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Whether Big Brother & the Holding Company would have made any waves at all in the late-'60s San Francisco music scene sans Janis Joplin could be argued. Be A Brother is a good indicator of what they would have sounded like without her amazing voice. Recorded in 1970, guitarist David Schallock and singer/songwriter/producer Nick Gravenites were added to help fill the space created with the absence of Joplin. These ten original compositions include "Home on the Strange," "Mr. Natural," "Funkie Jim," and "I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle" dedicated to Merle Haggard. This is a decent blues-based session similar to early Butterfield Blues Band records, which isn't a bad thing at all.
© Al Campbell /TiVo
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P. Albin, Composer - S. ANDREW, Composer - D. Getz, Composer - J. Gurley, Composer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D. Schallock, Composer
Originally Released 1970 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
N. Gravenites, Composer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - J. Cippolina, Composer
Originally Released 1970 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
P. Albin, Arranger - S. ANDREW, Arranger - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - COMPOSER NOT CREDITED, Composer
Originally Released 1970 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
S. ANDREW, Composer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Released 1970 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
N. Gravenites, Composer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Released 1970 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
P. Albin, Composer - S. ANDREW, Composer - D. Getz, Composer - J. Gurley, Composer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D. Schallock, Composer
Originally Released 1970 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
S. ANDREW, Composer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Released 1970 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
P. Albin, Composer - S. ANDREW, Composer - N. Gravenites, Composer - D. Getz, Composer - J. Gurley, Composer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D. Schallock, Composer
Originally Released 1970 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
N. Gravenites, Composer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Released 1970 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
N. Gravenites, Composer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Released 1970 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Album review
Whether Big Brother & the Holding Company would have made any waves at all in the late-'60s San Francisco music scene sans Janis Joplin could be argued. Be A Brother is a good indicator of what they would have sounded like without her amazing voice. Recorded in 1970, guitarist David Schallock and singer/songwriter/producer Nick Gravenites were added to help fill the space created with the absence of Joplin. These ten original compositions include "Home on the Strange," "Mr. Natural," "Funkie Jim," and "I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle" dedicated to Merle Haggard. This is a decent blues-based session similar to early Butterfield Blues Band records, which isn't a bad thing at all.
© Al Campbell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:17
- Main artists: Big Brother & The Holding Company
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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