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Howdy, we are The True Brothers. Welcome to our website!
Ya, we do country, That's our bag, All other music is good, But to us it's a drag!!! Our BiographyTHE TRUE BROTHERS The True Brothers consists of Jacky and
Roger True. Both born in the early
1960s. Started out in talent shows
as True & True. Taken in part
from their favorite TV series Simon & Simon. Quite popular in their native North Carolina in the years
1990 - 94. Then in June of that
year changed their name to The True Brothers to drive home the fact that they
are indeed real life brothers. Appeared
in Nashville in the late 1990s at the International Country Music Fan Fair for
IFCO. And also in a major Country
Music Cookbook for the IFCO folks as well.
With C & W stars like George Strait, George Jones, Alan Jackson, etc.
Then in 1995 they starred in the motion picture, "The Dam",
which starred among others Barry Bell, who appeared in Matlock, The Young
Indiana Jones Chronicles, Maximum Overdrive and last but not least Love Struck.
With a soundtrack by Southern Culture on the Skids. Signed to Thunderbolt Records in 1999 of
Arizona. Have released 5 projects
for the label. With the first being
a tribute album to Country Superstar Webb Pierce.
Before the much publicized Gail Davies project on him.
"Hurt Her Once for Me" and their first all bluegrass, all
gospel album "The Third Man". Which
has been receiving national acclaim / attention in publications like Bluegrass
Unlimited, Power Source Magazine, Country Music People and Country Standard
Time. With liner notes by Charlie
Louvin of the World Famous Louvin Brothers and a Grand Ole Opry Member since
1955. He was inducted into the
Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. The talented twosome appeared on the Ernest
Tubb Midnight Jamboree on April 20, 2002 backed by the Opry Stage Band, which
included the legendary Jimmy Capps and Billy Linneman.
Since "The Third Man" CD the boys have released "Country
Gold" an album consisting of hit songs for the True's heroes like the
Wilburn Brothers' "Hurt Her Once for Me", Webb Pierce's "Honky
Tonk Song", Ernest Tubb's "Thanks A Lot", Hank Thompson's
"The Wild Side of Life", etc. The
package includes liner notes by David McCormick owner of the Ernest Tubb Record
Shops. And most recently an album
of all original tunes titled "Hymns and Other Songs We Wrote
Ourselves", which includes the guys number 24 bluegrass hit "There's a
Gate" according to Power Source Magazine of Nashville, governed by the CCMA
(Christian Country Music Association). Others
include two literary nods with "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (a novel
by Oscar Wilde) and "Jekyll Ol' Jekyll" based on the Robert Louis Stevenson's novel 'The Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', bluegrass toe
tappers like "That Banjo Picking Mama of Mine" and the biographical
song "We Do It for You". Liner
notes are done by Billy "Crash" Craddock of "Rub It In"
fame. The boys are in the process of going back
into the studio to record their first Christmas disc, due out in October 2004.
Inspired by the Wilburn Brothers, Teddy & Doyle along with the
Bellamy and Warren Brothers; they continue the long tradition of Country Singing
brother acts. Tracy Austin |
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Last modified: March 05, 2005 |
