365 Days of Song Recommendations: Oct 2

Mercedez Benz—Janis Joplin

Don McLean famously memorialized February 3, 1959 as “the day the music died,” but for fans of Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 is the date most mourned. That was the date of the last recording session Joplin would ever have—just days later, she’d be dead.