Janis Joplin saucer, according to biographer Ellis Amburn, the concrete foundation for which was poured the day before she died. Peggy Caserta claimed in her book, "Going Down With Janis" (1973), that she and Joplin had decided mutually in April 1970 to stay away from each other to avoid enabling each other's drug use. Caserta, a former Delta Air Lines stewardess and owner of one of the first clothing boutiques in the Haight Ashbury, said that by September 1970, she was smuggling cannabis throughout California and had checked into the Landmark Motor Hotel because it attracted drug users. For approximately the first
Janis Hansen (singer) Janis Hansen (singer) Janis Sue Klinger (née Hansen) (October 10, 1942 – October 4, 2017) was an American singer and author. While majoring in anthropology at the University of Colorado, Hansen participated in a singing group to help pay the tuition, which led to her being discovered by a talent scout. According to Hansen, "I received a telephone call from Los Angeles and was told a singer was needed for the "Andy Williams Show". Somebody had heard me singing and I was recommended for the job." Plans of finishing college were postponed, and Hansen flew to Los Angeles to join