Big Brother & The Holding Company

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

Influenced by: Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane

Active:

1965-1972, 2012-present

Scene:

San Francisco psychedelia

• The Doobie BrothersTue, Sep 29
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• The HoldupFri, Sep 25
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• The Band MemoWed, Jul 22
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• The Dead QueensMon, Sep 7
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• Boz ScaggsThu, Sep 24
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• BERTHA: Grateful DragThu, Oct 8
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• The California HoneydropsSun, Oct 4
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• THE OWNERSSat, Jul 25
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