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Blues-rock musician Janis Joplin’s screaming soulful voice in many ways is a personification of the Flower Power Era (along with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Burdon, Grace Slick and many others). She came to symbolize energy of the Psychedelic, Haight Ashbury, love beads, love ins, free love, flower children, black light posters and incense, expansion of consciousness, spiritualism soaked in the unusual drug idealism of the late 1960’s. It was a time of bright hope and optimism and the shedding of many social-psychological-sexual traditions that went sour.
Janis came on this scene with a singing style not heard before on the playlists of white American radio stations. Her singing was more like that of Aretha Franklin and other blues/gospel singers than the typical white girl songstress. However, her greatest influence came from earlier female blues singers such as Odetta, Memphis Minnie, and particularly Bessie Smith for whom, upon discovering she had been buried in an unmarked grave, Janis provided a headstone in August 1970, just two months before she herself passed away.
She died on October 4th 1970 at the age of 27 due to a heroin overdose. She is a member of the “27 Club,” a group composed of musicians who all died at the age of 27, along with other artists including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Brian Jones.
Janis came on this scene with a singing style not heard before on the playlists of white American radio stations. Her singing was more like that of Aretha Franklin and other blues/gospel singers than the typical white girl songstress. However, her greatest influence came from earlier female blues singers such as Odetta, Memphis Minnie, and particularly Bessie Smith for whom, upon discovering she had been buried in an unmarked grave, Janis provided a headstone in August 1970, just two months before she herself passed away.
She died on October 4th 1970 at the age of 27 due to a heroin overdose. She is a member of the “27 Club,” a group composed of musicians who all died at the age of 27, along with other artists including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Brian Jones.
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Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
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Get It While You Can
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Down on Me
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Kozmic Blues
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Maybe
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A Woman Left Lonely
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LydiaGrace wrote:
Lil girl blue....
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Judy_in_love wrote:
looove..
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rocobain wrote:
When i'm down she sings to me and bring me light, i love her!
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EnigmaFlawer wrote:
Oh my God...SHE IS MY FAVOURITE SINGER!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOOOOOOVE HER!!!
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NuclearBoom wrote:
she's great XDDDDD
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Timitzi wrote:
One of the greatest female vocalists ever!
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Ekenstenen wrote:
This defines awesomeness.
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grymer wrote:
love ya
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Love.
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ximmx wrote:
<3
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katyakouture wrote:
cry baby <3333333333
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Memel111 wrote:
To Love Somebody is absolutly my favorite Janis Joplin song. Greatest voice ever.
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bluestringling wrote:
She's just purely beautiful. Rest in peace Janis
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retroindiano wrote:
She's here !!! Between us !!! Great Voice !!! I love "Maybe" !!!
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m0nsheely wrote:
Piece of my heart jest genialna. <3
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GenitalWarfare wrote:
Now THAT'S how to sing.
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mtses wrote:
ball and chain .... this guitar solo .... yeah
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SheBoom wrote:
My high school role mode and surely one of the best female vocalists ever!
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mandycasablanca wrote:
Maaaaaaybeeeeeeeee!
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NariiEffBaybee wrote:
LOVE.
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Janis Joplin: 2009 American Music Master
23 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/janisjoplin
Check out these two sites for a news article and more information!http://www.rockhall.com/janisjoplinammhttp://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2009/10/lucinda_williams_guy_clark_non.html
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