HOLLY GEORGE-WARREN: Thanks so much for having me again. GROSS: Holly George-Warren, welcome back to FRESH AIR. You know you got it if it makes you feel good. Oh, have another little piece of my heart now, baby. Break another little bit of my heart now, darling. I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on, and take it - take another little piece of my heart now, baby. But I'm going to show you, baby, that a woman can be tough. And each time I tell myself, well, I think I've had enough. Didn't I give you everything that a woman possibly can? Honey, you know I did. Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man? Yeah. This is "Piece Of My Heart," recorded in 1968.īIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY: (Singing) Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on. Let's start with a track that was Joplin's commercial breakthrough with her band Big Brother and The Holding Company. She's on the nominating committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and teaches at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Holly George-Warren is also the author of "The Road To Woodstock" and biographies of Alex Chilton and Gene Autry. Her final album, "Pearl," was released posthumously. Joplin's brief life was ended by a heroin overdose in 1970, when she was only 27. As we look back at pivotal moments in 1960s rock history, she is usually there - the Monterey Pop Festival the vibrant Haight-Ashbury scene in San Francisco the streets, the clubs and studios of gritty New York City Woodstock," unquote. She wasn't afraid to cross boundaries - musical, cultural and sexual. My guest is the author of a new biography of Janis Joplin called "Janis: Her Life And Music." Holly George-Warren writes, quote, "Joplin's confident musicianship, brash sexuality and natural exuberance locked together to produce America's first female rock star.
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