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Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. Joplin released four albums as the frontwoman for several bands from 1967 to a posthumous release in 1971.
Life and career
Joplin was born at St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. The daughter of Seth Joplin, a worker at Texaco, she had two younger siblings, Michael and Laura. She grew up listening to blues musicians such as Bessie Smith, Odetta, and Big Mama Thornton and singing in the local choir. While at Thomas Jefferson High School, she was mostly shunned. Primarily a painter, it was in high school that she first began singing blues and folk music with friends. Joplin graduated in 1960 and went to college at the University of Texas in Austin, though she never attained a degree. While attending the University of Texas at Austin she was often referred to as the "ugliest man on campus."
Cultivating a rebellious manner that could be viewed as "liberated" — the women's liberation movement was still in its infancy at this time — Joplin styled herself in part after her female blues heroines, and in part after the beat poets. She left Texas for San Francisco in 1963, lived in North Beach and in Haight-Ashbury as well as Corte Madera. Around this time her drug use began to increase, and she acquired a reputation as a "speed freak" and occasional heroin user. She also used other intoxicants. She was a heavy drinker throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was Southern Comfort. Like many other female singers of the era, Janis' feisty public image was at odds with her real personality. The book Love, Janis, written by her sister, has done much to further the reassessment of her life and work and reveals the private Janis to have been a highly intelligent, articulate, shy and sensitive woman who was devoted to her family.
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Big Brother and the Holding Company - The official site for the band which made Janis Joplin famous.
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Janis Joplin - Detailed band history, lyrics, audio files, recording studio sessionography, books, radio/video listings.
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Janis Joplin's Kozmic Blues - Extensive collection of photographs and posters, friends and influences, postcards, biography, discography, lyrics, articles, news, films, quotes, art, coroner's report, chat, message board.
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Official Janis - Family album, produced by Joplin's estate and family.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Janis Joplin - Inductee profile and timeline.
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Washington Post: Janis Joplin: A Cry Cutting Through Time - An article about how Janis is able to haunt us yet, with a little piece of her heart which includes excerpts from Love, Janis, a book written by her sister, Laura.
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