*Last year, after Kozmic Blues played at the Texas International Pop Festival, Janis brought Snooky Flowers to visit her family in Port Arthur on his way to his hometown of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Snooky was the first black man received as a guest in the Joplin home. During his visit, he took Janis to black music clubs in Port Arthur, where she had never before set foot. (Laura Joplin, Love, Janis, 258.)