FOR JANIS...1943-1970

Janis joplin was in my mind one of the best female singers of our time...her voice makes my hairs stand on end..she sings from a tortured soul...a blues/rock singer, she sang with hendrix,dylan,the doors..and many more ..PIECE OF MY HEART..a classic..her version of SUMMERTIME is stunning...and my favourites KOZMIC BLUES AND CRY BABY...the last song she recorded was MERCEDES BENZ..she died aged 27 in october 1970 of a heroin overdoes...she recorded a birthday greeting for JOHN LENNON....but by that time he recieved it she was dead...JOAN BAEZ wrote this song for her.... In The Quiet Morning (For Janis Joplin) ..There was much despair And in the hours that followed No one could repair, That poor girl Tossed by the tides of misfortune Barely here to tell her tale, Rolled in on a sea of disaster, Rolled out on a mainline rail ,She once walked tight at my side ,I'm sure she walked by you, Her striding steps could not deny, Torment from a child who knew, That in the quiet morning There would be despair And in the hours that followed No one could repair, That poor girl She cried out her song so loud, It was heard the whole world round ,A symphony of violence The great southwest unbound...