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Back in the day, Jimmy Johnson bullied Janice Joplin

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No one cares, this has been discussed dozens of times over the years. Joplin was a social outcast, and Jimmy was the popular jock. Not shocked he would have a problem with the beatnik girl. A little bit of trivia: They sat next to each other for one class. That said, Joplin was an extremely unique person, I could see how that wouldn't fly in the fifties. Even during her later years, she pointed out how she didn't like her hometown, because in her words "They ran me out of the school, the town and the state". It wouldn't shock me to learn that the girl who had chronic acne and looked like she didn't bathe didn't, and was an easy target.

People forget that Jimmy was one of the more progressive people in Port Arthur during that time. He didn't tolerate people using racial slurs around him, he also had an affinity for the people of color he worked with at the dairy his father managed. The coolest thing about the entire Joplin/Johnson situation is that this small town managed to produce two superstars, and do it practically at the same time. What are the odds that this small community could have this happen?
 
Yeah, and a fraternity at University of Texas Voted Janis the “Ugliest man on campus.”

Jimmy was just another of those variables that gave her that voice that she primed up with Southern Comfort on stage, and helped her along her self destructive trajectory. But before she flew through the 1960s like some Kozmic comet, she left a legacy as one of the greatest female Blues singers ever and she made it in the man’s world era of rock and roll.

Jimmy wasn’t the only football personality in her life by the way; she dated Joe Namath a couple times back when he could have had most any chick in his time zone.

So you guys who never listened and are cracking on her, I pity you fools for not knowing music for a ****. In a Public Service effort to impart a little culture on you young bloods, listen to this brother’s reaction to his first time hearing her.

At Monterey Pop in 1967, this propelled her into the limelight. In another video you see some of rocks greats in the front row gap mouthed at the performance. So thanks Jimmy for helping her to her destiny and thanks for coaching up my Canes.

“First time I heard a caucasian lady sing the blues…”

 
mdpcane said:
Erma Franklin did the original recording of "Piece of My Heart" in 1967 and it only got to #62 on the US Pop Charts. Big Brother and the Holding Co with Janis Joplin doing lead vocal covered that song in 1968 and it went to #12 on the Charts... much bigger hit.
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But Erma Franklin's was much better.
 
TheMatador said:
Yes. But not better. Joplin had access to the much larger drug-addled counter-culture market.
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lol ... i didnt even like Joplin .. but a fact is a ******* fact... her cover of the song was a BIGGER ******* HIT than Erma's .i dont even give a rat's *** about Erma or Joplin and dont think either one of em could sing worth a ****. OVER AND OUT ! LOL
 
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Silver King said:
Yeah, and a fraternity at University of Texas Voted Janis the “Ugliest man on campus.”

Jimmy was just another of those variables that gave her that voice that she primed up with Southern Comfort on stage, and helped her along her self destructive trajectory. But before she flew through the 1960s like some Kozmic comet, she left a legacy as one of the greatest female Blues singers ever and she made it in the man’s world era of rock and roll.

Jimmy wasn’t the only football personality in her life by the way; she dated Joe Namath a couple times back when he could have had most any chick in his time zone.

So you guys who never listened and are cracking on her, I pity you fools for not knowing music for a ****. In a Public Service effort to impart a little culture on you young bloods, listen to this brother’s reaction to his first time hearing her.

At Monterey Pop in 1967, this propelled her into the limelight. In another video you see some of rocks greats in the front row gap mouthed at the performance. So thanks Jimmy for helping her to her destiny and thanks for coaching up my Canes.

“First time I heard a caucasian lady sing the blues…”

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It was Otis Redding who stole the show at Monterey Pop.
 
gruntking said:
Good shiit mdp.
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About a month ago spoke to a D.C. area guy who started at LB on the '76 Pitt NC team, the one with Tony Dorsett. The next year JJ joined the Pitt staff as DC, I believe. This guy raved about JJ as a coach. That says a lot given that he apparently thought JJ was even better than the national championship coordinator he replaced.

EDIT: Forgot to add that by the time JJ got to Pitt in '76 his defense also had Hugh Green and Ricky Jackson. Probably one of the best college defenses, ever.

Interestingly, I looked at some internet info on those Pitt teams and they were basically a 5-0 defense (or 5-2, sometimes called the Okie, for Oklahoma). I wonder when JJ went to his signature 4-3 attacking defense....maybe by the time he got to Oklahoma State around '79 or '80.

When JJ got to Pitt in '77, I think that was Jackie Sherrill's first year as HC there. Johnny Majors, another Johnson mentor, had won the NC at Pitt in '76 and then took off to go to his alma mater, Tennessee. I think JJ was DC for Majors at Iowa State.
 
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TheMatador said:
It was Otis Redding who stole the show at Monterey Pop.
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Yes, he was also very good, so were a few other bands, but they'd already done some recording - Janis rode that wave the farthest since her first album, Big Brother and the Holding Company, came out shorty afterwards and made her a household name in the 60s.

From Rolling Stone:

"Its organizers promised “three days of music, love and flowers,” but the Monterey International Pop Festival turned out to be much more. Over one weekend in June 1967, Jimi Hendrix and the Who broke through to American audiences, Janis Joplin went from underground sensation to superstar, and Otis Redding won over what he called “the love crowd.”
 
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Jimmy's punishment was that he would be asked the same stupid questions about Janis Joplin for the rest of his life.
 
Obviously the 87 title needs to be taken from miami atleast and 89 too since he recruited most of that team. What a tragedy, but thankfully our SJW overlords will make it right.
 
Silver King said:
Yeah, and a fraternity at University of Texas Voted Janis the “Ugliest man on campus.”

Jimmy was just another of those variables that gave her that voice that she primed up with Southern Comfort on stage, and helped her along her self destructive trajectory. But before she flew through the 1960s like some Kozmic comet, she left a legacy as one of the greatest female Blues singers ever and she made it in the man’s world era of rock and roll.

Jimmy wasn’t the only football personality in her life by the way; she dated Joe Namath a couple times back when he could have had most any chick in his time zone.

So you guys who never listened and are cracking on her, I pity you fools for not knowing music for a ****. In a Public Service effort to impart a little culture on you young bloods, listen to this brother’s reaction to his first time hearing her.

At Monterey Pop in 1967, this propelled her into the limelight. In another video you see some of rocks greats in the front row gap mouthed at the performance. So thanks Jimmy for helping her to her destiny and thanks for coaching up my Canes.

“First time I heard a caucasian lady sing the blues…”

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try listening to a woman who really had a great voice and could actually sing

 
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