Her first song, "What Good Can Drinkin' Do," was recorded on tape in December 1962 at a fellow University of Texas student's home. The Daily Texan, ran a profile of her on July 27, 1962, headlined "She Dares to Be Different." The article began, "She goes barefooted when she feels like it, wears Levis to class because they're more comfortable, and carries her autoharp with her everywhere she goes so that in case she gets the urge to break into song, it will be handy." While at UT, she performed with a folk trio called the Waller Creek Boys at Threadgills and frequently socialized with the staff of the campus humor magazine The Texas Ranger. Her daring and unconventional spirit continued to catch the attention of her classmates, even in Austin. Joplin graduated from high school in 1960 and attended Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, during the summer and later the University of Texas at Austin. As a teenager, she found solace listening to blues artists Bessie Smith, Big Mama Thornton, and Lead Belly, both at her friend's homes and at the local library.
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She enjoyed art and was a free spirit who was often mocked by her classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School.
Janis had a difficult time growing up in Port Arthur. She is known as both the "The Queen of Rock" and “The Queen of Psychedelic Soul." Janis Lyn Joplin is one of the most iconic, enduring, influential musicians in the history of Rock n’ Roll.
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