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The Cohen Brothers
« Thread Started on Mar 29, 2010, 10:15pm »

Hi All

Great to be part of the community here, and lovely to be able to share a mutual love of Marc's music.

My own band are The Cohen Brothers (I didn't want the added "e" - but I got voted out !) - we have "Rainy Season" in our set & you can hear our version of Marc's version of "Isn't That So" on our album playing at www.myspace.com/thecohenbrothers

Can't wait for Marc's new album - its such a great concept - its just fantastic to be able to play songs that inspire you - and to hear Marc's renditions will be one of my highlights of this year.

I just hope he comes to the UK to play for us !

Speak soon

J

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Re: The Cohen Brothers
« Reply #1 on Mar 30, 2010, 3:06am »

Julian

You and me both!

Welcome...great sounding Isn't That So. I may catch you in a gig - my mother lives in Worcester so I could combine a trip to see her. But you have to promise to play at least a couple of Cohn tunes, as well as some JT...

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« Reply #2 on Mar 30, 2010, 8:32am »

Wow, Shawn - this is quite a small world isn't it !

We play at The Lamb in West Malvern on Friday 9th April if you are around, it would be lovely to meet you.

Marc was a major reason for me starting up singing and playing again after many "dormant" years - Bob Harris regularly played Rainy Season, Ghost Train, SIlver Thunderbird, Things We Handed Down etc on his late night programmes in the 90's & 00's and I realised how little of Marcs music I really knew.

I started up with Pete (who plays percussion in the band) just trying to work some of Marcs tunes and the 2 of us played around the West Mids - then, after meeting up with an old drummer buddy Dave (we had a band together as teens - almost 30 yrs ago !) we started writing our own material - found an incredibly gifted electric guitar player (Sean) and after a succession of bass players (including Russ who played some lovely upright bass on our CD) we finally have Brian who brings a more bluesy edge with a touch of funk & jazz.

At the moment only Rainy Season & Isn't That So are in the bands set - to get gigs we have responded to people saying we have a Steve Winwood feel by bringing in a few of his & live we tend to build the set from a chilled/laid-back groove to a more rocky/funky end - seems to go down well

I want to bring some other Marc tunes in - "Levon" has been in & out and I'm going to try to get it back in - "Oleana" is on my target list, its just such a great song

If there are any tracks you like on myspace - just drop me a note & I'll email you mp3's

and last but not least, thanks for setting up this resource - its fantastic to have a place to chat ! ..... lets keep plugging away at getting Marc to visit here again - I've never seen him live, although been sorely tempted to get over to the US to see him - which I may well do this year

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J

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Re: The Cohen Brothers
« Reply #3 on Mar 30, 2010, 4:15pm »

Thanks Julian. April is too short notice but the Worcester Music Festival is in the diary.

I travelled to the States in 2007 just to see Marc in concert in Dallas and Austin. It was worth the trip!!!!!!

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« Reply #4 on Apr 18, 2010, 5:31pm »

Just heard we are now confirmed for headlining Friday 20th Aug at 22:00 at The Old Rectifying House" in Worcester (UK) http://www.theoldrec.co.uk/ a newly renovated bar/restaurant based in an old boathouse on the river in the heart of Worcester.

Rainy Season & Isn't That So are firmly in the set - plenty of time for a couple more !

The festival runs across the town in Worcesters many bars and clubs - the info will be posted up here http://www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk/ as it develops

Other gigs & updates for us are at www.myspace.com/thecohenbrothers

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Re: The Cohen Brothers
« Reply #5 on Apr 21, 2010, 2:25pm »

Looking forward to it.
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