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Monday morning, a blues.
When an artist has so much raw talent sometimes the skill and hard work are overlooked. Recently I watched the American Masters documentary about Janis Joplin and it really brought home just how intentional her work was. She knew exactly what she was doing and her idols were Nina Simone and the other great blues singers.
Her version of the great Rodgers and Hart song takes it into a different stratosphere.
Thanks to YouTuber TheJairo1710
This is so good, Jack. Thank you —
I had never heard this before, and it blows me away too.
I hadn’t either. The Janis Joplin / Lorenz Hart connection is particularly fascinating.