The Weber Brothers

Bio:

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There are bands for which rock and roll is a lifestyle, and then there are bands for which it is life.

At an age when most boys are still dreaming of rock stardom, the Weber Brothers were too busy working to care. Four sets a night, four nights a week, the brothers perfected their hard-won sound in Maryland dive bars they were often too young to frequent. Inspired by their intense love of Scorcese’s classic concert film “The Last Waltz,” Ryan and Sam sent off a self-recorded demo tape to the legendary Ronnie Hawkins, the elder statesman of rock whose former protégés (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, et al.) went on to reshape the music history as The Band. Duly impressed by the pair's immense raw talent, Hawkins promptly invited them to audition for his storied backing band, The Hawks.

One quick decision and one long van ride later, they arrived at Hawkins’ rural Ontario home, and after surviving the intense musical apprenticeship of his fabled “Rock ‘n’ Roll Bootcamp,” they were in: full-blooded Hawks. Ten years and six self-released albums later, the Webers have spread their wings, shared the stage with icons like Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Leon Russell, Derek Trucks and Kris Kristofferson, and toured extensively throughout the US, Canada, and Europe.

“Left Right Left Right,” their seventh release, is nothing less than a rebirth of The Weber Brothers sound. A double album of 26 original songs, it fuses the stomping country rock learned at Hawkins’ knee with the brothers' own love of pop music in all its splendor, from gorgeous “Pet Sounds”/ “White Album” vocal harmonies to blacktop-burning 50’s rockabilly, full-throated Crazy Horse anthems to classic corner group doo-wop. Tightly focused in execution yet epic in scope, “Left Right Left Right” is the Weber Brothers at their finest.







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Members:

Ryan Weber: Upright Bass, Electric Bass, Vocals
Sam Weber: Guitar, Vocals
Shai Cookie Peer: Piano, Organ
Emmet Corndog VanEtten: Drums

Influences:

The Band, Ronnie Hawkins, Chuck Berry/ Johnnie Johnson, The Beatles, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Carl Perkins, Merle Haggard, Leon Russell, Cash, Paul McCartney, Muddy Waters, Hank Williams, Little Richard, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, B.B. King, Bo Diddley, Gene Vincent, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Various Artists

Sounds Like:

"They have the talent to be as big as anyone in the world."
-Ronnie Hawkins

"enthusiasm, energy wise the band is great...consistently they're great..."
-Garth Hudson (of The Band)

"I hate the Weber Brothers. Granted, it's a hatred totally based on jealousy, but it's one any self-respecting music fan can appreciate... you'd think another reel of the Basement Tapes had been unearthed. If you're searching for the perfect disc to spin between Desire and Music From Big Pink, look no further."
-NOW Magazine