A composer slowly killed by the smell of burnt rubber, a blue singer busted by

Narks in a back alley in San Antonio. A train filled with rock stars barreling

across the Canadian prairie. A helicopter touching down unannounced and

uninvited on the front yard of a country music megastar. What do all these

things have in common? Janice Joplin. From her roots as a bullied and

ostracized teenager to her stunning rise to international superstar. The story

of Janice Joplin's short life still resonates today, more than 50 years after her

death, because the story of Janice Joplin is not just her story. It's the

story of San Francisco, the summer of love in a turbulent decade in American

history. It's the story of the hell's angels from brotherly protectors to

backstabbing enemies. It's the story of acid and beer and weed found on the

side of the highway in Nebraska, and also the story of the harder stuff, the

stuff that you have to run far away from all the way to Rio de Janeiro in order

to escape. It's the story of a feminist icon whose message of empowerment was so

subversive that the FBI opened a file on her, and it's the story of a rock and

roll singer, the rock and roll singer of the 1960s. The one who crystallized the

psychedelic blue sound became a legend for her incendiary performances, and it's

a story that ends suddenly at the age of 27. The 27 Club is back. The 27 Club, a

serialized podcast about iconic rock stars who died at the age of 27, returns

with the story of Janice Joplin on Thursday, April 22, 2021. The 27 Club is

hosted by me, Jake Brennan, the creator of Disgraceland, the award winning

music and true crime podcast. Each season of the 27 Club focuses on one immortal

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