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A Look Back At Monterey Pop, 50 Years Later

Jimi Hendrix prepares to "sacrifice" his guitar at Monterey Pop in an iconic rock 'n' roll moment. Courtesy of Janus Films hide caption

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A Look Back At Monterey Pop, 50 Years Later

Festival organizer Lou Adler, documentarian D.A. Pennebaker and more recall the historic music festival that helped define the Summer of Love and set a template for rock extravaganzas to come.

A Look Back At Monterey Pop, 50 Years Later

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A Picture Of Janis Joplin, In Shades Of 'Blue'

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A Picture Of Janis Joplin, In Shades Of 'Blue'

Michel Martin speaks with documentary filmmaker Amy Berg about her new film, Janis: Little Girl Blue, which chronicles the life and early death of the 1960s counterculture icon.

A Picture Of Janis Joplin, In Shades Of 'Blue'

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'Oxford American' Waltzes Across Texas

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'Oxford American' Waltzes Across Texas

The magazine's new Southern Music issue is all about Texas, from Bob Wills to Ornette Coleman.

'Oxford American' Waltzes Across Texas

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Backstage With Janis Joplin: Doubts, Drugs And Compassion

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Backstage With Janis Joplin: Doubts, Drugs And Compassion

John Byrne Cooke was Janis Joplin's road manager from 1967 until her untimely death in 1970. So he saw a lot of rock history up close — and describes some of the details in a new memoir.

Backstage With Janis Joplin: Doubts, Drugs And Compassion

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Janis Joplin: The Queen Of Rock

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Janis Joplin: The Queen Of Rock

Her voice was rough around the edges and unmistakable. Joplin sang the blues, and she subjected herself to them. She was vulnerable, and she was a pioneer for women in rock.

Janis Joplin: The Queen Of Rock

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Before I Get Old: 'The 27s' Made Early Exits

Joplin, Hendrix, Cobain: The list of rockers who departed this world at the age of 27 is long — and eerie. Author Eric Segalstad explores this phenomenon in his new book, The 27s.

Before I Get Old: 'The 27s' Made Early Exits

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The Monterey Pop Festival, 40 Years Later

Two years before Woodstock, a music festival in Monterey, Calif., brought together a diverse group of big-name acts including the Mamas and the Papas and Jefferson Airplane as well as some then-unknown performers, notably Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.

The Monterey Pop Festival, 40 Years Later

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