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Janis Joplin

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  • BIrth

    BIrth
    born Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.

  • School

    School
    She graduates from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, TX

  • Study

    Study
    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.

  • JJ and Big Brother & The Holding COmpany's

    JJ and Big Brother & The Holding COmpany's
    Janis Joplin’s first performance with Big Brother & The Holding Company at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, which had opened that year.

  • Monterey International Pop Festival

    Monterey International Pop Festival
    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.

  • Janis and New York

    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.

  • New band

    New band
    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.

  • Class' reunion

    Class' reunion
    She returns to Port Arthur, TX, to attends her high school class’ 10th reunion.

  • Death

    Death
    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.

  • After her death

    After her death
    Rolling Stone Magazine ranks Janis Joplin #46 of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time.