Be a Brother
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Be a Brother is an album by Big Brother and the Holding Company
, released in 1970. It was their first album after Janis Joplin
´s departure. Listen for her singing back-up.
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 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...
, released in 1970. It was their first album after Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
´s departure. Listen for her singing back-up.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Big Brother and the Holding Company; except where indicated- "Keep On" – 4:21
- "Joseph's Coat" (John CipollinaJohn CipollinaJohn Cipollina was a guitarist best known for his role as a founder and the lead guitarist of the prominent San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service...
, Nick GravenitesNick GravenitesNicholas George Gravenites , with stage names like Nick "The Greek" Gravenites and Gravy, is a blues, rock and folk singer–songwriter, and is best known for his work with Janis Joplin, Mike Bloomfield and several influential bands and names of the generation springing from the 1960s and 1970s...
) – 3:10 - "Home on the Strange" – 2:15
- "Someday" – 2:17
- "Heartache People" (Nick Gravenites) – 6:36
- "Sunshine Baby" – 3:30
- "Mr. Natural" – 3:31
- "Funkie Jim" – 3:47
- "I'll Change Your Flat Tire, MerleMerle HaggardMerle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
" (Nick Gravenites) – 3:14 - "Be a Brother" (Nick Gravenites) – 3:04
Personnel
- Sam AndrewSam AndrewSam Andrew is an American musician, singer, songwriter, composer, artist and founding member and guitarist of Big Brother and the Holding Company. During his career as musician and composer, Andrew has had three platinum albums and two hit singles...
- vocals, guitar - Nick GravenitesNick GravenitesNicholas George Gravenites , with stage names like Nick "The Greek" Gravenites and Gravy, is a blues, rock and folk singer–songwriter, and is best known for his work with Janis Joplin, Mike Bloomfield and several influential bands and names of the generation springing from the 1960s and 1970s...
- vocals - David Schallock - guitar, vocals
- James GurleyJames GurleyJames Gurley was an American musician. He is best known as the guitar player of Big Brother and the Holding Company, a psychedelic/acid rock band from San Francisco which was fronted by singer Janis Joplin from 1966 to 1968.-Early life:James Gurley was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 22, 1939...
- guitar, bass - Peter Albin - guitar
- David Getz - drums, piano