On the Road with Janis Joplin Hardcover – 28 Oct. 2014

A must read for any Janis fan!

Looking forward to reading the book.

What you get here is a very readable and personal biography from John Cooke, the guy who managed Janis and Big Brother from the time of their Columbia signing. He was the straight guy who phoned for the transport and booked the hotels, took the money from the concert venue's. Someone Janis could lean on to get things moving, so she got quite attached to him but only over time as at first he didn't quite fit in to the 'family' ethos of the band. With Cooke there is a definite attachment to Big Brother as a band here with quite a few positive reviews of their music and them as people. It seems as things went on Cooke got more distant and it was more of a job, changing from BB was also a factor. Janis had to move on from Big Brother musically for her own development. Sadly Janis was just getting to where she wanted to be when when she died. There are some good reflective remarks by those who knew Janis at the back of the book,

Good reading.

Love Janis. Cool book.

A good read,written by their road manager.would recomend.

I loved this book, it far exceeds most other rock biographies as it is a very personal story yet includes so much interesting detail about not only his relationship with Joplin but her relationship and his with the other players in the scene. Great detail about the way Janis’ recordings came together as well as her live performances over the three bands.

fantastic read from a man who can really write; and yes his dad was Alistair Cooke the journalist; and frankly the son's account and personal reaction to the Bobby Kennedy's assassination would justify buying this book just on that alone ... but then there is all the beautiful tale of Janis and the boys and a hugely panoramic view of the US between 1963-1971 ... this is social history, musical history, personal history ... and did i say the man can write ... a must for all Sixties watchers ...

I finished this book last night and it was a clear 5 out of 5 stars. Few know that John Bryne Cooke is the son of Masterpiece Theater's host, Alistair Cooke. His first job after graduating from Harvard was Janis' road manager.Few also know he quit the job when Janis would not quit heroin and only came back after she had stopped using. I think I've read every biography of Janis ever written, and this is not just a biography of Janis, but of all the people around her as well.Without a doubt, the best biography I've ever read on just Janis alone is the recent one by Holly George-Warren called Janis. It tells her life in chronological order, which was very refreshing and easy to follow, so much better than flip flopping around from one time in her life to another without any continuity like so many other biographies.I checked into the Highland Gardens hotel and immediately realized I had heard of it before and it dawned on me that it was the new name for the old Landmark Hotel. I was in room 102 and Janis died down the hall in room 105. They have a plaque on the wall next to door 105 stating, "Janis Joplin lived in this room 1968-1970".I own her bluebook exam where she got the highest grade in the class, 99%. I think she would have gotten a 100 but she took a swipe at the Professor when answering the last question, so in character.Unfortunately I got no vision from her when I stayed at the old Landmark hotel or when I touched her Blue Book exam from Lamar Tech...and Houdini never got in touch with his wife psychically, like he said he would if he could, if he predeceased her, and he did die first. When we're gone, we're gone.Long live the memory of Janis Joplin, member of the slide rule club in H.S. (most of you don't even know what a slide rule is) and a friend of Blacks and Whites alike, which got her labeled as a "N_____-lover"...but nobody pushed her around and she was their intellectual superior.

Written by her personal road manager.No better source of info than that!Get it while it's still in print.

Rápido, bien empaquetado y completamente nuevo. Recomendable!!!

This book really captured the vibe, it was at a time in history when her raunchy blues and her bands blew audiences away.She is sorely missed!!!!

I haven't finished it yet, but it is terribly interesting so far.