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The Bacon Brothers | |
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 The Bacon Brothers performing live in NYC in 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | United States |
| Genres | Country rock Folk rock |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Members | Kevin Bacon Michael Bacon Paul Guzzone Tim Quick Joe Mennonna Frank Vilard |
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The Bacon Brothers is an American music duo consisting of brothersMichael Bacon andKevin Bacon.
Although they have played music together since they were boys, the brothers have only been a working band since 1994. Having heard the brothers' music, a childhood friend approached them about doing a one night only gig in their hometown of Philadelphia at theTheatre of Living Arts under the moniker The Bacon Brothers. Since then, the band has gone on to release seven studio albums, appear on numerous radio, television, and web programs, and on many tours throughout North America and Europe. The brother's first studio release in 1997 was entitledForosoco, derived from what the brothers describe their genre to be as a mix of folk, rock, soul, and country.
The Bacon Brothers also appear onSandra Boynton's children's CDsDog Train, andPhiladelphia Chickens, on which they sing the title track. Their song "Chop Wood (Carry Water)" is on the soundtrack of the 2004 filmThe Woodsman, which Kevin produced and starred in. Their song "When You Decide You've Stayed Too Long" is on the soundtrack of the 2003 filmRed Betsy. Kevin starred in and producedLoverboy with his wifeKyra Sedgwick, which Michael also scored.
In January 2006, the Bacon Brothers appeared on an episode ofQueer Eye for the Straight Guy. The episode featuredMichael Bacon as the episode's "straight guy" and makeover recipient, and ended with both Bacon Brothers performing.In 2008, Michael composed many soundtracks for television, including the soundtrack for the PBS mini seriesThe Jewish Americans andThe Kennedys for which he won an Emmy.
In February 2009, the Bacon Brothers were the special guests for Episode 16 ofLive from Daryl's House,Daryl Hall's (of Hall & Oates fame) monthly free internet concert. They performed four tracks off their most recent album, as well as some cover songs and the Hall & Oates track "When the Morning Comes".
In April 2009 they recorded "Private Sessions" which aired on the A&E channel. A new single, "Guilty of the Crime", a duet withThe Bellamy Brothers, was released in June 2009.
On June 27, 2009 The Bacon Brothers gave a brief concert, for the fundraisers who climbed to the top ofPikes Peak, Colorado, in support of the Love Hope Strength Foundation. The event was videoed byMatt Carpenter, high altitude marathoner and posted on their Myspace page.[1] Later that night, The Bacon Brothers played a concert at the Denver Hard Rock Cafe. Also playing wereCy Curnin ofThe Fixx, andThe White Buffalo.
The Bacon Brothers toured throughout the US East Coast during the summer of 2009 promoting their fifth studio albumNew Years Day released November 2008. During that tour, the band was a headliner for theWXPN Xpotential Music Festival in Camden, New Jersey. The festival performance featured an appearance from musicians from the Mummers to perform the title track of the record.
The next studio album entitled36¢ was released on September 16, 2014 after an extensive summer of touring throughout North America. The title song of the album was penned by Michael. "Get a Little", the fourth song of the album written by Kevin was originally written with the intention of being sung by a young country singer but was ultimately left to be performed by the band. The album also features an unplugged version of theAlanis Morissette song "You Learn" and the version of "Above the Clouds" recorded from the band'sLive from Daryl's House segment from 2009, featuringTom Wolk on guitar.
On June 1, 2018, the band released its self-titled album, marking the band's seventh studio release and was produced by formerSaturday Night Live musical director,G.E. Smith. The first track on the album, "Tom Petty T-Shirt", hit #8 oniTunes andSpotify, in addition to receiving airplay on Tom Petty Radio onSiriusXM. The song was originally nationally debuted on April 26, 2018 onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The tracks "I Feel You" and "Broken Glass" feature background vocals from Kevin's wife,Kyra Sedgwick and their daughter, actressSosie Bacon. Sosie was also featured in the band's music video for "Broken Glass". "Beneath Perfection", the eighth track of the record was written by Kevin while filming the cult classicTremors, which was originally namedBeneath Perfection. The final track, "Boys in Bars" originally featured on the band's first studio recordForosoco, was re-recorded at Lehman College Studios in 2016, whereMichael Bacon currently teaches as an Associate Professor in the Music program.[2]
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