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Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States (1943 â 1970) Janis Joplin (born 19 January 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas, United States, died 4 October 1970 in Los Angeles, California) was an American singer, songwriter, composer and painter. Originally the lead singer for the blues rock band Big Brother & The Holding Company, Joplin left the band in late 1968 for a solo career.
I met a girl who sang the blues. And I asked her for some happy news. But she just smiled and turned away. This is almost certainly a nod to Janis Joplin, the finest and most popular female blues singer of her time. Her early demise in 1970 at the age of 27 is probably expressed in McLean's line about turning away.