Holly George-Warren

George-Warren is the author of Janis: Her Life and Music. She is a two-time Grammy nominee and the award-winning author of sixteen books, including the New York Times bestseller The Road to Woodstock (with Michael Lang) and the biographies A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, and Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry.

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'If I Fail, I’ll Fail in Front of the Whole World.' How Janis Joplin Became The Singer Who Wouldn’t Settle

On September 30, 1970, a reporter asked Janis Joplin to explain her fearless sexuality. “It seems to bother a lot of women’s lib people that you’re kind of so upfront sexually,” Village Voice writer Howard...

By Holly George-Warren

Happy 70th Birthday, Janis Joplin: Photos of the Young Blues Star

Janis Joplin's 70th birthday would have been on Saturday. In tribute, LightBox presents a rare look into the young blues singer's life by photographer Elliott Landy.

By Holly George-Warren
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