TEXAS BROTHERS

Bio

It all started in late 1995,when a company of four guys decided to make a blues band. It took a lot of experimenting and

rehearsing for the band to find its true path: Texas blues/rock! They decided to stick to a basic 4-piece format (2 guitars

and vocals, bass, drums), though they occasionally enjoy playing with the addition of a saxophone, keyboards or

additional guest vocalist. Texas Brothers have played many gigs (in Athens mostly) in various clubs, pubs, parties etc

(even at celebrations like one in the U.S. ambassadors house! and other unexpected occasions…)

Many people were introduced to the band when they opened some of the shows of Greece’s top blues act, Blues Wire.

They have also shared stage with American blues man Michael Dotson (former guitarist in the well known blues band

Magic Slim and the Teardrops), Johnny Vavouras , Jim Ioannou from Blues Cargo and many others. Texas Brothers play

loud and proud Texas blues, pacing boogies, danceable swingin’ blues, rock n roll, rockabilly and old classic rock music.

A few of their influences are : Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Dr. Feelgood, B.B.King, Z.Z.Top, Stray Cats, Albert

Collins, Albert King, John Campbell, Elmore James, Buddy Guy, Freddie King ,T-Bone Walker, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy

Waters, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran , George Thorogood ,Chris Duarte ,Otis Rush, Eric

Clapton and many many more! Texas Brothers always perform with a lot of feeling, expressive guitar solo’s and vocals,

driving grooves and real old “vintage” sound!

Gear and sound

Texas Brothers have quite a lot of gear to select from, according to what style of music they are going to play. They usually have a lot of stratocasters, some real old ones and some

custom-made, teles, les pauls and hollowbodies (like a great Brian Setzer model Gretch guitar!). For amplification, they always use old tube amplifiers like blackface Fenders (super

reverb, twin reverb and deluxe reverb) and old, classic and modified Marshals. For effects they always used old stomp boxes or some new modified ones and even a few custom made!

They always try to have that Texas “twangy” stratocaster sound, but not only that! Searing lead sounds with razorblade highs, fat Gibson tones with thick mids and deep bottom-end and

fuzzy, crazy, psychedelic Hendrix reminiscent solos are all part of a Texas Brothers performance!

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Links

Texas Brothers related links
http://texasbrothers.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/texasbrothers
http://www.soundclick.com/texasbrothers

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