--- product_id: 8258745 title: "On the Road with Janis Joplin Hardcover – October 28, 2014" brand: "john byrne cooke" price: "KD 15.77" currency: KWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/8258745-on-the-road-with-janis-joplin-hardcover-october-28-2014 store_origin: KW region: Kuwait --- # On the Road with Janis Joplin Hardcover – October 28, 2014 **Brand:** john byrne cooke **Price:** KD 15.77 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** On the Road with Janis Joplin Hardcover – October 28, 2014 by john byrne cooke - **How much does it cost?** KD 15.77 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.kw](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/8258745-on-the-road-with-janis-joplin-hardcover-october-28-2014) ## Best For - john byrne cooke enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted john byrne cooke brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![On the Road with Janis Joplin Hardcover – October 28, 2014 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/516HF9XHN4L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Second best book on Janis, second only to Holly George-Warren's biography in my opinion. *by R***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 14, 2022* 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. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stunning Revelation Exquisitely Crafted *by H***. on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 31, 2014* Janis and I came of age in the 60s. I hitchhiked up or down the coast to see her play in Golden Gate Park, at the Fillmore and at Winterland. I jumped the fence to get into the Monterey Fairgrounds and stayed there all 3 days of Monterey Pop.I loved her spirit and thought I understood her sensitivity at having grown up in a place where she was the misfit, since I am as well. What I didn't know was how smart she was, and I never fully understood how well she was doing when she died of a heroin overdose. WTF? How can a person be doing well artistically and emotionally, be in love and engaged to be married, and yet die of an overdose? This book explains.Cooke also is a revelation into other fond states of mind, such as Big Sur, the Big Sur Folk Festival, many more musical directions, and he opens the book with a finely detailed description of D. A. Pennebaker's filming of Monterey Pop, which I'm in. Just me, having slept under a tree outside the steer barn where Jimi Hendrix (unknown to any of us who watched him play all by himself the evening before; he blew the audience away the next night), brushing my hair and glancing at the camera with a bit of attitude, because the shooter spent a long time setting up, which is what awakened me.Cooke was a shooter for Pennebaker at Monterey Pop and who knows? Maybe he was the one who woke me up. He certainly is the one who opened my eyes to the rest of Janis, and the book is a delightful journey.Surprisingly, it gets better, and happier, the closer it gets to the end, which is devastating. Cooke repaired to friends' at Big Sur after Janis' death and stayed a month. I would grow up, live many lives with my own businesses before starting and running the Monterey Bay's first and only conservation-based whale watching company, Sanctuary Cruises. As with Janis, I was captain of a wondrous, sometimes heartbreaking, often breathtaking experience, and I took a lot of people for the experience of their life. How I wish she had lived on to see what else was down the road for her. John Cooke did her proud. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Definitive Biography of Janis Joplin *by E***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 12, 2015* It has been over forty years since Janis Joplin passed and, fitting for the impact she made with music as well as a generation, many books, articles and tributes have been dedicated in her honor. David Dalton's book came closest to understanding this highly talented yet complex individual, an empathy I found lacking in Myra Friedman's study that seemed to be more of a maternal reprimand than anything else. But John Byrne Cooke, to his credit, gave his experiences and interactions with Ms Joplin time. Time to heal, to reflect and review the years that he acted as a road manager and friend to a woman who would eventually become a legend, especially to a generation that was born long after her passing. I thanked Mr Cooke for providing me with the closure I needed by providing facts, observations and evaluations of this highly complex artist that were both objective and subjective yet had one commonality: his love for Ms Joplin as a talent and as a friend. I still feel her loss but Mr Cooke's tribute makes me celebrate the passion and life force Ms Joplin so unselfishly shared with us. She is very much alive on the radio waves, on the compact discs and vinyls in our music collections, on the all too brief YouTube videos and in the best biography ever written about Janis, ON THE ROAD WITH JANIS JOPLIN.Again, I thank you, Mr Cooke. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/8258745-on-the-road-with-janis-joplin-hardcover-october-28-2014](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/8258745-on-the-road-with-janis-joplin-hardcover-october-28-2014) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kuwait* *Store origin: KW* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*