Janis
Joplin participó de aquel mítico Woostock
de 1969. Ya desde niña era diferente, “sin discriminar a los negros y vistiendo
Levis en la universidad”. En la entrevista (en inglés) cuenta que sus padres
querían que fuera maestra y de su decisión de ir a California. Janis Joplin, para escuchar.
Janis Lyn Joplin (1943 – 1970), was an American rock, soul and blues
singer and songwriter, and one of the most successful and widely known female
rock stars of her era. After releasing three albums, she died of a heroin
overdose at the age of 27.
Audiences and
critics alike referred to her stage presence as "electric".
Janis Lyn Joplin was born in Port Arthur, Texas, on January 19, 1943,
to Dorothy Bonita East, a registrar at a business college, and her husband,
Seth Ward Joplin, an engineer at Texaco. She had two younger siblings. The
family belonged to the Churches of Christ denomination.
