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03209aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 7F4AFC36387D11EC850BB56740ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211029010013 008 201123t20202019nyuacf e b 001 0beng 020 $a 1476793115 (paperback) 020 $a 9781476793115 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)1224294839 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $e rda $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d CLE $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a ML420.J77 $b G46 2020 082 04 $a 782.42166092 $2 23 100 1 $a George-Warren, Holly, $e author. 245 10 $a Janis : $b her life and music / $c Holly George-Warren. 250 $a First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, $c 2020. 300 $a xvii, 377 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-352) and index. 520 $a Janis Joplin's first transgressive act was to be a white girl who gained an early sense of the power of the blues, music you could only find on obscure records and in roadhouses along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. But even before that, she stood out in her conservative oil town. She was a tomboy who was also intellectually curious and artistic. By the time she reached high school, she had drawn the scorn of her peers for her embrace of the Beats and her racially progressive views. Her parents doted on her in many ways, but were ultimately put off by her repeated acts of defiance. Janis Joplin has passed into legend as a brash, impassioned soul doomed by the pain that produced one of the most extraordinary voices in rock history. But in these pages, Holly George-Warren provides a revelatory and deeply satisfying portrait of a woman who wasn't all about suffering. Janis was a perfectionist: a passionate, erudite musician who was born with talent but also worked exceptionally hard to develop it. She was a woman who pushed the boundaries of gender and sexuality long before it was socially acceptable. She was a sensitive seeker who wanted to marry and settle down--but couldn't, or wouldn't. She was a Texan who yearned to flee Texas but could never quite get away--even after becoming a countercultural icon in San Francisco. Written by one of the most highly regarded chroniclers of American music history, and based on unprecedented access to Janis Joplin's family, friends, band mates, archives, and long-lost interviews, Janis is a complex, rewarding portrait of a remarkable artist finally getting her due. 600 10 $a Joplin, Janis. 650 0 $a Women rock musicians $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women singers $z United States $v Biography. 600 17 $a Joplin, Janis. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00012993 650 7 $a Women rock musicians. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01178475 650 7 $a Women singers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01178528 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20211130012240.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7F4AFC36387D11EC850BB56740ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search