From Port Arthur to Haight-Ashbury, rock icon Janis Joplin’s legend never outgrew her Texas roots New biography ‘Janis: Her Life and Music’ delves into the singer’s pre-fame years in Texas.

Rock singer Janis Joplin, 26, ... I’ve gotten to know members of Big Brother and the Holding Company, the pioneering Haight-Ashbury-era band that gave her a first taste of fame.

New San Francisco mural shows how Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia would look in masks Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Two murals have been painted in the Haight-Ashbury District depicting Janis Joplin and ...

“I feel like people can see a lot of crazy stuff in San Francisco,” Powers said. “I like to be the good kind of crazy. I like ...

Days before playing her first concert in San Francisco with Big Brother & the Holding Company, Joplin apologised to her folks for her "self destructive steak." ...

Haight-Ashbury a Flower-Power Holdover It has been 40 years since thousands of young people gathered in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district to share ... Janis Joplin and the Hell's Angels once ...

Janis Joplin was the small-town Texas beatnik who escaped to 1960s California, a time and space marbled by ‘Kozmik’ blues and psychedelics, and went on to sear memories of Woodstock and ...

For more information on these films, visit the KQED Arts website, American Masters: Janis Joplin. For those interested in learning more about the Haight Ashbury neighborhood, check out the Detour app, ...

Janis Joplin, who died in 1970 at the age of 27, ... Who Wrote a Tell-All About Janis Joplin, Dies at 84. Her Haight-Ashbury clothing store was ground zero for the counterculture.

San Francisco’s intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets was ground zero during the “Summer of Love”; a 1967 gathering of young people searching for an alternative lifestyle that included free ...

The United States Postal Service announced a Janis Joplin Forever stamp will go on sale for the first time at Outside Lands this weekend to celebrate the singer's historic connection to San Francisco.

Janis Joplin’s Former Girlfriend Refutes Previous Memoir, ... The book detailed Caserta’s late-‘60s experiences with Joplin in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district.