Big Brother Plays on in Shadow of Janis Joplin
More than 40 years later, the shadow of Janis Joplin still hangs heavy over her former backing band Big Brother and the Holding Company. Today, the classic-rock outfit continues on, providing audiences with their last link to classic rock’s legend Joplin.
"I think maybe they saw in Janis some kind of freedom or difference that it made in their lives,” said original guitarist Sam Andrew, calling from his home outside of San Francisco. "We still play danceable music, otherwise I don’t know why people are interested. I keep expecting a new generational thing to happen any minute, and I guess they’re happening all of the time, but it wasn’t quite like the counter-revolution thing. Nothing has happened like that since then.”
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