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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.
Does it say why it took time to accept Janis Joplin?
Her music was completely different from that which Big Brother and the Holding Company was playing at that time.
Did Big Brother and the Holding Company eventually have positive things to say about Janis Joplin?
The band started to increase its popularity in the San Francisco psychedelic scene.
Did Big Brother and the Holding Company win any awards or accolades with Janis Joplin?
Their 1968 album Cheap Thrills is considered one of the masterpieces of the psychedelic sound of San Francisco; it reached number one on the Billboard charts
Did Janis Joplin leave Big Brother and the Holding Company?
At the end of the summer of 1968, Janis Joplin announced that she was leaving Big Brother and the Holding Company in the fall of that year.

Question: Did they tour or play in bars?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Big Brother and the Holding Company tour or play in bars?