International Bluegrass: How do you guys know each other? Daryl: Well, we’re BROTHERS.
planning on is a bootleg tape he owns the master for: The Queen of Bluegrass, Ms. Rhoda Vincent, singing into her hairbrush backstage at the Down Home in Johnson City.
Darrell: We’re brothers from the mountains of Bitter End in East Tennessee, and our last name is Brothers. Daryl’s got the Armany Darrell: We sure do love that Ms. glasses he bought off a feller at Rhoda Vincent. the Stock Sale and wears the highdollar suit jackets. IB: You guys list Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Curly Ray Daryl: And Darrell’s the one in Cyrus, Ralph Stanley, Eminem, the Overalls with the gym body. Michael Bolton, Jerry Clower, and Punch Brothers as your IB: And how do you know about favorite artists on your Fran’s East End? It’s a little Facebook page. Who else obscure for a couple guys from inspires you? out of town. Daryl: We’re big fans of all kinds of music. Darrell spent last Darrell: This was our mama’s summer follerin’ around the band most favorite place in Nashville. “Fun” on tour. We always come here. Daryl (staring mournfully at the Darrell: Daryl used to be the Fan Club President for the big-time menu): The hogs ate our mama. bluegrass band Balsam Range, Darrell (also staring mournfully but he had to step down because it was interfering with his World at the menu): They have of Warcraft game. He’s built up a pickled eggs but they misspelled Level 83 character that looks just “pickled.” like another Bluegrass Celebrity, IB: Your record label is Eddie’s Uncle Phil Leadbetter. Tapes & Tanning. Who are your IB: How did “Mountain label mates? Twerker” come about? What fueled it? Darrell: Eddie’s been real tied up with his Alpaca business and mass marketing of his new brand Darrell: We’re just trying to preserve the legacy of our Granny of Pickled Guinea Bird Eggs, but who invented “Twerking,” the for a while there, he had put out dance craze sweeping the world. tapes on bands like Drac Sutton and his Transylvania County Daryl: Of course, when we do Suck-ups and Melvin Mitchell Murphy and his Backwards Riding pretty much anything, it’s fueled by a little white liquor, but we Cowpokes. prefer the RealTree Energy Daryl: The next release he’s
drinks because they come in the camouflage can.
IB: When and where did you shoot the “Mountain Twerker” video? Darrell: We shot it in Kingston Springs, TN in early November at the Lyles’ farm. It took about seven hours and five cases of cold beer. IB: Who were the other musicians and vocalists on the cut?
Daryl: Our cousins Austin Ward and Deanie Richardson lended their musicianer talent to the recording. We think they did a real good job. Everything else was done by us. Cousin Marcia Campbell of WSM Radio led the choir in the video. Darrell: Another cousin of ours from East Tennessee, Clint Keller, is a professional video man that goes to Carson-Newman College. He filmed and edited the video.
IB: How much did it cost to produce? Darrell: That’s hard to say. A lot of good friends and volunteers participated, but we bought snacks and drinks for everyone, paid Cousin Clint his normal fee, and spent our own time arranging the shoot. It all fell into place without us spending a ton of money, but we were very lucky.
IB: What were your expectations and hopes when you first thought about making the video? International Bluegrass
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