Be a Brother explained

Be a Brother
Type:studio
Artist:Big Brother and the Holding Company
Cover:Be a Brother.jpg
Released:October 1970
Recorded:1970
Genre:Psychedelic rock
Length:35:09
Label:Columbia
Producer:Nick Gravenites
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Be a Brother is the third album by Big Brother and the Holding Company, released in October 1970. It was their first album after Janis Joplin's departure. Recruited in her place were guitarist David Shallock and singer-songwriters Nick Gravenites and Kathi McDonald.[1]

Included are ten original Holding Company compositions; though "Home on the Strange" is credited as "Arranged and adapted by P. Albin and S. Andrew", it is in fact a new composition with no apparent derivation from any public domain work.

Track listing

  1. "Keep On" (Sam Andrew, Peter Albin, David Getz, James Gurley, David Schallock) – 4:21
  2. "Joseph's Coat" (Nick Gravenites, John Cipollina) – 3:10
  3. "Home on the Strange" (Albin, Andrew) – 2:15
  4. "Someday" (Andrew) – 2:17
  5. "Heartache People" (Gravenites) – 6:36
  6. "Sunshine Baby" (Andrew, Albin, Getz, Gurley, Shallock) – 3:30
  7. "Mr. Natural" (Andrew) – 3:31
  8. "Funkie Jim" (Andrew, Albin, Getz, Gurley, Shallock, Gravenites) – 3:47
  9. "I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle" (Gravenites) – 3:14
  10. "Be a Brother" (Gravenites) – 3:04

Personnel

Big Brother and the Holding Company

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Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Be a Brother - Review. allmusic.com. March 1, 2015.

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