Grace Slick and Janis Joplin, San Francisco, CA 1967
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Image source: Getty Images Food, water and sanitation was scarce.
Joplin was also inspired by legendary blues vocalists Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and Odetta, an early leading figure in the folk music movement.
Jethro Tull, for example, had a dislike of hippies and concerns over public nudity.