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Janisjoplin.net was founded in 1998 out of boredom, curiosity about the web, and an insatiable need to know all there is to know about Janis Joplin. My name is Anna and I started this website at sixteen. Len, my co-conspirator, joined me a few months later. He is a graphic designer who lives in Vancouver, and I am a web developer who resides in Chicago. Although a constant work in progress, we are proud of the massive amount of information that we've gathered here. Hopefully, we can preserve the memory of a figure that is slowly being forgotten. This website is for fans by fans and a non-profit passion project. Enjoy.

Updates

We have improved the site in the last month or so in preparation for the 40th anniversary of Janis' death. We'll be releasing new music and pictures in the coming months. Also look for special events around the Hall of Fame Masters concert/week long tribute to Janis.

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The Pearl Sessions
April 18, 2012

Janis Joplin The Pearl Sessions (Legacy Recordings)

Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls (ATO Records)

Historically, it’s been the kiss of death for too many:

“The next Bob Dylan.”

“The next Bruce Springsteen.”

“The next Stevie Ray Vaughan.”

Early on, an artist or band gets slotted by the mainstream music press and, saddled with a...

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janis wisdom

"If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-and I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: 'Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.' Whoooooo! It's life. That's what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be." --Janis Joplin

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