the park and the building you see across the street was a vacant lot in 1966 and that is where Bobby Fuller was found dead on July 18 1966

@santinabellydance 15 күн бұрын

So sad he was murdered.😢

@nancywood9531 Ай бұрын

Such a terrible loss she was a fantastic blues Singer had a big future ahead of her and blew it all with drugs. Sad sad

@FreyzelProductions Ай бұрын

She was amazing!

@nancywood9531 Ай бұрын

I joined to see but can't do the money thing. I'm in 80's. Sorry

@FreyzelProductions Ай бұрын

no worries at all. Everyone is welcome and watching is always free 😁

@mikegarippo7815 Ай бұрын

Where did you learn to capitalize the word "singer"? Whoever taught you is a failure.

@Every-picture-tells-a-story Ай бұрын

Don’t do DRUGs boys and Girls ❤

@joejones9520 Ай бұрын

if they were legal and manufacture was controlled and regulated this stuff wouldnt happen

@subooking Ай бұрын

don't do hard drugs

@jdmb03 Ай бұрын

@@joejones9520 Yeah, because nobody would OD from legal drugs. SMH

@joejones9520 Ай бұрын

@@jdmb03 think

@TheCatD Ай бұрын

@@joejones9520 yeah cause you can trust regulated stuff NOPE!

@johncameron2545 Ай бұрын

Back in 56 I was standing right there with Elvis.

@Super-ew1ty Ай бұрын

Wow seriously?

@mikrof467 18 күн бұрын

😂 don't do drugs 😅

@jwwj30 Ай бұрын

Thanks for all the info on Janis last days & her passing back in 1970. I saw her in concert back in 1969 (the year I graduated high school) at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino. MC5 opened for her that night, I remember it being very loud & wild.

@mikegarippo7815 Ай бұрын

You didn't "graduate high school," and neither has anyone. You may have graduated FROM high school, though.

@joejones9520 23 күн бұрын

@@mikegarippo7815 please get back on your meds

@W.J.M. 16 күн бұрын

@@mikegarippo7815 i'll bet you are fun at parties.

@belfastlad55 14 күн бұрын

Sad story

@MarkMay-cr6bv 11 күн бұрын

@@W.J.M. I'll bet you're a ton of of fun at parties where most of the attendees are uneducated and actually boast about it. I'll bet you fit right in.

@foxmulder2941 Ай бұрын

Back to back tragedies , Jimi and Janis , only a couple of weeks apart. Shortly after her death John Lennon recieved a cassette in the mail from Janis of her singing ' Happy Trails ' to mark his 30th birthday.

@brianmaricle9646 16 күн бұрын

Also Jim Morrison a year later

@ahill4642 15 күн бұрын

Sweet, about Happy Trails. Damn. 😞

@marthareyes4024 Ай бұрын

Wow, that was awesome to see. I've never seen that last picture of her before. I was a big fan of Janis.

@FreyzelProductions Ай бұрын

She was pretty amazing. Finding these places were pretty high on my list.

@jimfesta8981 29 күн бұрын

My dad had a small Italian restaurant on Santa Monica Blvd in the early 1970s. My brother and I used to deliver Pizzas to the Landmark. Lots of parties, and music as I remember. Good tips too.

@1CathyHendrix Ай бұрын

Such a tragic loss of an amazing talent. The 27 Club has taken so much great talent away from us.

@FreyzelProductions Ай бұрын

So many amazing talents..

@calikalbocalikalbo6082 Ай бұрын

hahahaha....Talent?.....hahahaha...oooookkkkkk

@user-lf6nq4pq3y Ай бұрын

The saddest thing for me was aside from her body laying on the floor of her room for 18 hrs without being missed was only three people attended her funeral...her mom dad and aunt barbara...WHERE WERE HER so called * FRIENDS * !?!?! 😿💔🖤🥀👎👎😭🪦🖤 .

@1CathyHendrix Ай бұрын

@@user-lf6nq4pq3y I did not know this! How awful. Thanks for sharing.

@calikalbocalikalbo6082 Ай бұрын

@@user-lf6nq4pq3y ....Why only 3 if so famous?

@Porsche996driver Ай бұрын

Great that the hotel is still there at least. Take care all!

@lisablake5328 Ай бұрын

It's so sad to see all these good people pass due to drugs 😔 thanks jeff for going where I wouldn't be able to.

@FreyzelProductions Ай бұрын

It really is. She was so talented.

@stevemoore-nx8cq 15 күн бұрын

River Phoenix.

@gregdolecki8530 14 күн бұрын

Who says she was "good"?

@59Rosco Ай бұрын

I think Freyzel productions handles celebrity deaths with a great deal of decorum and respect, but they are educational as well. I had just turned 11 when Janis died, but I really had no perpective of her death until I viewed this video. The so-called " 27 Club" has taken so many, so young.

@FreyzelProductions Ай бұрын

Thank you very much 😁

@bearyqnailz Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@ahill4642 15 күн бұрын

I was so distracted by her cool Porsche I had to pause and rewind about 3 times 😂 (late at night… ADHD)

@burgundyjayde 14 күн бұрын

I remember sitting across from the exact spot where she died and singing her songs when I was in California a few years ago I could still feel her spirit there❤

@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE Ай бұрын

Hello, new subscriber here from Australia, great channel 😊

@FreyzelProductions Ай бұрын

Thank you very much and welcome! 😀

@jaylene.turner6524 Ай бұрын

Very sad. Another great artist taken way too soon. Great video,sir!

@calikalbocalikalbo6082 Ай бұрын

no not really

@ericsneary5430 Ай бұрын

@@calikalbocalikalbo6082 Anyone with a functioning brain knows she had a lot of talent

@calikalbocalikalbo6082 Ай бұрын

@@ericsneary5430 ......As is my point, anyone knows she wouldn't even make past round 1 on a talent show today.

@brianwells4507 Ай бұрын

@calikalbocalikalbo6082 depends on what type of music you are referring to? Anybody that could replicate Odetta's vocals is huge

@calikalbocalikalbo6082 Ай бұрын

@@brianwells4507 ......Nobody would have a chance today with that god awful voice.

@user-vb3yb9kp9o Ай бұрын

Very sad may she rest in peace …. Tragic

@TxCen5432 Ай бұрын

Don’t do drugs to live longer than this person

@BobHansen-ik1ln Ай бұрын

Correct

@rhinomechanics8423 Ай бұрын

@@BobHansen-ik1ln "This Person"? How young are you?

@BobHansen-ik1ln Ай бұрын

she sounded like someone was strangling a cat

@m_hub3957 Ай бұрын

@@rhinomechanics8423 irrelevant

@rolltide9547 Ай бұрын

I agree she has a terrible voice.

@rodneymacomber6337 15 күн бұрын

Watching this brings tears to my eyes all the time so I did drugs just like her starting with LSD at 13 becoming clean at 25 some people made it some people did it a great loss to lose someone so loved

@cbmccarty1 22 күн бұрын

Years after that tragedy I was staying for a while at a hotel/apartment in Hollywood. The late night desk clerk had worked at the Landmark hotel and was the last person to see and talk to Janis before she went to her room and OD'd. I have musician friends who knew her and she was not only wildly talented but they tell me she was really kind and a down to earth good person, too.

@michaeljohnson4794 Ай бұрын

Thanks for doing this.

@rhiannonrhiannon6285 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this video.

@RANDY4410 Ай бұрын

I remember hearing about her death on TV, I had just started going to High School in NYC in 1970, this was a few months after the tragedy at Kent State where 4 students were shot to death by the national guards while protesting on campus against President Nixon invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam war.

@mikegarippo7815 Ай бұрын

Did your teachers in high school teach you to capitalize the words "high school"? If so, they should have been fired.

@jimmylieb5225 21 күн бұрын

4 dead in Ohio. may they rest in peace. I remember too well Kent State on May 4, 1970!

@Kittymay98 14 күн бұрын

@@mikegarippo7815What are you? The school monitor? Stop trolling on everyone’s comments!

@phredmadsen-vallee8375 Ай бұрын

Rest In Eternal Peace Janis ♥

@JasonJames72 28 күн бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing 😊

@CC-xu2yz 29 күн бұрын

All I think of when i see photos and videos of her is that she was still a child.

@rhinomechanics8423 Ай бұрын

Man. What a Voice !!!!! Still, to this day Unmatched. NO Female singer has Ever matched that powerful Bluesy Voice.

@saxonsteve 11 күн бұрын

I didn’t become a Janis fan until I was a bit older. I was in the 10 years old generation when she died. I became a guitar 🎸 player at age 12. Now 64, I am really into music 🎶 and playing the blues. I really liked her soulful voice and her band. ❤☮️

@mysterytour5983 17 күн бұрын

I walked in most of those places living around years ago those places have so much history! Janis was so good, one of a kind, she didnt have a clue that 55+ years later we would still lusten to her!

@cheribee968 Ай бұрын

Watching the clip of janis on the Dick Cavett show back in 1970(?) She spoke about how she was going to her high school reunion and mentioned people didn’t treat her nice there, when she was growing up. I always thought her eyes were so sad.

@joejones9520 23 күн бұрын

she had facial features that many women in this general texas/louis. gulf region also have and the way she often looked and sounded in conversation like she was possibly near tears is also another trait ive noticed here

@jessedorsettii9988 Ай бұрын

Update. It's a shelter facility for the needy. You cannot enter the building at all unless you stay there. They don't allow visitors either. I asked if I could see the room, but security will not allow it and they may lose their housing. My uncle and his 30 something year old son are staying in that room. My cousin has not reported any strange occurrences, but my uncle claims to have had visits from Janis.

@FreyzelProductions Ай бұрын

Thank you for that update. I was wondering what was going on with the place.

@jessedorsettii9988 Ай бұрын

@@FreyzelProductions My uncle can tell you lots of stories from his life, but he did live quite a life, running away from an abusive home at 15 with his brother to Chicago from Brownsville, TX and later in life working at Mc Donnell Douglas in Long Beach during the 70's and 80's, being an Elvis impersonator and one heck of a dancer. Back in the 60's in Los Angeles would go to parties and ballrooms and was the date of Connie Francis for a short time. I believe he experienced something in that room and he says the spirit followed him to other locations. Sounds spooky and off-putting but it does not seem to bother him. It's like he kinda likes it. He would be an interesting person to interview. Most who lived 80 years and remember their lives are. His memory is still intact.

@TinaChaapel54 Ай бұрын

This is so sad. Thank you for sharing i found it very interesting.

@Imnotyourdoormat Ай бұрын

*Yep. I did **_"Learn A Little Somethin."_** DON'T MESS WITH HEROIN!!! Thank You. And Have a Good Evening. Drive Careful.*

@raycope2086 Ай бұрын

Thank you for feeling it, Janis. I miss you, sweetie.

@memirandawong Ай бұрын

RIP Janis. Even at age 69 I was not aware of 90% of the information presented here. Thank you!

@jimmylieb5225 21 күн бұрын

68 here. likewise!

@memirandawong 21 күн бұрын

@@jimmylieb5225 LOL...🤣🤣was that you living under the same rock as me???

@inachavez5508 Ай бұрын

My friend now lives in her bedroom that she lived in here in Austin tx when she went to UT the landlord even has pics of her playing acoustic guitar in the back yard

@FreyzelProductions Ай бұрын

That is pretty awesome!

@HOOTGIBSON-jq1jf Ай бұрын

can you share please?

@jimmylieb5225 21 күн бұрын

far out man!!

@suzimooreakathegadgetlady907 27 күн бұрын

Sad loss, R.I.P. JANIS XXX

@brianwazac8235 Ай бұрын

Great video. Nice job bro!

@FreyzelProductions Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@chrissharkey9644 17 күн бұрын

Nice work

@rikkiross7691 Ай бұрын

I'm a HUGE fan of Janis but the sad part is,she died 8 months after I was born..I wish she was still alive today i would of loved to see Janis in concert!! 😢

@mikegarippo7815 Ай бұрын

You "would of loved"? Too bad that there's such no word construction in the English language. You created a new one there--but not because you're a gifted writer, l assure you.

@jimmylieb5225 21 күн бұрын

ignore the comment from that replier. he's a jerk.

@eddiearmijo6635 22 күн бұрын

She Lives on.

@jamesmonahan1870 18 күн бұрын

@chuckg2016 29 күн бұрын

A great one of a kind talent gone far too soon. So earthy hot 🔥🔥🔥 RIP, MS. Joplin, you live in our hearts forever. 💐

@freddyeltigre2327 Ай бұрын

I knew Janis Joplin through her bass player Brad Cambell, I never seen her take drugs, but she loved Southern Comfort and always drank a mickey before she went on stage. She had presence and a powerfull voice. R.I.P. Janis!

@kirkshairpiece6741 Ай бұрын

I went there in 1999 but the night clerk would not let me see the room. He said it had all been altered. I took photos of the lobby and the exterior.

@beths4934 28 күн бұрын

So sad to go down in some funky hotel!

@ronniebishop2496 Ай бұрын

She was a crazy hippie.

@georgewilson1184 Ай бұрын

This is stupid why would anyone want to see or stay by someone who died even though they were popular it’s creepy to me

@battistaleone8388 Ай бұрын

So sad...Janis was/is an amazing talent and listen to her music today in 2024 ❤❤❤ Many thanks for sharin' ❤

@richardbesley9683 Ай бұрын

Thank you

@wilbur1884 Ай бұрын

I WAS 9 WHEN JANICE JOPLIN DIED. BLESS YOUR HEART ♥ JANIS 🙏

@yyzz1959 Ай бұрын

Amazing talent that will always be remembered 🙏

@daniellobo1680 17 күн бұрын

People forget Joseph Carey Merrick. AKA The Elephant Man is also part of the famous 27 club🙏👍👌☝️🐘❤

@629GSMITH Ай бұрын

My best friend went to school with her in Port Arthur.

@StevenTorrey Ай бұрын

I remember when she passed. She ended up being an exemplum for "Just say nO!"

@maryannmartinez9425 Ай бұрын

Loved her music

@josebro352 13 күн бұрын

Fun Fact: Stephen King wrote a short story in which Janis is still alive and living off the grid in a little town in Oregon called RocknRoll Heaven.

@Sue-zf5uu Ай бұрын

My oldest brother dated her a few times when we lived in Orange, and she lived in Port Authur. He said she was wild and crazy. Nothing was off limits for her to do or try. She sure got famous though.

@timcolledge6813 Ай бұрын

RIP Janis 🙏

@MrMinino76 Ай бұрын

Very tasteful!!

@timmmahhhh Ай бұрын

Great video, thanks. I'll be on vacation in La next week. Maybe I'll convince the wife to take a walk over here and check it out.

@davidb2206 Ай бұрын

27 Club: Also Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson of Canned Heat (played at Woodstock). Alan od'ed fourteen months after Brian Jones, two weeks before Hendrix, four weeks before Janis, and ten months before Jim Morrison. Janis undoubtedly had just heard about Alan's death in L.A. that month at his bandmate's house. Don't do drugs.

@janeburton7647 11 күн бұрын

Hi - Very interesting info about this popular entertainer. Drugs have been responsible for the death and illnesses of many folks in the music and arts communities. Thank you for posting this memorial-like and meaningful video.

@kimbradley9595 Ай бұрын

I grew up with her and Hendricks and Jim Morrison best ever

@Animalfarm6cats Ай бұрын

I love, her. At the time of her death I was 14 months old.

@UncleWally3 10 күн бұрын

Can’t find my keys and forget my grandkids’ birthdays but I remember that day, very well.

@richarddevoe9990 Ай бұрын

How sad

@karencahill4798 Ай бұрын

Yes! Look up “Musicians who died at age 27.” It will blow your mind.

@Kerry-fw6jt Ай бұрын

She definitely had a distinctive voice. Her band had a good sound too.

@DaveMorgansghost Ай бұрын

Barneys beanery was made famous in a NRPS song, i think its LA cowboy❤ being a child of the 60s its a shame so many of our music icons are no longer with us

@johnwright291 Ай бұрын

What I find amazing and puzzling is the fact that this very plain looking motel is still standing, and especially when you consider where it is. But the chateau marmont is shabby looking also. If drugs were legal and REGULATED overdoses would plummet because people would know exactly what they were taking.

@joejones9520 23 күн бұрын

yep on last sentence, i was eviscerated for writing same thing but that just shows how limited in thinking most are

@kathyclark3168 25 күн бұрын

I often emulated Janis, hair, clothes and yes even drinking Southern Comfort as she did 😅😅 but no drugs either. I loved her music, wonder what it'd be like had she lived....

@michaelcoffey7362 Ай бұрын

Rip to her

@joejones9520 Ай бұрын

she used a vocal technique that few have the ability to do, that's why her songs are so hard to cover

@ghostnumber2341 Ай бұрын

Clive Davis did it!

@richardmorris7063 Ай бұрын

So much evil in Hollywood.

@nindyhunt Ай бұрын

I've always felt that in my heart too. Clive is evil

@lilianesilvermist7676 Ай бұрын

Janis lives in me Janis is a piece of my heart, forever and ever❤

@Bobby-kv6nh 29 күн бұрын

😂

@Animalfarm6cats 7 минут бұрын

Janis, Was an amazing artist. Too bad didn’t get a chance to enjoy her until the 90s. I was born on 08/19/1969. I’m definitely, a hippie. I never did and never will use drugs.

@dbcooper692 Ай бұрын

You have a strong Minnesota accent!!!

@garycrowley7889 14 күн бұрын

I was folding newspapers for the Orange County register when I noticed both on the front pages. I was sad for being so young

@whiteorchid5412 2 күн бұрын

I've driven by this hotel for many years and on a few occasions did u-turns in the driveway to avoid traffic on Highland but never knew the history there. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix? If those walls could talk...

@user-ug2tx5ex6r 17 күн бұрын

Those lonely rooms I love JJ

@Massmommamess Ай бұрын

Janis was a regular at my brother's bar in San Fransisco he has some great stories about her.

@HOOTGIBSON-jq1jf Ай бұрын

Can you interview him and share please?

@daved.8673 8 күн бұрын

Too Many Of Us Put TOO Much Thought On How Someone Dies Or Where It Happened...REMEMBER HOW THEY LIVED AND HOW THEY WERE❤❤❤

@user-xc6wd3hb4s Ай бұрын

Joplin, Missouri, I presume.

@edwardhenry3158 Ай бұрын

Lord have mercy what a tragic loss from my home state of Texas Port Arthur to be exact not far from Beaumont, where Johnny and Edgar Winter grew up poor Janis just a child of the times man just like Jimmy and Jim Morrison but I saw quite a few different pictures of the last time she was at that studio that night or should I say that day before she was going to do her vocal tracks with that same bottle of Southern comfort that was her to man and in some of the pictures I have seen who was taken by the actual photographer. I won’t reveal his name. He has some really great shots. Well, maybe not great shots but you can actually see she’s got the bottle in her arm hand and you could actually see track marksin her left arm