give an incredible performance at Madison Square Garden on Thanksgiving, 1969, as opening act for the Rolling Stones.
A snippet of footage turns up on You Tube of Tina singing “Land of a Thousand Dances,” and Janis grooving in the wings.
Linda Gravenites, who attended with Janis, told me a poignant and funny story about Janis and the Stones that I may save for my memoirs.
Janis and friends had driven up to MSG together with Tina, Ike, and their musicians in a flotilla of limousines, after–I have to check my transcripts–I think it was a Thanksgiving meal at the Fillmore East.