When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
I have a huge voice, so it's a bit more like a Janis Joplin vibe than a younger rock vibe. And I think that's what throws people because they don't know how to take me. Even critics - they don't know how to swallow me because they're like, 'Well, she came up like a total pop act',
It is Joplin, the wind is usually blowing in Joplin. You can open your window and get a pretty decent breeze coming through.
Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that could bring such pain and emotion to a song.
The mother of all droughts in southwest Missouri occurred from 1952 to 1956 when precipitation in Joplin fell more than 81 inches below normal in a five-year period. Fortunately, we're no where near that right now.
We're an out-patient service. We can't keep people overnight. But we'll get on the phone and call around, to Tulsa or Joplin if necessary, to find a place to take them.
After his death, we moved back to New Orleans. We needed healing, and we didn't think we were going to be able to do that in Joplin. And, passing Ozark Memorial Cemetery every day that was going to be real hard.
I think that's a strange irony that we're playing Truman State. Aside from Joplin, there isn't anyplace else on the face of the earth that will be more touched and more impacted than Kirksville and the Truman State campus by the loss of John Ware.
I remember my mom dressed like Janis Joplin.
According to preliminary data, 2006 fell just three-tenths of a degree short of the record average of 40.7 degrees set in January 1933. However, many areas of the state did break local records, including Kansas City, Joplin, Rolla, and West Plains.
Joplin has been the bull's eye for the drought in Missouri, where 11 of the past 12 months have received below normal rainfall. The precipitation deficit is now approaching 20 inches, or less than 60 percent of normal.
I've always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix.
It is definitely moving into a new direction, ... I feel it will be more raw, more aggressive, more in your face. You can picture Joe Cocker and Janis Joplin -- very gorgeous, strong songs.
America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin.