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Be a Brother

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Released
  
October 1970

Length
  
35:09

Release date
  
October 1970

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
1970

Be a Brother(1970)
  
How Hard It Is(1971)

Producer
  
Nick Gravenites

Genre
  
Psychedelic rock

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Artist
  
Big Brother and the Holding Company

Similar
  
Big Brother and the Holding Company albums, Psychedelic rock albums

Be a Brother is an album by Big Brother and the Holding Company, released in 1970. It was their first album after Janis Joplin's departure. Recruited in her place were guitarist David Shallock and singer-songwriter Nick Gravenites.

Contents

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

  • Nick Gravenites - lead (2, 5, 8-10) and backing vocals
  • Sam Andrew - guitar, lead (1, 4, 6, 7) and backing vocals
  • David Schallock - guitar, backing vocals
  • Peter Albin - guitar
  • James Gurley - bass, guitar
  • David Getz - drums, piano

    • Chart listing

    Billboard 200 - No. 134

    Songs

    1Keep On4:19
    2Joseph's Coat3:10
    3Home on the Strange2:14

    References

    Be a Brother Wikipedia
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