One of the most successful and widely known rock stars of her era, Janis Joplin, was noted for her powerful vocals and energetic stage presence. The groundbreaking rock singer who fused blues, psychedelic influences and soul influence generations decades later can only be described as “original.” It was during the same era that one of the world’s most influential guitarists in popular music, Jimi Hendrix, was creating a new musical form with his innovative style of combining feedback and controlled distortion when he performed. Both of these artist’s meteoric rise over a short period of time was sadly marked by both of them passing in the same year – 1970.