The Wheeler Brothers

Folk-rock meeting point

by James M. Manheim

posted 12/9/2011

Quite a few bands have tried to be inspired by the chart-topping Avett Brothers and have found it's a lot trickier than it seems: that band's mix of artless country sentiment and alternative rock energy is simple and ingenious enough that any duplication can seem purely derivative. The Wheeler Brothers--native Austinites Nolan, Tyler, and Patrick Wheeler plus

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