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Big Brother and the Holding Company are an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Jefferson Airplane.
Big Brother & the Holding Company is the debut album by American rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin, their lead singer. Recorded during three days in December 1966 for Mainstream Records, it was released on August 23, 1967, shortly after the band's major success at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Be a Brother is the third album by Big Brother and the Holding Company, released in October 1970. It was their first album after Janis Joplin 's departure. Recruited in her place were guitarist David Shallock and singer-songwriters Nick Gravenites and Kathi McDonald. [4]
Big Brother & The Holding Company were pioneers of the San Francisco sound of the 60s. The band launched the career of Janis Joplin and recorded "Cheap Thrills' one of the greatest albums of all time.
Had it not been for the melodic and accomplished guitar work of Peter Albin flowing out of an upper story window at 1090 Page Street in the early summer of 1965, there might never have been a Big Brother and the Holding Company.
Big Brother & the Holding Company. A raw, heavy, hallucinogenic San Francisco rock band who featured Janis Joplin and hit it big with 1968's "Piece of My Heart." Read Full Biography.
Big Brother and the Holding Company - Full Concert Recorded Live: 8/16/1968 - San Francisco (San Francisco, CA) More Big Brother and the Holding Company at Music Vault:...
Big Brother went through its early permutations there, changing names and personnel and being influenced by all of the magic currents that were flowing through the place.
Big Brother and the Holding Company are an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Jefferson Airplane.
Big Brother and the Holding Company formed in the summer of 1965 in San Francisco, California. Founded by guitarists Peter Albin and Sam Andrew, the group later grew to include...
