Janis Joplin was in Big Brother and the Holding Company

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Big Brother and 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 psychedelic music scene that also produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane." [Wikipedia]

Janis was in the band from April 1966 until "near the end" of 1968. The current incarnation of the band started up again in 1987, features 2-3 original members (depending on your definition of original), and they're playing at Knitting Factory in NYC tonight (Jan 2, 2008). All tour dates below....

Big Brother and the Holding Company - 2008 Tour Dates
Jan 2 - Knitting Factory New York, New York
Jan 3 - Harpers Ferry Boston Allston, Massachusetts
Jan 4 - Bearsville Theater Woodstock, New York
Jan 5 - Twin Rivers Casino Lincoln, Rhode Island
Feb 9 - Empire Theatre Stockton, California
Feb 16 - 19 Broadway Nite Club Fairfax, California
Jun 14 - TBA Piercy, California
Aug 22 - Rockin’ On The River Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Aug 23 - Warren Community Amphitheatre Warren, Ohio

Tags: Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Joplin

posted at 3:09 PM on January 2, 2008 in music | tour dates | Comments (11)

Comments (11)

Thanks, BV, for this breaking news!

There are additional rumors on the Internet I've read recently that John Lennon was in this band "the Beatles" too. Still doing more research on that one...

Posted by Anonymous | January 2, 2008 3:27 PM

^MEANY FACE

Posted by Anonymous | January 2, 2008 3:42 PM

This is a funny post, sounds like the majority of this blogs readers may have no idea who this band is! If you don't its time to go to the record store and hit up the dollar record bin and stop downloading the newest hipster DJ mashups off the internet.

Posted by Joel | January 3, 2008 9:02 AM

Ha!! ...funny comment.

But it just goes to show that time does march on.

I'm sure there are people who would also say "John who?"

Posted by Anonymous | January 3, 2008 10:31 PM

January 19th was the birthday Janis Joplin...

Posted by Jan Derrer (Lostandsound) | January 20, 2008 12:52 PM

January 19th was Janis Joplin's birthday...

Posted by Jan Derrer (Lostandsound) | January 20, 2008 12:53 PM

"When will Daft Punk pull a Radiohead?"

Posted by louis vuitton | September 9, 2009 6:36 AM

January 19th was the birthday Janis Joplin...