The True Brothers consists of Jacky and
Roger True. Both born in the early 1960s. Started out in talent shows as
True & True. Taken in part from their favorite TV series Simon & Simon.
Quite popular in their native North Carolina in the years 1990 - 94. Then
in June of that year changed their name to The True Brothers to drive home
the fact that they are indeed real life brothers. Appeared in Nashville in
the late 1990s at the International Country Music Fan Fair for IFCO. And
also in a major Country Music Cookbook for the IFCO folks as well. With C &
W stars like George Strait, George Jones, Alan Jackson, etc. Then in 1995
they starred in the motion picture, "The Dam", which starred among others
Barry Bell, who appeared in Matlock, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,
Maximum Overdrive and last but not least Love Struck. With a
soundtrack by Southern Culture on the Skids.
Signed to Thunderbolt Records in 1999 of
Arizona. Have released 5 projects for the label. With the first being a
tribute album to Country Superstar Webb Pierce. Before the much publicized
Gail Davies project on him. "Hurt Her Once for Me" and their first all
bluegrass, all gospel album "The Third Man". Which has been receiving
national acclaim / attention in publications like Bluegrass Unlimited, Power
Source Magazine, Country Music People and Country Standard Time. With liner
notes by Charlie Louvin of the World Famous Louvin Brothers and a Grand Ole
Opry Member since 1955. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
in 2001.
The talented twosome appeared on the
Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree on April 20, 2002 backed by the Opry Stage
Band, which included the legendary Jimmy Capps and Billy Linneman. Since
"The Third Man" CD the boys have released "Country Gold" an album consisting
of hit songs for the True's heroes like the Wilburn Brothers' "Hurt Her Once
for Me", Webb Pierce's "Honky Tonk Song", Ernest Tubb's "Thanks A Lot", Hank
Thompson's "The Wild Side of Life", etc. The package includes liner notes
by David McCormick owner of the Ernest Tubb Record Shops. And most recently
an album of all original tunes titled "Hymns and Other Songs We Wrote
Ourselves", which includes the guys number 24 bluegrass hit "There's a Gate"
according to Power Source Magazine of Nashville, governed by the CCMA
(Christian Country Music Association). Others include two literary nods
with "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (a novel by Oscar Wilde) and "Jekyll Ol'
Jekyll" based on the Robert Louis Stevenson's novel 'The Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', bluegrass toe tappers like "That Banjo Picking Mama of
Mine" and the biographical song "We Do It for You". Liner notes are done by
Billy "Crash" Craddock of "Rub It In" fame.
Inspired by the Wilburn Brothers, Teddy &
Doyle along with the Bellamy and Warren Brothers; they continue the long
tradition of Country Singing brother acts.
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