Biography
Brother Bones is a rootsy folk-rock band based in Ottawa, Canada. The group features three distinct songwriters creating a unique blend of original material with influences that include the Band, Tom Waits, and Elvis Costello.
• Dave Munroe: Acoustic guitar, vocals
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• David Paré: Acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Paul Paré: Electric guitar, vocals
• Richard Pinet: Drums, vocals
• Paul Skene: Electric and upright basses
Brother Bones is also Freeman Davis (October 4, 1902 – June 14, 1974) who was an American whistling and bone playing recording artist best known by his stage name Brother Bones.
Davis, born in Montgomery, Alabama, is best rememberd for his 1949 recording of the 1925 standard "Sweet Georgia Brown". It became internationally famous after being adopted as the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team in 1952. Notably, the bass line for this track uses the Novachord, a very early electronic synthesizer more prominently featured on the B side of the record. Despite the success of this record, Brother Bones himself remained relatively unknown.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.