Cary Brothers

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Cary Brothers (2007)

Cary Brothers (* 1974 ) is an American singer from Nashville , Tennessee .

biography

As a child he began to sing - influenced by Elvis Presley . He started playing the piano at the age of eleven, but switched to the guitar at the age of 13. His music shows many influences, from folk of the 1970s to British New Wave of the 1980s.

Cary Brothers have released two EPs so far , All the Rage and Waiting for Your Letter with only four and five songs respectively. His most famous song is likely to be Blue Eyes . Old friend Zach Braff ( Scrubs ) put this song on the soundtrack of his film Garden State , which won a Grammy for Best Compilation in 2005. Similar to Joshua Radin , Braff also provided Cary Brothers with several recordings of songs on Scrubs and a guest appearance in the fourth season of the series. Songs by Brothers were also used in other series such as Bones , Smallville , Grey's Anatomy or Emergency Room - The Emergency Room and Braff included Brothers' Song Ride on the soundtrack for his next film, The Last Kiss .

His two EPs reached the top of the iTunes folk charts, his song Blue Eyes reached the top 50 of the iTunes singles chart. The success on the internet also continued on his MySpace page, where his songs have been played over 4 million times.

Brothers performs regularly as part of the musical community at the Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles . His tours have taken him across the US and Canada with artists such as Liz Phair , KT Tunstall , Aqualung , Imogen Heap and The Fray . Together with Tom McRae he also brought the Hotel Cafe Tour to Europe and was on various stages in Europe in spring 2008, for example, together with Tom McRae, Greg Laswell , Jim Bianco , Brian Wright and Catherine Feeny .

His first solo album Who You Are was released on May 29, 2007 in the USA. A few months later, on September 30, 2007, it was also available in Germany.

Discography

EPs

  • 2004 - All The Rage
  • 2005 - Waiting For Your Letter

LPs

  • 2007 - Who You Are
  • 2010 - Under Control

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