This week, in honor of reporter Brandi Grissom's "Trouble in Mind" series, we kick off our playlist with Janis Joplin singing a classic song of the same name. By Reeve Hamilton Feb. 23, 2013 12 PM ...

“Trouble In Mind” In 1964, Joplin cut a seven-song album of blues standards with future Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen. The collection was known as The Typewriter Tapes and one of ...

Janis captivatingly tells the story of her two solo albums, 1969's I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! and 1971's posthumous Pearl, as well as the latter's chart-topping hit "Me and Bobby McGee ...

As a singer, Janis Joplin always gave everything she had inside, and in the "Summer of Love," 1967, she became America's first female rock star: "She wanted to be like a female Elvis Presley, I ...

Joplin did run into trouble at one point. Here, the 26-year-old flashes a peace sign as she leaves police headquarters with her attorney, Herbert Goldburg, in Tampa, Fla. on Nov. 20, 1969.