Song of the Day - Summertime - Janis Joplin

This Day in Music History - August 8th

1970, Janis Joplin bought a headstone for the grave of her greatest influence Bessie Smith at the Mont Lawn Cemetery in Philadelphia. Blues singer Smith died in 1937 after being refused admission to a whites only hospital.

Birdsong (1972) For Janis. For Amy.

"Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passing bye..."

"Sleep in the stars, don't you cry, dry your eyes, on the wind..."

La La La LAAA

Song of the Day - Birdsong - Grateful Dead (1972)

Song of the Day - Summertime - Janis Joplin (1968)

Jerry and Janis in Haight 1967

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Beautiful Femininity in Music

Janis Amy Kurt

This Day in Music History: NOVEMBER 4TH

1967 Pink Floyd made their US live debut when they appeared at the Winterland Auditorium, San Francisco, California. Floyd shared the bill with local group Big Brother & The Holding Company, featuring singer Janis Joplin and singer / songwriter Richie Havens. Source

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This Day in Music History: OCTOBER 26TH

1970 Janis Joplin's wake was held at the Lion's Share in San Anselmo, California. She had specifically left $2,500 in her will to throw a wake party in the event of her demise. The party was attended by her sister Laura and Joplin's close friends; brownies laced with hashish were unknowingly passed around to the guests. Joplin was cremated and her ashes were scattered from a plane into the Pacific Ocean and along Stinson Beach.

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31 years later...2011, A coroner's inquest on the death of Amy Winehouse explained that her blood alcohol content was 416 mg per decilitre at the time of her death, more than five times the legal drink-drive limit. According to the coroner ‘The unintended consequences of such potentially fatal levels was her sudden death’.

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