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Holly George-Warren

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Holly George-Warren

Holly George-Warren is a two-time Grammy nominee and the award-winning author of 16 books, including the New York Times bestseller THE ROAD TO WOODSTOCK (with Michael Lang) and the biographies JANIS: Her Life and Music, A MAN CALLED DESTRUCTION: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, and PUBLIC COWBOY NO. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry. She has written for a variety of publications, including Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Village Voice and Entertainment Weekly. George-Warren teaches at the State University of New York in New Paltz.

Holly George-Warren

Books by Holly George-Warren

Janis: Her Life and Music
by Holly George-Warren - Biography, Music, Nonfiction

Janis Joplin has become a legend known as a brash, impassioned soul doomed by the pain that produced one of the most extraordinary voices in rock history. But in these pages, Holly George-Warren provides a revelatory portrait of a woman who wasn’t all about suffering. Janis was a perfectionist: a passionate, erudite musician who was born with talent but also worked exceptionally hard to develop it. She was a woman who pushed the boundaries of gender and sexuality long before it was socially acceptable. She was a sensitive seeker who wanted to marry and settle down --- but couldn’t, or wouldn’t. She was a Texan who yearned to flee Texas but could never quite get away --- even after becoming a countercultural icon in San Francisco.