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.
This passage describes him as the lead guitarist for the psychedelic/acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, which was fronted by Janis Joplin from 1966 to 1968.