translate English to German: After a brief return to Port Arthur and a failed engagement she again moved to San Francisco in 1966 , where her bluesier vocal style saw her join Big Brother and The Holding Company, who were gaining some renown amongst the nascent hippie community in Haight-Ashbury. The band signed a deal with independent Mainstream Records and recorded an eponymously titled album in 1967 .
1966 schloss sie sich in San Francisco der Big Brother And The Holding Company an, mit der sie 1967 erfolgreich beim Montery Pop Festival auftrat und 1968 für Columbia Records die LP Cheap Thrills herausbrachte.