Elliott Landy took this photo. You can find more photos of Janis at his website along with these words:
I found Janis Joplin to be loving, considerate, and lonely. She seemed to experience pain even when she was having pleasure. That she couldn’t get as high in real life as she did from her performances saddened and depressed her. Drugs got out of hand. They made the highs higher and the lows lower—too low. Her answer was to do more. She was wrong…
One night, after a big show in New York, I shared a cab with her and a few other members of the band. She directed the cab to drive to the home of a casual friend who she hoped was there. When she got out, she shook her head and with a sad smile said, “Man, what a drag. Here I am a big star and I can’t find anyone to be with.” We all invited her to stay with us, but she walked away. It was snowing. The cab drove on, taking each of us to our destinations, but for Janis, apparently, there was no place to call home.
My grandpa grew up with her near port arthur, Tx. He said she was real poor, barely had much of anything. She would ride her bicycle everywhere and when she would pass by he would give her smokes and beer and hangout. He said she was bullied quite a bit in the neighborhood. Kids would make fun of her for how poor she was. When they were teenagers there was a bar that she started singing at, he heard her from outside one night and initially thought it was a man singing just by the incredible range of her voice. She was super gifted and people were amazed. Shortly after that she moved and became famous.
throwawaynumber2many on March 21st, 2021 at 12:38 UTC »
Elliott Landy took this photo. You can find more photos of Janis at his website along with these words:
RHJfRnJhc2llckNyYW5l on March 21st, 2021 at 13:59 UTC »
"woah... what is that iron bird!"
Karankawa222 on March 21st, 2021 at 16:00 UTC »
My grandpa grew up with her near port arthur, Tx. He said she was real poor, barely had much of anything. She would ride her bicycle everywhere and when she would pass by he would give her smokes and beer and hangout. He said she was bullied quite a bit in the neighborhood. Kids would make fun of her for how poor she was. When they were teenagers there was a bar that she started singing at, he heard her from outside one night and initially thought it was a man singing just by the incredible range of her voice. She was super gifted and people were amazed. Shortly after that she moved and became famous.