BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY FAMILY TREE

BLUE YARD HILL (JUL 1965 - SEPT 1965)
1) Peter Albin vocals, bass, guitar
2) Sam Andrew lead guitar
3) David 'Dave' Eskesen vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar
4) Chuck Jones drums
5) Paul Ferrez/Ferraz (aka Paul Beck) vocals, harp


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #1 (SEPT 1965 - OCT 1965)
1) Peter Albin
2) Sam Andrew
3) Dave Eskesen
4) Chuck Jones
5) Rodney 'Rod' Albin vocals


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #2 (OCT 1965 - NOV 1965)
1) Peter Albin
2) Sam Andrew
3) Dave Eskesen
4) Chuck Jones


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #3 (NOV 1965 - FEB 2?, 1966)
1) Peter Albin
2) Sam Andrew
3) Chuck Jones
4) James 'Jim' Gurley guitar
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5) Donald 'Don' Buchla synthesizer (play with them only on January 22, 1966)


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #4 (FEB 2?, 1966 - MAR ?, 1966)
1) Peter Albin
2) Sam Andrew
3) Jim Gurley
4) Fritz Kasten drums


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #5 (MAR ?, 1966)
1) Peter Albin
2) Sam Andrew
3) Jim Gurley
4) Norman 'Norm' Mayell drums


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #6 (MAR ?, 1966 - JUN 5, 1966)
1) Peter Albin
2) Sam Andrew
3) Jim Gurley
4) David 'Baby Dave' Getz drums
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5) Edward 'Ed' Bogas violin (play with them only at the Avalon Ballroom)

6) Dave McClean unknown instrument (play with them only at The Matrix)


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #7 (JUN 6, 1966 - DEC 1, 1968)
1) Peter Albin
2) Sam Andrew
3) Jim Gurley
4) David Getz
5) Janis Joplin lead vocals, tamburine, maracas


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #8 (DEC 1968 - MAR ?, 1969)
1) Peter Albin now moved to guitar
2) David Getz
3) David 'Dave' Nelson vocals, guitar
4) David 'Dave' Torbert vocals, bass


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #9 (JUL 2?, 1969 - JAN or FEB 1970)
1) Peter Albin
2) Sam Andrew
3) Jim Gurley
4) David Getz


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #10 (JAN or FEB 1970 - SUMMER 1970)

1) Peter Albin

2) Sam Andrew

3) Jim Gurley

4) David Getz
5) Nick 'The Greek' Gravenites lead vocals
6) David 'Schalloroma' Schallock vocals, guitar
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7) Michael 'Mike' Finnegan vocals, organ (occasional member)
8) Janis Joplin lead vocals, tamburine (return to sing live with them only on April 4 & 12, and May 21)


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #11 (SUMMER 1970 - JUN 2?, 1971)

1) Peter Albin

2) Sam Andrdew

3) Jim Gurley

4) David Getz

5) Nick Gravenites

6) David Schallock

7) Mike Finnegan

8) Kathi McDonald lead vocals


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #12 (JUN 2?, 1971 - DEC 1972)

1) Peter Albin

2) Sam Andrew

3) David Getz

4) Ted Ashford piano

5) Michael 'Mike' Pendergrass lead guitar

6) Kathi McDonald


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #13 (OCT 1, 1978)

1) Peter Albin

2) Sam Andrew

3) Jim Gurley

4) David Getz

5) Nick 'The Greek' Gravenites

6) Kathi McDonald


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #14 (JUL 1987 - 1996)

1) Peter Albin

2) Sam Andrew

3) Jim Gurley

4) David Getz

5) Michel Bastian lead vocals


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #15 (1996 - MAY 1997)

1) Peter Albin

2) Sam Andrew

3) Jim Gurley

4) David Getz

5) Lisa Battle lead vocals


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY  #16 (MAY 1997 - AUG 1998)

1) Peter Albin

2) Sam Andrew

3) David Getz

4) Lisa Battle

5) Tom Finch guitar


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #17 (AUG 1998 - 2000)

1) Peter Albin

2) Sam Andrew

3) David Getz

4) Tom Finch


BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY #18 (2000 - 200?)

1) Peter Albin

2) Sam Andrew

3) David Getz

4) Tom Finch

5) Lisa Mills lead vocals