Rest in Peace Janis Lyn Joplin "Pearl" ( January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970)

  Janis Joplin Big Brother and the Holding Company and Grateful Dead

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“But I'm gonna, gonna show you baby, that a woman can be tough” . Janis Joplin ~ Frankfurt ~ 1969 Maybe ~ Summertime ~ Ball & Chain.Rest in Peace Janis Lyn Joplin "Pearl"  ( January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) .

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 Rats to races, born in the year of the rat, birthday blues, getting older, better than dead, graves to you, graves to me, wishes on stars,head in the crowds,marching forward, out of the fives, into the sixs, views on life to change. Just to let you know, you were the first reply, that made sense to me. Not looking for a hook up, searching for a friend, with time to spare, for the road trips, weekends or not.Searching for a friend.

San Francisco Music royalty, Jerry Garcia (best known for the Grateful Dead), Janis Joplin (Big Brother & The Holding Company) & her solo career. Photo 1968 by San Francisco’s Jim Marshall.

Concerned when she failed to show up for a recording session, 'Full Tilt Boogie Band' manager John Cooke discovers the body of Janis Joplin on the floor of her Hollywood hotel room. The sensational blues singer who had taken the music world by storm after her standout performance as the lead singer for 'Big Brother and the Holding Company' from the 'Monterey International Pop Festival' had died of an apparent heroin overdose.

Joplin came to the city by the bay hitchhiking alongside friend and Frisco music promoter Chet Helms, from her hometown of Port Arthur, Texas in 1963. Once there she quickly became connected with the burgeoning music scene making friends with such local acts as the 'Charlatans', members of 'Jefferson Airplane', and the 'Grateful Dead', even sharing an on again-off again romantic relationship with 'Grateful Dead' keyboardist Ron “Pigpen” McKernan.

Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service & The Charlatans at 710 Ashbury Street in San Francisco, 1967

photo by Gene Anthony

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