Here Lies . . .

Peerless and Beauteous Reader! What’s your tombstone gonna say?

Bessie Smith’s tombstone at Mount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, was paid for by singer Janis Joplin. When Janis died at 27, her ashes were spread over the Pacific Ocean. But she left $2,500 for a party at the Lion’s Share, the sublime rock venue in San Anselmo, California. The invitation read: “Drinks are on Pearl.”

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