The Weber Brothers

Ryan and Sam Weber have been playing music together since Sam received a guitar for Christmas when he was eight years old. Ryan, two and half years older than Sam, picked up the bass and soon the brothers were playing shows all over their native Westminster, Maryland in bands such as Illegal Aliens and the Northern Lights. After finishing high school and traveling to cities such as Nashville, Memphis, and Amsterdam, the Brothers decided to send a demo tape to Ronnie Hawkins, whom they have idolized since they saw his performance in (Martin Scorsese's award-winning 1976 concert documentary of The Band's farewell performance) ‘‘The Last Waltz.’’

Hawkins was so impressed with the Weber Brothers’ talents that he invited them to his house north of Peterborough to attend his 90 day ‘‘Rock and Roll Boot Camp.’’ Ryan and Sam had no idea that this consisted of little rock and roll and a lot of manual labour, but after three months of living and rehearsing on Hawkins’ farm, the brothers became members of Ronnie’s world famous band ‘‘The Hawks.’’ Under the wing of the Hawk they learned the importance of rehearsing daily, leadership and group dynamics .

The Weber Brothers celebrated the release of their debut album ‘‘149 Lake Street’’ January 11, 2003 with a sold out show at Market Hall, featuring special guest Garth Hudson of The Band on keyboards. The following year saw the brothers tour across Canada and the United States where they met another idol, John Fogerty, played a private performance for Robbie Robertson in his Los Angeles office as well as an audition for Chuck Berry in St. Louis at Blueberry Hill. 2004 has been another big year for the Weber Brothers, boosted by their appearance in the CTV documentary Ronnie Hawkins- ‘‘Still Alive and Kickin’’ which aired August 20th. Their 2nd album, ‘‘Lost and Found’’, (released May 15, 2004 with Johnnie "B Goode" Johnson as their special guest) was supported by a tour that has taken the band to Lindsay, Ottawa, Belleville, Timmins, Toronto and all places in between and beyond. "Lost and Found" recently received NOW magazine's "Critics' Pick" and garnished a NNNN rating.

April 23, 2005, billed with Leon Russell, The Weber Brothers released their 3rd album entitled "Bare as Bones" . Recorded and mixed by Alec Fraser, award winning producer of the acclaimed Liquid Toronto Recording Studio. Among his many accolades, Alec has recorded and or produced multiple WC Handy, Juno, Mapleblues and Canadian Indie Awarded CD`s for many international artists. Alec also assisted the production of the Weber Brothers first album "149 Lake Street". "Bare as Bones" features an acoustic duo setting, with Sam and Ryan Weber as the contributing musicians. Harmonies are found across this disc, backed by dog house slap bass and thumbin' style guitar playing.

In the summer of 2005, The Weber Brothers were offered a spot in a rejuvenated Ronnie Hawkins’ band as ‘The Hawks’ and can be found backing the legendary Hawk at concert halls across North America as well as fronting The Weber Brothers band in support of their 3 independent album releases

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