Janis Joplin

Today is the 40th anniversary of the death of Janis Joplin, who died on October 4, 1970 at the age of 27. So a post in tribute to her.

My last post was on Big Mama Thornton, who was a big influence on Joplin. One of Joplin's biggest successes was "Ball & Chain", a song Big Mama wrote, and was included in my last post.



Joplin had another hit with this song that Kris Kristofferson wrote, "Me and Bobby McGee"



Here Joplin performs George Gershwin's classic "Summertime"



Finally, "Mercedes Benz" a song Joplin co-wrote with the poet Michael McClure and Bob Neuwirth