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Love Janis

内容简介

ArevealingandintimatebiographyaboutJanisJoplin,theQueenofClassicRock,writtenbyheryoungersister.JanisJoplinblazedacrossthesixtiesmusicscene,electrifyingaudienceswithherstaggeringvoiceandthewaysheseemedtopourherverysoulintohermusic.Bythetimeherlifeandartistrywerecuttragicallyshortbyaheroinoverdose,Joplinhadbecomethestuffofrock-and-rolllegend.Throughtheeyesofherfamilyandclosestfriends,weseeJanisasayounggirl,alreadyrebellingagainstinjustice,racism,andhypocrisyinsociety.WefollowJanisasshediscoversheramazingtalentsintheBeathangoutsofVeniceandNorthBeach-singingincoffeehouses,shootingspeedtoenhancehercreativity,challengingthenormsofstraightsociety.Janistrulycameintoherowninthefantastic,psychedelic,acid-soakedworldofHaight-Asbury.Attheheightofherfame,Janis'slifeisawhirlwindofpublicadorationandhardliving.LauraJoplinshowsusnotonlythepublicJanicewhocoulddrinkJimMorrisonunderthetableandbeanhimwithabottleofboozewhenhegotfresh;sheshowsustheprivateJanis,strugglingtoperfectherart,searchingforthebalancebetweenloveandstardom,battlingtoovercomeheralcoholaddictionandheroinuseinaworldwheresubstanceabusewasnearlyuniversal.Attheheartof"Love,"JanisisanastonishingseriesoflettersbyJanisherselfthathaveneverbeenpreviouslypublished.Inthemsheconveysasnooneelsecouldthewildridefromawkwardsmall-townteenagertorock-and-rollqueen.Love,JanisisthenewlifeofJanisJoplinwehavebeenwaitingfor-acelebrationofthesixties'joyousexperimentationandcreativity,andaloving,compassionateexaminationofoneofthatera'sgreatesttalents.

作者简介

HadJanisJoplinlived,shewould'veturned60inJanuary2003.But,shediedofacombinationheroinandalcoholoverdoseinherL.A.motelonOctober4,1970.Shewasonly27yearsold.Bestknownforhitslike"MeAndBobbyMcGee","Try","PieceOfMyHeart",and"MercedesBenz",JanisJoplintodaysellsmorethan300,000copiesayearofheralbumsandCD's.InthefirstmajorbiographyofJanisJoplinintwodecades,comesanewbooktitle"Love,Janis"(VillardBooks)writtenbyLauraJoplin,Janis'kidsister.It'safascinatinglookatoneofrock'sall-timelegends,featuring25neverbeforeseenlettersfromJanistoherfamily.TheyrevealherimpressionsoftheearlySanFranciscorocksceneandherthoughtsonherrisingstardomandsubsequentfame.

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