The Felice Brothers

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The Felice Brothers
Origin New York, United States
Genre(s) Rock, Americana, folk rock, country rock, Roots Rock
Label(s) Team Love


The Felice Brothers are a Folk Rock / Country Rock band from upstate New York founded in 2006[1]. It is comprised of the five main members Ian, Simone, James Felice, and their friend Christmas, previously a traveling dice player. They have been joined by Farley, a washboard player and fiddler, and others who at times had a horn section to the band. The three brothers are from the Catskill Mountains of New York. They hail from Palenville, NY, twenty minutes from Woodstock, NY.[2]. Ian is the main vocalist and plays the guitar and piano. James contributes vocals and plays the accordion, organ, and piano. Simone is the drummer as well as a vocalist and a guitarist. Christmas plays the bass guitar.


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[edit] History

The Felice Brothers got their start as a band playing in the New York City Subway[2], but their musical experience started much earlier, the sons of a carpenter they would play together on Sundays at their father's afternoon barbecues[3]. They stayed in a little apartment in Brooklyn[2] and would play at the Subway stations near 42nd. Street and Union Square in Greenwich Village[4]. Now they tour the country, traveling in their "Short Bus"[1]. They went to England in the summer of 2007 to play a handful of shows[4].

Their self-released debut album was Through These Reins and Gone[3] followed by Tonight At the Arizona released in 2007.[2] Through These Reins and Gone made it onto Radio Woodstock WDST's top 25 albums of 2006, and is available on payplay.fm [5] Their most recent Album is Adventures of the Felice Brothers Vol. 1. "We put one record out on an English label, and we've released all the other stuff ourselves" as James Felice said it[3]. Their music is almost impossible to get your hands on unless you find yourself at one of their shows. The Felice Brothers have played at Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble in Woodstock, NY and have just concluded a tour with Bright Eyes[4]. On January 7, it was announced on www.team-love.com The Felice Brothers had signed a record deal with Team Love Records. The Brothers will play at Mountain Jam at Hunter Mountain again this year They will also play at The 2008 Clearwater festival, and Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN.

[edit] Tonight At the Arizona

Tonight At the Arizona was released in 2007 on English Label Loose Music and is currently available as an import. It is also available on iTunes along with Through These Reins and Gone. The influence of Bob Dylan and The Band is evident many of their songs, such as "The Ballad of Lou the Welterweight", a roots revivalist folk ballad "...based on a story my grandpa used to tell us about" as James Felice put it[3]. The imperfections in the recording of "Hey Hey Revolver" are supposedly from a lightning strike during the recording of the song[2].

[edit] Track Listing

  1. "Roll On Arte"
  2. "Ballad Of Lou The Welterweight"
  3. "Hey Hey Revolver"
  4. "Your Belly In My Arms"
  5. "Lady Day"
  6. "T For Texas"
  7. "Rockefeller Druglaw Blues"
  8. "Mercy"
  9. "Christmas Song"
  10. "Going Going Gone"
  11. "Take This Hammer (Live)"

[edit] Adventures of The Felice Brothers Vol. 1

Adventures of The Felice Brothers Vol. 1 is available directly from the band at live shows. It was recorded on two-track tape in a chicken coop, “People seem to think that’s weird, but it was normal to us,” Felice said. “It was like a little tiny dirty house"[1]. This album features "Frankie's Gun!", perhaps their most widely recognized song. Adventures of The Felice Brothers Vol. 1 was listed as number 3 on WDST's Top 25 Albums of 2007, being beat only by Bruce Springsteen and Levon Helm. Adventures also contains their covers of two classic folk songs. A song called Ruby Mae is also based on their grandpa's "old sweetheart" as the brothers say. [3]. "Where'd You Get the Liquor" is a version of "Old Dan Tucker" and "Glory Glory" is a rendition of "Can the Circle be Unbroken".

[edit] Track Listing

  1. "Frankie's Gun!"
  2. "Trouble Been Hard"
  3. "Ruby Mae"
  4. "Radio Song"
  5. "Helen Fry (She's A Master Of Disguise)"
  6. "Walk A While"
  7. "Whiskey In My Whiskey"
  8. "Doris Day"
  9. "Oxycontin"
  10. "Where'd You Get The Liquor"
  11. "The Devil Is Real"
  12. "Glory Glory"
  13. "San Antonio Burning"

[edit] The Felice Brothers

The Felice Brothers is the Brothers' debut in "brick and mortar" retailers in America as the brothers have said it. The Felice Brothers will be available from Team Love Records on 4 March 2008. It includes five tracks previously released on their hard to find Adventures of the Felice Brothers Vol. 1.

[edit] Track Listing

  1. "Little Ann"
  2. "Greatest Show On Earth"
  3. "Frankie's Gun!"
  4. "Goddamn You, Jim"
  5. "Wonderful Life"
  6. "Don't Wake The Scarecrow"
  7. "Take This Bread"
  8. "Saint Stephen's End"
  9. "Love Me Tenderly"
  10. "Ruby Mae"
  11. "Murder By Mistletoe"
  12. "Whiskey In My Whiskey"
  13. "Helen Fry"
  14. "Radio Song"
  15. "Tip Your Way"

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Bumgardner, Ed, 8 November 2007, 'Music Notes: Felice Brothers are earthy, their music visceral' Relish Now!.
  2. ^ a b c d e Fleming, Amy, 2007-11-26, 'We don't care if we suck', The Guardian.
  3. ^ a b c d e Lisle, Andria, 2 November 2007, 'Roots-revivalist wind propels earthy band', Comercialappeal.
  4. ^ a b c Barry, John W., 22 November 2007, 'Felice Brothers: Band enjoying living its music', Poughkeepsie Journal.
  5. ^ Through These Reins and Gone by The Felice Brothers MP3 Downloads + free music download on PayPlay.FM

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