Big Brother and the Holding Company

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Big Brother and the Holding Company

American rock band

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Jefferson Airplane
…pioneered by the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin), and Santana, among others. Casady, Dryden, and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen slashed and soared through extended psychedelic blues while songwriters Paul Kantner, Slick, and Marty Balin did not so much harmonize on as cohabit melodies and lyrics.…
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…pioneered by the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin), and Santana, among others. Casady, Dryden, and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen slashed and soared through extended psychedelic blues while songwriters Paul Kantner, Slick, and Marty Balin did not so much harmonize on as cohabit melodies and lyrics.…
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Janis Joplin
Stardom and Cheap Thrills
… to become the vocalist for Big Brother and the Holding Company at the recommendation of hippie impresario Chet Helms. Buoyed by Joplin’s raucous, bluesy vocals, the hard-rocking band released an album on independent Mainstream Records, then stunned audiences at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 with a legendary performance highlighted…
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… to become the vocalist for Big Brother and the Holding Company at the recommendation of hippie impresario Chet Helms. Buoyed by Joplin’s raucous, bluesy vocals, the hard-rocking band released an album on independent Mainstream Records, then stunned audiences at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 with a legendary performance highlighted…
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