Chicago’s James Pankow on Recording with Jimi Hendrix, Partying with Janis Joplin
has never missed a year of touring. Even during the pandemic, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees played dates in 2020 before the shutdown, and then was one of the first acts back on the road in 2021.
The current lineup, in my opinion, is the strongest lineup in the history of the band. The band is firing on all cylinders. There’s no weak spots in the personnel. We have trimmed the fat and we are just slamming. Being on stage with my fellow bandmates is a joy every night that I will never tire of. Who would have thought more than a half century later that it’s still an amazing experience? More amazing than ever.
You’re playing very complicated, sophisticated music. When’s the last time you remember one of you getting lost on stage? For many years, we leased an airplane. We had a logo on the tail. That was an amazing experience. It spoiled us. You leave the show, you get on your jet and you’re in the next city before last call. It wasn’t a four or five-hour bus ride, it was an hour flight. It was the golden age. We were as excessive as everybody Verdine in the finale, and the two of us are trying to stay out of each other’s way because it’s nonstop. It’s pretty funny, we have had moments of near collision.
We had become almost like the new house band at the Whisky and big acts that were going through L.A. would go there on their night off to check out what was going on in the local see what’s the next big thing. We were in the dressing room waiting to go back on stage and we opened the door and here’s this guy standing in the doorway. “Is that?” “Wait a minute.
From that moment on, she respected us because everybody else let her get away with abusive behavior, abusive language, and we didn’t tolerate it. She just stuck to us like white on rice. She became dependent upon us to keep her together: “Hey Janis, put the Hennessey down. You’ve got to go to work. Get your butt up on stage.” She would hang in our dressing room, not her own. And she would not go to an aftershow party unless we’re at the table with her. “Beginnings” from the first album.
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