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Sep 12, 1970

Woody Guthrie is the subject of a tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring Joan Baez, Peter Fonda, Will Geer, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie, who performs "Oklahoma Hills." The entire cast closes with a mass version of "This Land Is Your Land"

Sep 25, 1970

Janis Joplin records the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Me And Bobby McGee" at Los Angeles' Sunset Sound. The song is named in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest all-time singles

Oct 3, 1970

Kris Kristofferson and John Hartford join a bevy of pop artists on the bill at the Big Sur Folk Festival at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in California. Also appearing: Linda Ronstadt, John Phillips, Joan Baez, Merry Clayton and The Beach Boys

Oct 4, 1970

Rock vocalist Janis Joplin is found dead of a heroin overdose at the Landmark Hotel in Los Angeles. Her version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me And Bobby McGee" becomes a posthumous hit, and her "Piece Of My Heart" is later remade country by Faith Hill

Oct 4, 1970

Heidi Newfield is born in Healdsburg, California. She joins party band Trick Pony, which earns a gold album with its 2001 debut. She leaves for a solo career in 2006, earning a 2008 hit with "Johnny And June"

Oct 13, 1970

Janis Joplin's ashes are scattered into the Pacific Ocean in a ceremony on the coast of California. The next year, her version of "Me And Bobby McGee" is released, eventually honored among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"

Oct 22, 1970

Elvis Presley applies for a gun permit in California

Oct 26, 1970

Friends of Janis Joplin throw a drug-addled wake for the singer at the Lion's Share in San Anselmo, California, where Janis' fiance tries to sleep with her sister. Joplin had recorded "Me And Bobby McGee" one month prior

Oct 28, 1970

Frank Sinatra records the George Harrison-penned "Something" in Hollywood. The song becomes a country hit for Johnny Rodriguez in 1974

Nov 9, 1970

Merle Haggard records the Ernest Tubb-penned "Soldier's Last Letter" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles

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