Wicked Woman (album) Pearl. It would be released January 11, 1971. Wicked Woman (album) Wicked Woman is a live bootleg recording of Janis Joplin's final concert before her death less than two months later. The recordings were made by members of the audience. The performance of Janis Joplin and her Full Tilt Boogie Band took place in Harvard Stadium among an audience of approximately 40,000. For the performance, the band utilized loaned amplifiers after their own were stolen while in Boston. Despite the setback, Joplin is still noted for giving a soulful performance. Three tracks, "Half Moon", "Mercedes Benz", and "My Baby" would
Janis Joplin Hendrix's death. Within a few days, Joplin became a regular customer of the same heroin dealer who had been supplying Caserta. Joplin's manager, Albert Grossman, and his assistant/publicist Friedman, had staged an intervention with Joplin the previous winter while Joplin was in New York. In September 1970, Grossman and Friedman, who worked out of a New York office, knew Joplin was staying at a Los Angeles hotel, but were unaware it was a haven for drug users and dealers. Grossman and Friedman knew during Joplin's lifetime that her friend Caserta, whom Friedman met during the New York sessions for "Cheap