Cary Brothers

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Cary Brothers

Brothers performing in Toronto in 2007.
Background information
Origin Los Angeles, USA
Genre(s) Indie rock, alternative rock
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) Procrastination Music
Website [http://www.carybrothers.com

Cary Brothers is an indie rock American singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee, best known for his song "Blue Eyes" which was featured on the Platinum-selling, Grammy-winning "Garden State" soundtrack.

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With his songs influenced by everything from 1980s British New Wave music to 1970s folk music, Brothers achieved early critical and commercial success with his independent EPs All the Rage and Waiting for Your Letter, both of which reached the top of the iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts. On the web, Brothers has found success on MySpace, where he has over 7.5 million plays on his music page.

While many artists focus their efforts mostly on radio exposure, Brothers went a slightly different route and pushed to get songs out to the public through film and television shows, leading a generation of similar-minded indie artists in the United States. Brothers' songs have appeared on the NBC sitcom Scrubs," the Fox mystery Bones," the WB's Smallville," ABC Family's show Kyle XY, "One Tree Hill," and the medical dramas Grey's Anatomy and ER." The original version of Brothers' song "Ride" appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film The Last Kiss alongside Coldplay and Ray Lamontagne. Brothers has also performed on The Late Late Show," Jimmy Kimmel Live!," Direct TV's CD USA,"and Scrubs. In 2005, he made a guest appearance with London band Aqualung on The Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

Brothers found his musical voice playing regularly as part of the musical community at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles, and he has since toured across America and Canada with such acts as Liz Phair, KT Tunstall, Aqualung, Ben Lee, Matt Nathanson, Imogen Heap, and The Fray. In addition to his career as a musician, he co-created The Hotel Cafe Tour, currently in its fourth year in both the U.S. and Europe. Brothers also co-produced Joshua Radin's first EP and the song "Winter" from Radin's record "We Were Here."

Brothers released his first full-length album, Who You Are, on May 29, 2007. Produced by Chad Fischer (Alexi Murdoch) and mixed by Greg Collins (Grammy Winner - U2), the record features guest musicians Matt Hales from Aqualung and Priscilla Ahn. The video for the single "Ride" starring Brittany Snow is one of the few independent videos ever to be added to the rotation on VH1 in the U.S. In addition, the record won "Best Rock Album of 2007" by the Indie Acoustic Project. Brother's track 'Ride' has also been mixed by Tiesto and was a huge hit on the dancefloors of Europe in 2008. He helped close Friday night at Bonnaroo in the Summer of 2008 by making a guest appearance with Tiesto and repeated this musical pairing a few months later in front of a sold out crowd of 10,000 at the O2 arena in London.

Brothers is currently in the studio working on his second full length record set for release in the fall of 2009. He recently revealed that the title of the new record is "Under Control."

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[edit] Song Appearances in Films and Television Shows

  • Garden State Soundtrack (2004) (song: "Blue Eyes")
  • "Grey's Anatomy" - Forever Young (2007) (song: "The Last One")
  • "Grey's Anatomy" - Begin the Begin (2006) (song: "Ride")
  • "ER" - Strange Bedfellows (2006) (song: "Ride")
  • "Cold Case" - Witness Protection (2009) (song: "If You Were Here")
  • "Psych" - Murder?... Anyone?... Anyone?... Bueller? (2008) (song: "If You Were Here")
  • "One Tree Hill" - Hundred (2008) (song: "Ride")
  • "Kyle XY" - To C.I.R., with Love (2008) (song: "The Glass Parade")
  • "Kyle XY - Blame It on the Rain (2006) (song: "All the Rage")
  • "Kyle XY - Sleepless in Seattle (2006) (song: "Honestly")
  • "Kyle XY - Pilot (2006) (song: "Supposed to be")
  • "Eli Stone" - Father Figure (2008) (song: "All The Rage")
  • The Last Kiss Soundtrack (2006) (song: "Ride")
  • SherryBaby Soundtrack (2006) (song: "Loneliest Girl in the World")
  • "Bones" - The Man in the Wall (2005) (song: "Something")
  • "Smallville" - Aqua (2005) (song: "Waiting For Your Letter")
  • Sky High Soundtrack (2005) (song: "True")
  • "Scrubs" - My First Kill (2004) (song: "Blue Eyes")
  • "Scrubs" - My Best Laid Plans (2005) (song: "Honestly")

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