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Big Brother & The Holding Company
The one-time house band at San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom, Big Brother & The Holding Company was an early Bay Area sensation, but their raw,...
Archie Bell & The Drells
In 1967, Texan Archie Bell received his draft letter from the US Army. Bell was understandably depressed at the prospect of going to serve...
John Prine
Signed to Atlantic with the help of Kris Kristofferson, 25-year-old John Prine released his country-tinged eponymous debut LP in 1971, just as the Vietnam War was peaking.
Prine got stuck...
Roky Erickson & The Aliens
Busted for marijuana possession in his home state of Texas in 1969, Roky Erickson of The 13th Floor Elevators (pictured below right) copped an insanity plea...
New York Dolls, The
Arthur Kane and his best friend, George Fedorcik formed a band at high school in New York. Fedorcik adopted the alias Rick Rivets and...
