Janis Joplin in her fur hat, settled into a carved chair in the attic of Spaulding Taylor's house in San Francisco in January 1968. Baron Wolman took this portrait for an Eye magazine feature on Janis and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane. Wolman later recalled that Janis lived around the corner from his San Francisco studio, and that besides shooting her at Big Brother and the Holding Company concerts, he photographed her at her Haight-Ashbury apartment, in his studio, and here, in the attic retreat of a good friend. Big Brother had drawn a lot of attention with their 1967 set at the Monterey Pop Festival, and within weeks of this session the band signed with Columbia Records in New York. Their Columbia debut, Cheap Thrills, came out on August 12, 1968, with a cover drawn by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb after the label vetoed the band's original idea. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart and held the top spot for eight weeks, while their version of "Piece of My Heart" became a huge hit. 🎸 Cheap Thrills held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard album chart for eight weeks in 1968. Did you know Robert Crumb drew its famous cover? 🎸 Captured by Baron Wolman.