"The Demons of Diversity - The Sultans of the 60's"
"After listening to the Brymers fourth CD release ("Never Too Old To Rock-n-Roll")
I can sum up the 20 track installment in four words. These guys are "The Demons of Diversity." This CD is a treasure that offers something to all music lovers. Take a spin with "The Sultans of the 60's and I guarantee that you will want to get up and dance."
David Anthony, Oldies D.J.
Fresno, CA
September, 2009
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"Never Too Old To Rock-n-Roll"
- “The Brymers are back .... again ! As a follow up to "40 Year Brotherhood", The Brymers have released a new CD entitled "Never Too Old To Rock N Roll". It's a great mix of that 60's Good Time Rock & Roll. My favorite cuts include "I Want To Tell You" which is a great gentle rocking number and "Cowgirl Delight." “Cowgirl Delight” has that kind of sound that makes you want listen to it again right away ! And, a Brymers CD would not be complete without a standout instrumental and "Fit Me In" fills the bill. We get a return visit from the Iceman channeling Wolfman Jack & some great studio chatter just for fun. But THAT'S what the Brymers are all about... FUN ! If you like "40 Year Brotherhood" you need to check out "Never Too Old To Rock N Roll" !
Mike Lytle, D.J.
KKFI FM
Kansas City
September, 2009
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The "40 Year Brotherhood " Cd is BRILLIANT - EXCELLENT! We have enjoyed it immensly, and have added tracks from it to our playlists. Your presentation of music, inside the style and personality reflected in the tracks is very refreshing. Keep it up. Many thanks again, and please stay in touch. Kind regards Graham J Barclay graham@soundwavefm.co.nz
Grahanm Barclay
SoundWave FM
New Zealand
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Richard: I like the Cd very much, am very interesting and of great quality and very advisable for the lovers of the good music. Regards and thanks. Josep redhotblues@hotmail.com www.radiovilafant.net
JOSEP PALMADA, D.J.
RED HOT BLUES FM RADIO VILAFANT
SPAIN
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March 20, 2009
Today BeatPick invites you to travel back in time. With our new artist, original '60s flower-power band The Brymers! http://tiny. cc/UYjtP
*Many thanks to Beat Pick Publishing, Italy, for
signing many of the Brymers tracks for licensing
purposes.
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Review of The Brymers: "40 Year Brotherhood"
CD by "Indie-Music Magazine
(February 9, 2009)
Artist: The Brymers
CD: 40 Year Brotherhood
Home: Eugene, Oregon
Style: Garage Rock
Quote: "There is a wide audience for this undiscovered gem, and I hope that they get a chance to hear it."
By Beeb Ashcroft
A 60s garage band that never quite broke into the mainstream, The Brymers have achieved a sort of cult following in recent years, as new listeners discover their music through the Internet and underground compilations. Forming in 1963, the band went through many name changes and tried a variety of bizarre promotional tactics suggested by their record company in an effort to get their music heard. In an article on the band's website, drummer Dick Lee tells interviewer Kit Burns that their record label instructed them to shave their heads and call themselves The Brymers. The hope was that it would make people think of Yul Brynner, and somehow this association was supposed to sell records. Sadly, it never quite panned out for the group, who disbanded in 1968.
Now that there is renewed interest in their music, The Brymers have reunited to pen new material together for the first time in decades. 40 Year Brotherhood is their third release since reforming and is a combination of new work, cover songs, and classic material from the band.
The CD starts off with a few nostalgic nods to their early career, making reference to where they've been on the title track and "Love Of Rock-N-Roll." There are also several cover medleys, like track 16, which melds "Down In New Orleans," "Land Of 1000 Dances," and "Money."
"Sacrifice" and "I Want To Tell You" are Brymers songs from the 60s, and they are killer tracks. "I Want To Tell You" is a genuine, melodic track often compared to The Byrds, and it shines with its fantastic harmonies and rich sound. "Sacrifice" is an absolutely spot-on slice of dirty, frenetic garage rock. Lee mentioned that during the recording of this song, the amp burst into flames. Now that's how music should be made!
The rest of the CD focuses on the band's current efforts, mixing new compositions with some fun covers. The Brymers have not lost their touch, with well-played, timeless compositions. The new songs are written in the 60s rock style, for a refreshingly authentic feel. The new material is less garage and more bluesy, although there is still some nice psychedelic keyboard thrown in for good measure.
Cuts like "Bad Boy" and "Fit Me In" are straight up rock, while songs like "The Dark Side" remind me more of country-twinged acts like The Eagles. "Do You Think You Love Me" is a tight instrumental effort that features some great guitar work.
I would love to see The Brymers record their new material using old methods. While I appreciate the skill that went into recording this record, I just don't think it does their material justice, although it is well done. It would sound amazing to hear their contemporary work recorded on tape in Mono – even if they don't set any amps on fire this time.
I am so glad that this band are starting to get some of the recognition they deserve. Their history is fascinating, and it holds a real value for listeners. There is a wide audience for this undiscovered gem, and I hope that they get a chance to hear it.
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Many thanks to Rootstime Zine, Belgium, for
reviewing the "40 Year Brotherhood" on 12-6-2008.
THE BRYMERS
40 YEAR BROTHERHOOD
Website CDBaby VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2
Hoe zou het nog zijn met... The Brymers? The Brymers – spreek uit The ‘Brimmers’ – maakten veertig jaar geleden een paar keer de hitlijsten onveilig met snedige garagerock. Wij bonden onze mijnlamp voor en doken het archief in... Zomer ‘63, midden-Californië. Het is warm. De rock ’n roll storm is opgestoken en komt stilaan op kruissnelheid. Er zijn Beatles, wat Stones, The Kinks ook, Beach Boys en Yardbirds. Terwijl California baadt in fel zomerlicht, begeeft elke zichzelf respecterende rebel zich aan de garagerock. Zo ook een handvol tieners die later The Brymers zullen worden. Ze heten eens The Challengers, dan The De-Fenders en in hun finale bezetting The Brymers: Kenny Sinner, Bill Brumley, Jim Mellick en Dick Lee. Ze coveren er op los en ontwikkelen hun eigen stijl: een soort kruising tussen The Allman Brothers en The Kinks. Vettige zuiderse rock, gecombineerd met fuzzy gitaren. En als The Brymers fuzzy zeggen, dan bedóélen ze fuzzy! Getuige het potige ‘Sacrifice’ Waarmee ze in ’66 een hit hebben. Ze bereiken het hoogtepunt van hun roem in ’68 maar verdwijnen daarna stilletjes in de coulissen... tot een paar jaar geleden. Eerst was er een compilatie van oude opnames, vervolgens in 2007 een reünieplaat en nu dus de nieuwe: ’40 Year Brotherhood’. De heren hebben de smaak van het spelen duidelijk opnieuw te pakken. Ze werpen zich als jonge wolven op elke song. De ene keer is het erop, de andere keer erover, maar het resultaat is altijd aanstekelijk. Hun gretigheid mag ook blijken uit het brede scala aan stijlen dat aan bod komt. We worden welkom geheten door een Brymer-Iceman op de klassieke tonen van Green Onions van Booker T and the MG’s. Deze zelfde Iceman komt helemaal op het einde van de plaat terug in een hilarisch muzikaal telefoongesprekje met de jonge ‘Ruby’. Voor The Brymers is muziek in de eerste plaats fun, en met die instelling moet u hun plaat ook beluisteren om zo mee te genieten van hun speelplezier. Elke song roept andere referenties op. Heerlijk stomende orgelpartijtjes à la Dave Edmunds, tegendraadse kaalgeplukte riffs genre The Kinks, rechttoe rechtaan southern rock delta blues, alligators inbegrepen, you name it. Verder merkten wij nog op: een erg mooie versie van ‘Black Velvet’ gezongen door de van onder het stof gehaalde Jeannie Sanders en –noblesse oblige- heropgenomen versies van ‘Sacrifice’ en ‘I want to tell you’. The Brymers gaan nooit de Pullitzer priis voor hun songteksten krijgen, noch wagen zij zich erg ver van de klassieke paden van de rock, maar wat ze doen, doen ze met een enthousiasme dat op de benen mikt en raak schiet!
Duke J
www.rootstime.be
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THE BRYMERS: “40 YEAR BROTHERHOOD”
STILL TOGETHER AFTER ALL THESE YEARS !
If you were wondering where the Brymers have been since their 60's hit "Sacrifice", well look no further ! They have just come out with their latest CD entitled "40 Year Brotherhood". The highlight tracks for me were "Treat Her Right", a great up tempo number with a Kinks like riff that would make Dave Davies proud. Other top notch cuts include, "Bad Boy", "Fit Me In" and "Do You Think You Love Me", the last song mentioned being a fantastic little instumental. 18 songs plus some studio chatter take you right into the heart of the Brymers' world... a world where oldies from the 60's meet the high tech production efforts of today. To quote The Iceman on the opening track, doing his finest Wolfman Jack voice, "It's Time To Take Out Your Boogaloo" and enjoy the latest from the Brymers, "40
Year Brotherhood".
Mike Lytle
KKFI-FM
Kansas City
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OVERGROUND - UNDERGROUND
(Austrialian music web site)
Written by Kit Burns
In the unpredictable world of rock & roll, there are has-beens and wanna-be’s, but what about the should-have-beens? The Brymers had the punky spunk and snappy pop hooks of the best British Invasion groups of the ’60s; however, mainstream success eluded them. Over the past couple of decades, their lost Summer of Love nuggets “Sacrifice” and “I Want to Tell You” became sought-after cult items. Since young acts such as the Strokes and the Hives made garage rock a hip alternative to much of today’s processed cheese, the Brymers are finally starting to get recognition a la their Pacific Northwest counterparts the Sonics. They even decided to reunite, and original drummer Dick Lee discusses how it all transpired.
*Click on the following link to read the entire article:
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*Many thanks to Alice Cooper for playing some of "The Brymers" tracks on his
syndicated national radio show.
June - 2008
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"Shindig Magazine"
May - June, 2008 Issue
(Many thanks to the U.K. based "Shindig Magazine" for their piece on The Brymers)
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"The Fresno Bee"
May, 2008
(The Beehive - submitted by F. Fried)
I had a blast last October when '60s Lemoore rockers The Brymers played their reunion show at a packed Hanford Civic Auditorium. The Brymers were among the hundreds of teen garage bands around the country in the mid-'60s who released one or two singles locally, had a big following in and around their region, and then disappeared -- only to be resurrected years later by zealous record collectors looking for great, raw, obscure rock'n'roll.
These days, high-profile garage festivals such as Cavestomp! in New York (which has rounded up ? and the Mysterians, The Remains, The Monks, The Standells, Richard & the Young Lions, The Chocolate Watchband and The Sonics) are populated by music fanatics and affected hipsters from around the world, many of whom were too young to have seen these bands in their day. However, this Brymers show was much more like what I imagined a mid-'60s show would have been -- lots of friends hanging out in a big room, socializing and dancing to good tunes. (Except that most of the people were much grayer and/or balder, teen dances didn't sell beer, and there were way too many Hawaiian shirts instead of the long-lost groovy threads of 1966.) It was a purely local experience, just as it was in '66, and a hell of a lot of fun.
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Sunday, Apr 06, 2008
GARAGEBAND.COM
Presents Award to The Brymers
Award: "I Want To Tell You" wins Folk Rock Track of the Day
The Brymers's song, "I Want To Tell You" (written by Kenny Sinner) will be featured as GarageBand.com's Folk Rock Track of the Day on Sunday, the 13th of April, 2008.
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"Ugly Things" Magazine
January, 2007 Issue - #26
(Many thanks to "U.G." magazine and Mike Stax for
including reviews of The Brymers two CD releases)
The Fresno Bee Article Fresno, CA
October 9, 2007
Hanford Sentinel
Hanford, CA
October 12, 2007
The Register Guard - Article
Eugene, OR
June 22, 2007
The Hanford Sentinel - Article
Hanford, CA
March 2, 2007