What a wonderful mess Janis Joplin was. Though she sang her heart out, she also did pretty much everything in her power to make it to the 27 club.
Not familiar with that particular establishment? Think Janice, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse … Yup, they all made pretty corpses.
In fact, this album was actually released posthumously. Further, the song “Buried Alive in the Blues” had to go on there as an instrumental – Janis had approved the track, but had yet to lay down the vocals.
As often happens with posthumously released stuff, Pearl would go to #1. Having classic likes “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Mercedes Benz” (the last song she ever recorded) certainly helped though.
What I like about this cover is how it well it reflects the best parts of Joplin’s personality – fun, funky, out front … It’ also just a wonderful shot of her.
The picture was taken by Barry Feinstein, who gets credit for almost 200 albums.
A LIFE and Time photog in the ‘50s, he would switch to music in the ‘60s, touring with Dylan a couple of times.
Honestly, though, all the photographer had to do was point the camera her way …
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