Janis Joplin

As part of the contract, he had a no tolerance policy for any intravenous drug use, and the entire band agreed to abide. However, he discovered in 1969 that Joplin was injecting drugs, and he did not confront her about it. Instead he took out a life insurance policy that guaranteed him $200,000 in the event that Joplin died. Joplin died of a heroin overdose on October 4th, 1970. The San Francisco Associated Indemnity Corp. challenged his collection of the life insurance money from Joplin’s death…

overdosing on drugs, declaring divorce, or making their pilgrimage to America, these divas are lunatic. According to the New York Post, Janis Joplin, the ‘second noted’ pop singer, died on October 4, 1970 of a heroine overdose. Joplin lived a very involved lifestyle, putting her everything into her music and concerts. The article states that, “Janis Joplin sang with more than her voice. Her involvement was total.” Seemingly Joplin’s life was luxurious. At one point, a wine company,…

Woodstock, N.Y.. However, this three day festival was the epitome of peace, love, and rock n roll exemplifying counterculture and freedom. Billing over thirty-two famous artists to perform, some but not limit to; Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Band, and Janis Joplin. Anticipating only 200,000 people, based on pre-sale orders, the festival grew quickly exceeding to approximately 400,000 people. Woodstock was a way of acting out a lifestyle for protests against the…

styles. According to Floyd, the song was sung in by Clara in the first act as a lullaby (218). George’s summertime song has been recorded many times with remarkable renditions by Billie Holiday who twisted the lullaby into a sultry torch song; Janis Joplin redid the song into a psychedelic blues rock classic in 1968; Sam Cooke’s rendition…

Empress of The Blues The 1920s were an exciting time to be alive, the economy was flourishing, everyone was throwing extravagant parties and the music industry was booming. There weren't many black singers of the time period but those who were, made their presence known. One of the best blues singers of the 1920s or maybe even of all time, Bessie Smith. She has set the stage for not only African-American singers but female black singers who came after her. Although Bessie Smith may have…

and will be doing so by questioning first the relation between feedback loops, interaction and discourse and then of a behaviour that reflects a relation between the act of transgressing spaces and the transgressive characteristic of spaces. Janis Joplin once explained how the relation…

Musicians are an abstraction to people because of the content they produce in their music and what they do personally that can hurt, offend, and even change others, whether in a positive or in a negative way. Dehumanization is treating someone like they are not human and form opinions on people that aren’t read. People from all around the world have an idea on what they want to do in their life, and in most cases is to become a famous celebrity like an actor, musician, or even an athlete, so…

Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in the United States and United Kingdom. It often used new recording techniques and effects that drew on non-Western sources such the ragas and drones of Indian music. Psychedelic rock bridged the transition from early blues and folk-based rock…

both society and music during 1965-1970. One woman who was breaking many norms in the musical world at the time was Janis Joplin. The performance in particular that sent her into stardom was her performance at the Monterey Pop festival. Joplin was performing a cover of Big Momma Thorton’s song “Ball and Chain” with her band at the time Big Brother and the Holding Company. Joplin sings the old blues song with such vigor and emotion that people didn’t expect to see from a woman, especially a…

Tattoos... Always are going to be a thing to talk about. Some people hate them and the other one can become addicted to them. The art of tattooing began so long ago, hundreds of years, the Egyptian age. Discovered found some momies with drawing and words in their skin. However if we keep searching in the history of the world we can notice that in almost every century and country there were a different fashion of tattoos. For example in XIX you could go to the circus and found women covered in…