> MCTELL BROTHERS
>
> The McTell Brothers have already played with and opened for some of
> the country’s top songwriters and guitarists from Nashville, Austin,
> New York and beyond, artists such as: Elizabeth Cook, Eric Brace &
> Peter Cooper, The Black Lillies, The Spring Standards, Eric Taylor,
> Emily Wells, Nicole Atkins, Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, Joy Kills Sorrow, among others.
> They've performed at some of the top festivals and venues in the
> mid-Atlantic.
>
> The McTell Brothers recently released their self-titled, debut EP.
> Produced by Grammy-nominated Jen Gunderman (whose night job is
> performing in Sheryl Crow’s touring band), and recorded in
> Nashville, the EP
features
> Gunderman on keys, Bones Hillman (of Midnight Oil) on bass, and Paul
> Griffith (who tours with Todd Snider and a host of other Nashville
> musicians) on drums and percussion. The 5 song EP features the
> brothers’ well-rounded musical taste as well as their accomplished
> guitar playing and vocal harmonies.
>
> Fraternal twins Brian and Jeff began taking guitar lessons at the age
> of 7. By 9 years of age, they were already performing at coffeehouses
> in their home state of Virginia.
>
> Now 18 years old, they perform a mix of Americana, Folk, Rock and
> Blues, including some of their own original material. Formerly
> performing as the J & B Blues Project, their current name is a homage
> to legendary bluesman Blind Willie McTell, as well as the Bob Dylan song of the same name.
>
> Some of the many venues & festivals where The McTell Brothers have
performed:
>
> Ashland Coffee & Tea - World Café Live @ The Queen, Wilmington DE
> –WDVX Blue Plate Special-Knoxville TN- Gypsysally’s –Washington
> DC, The
Kenmore
> Inn, Fredericksburg, VA - Washington Folk Festival, Tacoma Park, MD > Federal Hill Jazz & Blues Festival, Baltimore, MD - Gala at the
> National Zoo, Washington DC, Autumn Conservation Festival for
> Smithsonian, Front Royal, VA - Fall Jubilee at Historic Manassas,
> Manassas, VA - Lake Anne Jazz & Blues Festival, Reston, VA - CRKA
> benefit concert with Jimmy Wayne, North Carolina - Northern Virginia
> Fine Arts Festival, Reston, VA – Artscape Festival, Baltimore MD > Autumn Adventure, Reston Town Center, VA
> - Clarendon Day Festival, Clarendon, VA - Street Beat Festival,
> Baltimore, MD - Festival on the Square, Reston VA - Columbia Lakefront
> Festival, Columbia, MD - Charles St. Festival, Baltimore MD - Picnic
> in the Park, Fredericksburg VA – The Inn at Kelly's Ford, Remington,
> VA - Grey Horse Vineyards, Midland, VA - Lunchtime Concert Series at
> Hurkamp Park, Fredericksburg VA - Station North Spring Music Festival,
> Baltimore, MD - First Saturday Annual Festival, Frederick MD
> –Gravity Lounge-Charlottesville VA Stafford Airport Annual Fly In,
> Stafford, VA - Opening Day, Potomac Nationals Baseball – Mayfest,
> Frederick MD - The Nightcat, Easton MD - The Lead Belly
> Foundations’ “Blues for Blue― festival - Murfreesboro TN, and many others.