KMHK: The Classic Rock Station » Live At The Carousel Ballroom http://kmhk.com Classic Rock That Really Rocks Sat, 18 May 2013 22:46:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Big Brother & The Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin, 'Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968′ – Album Review http://kmhk.com/big-brother-the-holding-company-featuring-janis-joplin-live-at-the-carousel-ballroom-1968-album-review/ http://kmhk.com/big-brother-the-holding-company-featuring-janis-joplin-live-at-the-carousel-ballroom-1968-album-review/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:00:59 +0000 Karen 'Gilly' Laney http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=52848 Big Brother & The Holding Company were an established rock band prior to Janis Joplin fronting them, and in June of 1966 when she auditioned for the band, things didn’t gel instantly.

Joplin’s gritty blues vocal seemed to clash with the heavy, psychedelic, free form tendencies of the group. Still, Joplin quickly adapted and once she got the hang of what Big Brother expected the lil’ gal from Texas blossomed, elevating herself and the band to a new intergalactic dimension.

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