.................................the blog nobody reads: Janis Joplin and Johnny Winter

from The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter

During Janis Joplin’s December 19 Madison Square Garden concert she was joined on stage by Johnny Winter and Paul Butterfield. Winter was also Janis’ date to the premiere of Myra Breckinridge.

“I didn’t see her a lot, but from time to time I’d see her,” Johnny says. “When we got together, she would usually call my agency and I would call her back. One time her office called my office and asked if I wanted to go to the premiere of Myra Breckinridge with Janis. It was Mae West’s last movie. That was the first time I spent any real time with her. We went to the premiere in New York and it was a lot of fun. We were both dressed up. I was wearing a long velvet coat with bellbottom pants and a long scarf. Janis dressed in feathers and a big ole cape. “Janis was a real sweetheart but she was drinking too much and taking too much dope—mostly drinking too much. We both felt comfortable being around each other because we were both born in Texas in towns close to each other. We didn’t really have a relationship—Iʹd just see her once in a while and we’d go to bed together. We stayed on Fifth Avenue when she was in New York."

Sullivan, Mary Lou. Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter