Janis Joplin. She was an American rock and roll and blues singer characterized by her powerful voice and rebellious spirit.
Summary
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- 1 Biographical synthesis
- 1 Drug addiction
- 2 Musical trajectory
- 1 Disc proposal
- 3 Create new group
- 4 New album without success
- 5 Posthumously
- 6 Discography
- 7 Death
- 8 Sources
Biographical synthesis
Janis Joplin, was born on 19 January as as 1943 in Port Arthur , Texas , where he began his studies. He began his career at the University of Texas, where he collaborated with a band called “Waller Creek Boys”, in which blues and rock were mixed. At that time his addiction to alcohol was already worrying.
Drug addiction
In 1963 Janis Joplin went to San Francisco , where she sang in small-time nightspots. There she became addicted to amphetamines and her friends brought her home two years later.
Musical trajectory
Disc proposal
In 1966 he returned to San Francisco and joined the band “Big Brother And The Holding Company”. They became well known in the city. Janis Joplin’s prestige grew, and they came to play at the ‘Monterrey Pop Festival’, which earned them a major record label noticing them and proposing to publish an album.
Soon they released an album, the band’s second, which became a great success: ‘Cheap Thrills’. In 1968 Janis Joplin left the group due to discrepancies with the rest of the members. Success did not sit well with them.
Create new group
In 1969 , Janis Joplin took a step forward creating a group called Janis and the Joplianaires , alongside ‘Big Brother’ Sam Andrew and a handful of fine musicians. Later they would change the name of the band by that of Kozmic Blues Band .
New album without success
With the ‘Kozmic Blues Band’ he recorded a new album: ‘I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again, Mama! ‘, Which was coldly received by the public. Also, the live concerts were a disaster. Despite the fact that the album showed the poor condition of Janis, a victim of her excessive alcohol consumption, the album had some good interpretation of the vocalist.
Posthumously
Posthumously, the last album I was working on was released, ‘Pearl’, which featured collaborations from Kris Kristofferson and Bobby McGee, as well as a renewed “Kozmic Blues Band”.
Discography
Big Brother and the Holding Company
- Big Brother & the Holding Company 1967
- Big Brother & the Holding Company 1967
- Big Brother & the Holding Company 1967 , CD 1999
- Cheap Thrills 1968
- Cheap Thrills 1968, CD 1999
- Live at Winterland ’68 1998
Kozmic Blues Band
- I Got Dem Ol ‘Kozmic Blues Again Mama! 1969
- I Got Dem Ol ‘Kozmic Blues Again Mama! 1969, CD 1999
Full Tilt Boogie
- Pearl 1971
- Pearl 1971
- Pearl 1971, CD 1999
- Pearl 1971, 2CD 2005
Big Brother & the Holding Company / Full Tilt Boogie
- Joplin: In Concert 1972
Later collections
- Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits 1973
- Janis 1975
- Anthology ‘” 1980
- Farewell Song 1983
- Cheaper Thrills 1984
- Janis 1993
- 18 Essential Songs 1995
- The Collection 1995
- Live at Woodstock: August 19, 1969 1999
- Box of Pearls 1999
- Super Hits 2000
- Love, Janis 2001
- Essential Janis Joplin 2003
- Very Best of Janis Joplin 2007
Death
His fame gradually deteriorated and he began to consume heroin, which would take his life ahead of him on October 4 , 1970 , when he died in Los Angeles from an overdose.
