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Andrew, Sam

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Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingAndrew, Sam
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See alsoCorporate body: Big Brother & the Holding Co. (Musical group)
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Associated placeSan Francisco (Calif.)
Birth date19411218
Death date20150215
Place of birthTaft (Calif.)
Place of deathSan Rafael (Calif.)
Field of activityRock music
Profession or occupationRock musicians Singers Guitarists Composers Lyricists Artists
Found inThe lost tapes, p2008: insert (Sam Andrew)
Wikipedia, WWW, July 28, 2011 (b. 18 Dec., 1941, Sam Houston Andrew III, in Taft, California; an American musician, singer, songwriter, composer, artist and founding member and guitarist of Big Brother and the Holding Company; involved in the San Francisco folk and rock music scene of the 1960s; lives in northern California)
New York times (online), viewed Feb. 18, 2015 (in obituary published Feb. 16: Sam Andrew; b. Sam Houston Andrew III, Dec. 18, 1941, Taft, Calif.; d. Thursday [Feb. 12, 2015], San Rafael, Calif., aged 73; as a founder of the band Big Brother and the Holding Company, was a mainstay of the fertile San Francisco rock scene of the 1960s and played a key role in Janis Joplin's early career)
Associated languageeng