Janis Joplin Ball And Chain Album

Big brother and the holding company ball and chain 8 16 1968 san francisco official duration.
Janis joplin ball and chain album. Originally the lead singer for the blues rock band big brother the holding company joplin left the band in late 1968 for a solo career. Scrobble songs and get recommendations on other tracks and artists. Song ball and chain live at the winterland ballroom san francisco ca april 1968 artist big brother the holding company janis joplin. Cheap thrills is the second studio album by american rock band big brother and the holding company.
For cheap thrills the band and producer john simon incorporated recordings of crowd noise to give the impression of a live album for which it was subsequently mistaken by listeners. Goodnight and thank you for coming and have a happy happy easter sunday. Janis joplin on mv 550 958 views. Sittin down by my window honey lookin out at the rain.
She released two solo albums i got dem ol kozmic blues again mama. Yeah maybe maybe you could help me come on help me. Now love s just draggin me down baby yeah feels like a ball and chain. Just like a ball just like a ball baaaaaaalllll oh daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy and a chain.
It was their last album with janis joplin as lead singer before she started a solo career. Although her recording did not appear on the record charts the song has become one of thornton s best known largely due to performances and recordings by janis joplin. Listen online to janis joplin ball and chain and see which albums it appears on. 1969 and pearl 1971 the latter released after her death.
In this song thornton relates the image to her man who is keeping her down. When asked about a favorite janis joplin song many would cite her commercial hits piece of my heart cry baby or even summertime which is arguably the best cover of that song ever sung but for me it will always be ball and chain from the cheap thrills album. Janis joplin ball and chain in album cheap thrills lyrics. Feels just like a ball and chain.
Cheap thrills reached number one on the charts for eight. This was written and originally recorded by a blues singer named willie mae big mama thornton who recorded the original version of hound dog the ball and chain is an image associated with prisoners as a weighted ball attached to a chain would be shackled to an inmate s leg to keep him from escaping. I hope there s someone out there who could tell me why the man i love wanna leave me in so much pain.