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When did Janis Joplin start with Big Brother and the Holding Company?
Janis Joplin sang for the first time with Big Brother and the Holding Company in 1966.
Did the other band members from Big Brother and the Holding Company accept Joplin?
It took a while for some of the band's followers to accept the new singer and her current boyfriend, keyboardist Stephen Ryder.

Question: Does it say why it took time to accept her?
Self-contained rewrite: Does it say why it took time to accept Janis Joplin?