Janis Joplin recorded two albums with Big Brother. Here is a famous song she made with the band during their two years together. It is called "Piece of My Heart". This song is an excellent example of Joplin's explosive and emotional voice. ...
Born in Port Arthur, Texas, in 1943, Joplin fell under the sway of Leadbelly, Bessie Smith and Big Mama Thornton in her teens. A self-described misfit in high school, she suffered virtual ostracism, but dabbled in folk music with her friends and painted. She briefly attended college in ...
To be honest, I didn’t plan on making a blog post about this outfit, but I had so many DMs about my Janis Joplin tee that I thought I’d go ahead and do an outfit post! Years ago somewhere along the way, probably in a used bookstore, I picked up a biography about Janis Joplin...
Janis Joplin did not start out in the world of rock music. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas in nineteen forty-three. Even as a child, Janis showed an interest in music and the arts. She sang in the local church music group and soon became very interested in blues music. For exampl...
Janice Joplin was born January 19, 1943 in Port Arthur Texas to Seth and Dorothy Joplin. Janice was the first born of 3 children. Janice’s early family life was relatively normal, and as a child she was exceptionally curious and bright. Janice loved making up stories and wrote plays, as...
Jeff Jampol has managed the estates of the Doors, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, and Tupac Shakur.“None of my clients tour,” he says. “They’re all dead.”That hasn’t stopped him from generating big money on their behalf, whether it’s organizing a touring exhibition of Cobain’s artwor...
(1896–1989) art dealer, author; born in Buffalo, N.Y. He attended school locally, was a vaudeville dancer, worked in his brother's store, and became a shirt manufacturer in New York City (1925). He retired in 1939 and devoted himself to collecting contemporary and primitive art. Later...
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, in a land far, far away, a baby girl was born into the dragon-breath heat of a south Florida summer, arriving too late for the summer of love, but crowning just as Janis Joplin ... J Christman - 《River Teeth A Journal of Nonfiction Na...
Janis Joplin? Yes, that’s her.I know all the details but forgot the name. I wrote it with the restaurant Barney’s Beanery in mind ‘cause I used to go there a lot and a late at night. I saw her there one morning, about two or three o’clock in the morning and then there wa...
Janis Joplin, American singer who was the premier white female blues vocalist of the 1960s. She dazzled listeners with her raw blues-soaked voice and her fierce and uninhibited musical style. Her best-known songs included ‘Piece of My Heart’ and ‘Me a