I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! "flawed" effort due in part to the backing musicians sounding "a little stiff". I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! is a 1969 studio album by American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin. It was the first solo studio album Joplin recorded after leaving her former band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the only one released in her lifetime ("Pearl" was released three months after Joplin's death). Recording began on June 16, 1969 in New York City and ceased on June 26. For the album, Joplin recruited guitarist Sam Andrew of the
Janis (film) that no one who worked on the film communicated to viewers that she is dead. This film remains a major source of footage for basic and premium cable TV documentaries about Joplin -- projects that do include narration and sound bite interviews with those who knew Joplin. When documentaries include film clips of Joplin at her 1970 high school reunion, the 1974 documentary "Janis" is the source. Color film of an eloquent interview with Joplin in London in 1969 (outdoors with the sounds of car engines) also originates from "Janis". That interview was done very shortly before or after concerts