The woman who made a path for "Front women"
{1943-1970} In 1967, Joplin rose to prominence following an appearance at Monterey Pop Festival, where she was the lead singer of the then little-known San Francisco psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company
Joplin died of a heroin overdose in 1970, at the age of 27, after releasing three albums (two with Big Brother and the Holding Company and one solo album). A second solo album, Pearl, was released in January 1971, just over three months after her death. It reached number one on the Billboard charts. She was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
I had the privilege of seeing her live twice. Hard to compare her stage presence to anyone.
Perhaps, Judy Garland, Sinatra, James Brown. She changed what a woman could do as a "Front woman"
Rock music is no longer a boy's club thanks to her.
