Janis Joplin: An Appreciation by Geoffrey Cannon
Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 6 October 1970
AN EVENING at the Royal Garden Hotel in April, 18 months ago. I was meeting Janis Joplin. I fished around for a while, trying to get replies from her. She was rude. Then I suddenly realised what was difficult to believe. The biggest female name in rock which is what she was, then had stage fright.
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