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Be A Brother / How Hard It Is

Big Brother and The Holding Company

Initial release : 2008

Acadia

Two-on-one CD release of the third and fourth Big Brother albums.

Tracks

  • Keep On (Andrew / Albin / Getz / Gurley)
  • Joseph's Coat (Gravenites / Cipollina)
  • Home on the Strange (arr. Albin / Andrew)
  • Someday (Andrew)
  • Heartache People (Gravenites)
  • Sunshine Baby (Andrew / Albin / Getz / Gurley / Shallock)
  • Mr. Natural (Andrew)
  • Funkie Jim (Andrew / Albin / Getz / Gravenites / Gurley / Shallock)
  • I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle (Gravenites)
  • Be a Brother (Gravenites)
  • How Hard It Is (Getz / Andrew)
  • You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby (Rivera / Hirsch / Garnett)
  • House on Fire (Getz / Rappaport)
  • Black Widow Spider (Andrew)
  • Last Band on Side One (Andrew / Roscoe)
  • Nu Boogaloo Jam (Andrew / Nudelman)
  • Maui (Andrew / Roscoe)
  • Shine On (Albin / Andrew / Getz)
  • Buried Alive in the Blues (Gravenites)
  • Promise Her Anything But Give Her Arpeggio (Schallock)
Musicians

Tracks 1 to 10;

  • Peter Albin - bass, guitar
  • Sam Andrew - guitar, vocals
  • David Getz - drums, piano
  • James Gurley - guitar
  • Nick Gravenites - vocals
  • David Schallock - guitar, vocals
  • Michael Finnigan
  • Richard Greene - violin
  • Janis Joplin - harmony vocals (on Mr. Natural)
  • Ira Kamin - keyboards
  • Kathi McDonald - vocals
  • Tower of Power Horns
Tracks 11 to 20;
  • Sam Andrew - guitar, vocals
  • James Gurley - bass
  • Peter Albin - bass, guitar, mandolin, vibraslap
  • David Getz - drums, piano, marimba, percussion
  • Mike Finnigan - organ, piano, vocals
  • David Schallock - guitar
  • Kathi McDonald - vocals
  • Nick Gravenites - vocals
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