The Weber Brothers enjoying stripped down shows as a duo

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The Weber Brothers are excited to return to Lethbridge to play two shows as a duo for the Wide Skies Music Festival as well as  at the afterparty at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, July 31.

The Weber Brothers return to Lethbridge for Wide Skies Music Festival next week. Photo by Richard Amery
The Wide Skies Music festival has been expanded to three days for their second year, beginning with  Shovels and Rope and little Miss Higgins, Performing at the Southminster United Church, Monday, July 30; a big free outdoor show with Brooklyn born/Switzerland Raised, Canadian based blues musician Shakura S’Aida, Vancouver blues duo Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, The Weber brothers and a south stage  with Skinny Dyck and Friends; and  another big, ticketed big show at Southminster United church, Wednesday, Aug. 1 with Frazey Ford and the Cave singers.


 Ryan and Sam Weber are never afraid to try something different. Since their last Lethbridge appearance they released a new CD called “Patches,” as well as an epic length single“ Last Days of the Broken Hearted Jester” and an accompanying comic book to go with it to illustrate the story created by artist Sheldon Sveinson.


“People really seem to like it,” said guitarist/vocalist Ryan Weber, who, along with brother, upright bassist Sam form the core of the Weber Brothers band. He noted the epic nine minute long song didn’t really fit with anything else the band were doing at the time, so they wanted to do something special with it.


“Sheldon was really interested in doing a comic book for the song, so he really went with it,” Ryan Weber continued.
“ It was definitely an opportunity for us,” added Sam Weber.
They are touring  a lot as a duo.

“ We used to play as a duo all the time when we started 15 years ago,” observed Ryan Weber, noting the full band still plays together.

 


“ The keyboards and the other guitar add a lot  to the music, but playing as a duo is exciting. You can’t hide behind the band it’s more stripped down and intimate,” Sam Weber added.
“ I’m playing more guitar in the duo,” he continued.

 They are still touring in support of  the new CD “Patches,” which was released last November.


“It’s a collection of three or four groups of older songs that didn’t  fit in with the other albums. So it really is patches,” Ryan Weber described.
“And we can play most of them as a duo,” Sam Weber added.


 He said “Patches” incorporates a lot of the different musical styles the band listens to.
“We soak  up everything we listen to, so it comes out in our music,” he continued.


They are continuing to write.
“ We’re still touring in support of ‘Patches,” but we’re writing more songs,” Ryan Weber said.
 In addition to writing their own music they are also producing other artists including singer/songwriter Douglas Mackenzie.
“It’s really beautiful,” Ryan Weber said.


 The Weber Brothers play The Wide Skies Music Festival, July 31 outside the Southminster United Church at the afterparty at the Owl Acoustic Lounge.

Festival passes are $105 which include admission to Shovel and Ropes and Little Miss Higgins on July 30 (tickets are $60 plus a five dollar service charge for that concert otherwise) and Frazey Ford and The Cave Singers on Aug 1 ($50 plus $5 service charge otherwise) as well as the July 31 afterparties at the Owl Acoustic Lounge featuring the Weber Brothers and at the Slice with Tom Phillips. Otherwise admission is $10 for each of those. Passes also include priority seating in the church if it rains during the free outdoor festival and a swag bag.

— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 24 July 2018 10:53 )