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Janis Joplin
"A biography of Janis Joplin. Presents a comprehensive look at her life and her music"--Provided by publisher.
Scars of Sweet Paradise
Janis Joplin was the skyrocket chick of the sixties, the woman who broke into the boys' club of rock and out of the stifling good-girl femininity of postwar America. With her incredible wall-of-sound vocals, Joplin was the voice of a generation, and when she OD'd on heroin in October 1970, a generation's dreams crashed and burned with her. Alice Echols pushes past the legary Joplin-the red-hot mama of her own invention-as well as the familiar portrait of the screwed-up star victimized by the era she symbolized, to examine the roots of Joplin's muscianship and explore a generation's experiment with high-risk living and the terrible price it exacted. A deeply affecting biography of one of America's most brilliant and tormented stars, Scars of Sweet Paradise is also a vivid and incisive cultural history of an era that changed the world for us all.
Janis
It’s been said Janis Joplin was second only to Bob Dylan as the ‘creator-recorder-embodiment of her generation’s mythology’. But how did a middle-class girl from Texas become a ’60s countercultural icon? Janis’ parents doted on her and promoted her early talent for art. But the arrival of a brother shattered the bond she had with her intellectual maverick of a father, an oil engineer. And her own maverick instincts alienated her from her socially conformist mother. That break with her parents, along with the rejection of her high school peers, who disapproved of her beatnik look and racially progressive views, and wrongly assumed she was sexually promiscuous, cemented her sense o...
Janis Joplin
Forty years after her death, Janis Joplin remains among the most compelling and influential figures in rock-and-roll history. Her story—told here with depth and sensitivity by author Ann Angel—is one of a girl who struggled against rules and limitations, yet worked diligently to improve as a singer. It’s the story of an outrageous rebel who wanted to be loved, and of a wild woman who wrote long, loving letters to her mom. And finally, it’s the story of one of the most iconic female musicians in American history, who died at twenty-seven. Janis Joplin includes more than sixty photographs, and an assortment of anecdotes from Janis’s friends and band mates. This thoroughly researched and well-illustrated biography is a must-have for all young artists, music lovers, and pop-culture enthusiasts.
27: Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin, singer-songwriter, counterculture icon, the Queen of rock and roll, died aged just 27. During a short four-year career, blighted by alcoholism and drug abuse, she changed the face of music, carving out opportunities for a generation of female talent. Her powerful, raw vocals touched fans of folk music, blues and soul alike, with recordings such as 'Me and Bobby McGee', 'To Love Somebody' and 'Mercedes Benz' widely recognized as classics of their era. In 27: Janis Joplin acclaimed author Chris Salewicz examines Joplin's troubled and unconventional existence, and explains her profound musical influence. This is the fifth in a series of exclusive music ebooks, an ambitious project examining the perils of genius, celebrity and excess. Other titles in the series include 27: Amy Winehouse, 27: Kurt Cobain, 27: Brian Jones, and 27: Jimi Hendrix.
Janis Joplin
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Buried Alive
Electrifying, highly acclaimed, and intensely personal, this new and updated version of Myra Friedman's classic biography of Janis Joplin teems with dramatic insights into Joplin's genius and into the chaotic times that catapulted her to fame as the legendary queen of rock. It is a stunning panorama of the turbulent decade when Joplin's was the rallying voice of a generation that lost itself in her music and found itself in her words. From her small hometown of Port Arthur, Texas, to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, from the intimate coffeehouses to the supercharged concert halls, from the glitter of worldwide fame to her tragic end in a Hollywood hotel, here is all the fire and anguish of an...
Buried Alive
Electrifying, highly acclaimed, and intensely personal, this new and updated version of Myra Friedman's classic biography of Janis Joplin teems with dramatic insights into Joplin's genius and into the chaotic times that catapulted her to fame as the legendary queen of rock. It is a stunning panorama of the turbulent decade when Joplin's was the rallying voice of a generation that lost itself in her music and found itself in her words. From her small hometown of Port Arthur, Texas, to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, from the intimate coffeehouses to the supercharged concert halls, from the glitter of worldwide fame to her tragic end in a Hollywood hotel, here is all the fire and anguish of an...
Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin (1943-1970), auch Pearl genannt, war ein pummeliger und pickeliger Teenager und wurde das "Leitbild der Hippie-Generation" und die unbestrittene Königin der Rockmusik", ein erster weiblicher Mega-Star, auf der Bühne eine Urgewalt. Die grandiose Bluessängerin starb mit 27 Jahren an einer Überdosis Heroin oder vielmehr, wie Eric Burdon meinte, "an einer Überdosis Janis." Kenntnis- und faktenreich schildert die Autorin Kindheit und Jugend, Aufstieg und Ausschweifungen der Sängerin, ohne sich dabei in waghalsige Interpretationen der Schattenseiten zu ergehen. Sowohl für eingefleischte Fans als auch für den interessierten Leser stellt dieses Buch eine Grundlage dar. Mit akribischer Genauigkeit und spürbarer Sympathie zeichnet die Autorin ihr kurzes und bewegtes Leben nach. Dabei zitiert sie aus unterschiedlichsten Quellen, um so ein möglichst realitätsnahes und lebendiges Bild des Rockstars zu zeichnen.
Janis Joplin (Band Records)
La primera mujer del rock canta alto y fuerte sobre la libertad y el amor. «Te casas al acabar el instituto, tienes muchos hijos y te callas, ¿verdad? Yo no hice nada de eso.» Así explicaba Janis Joplin su actitud rebelde ante la vida. Ella defendió siempre que las mujeres debían ser las responsables de su destino, elegir el oficio que quisieran, compartir la vida con quien desearan. Desde su infancia en Texas, en un ambiente profundamente segregado y racista, ella supo que quería hacer las cosas a su manera: por ejemplo, cantar blues como Bessie Smith, o leer los «peligrosos» libros de Jack Kerouac. Cuando se trasladó a San Francisco en 1963 vivió el nacimiento de un movimiento inédito, la cultura hippie, que culminó en su legendaria actuación en el festival de Woodstock de 1969. La vida de Janis, al igual que su carrera, fue un continuo enfrentamiento a todos los esquemas establecidos. Sus cuatro álbumes de estudio siguen siendo, hoy en día, un grito de libertad y de rebeldía ante el autoritarismo.
