UNDERAPPRECIATED MUSIC: THE BROTHERS FOUR

The original Brothers Four (Bob Flick, Bob Paine, Mike Kirkland, and Dick Foley were fraternity brothers at the University of Washington.  Their second single, "Greenfields," rose to #2 on the U. S. charts in 1960; their first album settled in at #11.  Over the next six years, the group had six singles to break the top 100.  The British Invasion of the mid- to late-Sixties put an end to such successes, but The Brothers continued performing and, with line-up changes, continue today.  A live album is due out this year.

Current members include Flick, Mike McCoy, Mark Pearson, and Karl Olsen.  Other past members of the group were Bob Haworth, Tom Cow, and Terry Lauber,   No matter what it's makeup, The Brothers Four have been one of the most influential acoustic folk groups of the past fifty-five-plus years.

Greenfields:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dERADmL8fAE

Shenandoah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfI2dgMHOTg

Try To Remember:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jV-fnarDho

Five Hundred Miles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQkus8bPwdA

Seven Daffodils:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4on_VSh1Rs

Four Strong Winds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtR7mp21yeU

And I Love You:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bP7xq-XV2I

Lemon Tree:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAD6hQ3XllM

Scarlet Ribbons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdkqb9pCae4

Frog Went a-Courtin':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRmk_nKfn9Q

Jamaica Farewell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKbFViSE_9s

El Paso:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbyGWXTR4vo

Marianne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g83T0eFdmuA

Where Have All the Flowers Gone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU4SZXh3BM0

Blue Water Line:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieNBfSTKUgg


Admit it.  You're going to be humming some of these songs all day now, aren't you?