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Jason — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:46:22 +0000

Jason — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:24:24 +0000

BROTHER HOWE BIRTHDAY BASH

Jason — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:13:52 +0000

Jason’s turning 40! He’s such a big boy now. Help him celebrate, but please no gifts. If you want to give him something, buy a CD at the show! Then give it to yourself.

Save This Date

Jason — Tue, 29 May 2012 01:44:23 +0000

You are cordially invited to a very special evening celebrating the release of Brother Howe’s newest album, American Man. We are going to have a party, a show, a night to remember and just a dang good time. So please mark your calendars and join us:

Thursday, August 9, 2012
7:00 pm
WoW Center, Holland Outlet Mall
Free admission

Since we have kids and most of our friends and family do too, this will be a family friendly event. And we want as many people to join us as possible, so it will be free. It will also be a fundraiser for Stonecroft Serves, a local service group that is starting in our community, so donations will be accepted for that.
More info to come…spread the word.

Thanks,
Jason
www.stonecroftserves.org

Brother Howe’s New Album American Man Now Available on iTunes and Amazon

Jason — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:37:13 +0000

This just in, the new Brother Howe Album, American Man, is now available on iTunes, Amazon and probably anywhere you shop online for music. Get it from our own webstore at http://brotherhowestore.weebly.com/ so we get more money or whatever you are most comfortable with. And if you just want to download a couple songs for free, enter your email to the right or go to www.brotherhowe.net.

Brother Howe – Reviewed by Professionals

Jason — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:30:03 +0000

There have been a couple of reviews of our new album lately. Check ‘em out:

Brother Howe, “American Man” – The twang of Brother Howe falls somewhere between Social Distortion, Hank Williams and Reverend Horton Heat.

Band members Jason, Jeri and Nathan Howe and Ash Snyder mix originals with lickety-split cover renditions of tunes such as Weezer’s “Undone (The Sweater Song)” and Williams’ “Long Gone Lonesome Blues.” All in all, a dandy cowpunk debut.

read the entire article here:

http://localspins.com/?p=1033

Brother Howe American Man

This is a Country Punk quartet from Holland, MI – suits and telecasters mixed with upbeat rock and roll. They make music that requires you to drink beer and put on your music fan hat – with a wink to the fifties country aesthetic and a nod to the guitar/bass/drums format of rock n’ roll throughout the decades, the band is not in full character but merely an odd mix of influences. Highlights include the title track and the fact that they covered Weezer’s Sweater Song and managed to make it even weirder. Go to brotherhowe.com for music and good times.

Link here:

http://recoilmag.com/sensory_attack/00225_brother-howe/1021/

Thanks,

Jason

Get American Man here:

http://brotherhowestore.weebly.com/

How about some instrumental rockabilly?

Jason — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:01:35 +0000

So a couple weeks ago I saw that a production company was looking for an, upbeat, instrumental track, similar to The Reverend Horton Heat. “Hmm,” I thought, “what song of ours on the new album sounds the most like Reverend Horton Heat? Easy, ‘The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions.’”

Smart me had already had instrumental mixes of each of our songs made during the mixing process. The problem is that the instrumental mix is just the song without the vocals, which is pretty boring actually. So I quickly whipped out my guitar, fired up the recording machine and spend a couple hours learning, playing and recording the melody on my strat.

I submitted the song to the production company and, well, I haven’t heard anything back. HOWEVER, what may be too bad for that production company, turns out to be good news for us because now we have a sweet guitar instrumental version of the song and I can share it with you.

You can listen, and if you want, download it here:

http://snd.sc/yYZLW2

Hope you enjoy it. If you do, let us know what you think in the comments below.

What Is American Man About?

Jason — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:52:29 +0000

When we recorded the album, we had a collection of 12 songs, but what order should we put them in? Start with three fast songs, slow down a bit and ramp back up for a climactic finish? Order it like a live set? These are difficult decisions to make. Then it occurred to me that there were three major themes and maybe the album could follow kind of a story arc of sorts. And musically and dynamically I felt it flowed well too.

The three major themes ended up being Love, Work and God, so that’s how I ordered it. It starts off with a cover of one of my favorite Hank Williams songs, Long Gone Lonesome Blues, not because of its lyrical depth or meaning to me personally, but because it’s fast, there’s yodeling and it’s just plain fun to sing. So it starts off that this man has lost this woman.

Then the album get’s very auto-biographical actually, as Goin’ Down is essentially the story of Jeri and I getting together and getting married and Shared Secrets continues that story. Undone (The Sweater Song) is the other cover song on the album (by Weezer). Followed by My Love.

So then we needed a transition between this happy, love relationship to the world of work and I thought The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions would be just the song. And it works really well.

American Man (the song) starts off the world of work portion and is about how life doesn’t necessarily turn out like you had dreamed it would. But it’s hard to find something better (Hard To Find).

The God portion contains Search Me O God, Don’t Believe ‘Em, and Heaven Is My Retirement Plan (bringing a sort of reconciliation with the world of work). And then as a final statement Make A Difference caps off the album with how we can make a difference in the world, even if it’s a small one. It’s not so hard after all.

FUNNEST VIDEO WE EVER RECORDED

Jason — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:49:29 +0000

Back in April we invited a bunch of people over to our house to record background vocals for the new American Man album and we had a blast. Over forty people were in our living room learning two songs and singing their parts. Here’s the video of that night:

AMERICAN MAN [PRIVATE LAUNCH] – Limited Time Offer

Jason — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:19:04 +0000

American Man, Brother Howe’s long awaited full length album is now available through a pre-release private launch! It is for email subscribers and fans from December 6th through 12th only.

Here’s what you get:

A high-quality digital download of the album with two extra bonus tracks that will not be on the cd. You’ll get instant access to a zip file with high quality 320 kbps mp3 files downloaded directly to your computer.

Click here to buy now

You wanted a physical copy of the album? Well as another bonus, if you order the digital download, you have the option of pre-ordering an autographed copy of the physical cd for $4.99 as well. These come in a handsomely packaged fold-open digi-pak (sorry I don’t have pictures yet, but the proofs look great and we’re really proud of them). And you can pre-order as many copies at this price as you want and have them mailed to your home in time for Christmas (just in case you wanted to have a few extra copies for gifts or stocking stuffers).

However, there is a limited run of 100 the physical cd’s so if they run out, we won’t be able to ship in time for Christmas. If you want to be sure to get your copy, you’ll want to act fast.

This deal is only available through our website and is not available now on iTunes, Amazon or in any stores.

Click here to buy now