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Big Brother & the Holding Company (1965 - )

Group - United States

Releases (19)

Official

Album

  1. Big Brother & the Holding Company Sep 1967
  2. Cheap Thrills 12 Aug 1968
  3. Be a Brother 1970
  4. How Hard It Is 1970
  5. Do What You Love 1998

Album - Live

  1. Cheaper Thrills 1990
  2. Live in San Francisco, 1966 30 Apr 2002
  3. Live at the Monterey International Pop Festival 17 Feb 2023

Album - Compilation / Live

  1. Can't Go Home Again 2001

Album - Compilation

  1. Be a Brother / How Hard It Is 26 May 2008
  2. The Lost Tapes 24 Jun 2008
  3. Ball & Chain 2010
  4. Joseph's Coat 01 Apr 2016
  5. Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills 30 Nov 2018

Single

  1. Light Is Faster Than Sound 1967
  2. Coo Coo / The Last Time 1968

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA

Relationships (10)

Members

  1. Janis Joplin (1966 - 1968) lead vocals
  2. Tom Finch (1997 - 2008) guitar
  3. Tom Finch (2015) guitar
  4. Dave Getz
  5. Nick Gravenites
  6. Darby Gould lead vocals
  7. Sam Andrew
  8. James Gurley
  9. Peter Albin

Support By

  1. Kitto (24 Aug 2006 - 10 Sep 2006)

Recordings by (236)

  1. Intruder 2:28 (Sep 1967)
  2. Light Is Faster Than Sound 2:31 (Sep 1967)
  3. Women Is Losers 2:04 (Sep 1967)
  4. Easy Rider 2:24 (Sep 1967)
  5. All Is Loneliness 2:18 (Sep 1967)
  6. Call On Me 2:27 (Sep 1967)
  7. Bye, Bye Baby 2:38 (Sep 1967)
  8. Blindman 1:59 (Sep 1967)
  9. Down on Me 2:25 (Sep 1967)
  10. Caterpillar 2:14 (Sep 1967)
  11. Catch Me Daddy 6:00 (14 Jun 1968)
  12. Combination of the Two 6:50 (14 Jun 1968)
  13. I Need a Man to Love 6:29 (14 Jun 1968)
  14. Summertime 4:31 (14 Jun 1968)
  15. Road Block (incomplete) 6:26 (14 Jun 1968)
  16. Ball and Chain 9:26 (12 Aug 1968)
  17. Turtle Blues 4:23 (12 Aug 1968)
  18. Oh, Sweet Mary 4:16 (12 Aug 1968)
  19. Roadblock (studio outtake) 5:33 (12 Aug 1968)
  20. Flower in the Sun (studio outtake) 3:05 (12 Aug 1968)
  21. Catch Me Daddy (live) 5:31 (12 Aug 1968)
  22. Magic of Love (live) 3:58 (12 Aug 1968)
  23. Piece of My Heart 4:15 (12 Aug 1968)
  24. Coo Coo (single) 1:57 (1968)
  25. The Last Time 2:14 (1968)
  26. How Hard It Is 4:21 (1970)
  27. You’ve Been Talkin’ Bout Me, Baby 3:28 (1970)
  28. House on Fire 3:57 (1970)
  29. Black Widow Spider 3:33 (1970)
  30. Last Band on Side One 1:58 (1970)
  31. Nu Boogaloo Jam 3:25 (1970)
  32. Maui 3:27 (1970)
  33. Shine On 5:26 (1970)
  34. Buried Alive in the Blues 3:59 (1970)
  35. Promise Here Anything but Give Her Arpeggio 3:55 (1970)
  36. Keep On 4:19 (1970)
  37. Joseph's Coat 3:10 (1970)
  38. Home on the Strange 2:14 (1970)
  39. Someday 2:17 (1970)
  40. Heartache People 6:36 (1970)
  41. Sunshine Baby 3:32 (1970)
  42. Mr. Natural 3:31 (1970)
  43. Funkie Jim 3:45 (1970)
  44. I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle 3:16 (1970)
  45. Be a Brother 3:03 (1970)
  46. Road Block 2:59 (Jul 1972)
  47. Flower in the Sun 3:03 (Jul 1972)
  48. Ego Rock 8:02 (Jul 1972)
  49. Magic of Love 3:02 (1982)
  50. Misery’n 4:13 (1982)
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Credited as (21)

  1. Big Brother & the Holding Company
  2. Big Brother & the Holding Company feat. Janis Joplin
  3. Janis Joplin & Big Brother & the Holding Company
  4. Janis Joplin with Big Brother & the Holding Company
  5. Big Brother & the Holding Company & Janis Joplin
  6. Big Brother & the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin
  7. Big Brother & the Holding Company & Janis Joplin
  8. Big Brother and the Holding Company
  9. Big Brother & the Holding Company feat. Janis Joplin
  10. Big Brother & the Holding Company / Janis Joplin
  11. Janis Joplin
  12. Janis Joplin featuring Big Brother & the Holding Company
  13. Big Brother & the Holding Company ft. Janis Joplin
  14. Big Brother & the Holding Company, Janis Joplin
  15. Big Brother & The Holding Company
  16. Big Brother & The Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin
  17. Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Co.
  18. Janis Joplin featuring Big Brother and the Holding Company
  19. Big Brother & The Holding Co. with Nick Gravenites
  20. Janis Joplin With Big Brother & The Holding Company
  21. Janis Joplin With Big Brother And The Holding Company

Events (3)

Main Performer At

  1. Big Brother & the Holding Company at Fillmore West
  2. Big Brother & the Holding Company at Fillmore West
  3. Big Brother & the Holding Company at Fillmore West

Links (26)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.bbhc.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr89008888
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr89008888
  3. https://www.45cat.com/artist/big-brother-and-the-holding-company
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/10275086-5
  5. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/big-brother-the-holding-company/
  6. https://www.whosampled.com/Big-Brother-%26-the-Holding-Company/
  7. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/big_brother_and_the_holding_company
  8. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13901963r

Lyrics Page

  1. https://genius.com/artists/Big-brother-and-the-holding-company

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Big+Brother+&+The+Holding+Company

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/150716

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/90232

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000758943

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2130059/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/122423176

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q858688

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/2830

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4J69yWrKwWJgjv3DKTZcGo
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/13840

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id653041
  2. https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Afrqlcjsqihowmehjqewxr7fxai

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/653041
  2. https://tidal.com/artist/6180

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/3cf5a3be-25ef-4408-98fe-e66fee536be1

Soundcloud

  1. https://soundcloud.com/big-brother-the-holding-company