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Big Brother and the Holding Company is a Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of Country Joe and the Fish, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane and Jerry Garcia. Those roots explain a lot about how Big Brother and the Holding Company arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Jimi Hendrix and Buffalo Springfield, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bryan Adams, Grateful Dead, MC5, The Grateful Dead and The Seeds, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Big Brother and the Holding Company, reaching back through Country Joe and the Fish and forward to Bryan Adams. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Big Brother and the Holding Company connections
Big Brother and the Holding Company grew out of Country Joe and the Fish, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane, shares an orbit with Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Cream and Jimi Hendrix, went on to shape Bryan Adams, Grateful Dead, MC5 and The Grateful Dead. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Big Brother and the Holding Company
Sounds and acts that shaped Big Brother and the Holding Company.
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- Grateful Deadartist
- Quicksilver Messenger Serviceartist
- Jefferson Airplaneartist
- Jerry Garciaartist
- The 13th Floor Elevatorsartist
- Roky Ericksonartist
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- Bob Dylanartist
- Peter, Paul and Maryartist
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- Bessie Smithartist
- Aretha Franklinartist
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- Albert Kingartist
- Tim Buckleyartist
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- Ultimate Spinachartist
- Piece of My Heartartist
- Erma Franklinartist
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Artists similar to Big Brother and the Holding Company
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Big Brother and the Holding Company.
- Janis Joplinartist
- Jefferson Airplaneartist
- Creamartist
- Jimi Hendrixartist
- Buffalo Springfieldartist
- The Animalsartist
- Blind Faithartist
- Trafficartist
- Ten Years Afterartist
- The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Bandartist
- Derek and the Dominosartist
- Eric Burdon & The Animalsartist
- Moby Grapeartist
- The Yardbirdsartist
- Grateful Deadartist
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- Spiritartist
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- The Mamas & the Papasartist
- Humble Pieartist
- Creedence Clearwater Revivalartist
- Freeartist
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Youngartist
- Kaleidoscopeartist
- Donovanartist
- Tommy James & The Shondellsartist
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