Birthday
1939/12/22
Day of death
2009/12/20 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan USA
Also know as
Big Brother and The Holding Company
James Martin Gurley (December 22, 1939 – December 20, 2009) was an American musician. 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.