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I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it

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Janis Joplin
Age: 27 †
Born: 1943
Born: January 19
Died: 1970
Died: October 4
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
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Singer-Songwriter
Port Arthur
Texas
Janis Lyn Joplin
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Sliding
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Started
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Redding
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Rhythmically
Otis

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