Janis Joplin

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: 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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