Janis Joplin, James Cotton Blues Band 1969 Ann Arbor, MI Silkscreened Concert Poster....

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JANIS LOVED THE BLUES, AND THIS POSTER HAS PLENTY OF 'EM

Janis Joplin, James Cotton Blues Band 1969 Ann Arbor, MI Silkscreened Concert Poster. An original and striking first-printing cardboard window card advertising Janis Joplin and her band performing at the University of Michigan on Saturday night, March 15, 1969. Opening act was, as usual, the James Cotton Blues Band.

Occasionally a concert poster just jumps out at you, grabs everyone's attention and elicits oohs & aahs for its specialness. This is just such a poster. Local artist Allan Reid, credited on the stairway, hand silk-screened this gem using powder blue, orange, red and black to great effect. You have to love all the quaint ticket-buying info in the lower left and lower right areas: Mail-in orders and block sales needed by March 4; general sales begin March 10. So this poster was almost surely produced in February 1969, a scant two months after the final Big Brother & the Holding Company concert with Janis on board. Measures 28" x 22" and grades to Very Good Plus condition. From the David Swartz Concert Poster Collection. COA from Heritage Auctions.

More Information: This poster has not been graded because it's not part of a series that CGC currently certifies. As a general guideline, CGC grades concert posters from series that have been meticulously cataloged in Eric King's Collector's Guide to Psychedelic Rock Concert Posters, which includes: Bill Graham, Family Dog, Grande Ballroom, Neon Rose and Vulcan Gas Company. In addition to these, CGC also grades posters featured in the Art of Rock book, as well as the modern series Bill Graham Presents (1985-present), New Fillmore (1988-present) and MoonAlice (2007-present). There are many other great psychedelic concert posters outside of these series and which are not pictured in Art of Rock, in part because the authors had to be highly selective with limited space. It's unknown if and when CGC will expand its grading and authenticating beyond those parameters.

Condition details: Poster had some touch-up work done to its upper corners by Chameleon Restoration, now rendering it almost flawless. Poster's surface has very few, very small surface blemishes that have to be looked very carefully for and don't break any color. General toning throughout.


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