ALL DAY NOSTALGIA FRIDAY HOLIDAY!

It was November of 1969 and my roommate @ Town & Campus (present day Broadmoore Apts. out by Holy Spirit) out of courtesy because I HAD A HOT DATE (Bruno mafia Italian, probably Delta Gam) lent me his car, a 1969 Corvette T-top Stingray to go to Birmingham for the Alabama-Auburn game & the rock & roll show in town. 

Canned Heat - Going Up The Country 1970

So I got to hear Allen "Blind Owl" Wilson (1943-1970) sing GOING UP THE COUNTRY ten months before he died. Life & Mysterious Death at 27. Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson of Canned Heat.

So that was Saturday, November 29 and then on that Wednesday night, December 3, 1969, I got to hear Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band play here in Tuscaloosa at the coliseum

She died a month after Allen Wilson on October 4, 1970.

 Janis Joplin performed at Memorial Coliseum on December 3, 1969. Former Associated Press journalist Phil Rawls -- also a one-time UPC president -- wrote the story.

Janis Joplin appeared in Memorial Coliseum at the University of Alabama less than a year before she died. Joplin was touring to promote “I’ve Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama,” her first solo album since leaving Big Brother and the Holding Company. She called her new group the Kozmic Blues Band. It featured keyboards and horns, unlike the guitar-oriented Big Brother. While the band was new, the Tuscaloosa concert was classic Janis. The so-called Queen of Rock still had her unruly hair falling in her face as she sang. She still followed any comments to the audience with her raspy laugh and sly smile. And she still drank Southern Comfort straight from a bottle that sat atop an amp on the stage. The audience got “Piece of My Heart,” “Cry Baby,” “Try,” “Summertime,” “Ball and Chain,” and more. Rotary Connection, a Chicago band unfamiliar to many in the audience, opened the Tuscaloosa show and others on Joplin’s pre-Christmas swing through the South. Minnie Riperton, the band’s lead singer, is probably best known today as Maya Rudolph’s mother, but that night in Tuscaloosa she put on a vocal performance that required Joplin to bring the kind of career-changing show she gave in the concert movie “Monterey Pop.” She did. She filled the stage with raw, explosive energy that was thrilling, titillating, and totally captivating. For many in the audience, it would be the last opportunity to see Joplin. She died on Oct. 4, 1970, at the age of 27.

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I USED TO LOVE HER BUT IT'S ALL OVER NOW by the Rolling Stones It's All Over Now - The Rolling Stones (1964) - YouTube

WHO'S MAKING LOVE by Johnny Taylor Johnny Taylor - Who's Making Love (RE-MASTERED) OFFICIAL VIDEO HD - YouTube

IT DON'T COME EASY by Ringo Starr Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (Official Music Video) - YouTube

CHANGES by David Bowie David Bowie - Changes (Live) - YouTube

THE COULD BE THE LAST TIME by the Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones - The Last Time (Official Lyric Video)

GOING UP THE COUNTRY by Canned Heat Canned Heat - Going Up The Country 1970

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