ALBUMLive at the Grande Ballroom Detroit; March 2, 1968Big Brother & The Holding Company & Janis Joplin
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ALBUMHold Me (Remastered)Big Brother & The Holding Company
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ALBUMJoseph's CoatBig Brother & The Holding Company
ALBUMHow Hard It IsBig Brother & The Holding Company
ALBUMBe a BrotherBig Brother & The Holding Company
ALBUMBig Brother & the Holding CompanyBig Brother & The Holding Company & Janis Joplin
About Big Brother & The Holding Company
Hometown
San Francisco, CA, United States
Formed
1965
Genre
Rock
Big Brother and the Holding Company was the group that backed 1960s blues-rock siren Janis Joplin. Their hallucinogenic charm lies in the gulf between the roots music they loved and the electrically charged, psychedelic-tinged music they actually played. Brimming with casual confidence and empowered by a sense of community, this band mixed free-spirited innovation with total honesty and commitment. At the end of the decade, Joplin departed for a solo career, though she would tragically depart from the world itself soon after.
Influenced by Big Brother & The Holding CompanyBig Brother & The Holding Company has influenced the music of Joan Osborne, Beth Hart, Susan Tedeschi and more.