1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: A composer slowly killed by the smell of burnt rubber. 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: A blue singer busted by narks in a back alley 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: in San Antonio, A train filled with rock stars barreling 4 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: across the Canadian prairie. A helicopter touching down, unannounced and uninvited, 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: on the front yard of a country music megastar. Would 6 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: all these things have in common Janice Joplin, from her 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: roots as a bullied and ostracized teenager who her stunning 8 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: rise to international superstardom. The story of Janice Joplin's short 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: life still resonates today, more than fifty years after her death, 10 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: because the story of Janice Joplin is not just her story. 11 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: It's the story of San Francisco, the summer of love 12 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: in a turbulent decade in American history. It's the story 13 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: of the Hell's Angels, from brotherly protectors to backstabbing enemies. 14 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: It's the story of acid and beer and weed found 15 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: on the side of the highway in Nebraska. And also 16 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: the story of the harder stuff, the stuff that you 17 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: have to run far away from, all the way to 18 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: Rio de Janeiro in order to escape. It's the story 19 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: of a feminist icon whose message of empowerment was so 20 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: subversive that the FBI opened a file on her. And 21 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: it's the story of a rock and roll singer, the 22 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: rock and roll singer of the nineteen sixties, the one 23 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: who crystallized the psychedelic blue sound, who became a leegend 24 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: for her incendiary performances. And it's a story that ends 25 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: suddenly at the age of twenty seven. The twenty seven 26 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: Club is back. The seven Club, a serialized podcast about 27 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: iconic rock stars who died at the age of twenty seven, 28 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: returns with the story of Janice Joplin on Thursday, April 29 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: two thousand, twenty one. The twenty seven Club is hosted 30 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: by me Jake Brennan, the creator of disgrace Land, the 31 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: award winning music and true crime podcast. Each season of 32 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: The twenty seven Club focuses on one immortal artist who 33 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: became a member of music's most infamous club by dying, 34 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: sometimes mysteriously, at the age of seven. Season one featured 35 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: twelve episodes on Jimmie Hendricks in season two told the 36 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: story of Jim Morrison. Both seasons are available for you 37 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: to binge in their entirety right now and starting on 38 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: April two. We'll tell you the story of rock and 39 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,119 Speaker 1: Roll's greatest error from the perspective of the woman who, 40 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: in many ways to find it, Janis Joplin. The twenty 41 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: seven Club is a weekly show. Episodes are released every Thursday. 42 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: Like this Graceland, this is an adult storytelling podcast. It 43 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: is not for children. The twenty seven Club returns with 44 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: season three on April twenty one, and is produced by 45 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: Double Elvis in partnership with I Heart Radio. Find and 46 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: follow The twenty seven Club on the I Heart Radio app, 47 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Come join 48 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: the Club.