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01 Sep Comments From Janis

by Hit Parader September 1, 1970 Janis Joplin raps about the early days and other quotable things. Here she is folks, the first lady of rock and roll. On leaving Big Brother: "It...

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28 May Hey, Janis Is Feeling Great!

by Rolling Stone May 28, 1970 SAN FRANCISCO: Janis Joplin has got a new band together, and, from all signs, has gotten herself together, too. In fact, "Man, I feel so fucking great...

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30 Apr A Blind Person Touches Janis

by Ed Ward - Rolling Stone April 30, 1970 SAN FRANCISCO: "Are you ready for this?" grinned Janis Joplin at an audience that was packed tight as matches into the Fillmore West....

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01 Jan The Double-Edged Soul of Janis Joplin

- Her Kozmic Blues essence is successfully captured in her second album for Columbia. by Peter Reilly - Stereo Review Magazine January 1, 1970 The essence of the irrepressible pop singer Janis Joplin...

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20 Sep Singer With The Bordello Voice

by Alfred G. Aronowitz - Life Magazine September 20, 1968 If you haven't heard of Big Brother and the Holding Company by now, you're going to miss your chance. Not since...

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03 Sep Janis Joplin: Big Brother's White Soul

by John Poppy, Look September 3, 1968 "Without the music, I might have destroyed myself. Now, my feelings work for me." Early afternoon in San Francisco. What if her all-out performances wreck her...

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