Big Brother and the Holding Company—Live!

Live At the Empress Wow! This is BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY live the way they should be heard. This night was somehow different. One of those times that happens to good bands (and audiences) every so often and features Jefferson Starship Veteran Vocalist Darby Gould who handles the classic repertory extremely well. The two originals members, Peter Albin (bass), and especially drummer Dave Getz are very precise and still generate sparks with guitarist Tom Finch and Dave Aguilar on board and the icing on the cake is veteran Janis Joplin saxophonist Snooky Flowers is playing with them. Live at the empress is solid live performance!

Big Brother and the Holding Company—Hold Me

2018 Remastered Version. It was fifty years ago today, and the summer of 1967 in San Francisco was magic, indeed. Out of that historic scene came Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin, with a rock sound from the outer planets surrounding a fiery core of ageless blues. Time has passed but the heat hasn't subsided as Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, and Dave Getz welcome guitarist Chad Quist and spectacular singer Sophia Ramos for a brand new blazing of all the Big Brother favorites and some stellar new songs. 
 
Hold Me is taken from an inspired appearance before an adoring audience at the Burg Herzberg Festival in Germany. The recording quality is superb! The original band members' joy at playing this concert is reinforced by knowing they found an amazing performer to handle the legendary Janis Joplin vocals. Sophia Ramos has grit, soul and charisma to spare as she charges through the Big Brother classics: Piece of My Heart, Ball and Chain, Women is Losers. Summertime has never been sung better.

Big Brother Hold me Live in Germany DVD

It was fifty years ago today, and the summer of 1967 in San Francisco was magic, indeed. Out of that historic scene came Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin, with a rock sound from the outer planets surrounding a fiery core of ageless blues. Time has passed but the heat hasn't subsided as Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, and Dave Getz welcome guitarist Chad Quist and spectacular singer Sophia Ramos for a brand new blazing of all the Big Brother favorites and some stellar new songs. This DVD is taken from an inspired appearance before an adoring audience at the Burg Herzberg Festival in Germany. The recording quality is superb and the group's fervor was caught with six cameras! The original band members' joy at playing this concert is reinforced by knowing they found an amazing performer to handle the legendary Janis Joplin vocals. Sophia Ramos has grit, soul and charisma to spare as she charges through the Big Brother classics Ball and Chain, Piece of My Heart, Women is Losers, and others. Summertime has never been sung better.