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Plays acoustic guitar with a mike stuck on it.
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Jim Gurley, who knows Chet from the Family Dog house on Page, begins dropping by to sit in on sessions. He is eventually replaced as drummer Dave Getz, a teacher at the Art Institute by day, and a waiter at the Spaghetti factory by night. David Eskeson is under 21, which excludes them from a number of gigs in places that have a liquor license. Peter announces the mission of Big Brother & the Holding Company: “To speak to all the children of the earth.” They play blues, bluegrass, Rolling Stones style R&B, Dylan, and folk/rock numbers like “I Know You, Rider” in local bars and clubs. They name the band after a combination of the two.
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Two other possible names (Big Brother, the Holding Company) come up while playing Monopoly. David Eskeson answers the ad and the group (Peter and Rodney Albin, Chuck Jones, Sam Andrew and David Eskeson) start making up names for the band: Tom Swift and the Electric Grandmother, the Greenleaf Boys, the Acapulco Singers, etc. Peter Albin has taught himself to play bass, and Paul Ferraz (a|k|a Beck), Big Brother’s original manager, suggests putting an ad in the paper for a guitar player. Sam Andrew (future guitar player with Big Brother) is a friend of someone who is now also hanging out at 1090 Page. On weekends, Chet organized jam session/dance parties in the basement. Peter, Rodney, Chuck Jones (Big Brother’s first drummer) and Chet Helms of the Family Dog, are all living in the huge Victorian house at 1090 Page, originally an Irish boarding house, owned by Albin’s parents. Begin playing at rent parties held in the basement, with newly recruited member Sam Andrew, a student at San Francisco State. – Meanwhile, back in San Francisco, Peter Albin and “Weird” Jim Gurley begin to assemble a band called Blue Yard Hill at 1090 Page Street. Registers in Sociology at Lamar Tech.įALL: Sings at the Eleventh Door in Austin. JUNE: Returns repentant and apparently reformed to Port Arthur. MAY: Attempts (unsuccessfully) to get herself committed to San Francisco General Hospital. SUMMER: Janis sings at Monterey Folk Festival, is involved in motorcycle accident, gets beaten up in a street brawl and is arrested for shoplifting.įALL: Returns to San Francisco, performs on KPFA radio’s Midnight Special. SPRING: Peter Albin and brother, Rodney, form their first band, the Liberty Hill Aristocrats – first gig at San Francisco Folk Festival. Pickens in a “progressive” bluegrass band), and Jim Gurley, Big Brother lead guitarist, at the Coffee Gallery, where they all perform on a semiregular basis. Meets Peter Albin, future bass player for Big Brother (played with J. Begins drinking heavily, also taking speed. Lives off passing the hat, part-time jobs and unemployment. Hangs out with David Crosby and Nick Gravenites. Sings Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey blues with folksingers Roger Perkins and Larry Hanks. Often sings a cappella at the Coffee Confusion and the Coffee Gallery, occasionally accompanied by Jorma Kaukonen (future guitarist with Jefferson Airplane). Two days later is singing in North Beach (San Francisco) coffeehouse, passing the hat for beers. JANUARY 23: Hitches to San Francisco with Chet.