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The Half Brothers

I caught up with The Half Brothers in their rehearsal space: the house of guitarist Richard "Rick" Miller.  Mandolinist John Ackermann and banjo player David Nixon soon arrived, and we chatted while they waited for their warm-up coffee.  The topics ranged from the band's origins to how one goes about getting legal permission to do a bluegrass cover of "Rich Girl" by Hall & Oates.

THE HALF BROTHERS, purveyors of their own patented brand of bluegrass and acoustic roots music, have been entertaining Seattle audiences with dynamic picking, hilarious and sometimes poignant lyrics and lush mountain harmonies for the last year. Sharing backgrounds in music and theatre (mandolinist John Ackermann and banjo player David Nixon are founding members of music/ performance-art collective “Awesome” and guitarist Rick Miller is a stalwart of the Seattle theatre scene,) the Half Brothers’ goofy on-stage charm belies some serious musical and songwriting chops.  - seattleperforms.com

For more on the Half Brothers, check out their MySpace page.

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