Janis Joplin - San Francisco, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SMacB
N 37° 46.708 W 122° 25.042
10S E 551307 N 4181395
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer-songwriter who first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her own backing groups.
Waymark Code: WMHBN8
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop
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Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on January 19, 1943, she left Texas for San Francisco in January 1963, living in North Beach and later Haight-Ashbury.

BAMMIES (Bay Area Music Award) Hall of Fame:Janis Joplin (1943–1970)
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
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