I just played Big Brother & the Holding Company for the first time since the 1970's today. I gotta tell ya, her voice is the weakest sound on that otherwise marvelous record. The band seemed relaxed, but fucking red hot.
Listening to it, I want to give her a pass. I want to make excuses for her. I think to myself, perhaps maybe, she was hoarse from performing the night before? Maybe she's so overcome with singing the words that she wrote, the words that mean so much to her, that she can't even express them to anyone else? Whatever the case may be, I've decided to keep and cherish that "Cheap Thrills" album.
My gut tells me, that she just tried too hard. Tragic irony.
