The following video still brings tears to my eyes. Part of the extended re-release of the Woodstock 69' documentary, it really shows the power Janis had when she performed live. Backed by the The Kozmic Blues Band, the second band to back her in her short, but illustrious career, she rips through Work Me Lord with a passion and intensity that few, if any female singers had been able to do before, or after. As a sidenote, local musician, good friend and former guitar teacher John Till can be seen playing guitar in Kozmic Blues. He became Janis's main guitar player up until her death of a supposed voluntary drug overdose on October 4, 1970.


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