Ron Greer posted: > all this talk about melissa/janis. so i had to go & pull out my cd with melissa >singing "me & bobby mcgee" a very nice, solo acoustic guitar version. <clip> melissa >comes across as *trying* to be janis. some forced emotion etc. but janis is just >plain brilliant. theres an edge and a depth to her singing that melissa just cant do.
Absolutely. God has not spared me from many things but may God spare me from a movie soundtrack with Melissa Etheridge singing Janis' ouevre. > > > but what about sass jordan? is anyone familiar with her or her music? No, at least I am not. > ive just got the one album "rats" (bought it cause i liked the cover!!), but it >seems to me that she'd do a great janis. similar style of voice (not as good - but >whose is?) and music, with that same ability to cruise along vocally with that hint >of venom in her voice, then abruptly let rip.... Oh do say more about this sass jordan. In the "Love, Janis" production that I saw, Andra Mitrovich (who I think is also from Texas) was outstanding, did as good of a singing Janis Joplin as I could imagine. Chicago favorite Cathy Richardson alternated with Andra in the Chicago production and at least at the beginning and maybe still in the NY production, with Cathy getting rave reviews also. I have been told that in real life Janis was very tiny. She comes across so powerfully when she sang that I can't imagine her as being as short as she evidently was,. For those who have been posting about the Monterey Pop DVD, keep posting - the day that is released I will have to have it, should I still be around then - that Janis footage is priceless. When I saw "Love, Janis" the moment the audience realized that the next scene was the recreation of Janis at Monterey, the place went up in cheers and shouts of joy. I know it has been discussed here before but I recall that was actually the second time she sang Ball and Chain at Monterey - the first time was not recorded and they had her do it again for the sake of the documentary. The reaction shot of Mama Cass going "wow" is indelible as Janis' performance. Can anyone verify or correct my recollection that Janis sang twice at Monterey? (the Rev) Vince NP: Linkin Park, In the End
