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born Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.
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She graduates from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, TX
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Janis enrolls at The University of Texas at Austin and begins to study art. She plays bluegrass music gigs in Austin and drops out of the university at the end of the year.
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Janis Joplin’s first performance with Big Brother & The Holding Company at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, which had opened that year.
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Janis Joplin has her groundbreaking performances with Big Brother & the Holding Company at the Monterey International Pop Festival, where The Jimi Hendrix Experience had its American debut.
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She performs with Big Brother & the Holding Company at the “Wake for Martin Luther King, Jr.” concert in New York with Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Richie Havens, Paul Butterfield, and Elvin Bishop.
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Janis Joplin performs for the last time as a member of Big Brother & the Holding Company. Two weeks later, she debuts her new group, the Kozmic Blues Band.
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She returns to Port Arthur, TX, to attends her high school class’ 10th reunion.
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At the age of 27, Janis Joplin is found dead of a drug overdose at the Landmark Hotel in Los Angeles by her road manager John Cooke.
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Rolling Stone Magazine ranks Janis Joplin #46 of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time.
