Editing Chet Helms (section)

==Janis Joplin==
To concertgoers, Helms' contributions to the music world, like introducing a singer he knew in Texas, [[Janis Joplin]], to the San Francisco music scene,<ref name="auto"/> were not always well publicized, but witnessing the final product of Joplin, with her powerful performances, was a spectacle. First introduced as a new bandmember of [[Big Brother and the Holding Company|Big Brother]], she brought what the [[Grateful Dead]], [[Quicksilver Messenger Service]], and Big Brother did not seem at that point to have – a lead singer to match Jefferson Airplane's [[Marty Balin]] and [[Signe Toly Anderson]].

With Joplin as the lead singer, Helms became the group's manager<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2009-dec-24-la-me-james-gurley24-2009dec24-story.html|title=James Gurley dies at 69; guitarist with Big Brother & the Holding Company|first=Valerie J.|last=Nelson|date=December 24, 2009|access-date=October 24, 2016|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and introduced them on stage when they made their crucial appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, a performance that marked Joplin's elevation to national prominence.<ref name="guardian.co.uk"/>