The Brothers Landreth are slated to open for country singer Lee Ann Womack when she performs at the Fox Tucson Theatre tonight.
The Canadian country band, fronted by brothers Joey Landreth on guitar and Dave Landreth on bass, has several shows with Womack, who opens her “The Way I’m Livin’ ” national tour in Tucson. (See interview with Womack at tucson.com/calientetunedin)
If you are going to open for someone, Womack is not a bad way to go, said Joey Landreth in a phone interview from his hometown of Winnipeg last week.
“I’ve been a fan from afar,” he added. “We are excited to share the stage with her. She is a force to be reckoned with.”
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They come from a musical family. Their father, Wally Landreth, is a well-known and well-respected sideman in Winnipeg. Joey and Dave grew up watching him play in bars and venues across Canada. The brothers immersed themselves further into music, by taking advantage of their parents’ extensive record collection.
“We listened to a little bit of everything,” Joey said. “We had a lot of Boz Scaggs, Steely Dan, Ry Cooder. One of my favorites was Stevie Ray Vaughan.”
When they decided they wanted to become musicians, Joey said his mom and dad were paramount in their development.
“They were incredibly supportive,” Joey said. “We always had nice instruments to play.”
The brothers returned the favor by having Wally record vocal tracks on “Let it Lie.”
Their hometown of Winnipeg sounds a lot like Tucson, at least musically. “It is one of those music scenes where everybody plays a little bit of everything,” Joey said. “You go from playing bebop in a lounge to country at a country bar in the same day. There is a very wide swath of genres being played.”
Joey and Dave have paid their dues. The Brothers Landreth is only a couple years old, but the siblings have been performing as touring artists with different bands for years. While Joey’s work has primarily been in Canada, Dave has traveled throughout North America, Europe and Australia, with outfits that include the indie-pop group Imaginary Cities.
They formed the Brothers Landreth as a way to get in some quality time.
“We’ve always been really close,” Joey said. “We thought it would be cool to play music together, to do a little writing and create this cathartic experience. It blossomed into its own thing.”
