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On a sweltering street corner in Port Arthur, Texas, hometown of Janis Joplin, the greatest female singer in the history of rock 'n' roll, I watch a construction crew demolish the twelve-story Goodhue Hotel, scene of Janis's last public appearance twenty years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Big Brother, San Francisco, Port Arthur, New York, Janis Joplin, Dave Richards, Linda Gravenites, Kozmic Blues, Rolling Stone, Monterey Pop, Nick Gravenites, James Gurley, Dave Getz, Sam Andrew, Grateful Dead, Hell's Angels, Jim Langdon, Jim Morrison, North Beach, Albert Grossman, Clive Davis, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez New!
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On a sweltering street corner in Port Arthur, Texas, hometown of Janis Joplin, the greatest female singer in the history of rock 'n' roll, I watch a construction crew demolish the twelve-story Goodhue Hotel, scene of Janis's last public appearance twenty years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Big Brother, San Francisco, Port Arthur, New York, Janis Joplin, Dave Richards, Linda Gravenites, Kozmic Blues, Rolling Stone, Monterey Pop, Nick Gravenites, James Gurley, Dave Getz, Sam Andrew, Grateful Dead, Hell's Angels, Jim Langdon, Jim Morrison, North Beach, Albert Grossman, Clive Davis, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Big Brother (The Collected Works of Rex Ellingwood Beach) by Rex Beach on 6 pages
- Buried Alive by Myra Friedman on 5 pages
- Going Down With Janis by Peggy Caserta in Front Matter, page 108, and Back Matter
- Piece of My Heart by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Love Book by Lenore Kandel on page 139, and Back Matter
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- Got a Revolution! : The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane by Jeff Tamarkin in Back Matter
- Grrrls: Viva Rock Divas by Amy Raphael in Back Matter
- Shaky Ground by Professor Alice Echols in Back Matter
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