American Masters – Janis: Little Girl Blue

Premieres nationwide Tuesday, May 3 at 8 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)

 

Film Interviewees (in alphabetical order)

 

Peter Albin, member of Big Brother and the Holding Company

Sam Andrew, member of Big Brother and the Holding Company and Kozmic Blues Band

Karleen Bennett, Janis Joplin’s childhood friend

Dick Cavett, talk show host and friend of Janis Joplin

John Byrne Cooke, Janis Joplin’s road manager

David Dalton, journalist and author of Janis

Cornelius “Snooky” Flowers, member of Kozmic Blues Band

Country Joe McDonald, member of Country Joe and the Fish and lover of Janis Joplin

Clive Davis, Columbia Records executive

Melissa Etheridge, rock star influenced by Janis Joplin

Dave Getz, member of Big Brother and the Holding Company

Laura Joplin, sibling of Janis Joplin

Michael Joplin, sibling of Janis Joplin

Julius Karpen, manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company

Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor who wrote Janis Joplin’s posthumous No. 1

hit song “Me and Bobby McGee”

Juliette Lewis, actress and rock star influenced by Janis Joplin

Chan Marshall (a.k.a. Cat Power), rock star and actress influenced by Janis Joplin; American Masters – Janis: Little Girl Blue narrator

Alecia Moore (a.k.a. Pink), rock star influenced by Janis Joplin

J Dave Moriaty, Janis Joplin’s childhood friend

David Niehaus, lover of Janis Joplin

DA Pennebaker, documentarian at Monterey Pop Festival

Travis Rivers, Austin, Texas, friend of Janis Joplin

Powell St. John, Austin, Texas, friend of Janis Joplin

Bob Weir, member of the Grateful Dead and friend of Janis Joplin

Jae Whitaker, lover of Janis Joplin

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