Janis her life and music

"This blazingly intimate biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musical trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was. Janis Joplin's first transgressive act was to be a white girl who gained an early sense of the power of the blues, music you...

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Main Author: George-Warren, Holly (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Pioneer stock
  • Tomboy
  • Thrill seeker
  • "Beat weeds"
  • "18 and fucked up"
  • Hell raiser
  • Waller Creek boy
  • Blues singer
  • Meth freak and the Saturday night swindle
  • Texas coed
  • Big Brother's chick singer
  • "The idol of my generation"
  • "Haight-Ashbury's first pinup"
  • Woman on the verge
  • "Rock star born on Second Avenue"
  • Kozmic blues
  • Pearl.