On Aug. 29, 1969, Janis Joplin brought 1960s counterculture to Northeast Ohio. Why it matters: Joplin's concert at Blossom Music Center came less than two weeks after the Woodstock Festival and ...

Her gig at Woodstock in August 1969 had been a triumph ... “But thank God we have the music.” But Joplin’s impact still reverberates. “I think that Janis showed women that they could ...