Rock music’s 27 Club is not a membership you want to earn. It’s an indication something went very wrong. Indeed, members of the club were famous, beautiful, and at the top of their game. They also ...

ABINGDON, Va. — Janis Joplin last performed on Aug. 12, 1970. Two months later, the rock zenith died alone in a motel room on Oct. 4, 1970. Fans of the era never got another night with the Texas ...

Nick Gravenites, a Chicago blues musician who relocated to San Francisco in the 1960s and played an important role in that city’s burgeoning rock scene, died September 18, after many months of failing ...