Contributors: Dave Getz (instrument), Janis Joplin (vocal), James Gurley (instrument), Peter Albin (instrument), Sam Andrew (instrument)
Personnel: Big Mama Thornton (lyricist), Big Mama Thornton (composer)
Big Brother & The Holding Company on Last.fm
Big Brother and the Holding Company is 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. They are best known as the band that featured Janis Joplin as their lead singer. Their 1968 album "Cheap Thrills" is considered one of the masterpieces of the psychedelic sound of San Francisco; it reached number one on the US Billboard charts, and was ranked number 338 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Read more about Big Brother & The Holding Company on Last.fm.
Contributors: Robert Crumb (design/illustration), Dave Getz (instrument), James Gurley (instrument), Janis Joplin (vocal), Peter Albin (instrument), Sam Andrew (instrument)
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Also from this album: Piece of My Heart,Combination of the Two,Oh, Sweet Mary,Summertime,Turtle Blues,I Need a Man to Love
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