The Weber Brothers

Date/Time
Date(s) - 13 Nov 2011
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Advance Admission: $15.00 ($20.00 at door)

Meal Available
We are also hosting an Italian meal as a fundraiser for next summers festival. If you are attending and wish to join us, please give us a call in advance (days, 345-1909), as we need to finalize the grocery list but quick. The meal will be $15 a plate, and will include Spaghetti, Meat Balls, Ceaser Salad and Garlic toast.

Baddest Band in the Land” CD Release and Tour

“To many, The Weber Brothers are the baddest band in the land. To many more their story sits like an ancient volume in an old bookstore, dust covered, tucked away behind hundreds of newer, shinier books. Untouched. Waiting to be discovered.

The two brothers from Baltimore, MD, Ryan and Sam Weber, were hell-bent on achieving rock n’ roll greatness. Their teenage years were spent playing in dives underage before getting up for school the next day and later a pilgrimage to the home of their hero, Ronnie Hawkins, leaving behind all they knew for the chance to learn from a master and further rising through the ranks of one of the most storied bands in rock music, thus becoming part of its very history. A lifetime of slugging it out in the proverbial pit that is the music business.

Call it bearing the torch passed to them from numerous rock icons with whom they’ve shared the stage – Ronnie Hawkins, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Johnnie Johnson, Kris Kristofferson, and more. Call it tenacity, passion, desire, need. The Weber Brothers aren’t in this for fame, for money, to be ‘cool’, to belong to a clique, to party. They’re in this for one reason – to be the best.

Their new recording, Baddest Band in the Land is as matter-of-fact as its title. Recorded in two days, live off the floor. 13 songs presenting an unexampled fusion of straight rock, pop, country, rhythm and blues, and the rockabilly style learned under Hawkins’ wing. Ryan’s beastly vocals and distinctive upright bass style along with Sam’s ship-steering guitar are staples of a unique, highly arranged sound. But the defining characteristic of the album is not in its individual elements, but the evident cohesion of a band firing on all cylinders. With longtime members Emmet VanEtten (drums), Shai Peer (keyboards) and multi-instrumentalist Tim Bracken, they create a tight, unified sound, the product of years of shared experience and work. It’s the sound of a band, not just five musicians playing at the same time.

“I’ve worked in the music business for over 50 years. It’s what I do and it’s what I know. The first time I heard The Weber Brothers I could tell they were above average in musical ability. They were exceptionally good. Right away I wanted to help them out. I let them stay with me free for a while, do some work around the farm, play some music and they eventually joined my band The Hawks.

Their talent was pretty obvious, but the thing that got me excited was their work ethic. I told them to practice and play, and that’s what they did. Whatever they’re playing, they’ve got this need to play it absolutely right, to be authentic. They’re just getting better and better and better. It’s tough doing what they do. That’s what I did. It means you want it.

People always ask me about those early days with The Band. I guess I could tell you lots of stories and try to tell you how great it was, but like they say, you had to be there. The only way to really understand what it’s like when a band does all that hard work and really becomes a band, is to be there when it happens. Well babies, it’s happening right now with The Weber Brothers. You want to catch them now and see it happen for yourself. Then you won’t have to ask me what those early days with The Weber Brothers were like.” -Ronnie Hawkins

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Tour Dates:

Oct 13-Lop Lops, Sault Ste Marie ON
Oct 14/15-Apollo,Thunder Bay ON
Oct 21/22-The Fez Club, Saskatoon SK
Oct 25- Phunkin Gruuve, Lloydminster AB
Oct 29-The Slice, Lethbridge AB
Nov 3-Canmore Hotel, Canmore AB
Nov 4/5-Mikey’s Juke Joint, Calgary AB
Nov 6-Black Diamond Hotel, Black Diamond AB
Nov 11-Park Theater, Winnipeg MB
Nov 13-The Legion, Lac Du Bonnet MB
Nov 18/19-Dakota Tavern, Toronto ON
Nov 25-The Legendary Red Dog, Peterborough ON
Dec 1-The Elmdale Tavern, Ottawa ON
Dec 2-Sticky Fingers, Barrie ON

Sarah French Publicity | 416-566-4188 |sarah@sarahfrenchpublicity.com

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