Zurück
T
Band

The Felice Brothers

USA gegr. 2006 Website
2 Alben
Biografie
The Felice Brothers are a Folk Rock / Country Rock band from upstate New York founded in 2006[1]. It is comprised of the five main members Ian, Simone, James Felice, their friends Christmas, previously a traveling dice player, and Gregory, who is considered a young Sinatra. The three brothers are from the Catskill Mountains of New York. They hail from Palenville, NY, twenty minutes from Woodstock, NY.[2]. Ian is the main vocalist and plays the guitar and piano. James contributes vocals and plays the accordion, organ, piano, and fiddle. Simone is the drummer as well as a vocalist and a guitarist. Christmas plays the bass guitar.

History

The Felice Brothers got their start as a band playing in the New York City Subway[2], but their musical experience started much earlier, the sons of a carpenter they would play together on Sundays at their father's afternoon barbecues[3]. They stayed in a little apartment in Brooklyn[2] and would play at the Subway stations near 42nd. Street and Union Square in Greenwich Village[4]. Now they tour the country, traveling in their "Short Bus"[1]. They went to England in the summer of 2007 to play a handfull of shows[4].

Their self-released debut album was Through These Reins and Gone[3] followed by Tonight At the Arizona released in 2007.[2] Through These Reins and Gone made it onto Radio Woodstock WDST's top 25 albums of 2006. Their most recent Album is Adventures of the Felice Brothers Vol. 1. "We put one record out on an English label, and we've released all the other stuff ourselves" as James Felice said it[3]. Their music is almost impossible to get your hands on unless you find yourself at one of their shows. The Felice Brothers have played at Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble in Woodstock, NY and have just concluded a tour with Bright Eyes[4]. On January 7, it was announced on www.team-love.com The Felice Brothers had signed a record deal with Team Love Records. The Brothers will play at Mountain Jam at Hunter Mountain again this year They will also play at The 2008 Clearwater festival.

Quelle: Wikipedia (EN)