Born: Port Arthur, TX, 1943
Years Active: 1967-1970
Member of: Big Brother & the Holding Company
Influenced by: Bessie Smith, Odetta, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Big Mama Thornton
Genre: Rock & Alternative
Biography: The greatest white female rock singer of the 1960s, Janis Joplin was also a great blues singer, making her material her own ...
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Spinner: The wonders of modern technology let music lovers relive Woodstock by the dull gleam of a computer monitor, even if we (or even our parents) weren't able to experience the fabled festival first hand. It isn't the same on video, of course, but ... Read moreNov 14 2007 12:00PM
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Spinner: Previous | Next Bethel, N.Y., 1969: Everything I saw her sing, it was nothing held back. This was at Woodstock, and being the official photographer, I had an all-access pass, and I was allowed to be up onstage as all this went on. In fact, there ... Read more
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