The Collins Brothers CD

My family has always been immersed in music.  My dad, Bobby Collins, played bass guitar and trumpet in bands consistently while we were growing up.  I remember when my brother Bo got one of his first drum sets, which ironically, found it's way to Jon Ruhff, who played them on my debut album.  Weird, huh?

I took piano lessons for 6 or 7 years during elementary and middle school, then picked up my dad's trumpet and played that in middle and high school band for a few years as well.  Then, I found my favorite in an acoustic guitar when I was 14, and now, it's how I make my living.  

Why do I bring this up?  Because for as long as I can remember, music has been such an important aspect of the closeness of our family.  We can always find some common ground with music.  I remember when my brother went to college, and we'd talk once a week or so, and it always revolved around music.  "What are you listening to?"  "Who have you seen in concert?"  My favorite was when my brother would call me when he wrote a song, to play it for me...get my reaction, test it out.  

I think it has always been a dream of my parents that my brother and I record an album together.  Now, Bo has sung on just about every recording I've ever done, just because I don't know anyone who can sing harmonies better.  But, I still feel like we haven't really done something together.

So, finally, now that I have the means and the know-how to have my own home recording studio...we're finally going to make it happen.  We will be recording a stripped-down, acoustic, vocal-freindly, cover album of some of our favorite songs.  Now, I know cover albums can be cheesy, but I think that most people will find that they may not know all of the songs.  We're not doing "Brown Eyed  Girl" or "Freebird" or anything.  The songs we will be doing will be songs that are some of our favorites, some of the ones we used to call the other up and say "have you heard this album yet?"

I have been doing a lot of these songs at my shows for a long time, and I find that most people really like them...even if they haven't heard the original.  We'll also be doing some songs that people know.  These just happen to be some of our favorites to play as well.

So, we're really excited about it and plan on recording it this fall and winter, for an early 2009 release...and don't be surprised if you hear some Bobby Collins on there as well!  We hope you are going to like what we're doing, and maybe we can do a few of these albums in the future.