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The Cousin Brothers

Bluegrass Music with Rock & Roll Attitude!

About Me

The Cousin Brothers have blazed their own trail, bringing their unique blend of rocked-up bluegrass and grassed-up rock and country to enthusiastic audiences. Voted Indianapolis' number one country band (and number two folk band) by the readers of Nuvo Magazine, the Cousin Brothers look forward to furthering their goal of world domination through power-grass.Since their inception in the fall of 2004, The Cousin Brothers have established themselves as a force in the central Indiana music scene. It is their unique blend of bluegrass, rock, country and comedy that has won them the respect of their musical peers and makes their high-energy live show a must-see experience that keeps audiences coming back for more.In 2005, founding members Ben Long and Kevin Vickery joined forces with percussionist T.R. Yelton, whose train beats augmented their sound and helped them to take power grass music to a new level. Later that year, the band added The latest addition the line-up is Dave Bagdade, a veteran bluegrass guitarist and vocalist, giving The Cousin Brothers three solid lead voices and two, multi-instrumental soloists. Their collaborative vocals incorporate influences ranging from Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and Lester Flatt, on the one hand, to Jerry Garcia, Tom Petty and James Hetfield.The Cousin Brothers' first studio project, entitled $200 Demo, is an eleven-song look into the group’s influences in rock and roll and country with “grassed up” remakes of such songs as Nine Inch Nails’ "Closer," Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and Skid Row’s "I Remember You," alongside more traditional bluegrass material. Rounding out the album is an original track entitled “Pre-op Tranny", a comedic look at an uncle going through a sex change. Since the release of $200 Demo, The Cousin Brothers have focused on writing new material for their forthcoming original CD.In 2006, the band completed its second recording, a 2-song CD single entitled "What a Rack," with all proceeds going to raise money for breast cancer related charities.Since September 2006, The Cousin Brothers have made weekly appearances on the Stuck n Gunner show on X103, WRZX-FM, to perform their original material as well as a weekly Colts rally song during the 2006 football season.----------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- body div table tbody tr td font {visibility:hidden;} ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------
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Member Since: 5/30/2006
Band Website: thecousinbrothers.com
Band Members: Kevin (Vick) Vickery: Bass/Vocals "Banjo-Ben" Long: Banjo/Guitar/Vocals/Harmonica "Uncle Dave" Bagdade, The Bluegrass Gui-terrorist: Lead Guitar, Vocals T.R. "The Human Train" Yelton: Drums------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------
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Influences: Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Junior Brown, Flatt and Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Hayseed Dixie, Hee Haw, Waylon and Shooter Jennings, Hank Williams I, II and III, Steve Earle, Tenacious D, Split Lip Rayfield, AC/DC, Van Halen, your mom, Del McCoury, Black Sabbath, cheap whiskey and free beer.
Sounds Like: Power-Grass = Farm-Rock = Field-Billy = Garage Grass = Flatland Hillbilly
Record Label: Yeah, right.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Doin' Time... In the Studio!

Yesterday The Cousin Brothers has a chance to make some new friends at a fine recording studio in the Noblesville area called Virtual Recording Studios, owned by Andy Leigh.  We laid down some t...
Posted by The Cousin Brothers on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:22:00 PST

Split Lip Rayfield show was killer!

Last night at Birdy's we had the opportunity to open the show for the legendary Split Lip Rayfield.  If you missed it, than you REALLY missed out.  Not just because The Cousin Brothers ...
Posted by The Cousin Brothers on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:41:00 PST

Superbowl Sunday = Christmas Day

Well, it's finally here.... Superbowl Sunday!  After an entire season of writing and playing songs about our beloved Indianapolis Colts, the day of the BIG GAME is finally here.   Perso...
Posted by The Cousin Brothers on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:37:00 PST

Reminder

 Hello cousins! How is everyone? Just a little reminder to all of you to be at Birdy's (71st and Keystone) on November 17th! This is the Semi Finals, so be there to supprort your favorite Powergr...
Posted by The Cousin Brothers on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:38:00 PST

Ben's Bar

  Last night The Cousin Brothers rocked Shirly Indiana. It was good to play to our home town crowd. (there are no bars in Kennard). The show went off without a hitch, and the band plowed through ...
Posted by The Cousin Brothers on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:51:00 PST