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James Gurley

Specialty
Acting
Birth
December 22, 1939 · 69 years
Death
December 20, 2009
Origin
Detroit, Michigan USA

Technical Alias

Big Brother and The Holding Company

Professional Trajectory

James Martin Gurley (December 22, 1939 – December 20, 2009) was an American musician. He is best known as the principal lead guitarist of Big Brother and the Holding Company, a psychedelic/acid rock band from San Francisco which was fronted by singer Janis Joplin from 1966 to 1968.

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