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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 Billboard charts, and was ranked number 338 in Rolling Stone's the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Members
Current members
Peter Albin – bass (1965-1968, 1969-1972, 1987-present)
Dave Getz – drums, piano (1966-1968, 1969-1972, 1987-present)
Tom Finch – guitar (1997-2008, 2015–present)
Tommy Odetto – guitar (2015–present)
Darby Gould - lead vocals (2015–present)
Former members
Sam Andrew – guitar, vocals (1965-1968, 1969-1972, 1987-2015; died 2015)
James Gurley – guitar (1965-1968, 1969-1972, 1987-1997; died 2009)
Chuck Jones – drums (1965-1966)
Janis Joplin - lead vocals (1966-1968; died 1970)
Nick Gravenites - lead vocals (1969-1972)
Kathi McDonald - lead vocals (1969-1972; died 2012)
Dave Schallock - guitar (1969-1972)
Mike Finnigan - organ, vocals (1971-1972)
Lisa Battle - lead vocals (1997-2005)
Sophia Ramos - lead vocals (2005-2008)
Ben Nieves – guitar (2008-2015)
Kate Russo - vocals, electric violin and keyboards (1998, 2003-2008, 2015-present)
Cathy Richardson - lead vocals (2011-2015)
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