I wrote a review of John Byrne Cook's excellent book about his time as road manager for Janis Joplin for REBEAT Magazine. You can read it there or below.
At the beginning of John Byrne Cook’s On The Road With Janis Joplin,
you’d be forgiven for thinking that it appears to be more about Cooke’s
memories of the ‘60s scene rather than Joplin herself, who’s barely
mentioned for the first 50 pages. But, told more like a diary than a
biography, Cooke craftily sets the scene and slowly introduces his
leading lady, allowing the reader to gradually get to know Joplin as he
does.
