You must sit beside him. Do not make a scene. I was wondering when you would arrive. >> The silver…
They called it the greatest party that never ended. A rolling bacchanal across the vast Canadian wilderness fueled by rock…
Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, 1967. 20 minutes before the show, someone came into the backstage area and found Janis Joplin…
October 1970 The Pearl recording sessions were almost done. Almost. The album that would be released in January 1971 and…
The Dick Cavett Show, New York City, 1970. In the hours before the taping, a producer spoke to Janis Joplin…
Madison Square Garden, 1969. The sound system failed in the middle of the second song. This happens at concerts. Equipment…
Would you do me the honor of this dance? >> Mud clung to Clara’s boots as a cruel aristocrat condemned…
In the spring of 1969, Janis Joplin and Joni Mitchell were living in the same city, moving through overlapping worlds,…
Port Arthur, Texas, the summer of 1958. A girl of 15 walking down a street she had walked a hundred…
The garrote was one of the most distinctive execution methods used in European history. It became particularly associated with Spain,…