Kozmic Blues Explained

Kozmic Blues
Type:	single
Artist:	Janis Joplin
Album:	I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
Recorded:	June 25, 1969
Genre:	Blues rock, psychedelic rock
Length:	(album version)
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Gabriel Mekler

"Kozmic Blues" is a song from American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin's I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! album, her first after departing Big Brother and the Holding Company. It was a part of Joplin's set at the Woodstock Festival in 1969.^[1]

Background

Although the concert as a whole is not regarded as Joplin at her best, that specific performance became very popular and was released on The Essential Janis Joplin.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Evans, Mike . Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World . 148 . Kingsbury, Paul . 2009 . Sterling Publishing Company . 978-1402766237.
2. Web site: Janis Joplin: 18 Essential Songs – Album Review . Ruhlmann . William . AllMusic.
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 447.