Discover the life and music of janis joplin including official lyrics, songs, releases and more. Janis joplin was an american singer who was the premier white female blues vocalist of the 1960s In her brief but powerful career, janis joplin brilliantly connected the traditions of early 20th century blues and ‘60s psychedelic rock with a voice that stunned audiences the world over Her ashes were scattered off the coast of california. Janis worked as a keypunch operator in los angeles and sang in the coffee houses of the venice beach beatnik community She hitched to san francisco, went back to lamar college, waitressed in a bowling alley in port arthur, soaked up jazz in new orleans.
She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of big brother and the holding company, and later as a solo artist. It features live versions of down on me and ball and chain which. She died of an accidental drug overdose in 1970.
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