On the Road with Janis Joplin

1967 年，搖滾樂風靡一時，約翰-拜恩-庫克是這一切的中心人物。作為 D.A. Pennebaker 攝製組的一員，他目睹了珍妮絲-喬普林（Janis Joplin）和吉米-亨德里克斯（Jimi Hendrix）在當年 6 月蒙特雷流行音樂節上的驚人表演。不到 6 個月後，他就坐上了飛往三藩市的飛機，擔任了珍妮絲和她的樂隊 "老大哥與控股公司"（Big Brother and the Holding Company）的路演經理。從那時起，庫克就成了喬普林的路演經理，樂手和工作人員輪番上陣，在這個被稱為珍珠的女人風靡全球的過程中，庫克始終是幕後推手。當珍妮絲做出離開 "老大哥"、組建新樂隊的艱難決定時，庫克就在她身邊。1969 年春，當科茲米克藍調樂隊在歐洲巡演時，當他們在八月的伍德斯托克音樂節上演出時，當傑尼斯和 Full Tilt Boogie 樂隊乘坐著名的節日快車橫跨加拿大時，他都與她在一起。他陪同珍妮絲參加了她的朋友和導師肯-瑟瑞德吉爾（Ken Threadgill）的 70 歲生日派對，並在珍妮絲出席在德克薩斯州亞瑟港舉行的第十次高中同學聚會時陪伴在她身邊。這本親切的回憶錄跨越了他與珍妮絲共度的歲月，從她傳奇般的崛起到悲慘的最後時光。庫克以親歷者的口吻講述了整個令人難以置信的故事

作曲家: [Janis Joplin] John Byrne Cooke
出版社: Alfred Music
風格: Rock
原文簡介:
In 1967, as the new sound of rock and roll was taking over popular music, John Byrne Cooke was at the center of it all. As a member of D.A. Pennebaker's film crew, he witnessed the astonishing breakout performances of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival that June. Less than six months later, he was on a plane to San Francisco, taking a job as road manager for Janis and her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company. From then on, Cooke was Joplin's road manager amid a rotating cast of musicians and personnel, a constant presence behind the scenes as the woman called Pearl took the world by storm. Cooke was there when Janis made the difficult decision to leave Big Brother and form a new band. He was with her when the Kozmic Blues Band toured Europe in the spring of 1969, when they performed at Woodstock in August, and when Janis and Full Tilt Boogie took their famous Festival Express train trip across Canada. He accompanied Janis to her friend and mentor Ken Threadgill's 70th birthday party, and was at her side when she attended her tenth high school reunion in Port Arthur, Texas. This intimate memoir spans the years he spent with Janis, from her legendary rise to her tragic last days. Cooke tells the whole incredible story as only someone who lived it could.