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tangled up in BLUE
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posted 06-28-2005 10:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for tangled up in BLUE     
...Chet Helms, the so-called father of the 1967 Summer of Love and a music promoter who launched singer Janis Joplin's career, died of complications from a stroke Saturday at San Francisco's California Pacific Medical Center. He was 62.
Helms was the founder and manager of Big Brother & the Holding Co., with Joplin as its lead singer. Rock 'n' roll impresario helped stage the free concerts and "Human Be-ins" at Golden Gate Park that became the backdrop for what became known as San Francisco's Summer of Love in 1967 at the height of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

Helms was instrumental in helping to develop bands that delivered what became known as the San Francisco sound.

"Without Chet, there would be no Grateful Dead, no Big Brother & the Holding Co., no Jefferson Airplane, no Country Joe & the Fish, no Quicksilver Messenger Service," said Barry Melton, lead guitarist for Country Joe & the Fish.

Helms hooked Joplin up with Big Brother for jam sessions in a Haight-Ashbury basement. They debuted in June 1966 at the Avalon, officially launching the bluesy rock diva's short but influential career.

Helms dropped out of the concert business for a time starting in 1970.

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ed monahan
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posted 06-28-2005 11:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ed monahan     
We went to see Stevie Nicks tonight at Riverbend. They had a big crowd, mostly women. It was okay. She sounds and looks pretty good.

Fat Pat
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posted 06-29-2005 04:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fat Pat     
I like Stevie Nicks, but she has zero personality on stage.

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posted 06-29-2005 08:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tytanium-K     
Piece o' My Heart, Ball n Chain, Lord wontcha buy me a Mercedes Benz...loved Janis Joplin--a sound NO ONE has ever duplicated!! But 'JOSS STONE' comes damn close!! A 17-yr-old Brit Singer eons beyond her years...already!
If you've heard of her, you know what I'm saying is true. If you haven't--you will!

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Lone Ranger
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posted 06-29-2005 12:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lone Ranger     

We loved Janis Joplin so much we named our first girl after her. Great voice.

Marty Usher
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posted 06-29-2005 12:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Marty Usher     
quote:
Originally posted by Lone Ranger:

We loved Janis Joplin so much we named our first girl after her. Great voice.


You have a daughter named Pearl?


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