Cold Blood with Lydia Pense, sings “First Taste of Sin“ on Underground News 1972

#janicejoplin #lydiapense #coldblood In May 1972 the band Cold Blood performed on Underground News. Cold Blood, from the San Francisco area, was one of the first horn driven funk rock groups of the late 60s and early 70s. Their vocalist Lydia Pense has been compared to Janis Joplin. Other original band members were founder Larry Field (lead guitar), the horn section consisted of Danny Hull, Larry Jonutz, Pat O’Hara, Jerry Jonutz and David Padron. Raul Matute (keyboards and songwriter), Rod Ellicott (bass), and Frank Davis (drums). Chuck Collins gets the band to talk about how Janis Joplin helped them to get signed with the legendary Bill Graham.