18-06-2014, 23:41
Janis was/is a dynamo!!!! Her singing style was her own unique interpretation! She cites her influences as extracted from Wikipedia:
So why didn't this drug-addled wethead ever acknowledge her sources and the debt she owed?
." As a teenager, she befriended a group of outcasts, one of whom had albums by blues artists Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and Lead Belly, whom Joplin later credited with influencing her decision to become a singer.[SUP] [/SUP]She began singing in the local choir and expanded her listening to blues singers such as Odetta, Billie Holiday and Big Mama Thornton.
[video=youtube;fkGUt4QYc08]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGUt4QYc08[/video]
So why didn't this drug-addled wethead ever acknowledge her sources and the debt she owed?
." As a teenager, she befriended a group of outcasts, one of whom had albums by blues artists Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and Lead Belly, whom Joplin later credited with influencing her decision to become a singer.[SUP] [/SUP]She began singing in the local choir and expanded her listening to blues singers such as Odetta, Billie Holiday and Big Mama Thornton.
[video=youtube;fkGUt4QYc08]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGUt4QYc08[/video]
The ultimate connection is between a performer and its' audience!