Canadian Country Music Association
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The Good Brothers

The Good Brothers

  • Inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004
  • Birth: Bruce Good, Brian Good Toronto, ON, January 27, 1946 Larry GoodNewmarket, ON, January 25, 1952

    • Background:

    The Good Brothers have gained a worldwide audience over the course of their accomplished career. It all started when twins Bruce and Brian Good formed a folk group with Marty Steiger and Bruce's soon to be wife Margaret Queen. They were known as The Kinfolk and performed at folk clubs and coffeehouses in the mid to late 60's.

    In 1970 Bruce and Brian met James Ackroyd and formed a band simply called James and The Good Brothers. Their first show was at Maple Leaf Gardens with Grand Funk Railroad. Then came the cross Canada tour on the now famous Festival Express with such bands as The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Ian & Sylvia and The Band just to name a few. With a little help from friends The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, they recorded their first album on Columbia records.

    Later, James would choose to remain in the U.S. while the brothers would return home to Canada and recruit younger brother Larry. This was 1973 and would be the beginning of a wonderful musical trip. The Good Brothers. The brothers' first gig was at the legendary Toronto club The Riverboat, on May 14, 1974. They played simple music, straight from the heart that encompassed country, bluegrass, folk and the occasional taste from their rock and roll songbook. Fiddle tunes flowed as did original and cover songs, highlighted by Larry's banjo breaks, Bruce's award winning autoharp styles, their unique sibling harmonies and on-stage energy was captured best in their hit recordings of Fox On The Run, Brown Eyed Girl and Summertime.

    It wasn't long before The Good Brothers were packing Toronto's fabled El Mocambo five nights a week; breaking bar records, attendance records and exhausting determined dancers. Then there were eight straight Juno awards for Best Country Group, and headline gigs at Toronto's Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall, Ottawa's National Art Centre and the weeks at L.A.'s Universal Amphitheatre with Gordon Lightfoot. There was even a double gold album, The Good Brothers Live.

    For more information on The Good Brothers current activities, please visit www.thegoodbrothers.com

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