Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin One of the most colorful music legends of the 1960's was Janis Joplin. Blues legend Janis Lyn Joplin was born on January 19th 1943, the eldest child of parents Seth and Dorothy Joplin. Janis was born and raised in the small Southern petroleum industry town of Port Arthur, Texas. Her father was a canning factory worker, her mother a registrar at a local business college. Her non-aberrational upbringing coupled with the atmosphere of Port Arthur at the time; generally restrictive

Janis Joplin was a beautiful girl, who loved music like a kid loves a dog. Janis was so free spirited and loved to enjoy life, she also loved to drink, do drugs and have a good time. Joplin was well known for her performing ability and skill as a multi-instrumentalist. Her fans referred to her stage presence as, “electric”, at the height of her career she was known as The Queen of Psychedelic Soul. Janis was known as Pearl among her friends, she was also a painter. Let me take you on a heart thumping

The Rose - Janis Joplin and the Lonely Sixties [1] What is it about the Sixties that still linger in the minds of the American population forty years later? For many the Sixties was a time of liberation, a time of true freedom, but it was also a time of struggle and oppression. This was a decade that prided itself on overcoming obstacles of race, gender, and even sexuality. The Sixties was an experience that many people wish they could relive, and other survivors of the decade refuse to

One famous quote was, “Janis simply said, “I’m going home. I’m going home.” Meant that Janis knew that she would not fit in and that there was something out there for her. Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur which became a booming town due to it being an oil refinery. Throughout the Story Scars of Sweet Paradise The Life and Times of Janis Joplin, Alice Echols emphasizes where she was moving towards in her book. Whereas mentioned within the book it seemed that her relatives/ close friends grew

impact on people and caused an uproar in the late sixties. This woman's name was Janis Joplin. Born on January 19, 1943, Janis Joplin would begin her short, but memorable life in Port Arthur, Texas. As most do, Janis developed a love for music when she was the youngest she could remember. Her career really didn't take off until she joined the band, "Big Brother and the Holding Company" in 1966. ("Janis Joplin") Only two years after joining the band, she would get into an altercation after their

One of the most colorful music legends of the 1960’s was Janis Joplin. Blues legend Janis Lyn Joplin was born on January 19th 1943 and is the oldest child. Janis was born and raised in the small Southern petroleum industry town of Port Arthur, Texas. By all accounts, however, Janis seems to have been a "normal" and happy child, who fitted society 's usual definition of "pretty".It was in Janis ' adolescence that the hang-ups and hassles that were to affect the path of the rest of her life. In a sense

nonnegotiable and non-refundable. The fee is the premature death of a talented musician at the age of twenty-seven; often, these deaths occur because of or in relation to the usage of drugs. This was the case for blues’ singer Janis Joplin when she joined. In October of 1970, Janis Joplin was found dead from the effects of a drug overdose. A posthumous release of her unfinished second album, Pearl, resulted in the album reaching a certified platinum status by the year 2000 (Gold & Platinum, 2016). Pearl

Her “Kozmic Blues” music attracted many Hippies and became a living legend. Joplin later died due to her excessive drug use and she will always be remembered as the woman who made Woodstock a bigger success than it would have been in her absence. The Beatles were also extremely influential and fought to save Vietnam. They

music scene in the 1960s, such as: Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and the Who. Music by all of these artists “reflected the new sexual permissiveness and drug trends” (The American Experience 2). In 1969, a music festival called “Woodstock” was put together. It lasted for over three days and around 500,000 people came to listen to the music. Artists like the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin. The majority of the people that attended the festival were hippies. Hippies

first Woodstock was held on a dairy farm. 32 different rock acts came together on the farm to perform. During this time period, the Vietnam war was happening and Thousands of “hippies” traveled to Bethel, New York to see acts like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin perform and to take a break from all the conflict in the world. Woodstock promised 3 days of peace and music. Woodstock was a three day long music festival that brings peace through music, community,