11/9/2023 0 Comments Michelle t janis joplin band“I’m gonna tell you the exact truth,” he told the crowd at one point. But the evening’s emcee, WMEX DJ Bud Ballou, frustrated by the delays, and fast running out of excuses to appease the audience, apparently needed someone to talk to. ![]() Our orders, beyond protecting her, were, “Don’t mingle with the talent, don’t even speak to the talent.” So, we stayed away from her. The band was nowhere to be seen, but Joplin was up on the stage, pacing near the back, taking sips from a paper cup (another Red Shirt later told me he saw her with a bottle of J&B scotch, not her customary Southern Comfort). Joplin, however, didn’t need protecting she needed the show to start. No one, among the reported 33,000 people in Harvard Stadium, was going to get by me and up on the stage.īut that determination was never put to the test because, for reasons never explained, after performances by the bands Gas Mask and Eagle - using shaky replacement equipment - management placed a half-dozen of us right on the stage, in the midst of roadies who were bringing in even more sound support, and gave the directive to “protect” Joplin. ![]() ![]() I had seen her play with Big Brother and the Holding Company at Ridge Arena in Braintree, and with the Kozmic Blues Band at Woodstock, and felt I had an allegiance to her. First, because management warned us that the fans were getting restless over the sound equipment delays. But for Joplin, I was on my best behavior, at least for my duties at the stage.
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