When one thinks of “Me And Bobby McGee”, one thinks of the incomparable Janis Joplin. The iconic vocalist who defined the 1960s didn’t get to see all the love she got from her version of the song. It ...

The true inspiration behind 'Me and Bobbie McGee' remained quite humble about the whole thing, although it did make her a bit ...

During a 2009 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Nicks revealed the story behind Fleetwood Mac’s “Gypsy” for the first time. She said the song was about her trying to go back to the time before she ...

Tom Petty believed that a quote by Janis Joplin helped inspire one of his most enduring songs, 1981's classic "The Waiting." "I love being onstage," Joplin once said, "and everything else is just ...

One of the most famous rockers of the mid-1960s, Janis Joplin’s life was cut tragically short when she passed away from a heroin overdose in 1970. Though only in the spotlight for a few years, as her ...

“I was really shocked by it,” Midler admitted in a 1979 interview with Rolling Stone. “I didn’t know Janis, but I thought she was treated irreverently. It wasn’t that it was a bad script; it was just ...