Who is Mrs. Espeseth Dressed as for Halloween? 2023

Did you guess Janis Joplin?

Janis Joplin was a very famous American singer and songwriter. She was well known for her iconic and powerful "electric" stage presence.  In 1967, Joplin was the lead singer of the then little-known San Francisco psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company.  She then became a solo artist. She appeared at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Five singles by Janis Joplin reached the US Billboard Hot 100. Her most well-known songs were "Me and Bobby McGee", "Piece of My Heart", "Cry Baby", "Down on Me", "Ball and Chain", "Summertime", and "Mercedes Benz".  Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in 1970, at the age of 27.  She was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Rolling Stone ranked Janis Joplin number 46 on its 2004 list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" and number 28 on its 2008 list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". NPR dubbed Joplin as the "Queen of Rock" and named her one of the "50 Great Voices". She has sold 18.5 million albums.