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. ...
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. ...
After being made super famous by Big Brother & The Holding Company, there really was no point in trying to compete with a re-recordings, although some did. Janis Joplin clearly had a definitive knowledge of the great RnB singers at that time. I remember her being interviewed by Dick Cavett...
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Jerry Lee Lewis – Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson / Janis Joplin cover) We were spoilt for choices on “Me and Bobby McGee,” as you can imagine. Big names had recorded the Kris Kristofferson song both before Joplin (Gordon Lightfoot, Kenny Rogers) and after her (Olivia Newton-Joh...
One of Joplin’s idols growing up had been Bessie Smith, the famous blues and jazz singer of the 1920 and 1930s. Smith’s music had been an early influence on Joplin. But when Joplin learned that Smith’s grave site had no marker, she moved to help provide a major portion of the fu...
Janis Joplin quotes on that feeling you get while performing 1. “On stage, I make love to twenty-five thousand people, and then I go home alone.”― Janis Joplin 2. “When everything is together- the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.”― Janis Joplin ...
Port Arthur's most famous daughter both defied and defined the Texas town that raised, rejected, reviled, then ultimately rejoiced in her brief, mad existence. In a way that she never would have admitted then (but might now), Port Arthur made Janis Joplin what she was -- a more toleran...
Janis: My proudest accomplishment was when my music starting to become famous. Me: Oh, yeah, of course. Janis: When people started listening to it, and they could recognize me as someone who was accepted, that my music was accepted, that was just great. ...
Shailene Woodley and Joseph Gordon-Levitt chat with ET's Denny Directo about 'Killer Heat,' premiering Sept. 26 on Prime Video. The actress opens up about playing Janis Joplin in an upcoming biopic, after her years-long journey to bring the 'Me and Bobby