Janis Joplin

Janis’s performance at Woodstock was a natural progression in her career. Woodstock showcased a new generation of artists with a strong social message, yet many of these, like Janis, were not mainstream artists. Woodstock launched their careers simply by exposing their talent. Woodstock provided a stage

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Dissatisfied with the college’s singing program, she returned to Amarillo, where she found a temporary job as a sales clerk at Montgomery Ward. where these artists could provide a once in a lifetime performance. But while Dorothy was a dynamo, Seth seems to have been something of a slacker, nearly flunking out of the engineering program at Texas A&M. In no time she’d displaced the vacationing worker, and shortly thereafter was named department head. Though only a term short of graduating, Seth never completed his degree. Her voice did land her a college scholarship at Texas Christian University. Returning to Amarillo in 1932, he found work pumping gasoline at a service station. After reading Janis’s biography, it was easy to see why Janis was chosen to perform at Woodstock. He said it was the Depression rather than poor grades that forced him to drop out during his final semester. Her sexually suggestive and provocative lyrics and gestures reflected the same attitudes that were burning and breeding in the crowd. After hours he was reputed to be something of a playboy. I think a lot of this could be extracted without losing the essence of the book.

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Woodstock Janiss, Woodstock Janis, Montgomery Ward, A&M Depression, University Dissatisfied, Returning Amarillo, social message,

Approximate Word count = 394
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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