In fact, Echols suggests, there was a side of Joplin that, had she found the right guy and the right white picket fence, would have gone back to her earlier life in a heartbeat.Įven when Joplin was alive, writers talked about this internal tug of war - reveling in indulgence while quietly yearning for traditional happiness. Echols covers these years and this quest in extensive and sympathetic if not all-forgiving detail - chronicling, for instance, where the drugs and sex kicked in.īy the time the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival made her a national star, at 23, Janis was a pro at looking for love in all the wrong places. Gifted with a powerful voice, a good ear and a flair for stage performance, she started as a folk singer and made her way to blues and rock 'n' roll. But she wasn't quite pretty enough or malleable enough, and at some point she vowed to beat 'em rather than join 'em. 4, 1971, right where she pitched forward from her last shot of heroin, Joplin's ghost and legend have been prowling the thin line between rock 'n' roll rebel martyr and cautionary tale for the wasted '60s.īorn in Port Arthur, Texas, Janis spent her first 14 or so years trying to fit in - drum and bugle corps and so on. Since she was found wedged between the nightstand and the bed of a California motel room on Oct. Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis JoplinĪ Marilyn Chambers film festival would feature less sex than this latest biography of Janis Joplin, which is one reason it is clinically certain it won't be the last biography of Janis Joplin.
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