Almost nobody knows this part. The voice you know, the performances you know, the feather boa and the Southern Comfort…
September 18th, 1970. Sunset Sound Recording Studio, Los Angeles. Janis Joplin was in the middle of the Pearl sessions. The…
Most people have never heard his name, but without him there is no Janis Joplin, there is no Monterey, there…
The tape has been sitting in an archive for 50 years. Anyone can watch it right now. It is 22…
Reeking of cheap bleach and terror, the concrete floor led the way to cage number 42. Inside sat 90 lb…
The New York papers called it a romance. Janis Joplin and Joe Namath. The queen of rock and roll and…
The clip has 14.7 million views on YouTube. Anyone can watch it right now. 2 minutes and 58 seconds. A…
Bright red and ominous, the cage tag signaled just one thing. Unadoptable. By tomorrow, it meant the needle. To the…
In 1967, San Francisco had two queens. Their names were Janis Joplin and Grace Slick. They shared the same city….
April 1969, London. Janis Joplin had just landed in England, her first major European tour, the Cosmic Blues Band. The…