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February 14, 2015 - Rolling Stone

Big Brother and the Holding Company’s Sam Andrew Dead at 73

Sam Andrew, the guitarist and founding member of Big Brother and the Holding Company who also helped launch the career...
December 24, 2009 - The Associated Press

James Gurley, innovative guitarist for Joplin’s Big Brother band, dead at 69

LOS ANGELES – James Gurley, the innovative guitarist who helped shape psychedelic rock’s multilayered, sometimes thundering sounds as a member...
October 10, 2009 - allaboutjazz.com

Janis: Memphis Meltdown

I’d been hustling a meager living in the coffee houses and psychedelic joints of Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan when...
February 10, 2007 - The Desert Sun

Joplin bandmate inducted to Grammy Hall of Fame

James Gurley has been dragging a ball and chain around for almost 40 years. He was a guitarist, arranger and...
January 05, 2007 - Jewish News Weekly

Joplin’s drummer remembers the ‘turn on, tune in’ days

The first time drummer Dave Getz jammed with a young Texas singer named Janis Joplin, he was impressed. But not...
June 27, 2005

Chet Helms, proponent of Summer of Love dies at 62

SAN FRANSISCO: Chet Helms, the man who gave Janis Joplin to San Francisco, has died. The Summer of Love legend...
June 26, 2005 - The Associated Press

Music Promoter Who Launched Joplin Dies

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Chet Helms, the revered father of the 1967 Summer of Love and a music promoter who...
May 21, 1999 - San Francisco Chronicle

Oops! Turns Out Janis Joplin Lived Next Door Haight’s hippie history proves to be a bit fuzzy on details

The story is legendary, the rehabilitation center is nice, but just one thing is wrong: The new home for drug-addicted...
September 17, 1998 - Rolling Stone

Big Brother and The Holding Company

BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY were exhausted when they crashed into their hometown of San Francisco to play a...
October 01, 1992 - Relix

Big Brother Speaks: An Interview With Peter Albin

Janis is back! With the current release of Love, Janis, an in-depth look at Janis’s life by sister Laura Joplin,...
November 28, 1991 - Rolling Stone

Hall Gets Joplin Haul

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and Museum doesn’t have walls yet, but it now has its first major...
January 01, 1985 - St. Martins Press

San Francisco Nights: The Psychedelic Music Trip 1965-1968

“Scoping Out Baghdad”: Chet Helms was another one of those whose experiences classified them as “outside the norm.” A child...
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