An 'historic marker' was placed in front of the childhood home of the late great Janis Joplin last week. The house is in the Texan city of Port Arthur, and Joplin's family moved there when she was just four, and the family stayed there until 1975, five years after the singer's premature death from a drug overdose in 1970. The 'historic marker', sort of the Texan equivalent to our blue plaques, was unveiled to coincide with what would have been Joplin's 65th birthday.
The house is currently occupied by the Sanchez family, who say they were unaware of the property's history when they bought the property ten years ago. Alicia Sanchez told reporters: "One day I just saw a TV crew out here shooting and I thought 'What's going on'. I asked what they were doing and they told me that she [Joplin] used to live here. And then I started having people knock on my door asking to see my house". She added that she doesn't mind people taking pictures in her front yard, but that she generally doesn't allow random fans inside.