Colorado’s very own, the McCloskey Brothers Band is currently exploding onto the national music scene. In less than a year, this band has developed an unprecedented reputation as one of the nations top acoustic jam bands. TMBB is featured in Relix Magazine as a band on the verge and deemed an "artist you should know about." Anyone who has had the opportunity to see the McCloskey Brothers Band perform live knows what the buzz is about.
 Their debut album, self-titled The McCloskey Brothers Band, has been receiving tremendous reviews. Relix Magazine calls it "a superb album" and Musician’s Realm refers to it as "a must listen CD you should add to your collection." Jambands.com says, "The McCloskey Brothers Band brings a little bit of heaven down to earth with their highly driven, bluegrass rockers."
In 2001, the band has performed at the Grand Targhee Bluegrass Music Festival, The Bluegrass and Beyond Festival, and the internationally acclaimed Jamgrass Festival. Their 2002 gigs have included opening up for the Derek Trucks band with Phil Lesh sitting in, a tour of the Northwest where they filled venues from Seattle to San Francisco, as well as gigs throughout the West including SoHo in Santa Barbara, the Zepher Club in Salt Lake City, and the Fox Theater in Boulder. During their summer 2002 tour schedule, look for the McCloskey Brothers Band at The Telluride Bluegrass Festival’s Nightgrass series and the High Sierra Music Festival in California.
The McCloskey Brother’s Band have shared the stage with, opened for, and played festivals with the Derek Trucks Band (with Phil Lesh), Leftover Salmon, Sam Bush, the David Grisman Quintet, Tim O’Brien, Mike Marshall and Darol Anger, Nickel Creek, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, Peter Rowan, Yonder Mountain String Band, John Cowan and Drew Emmitt, members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ricky Skaggs, Tony Furtado, Railroad Earth, Alison Brown and Pete Wernick. The band’s mixture of bluegrass, newgrass, and rock has invited comparisons to the Allman Brothers Band, Cat Stevens, and Led Zeppelin by Indie-Music.com and Leftover Salmon and String Cheese Incident by Pause Record.
| "If you enjoy Sam Bush, Tony Furtado, Rice Rice Hillman and Pederson, Railroad Earth or Leftover Salmon, there should be plenty of interest for you here. Don’t let those comparisons be a benchmark, though – their appeal is much broader." |
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