Kevin and Michael Bacon have been writing songs and playing music together since about the same time they may have been fighting over Lincoln Logs or little green Army guys. In fact, the cover of their first album, Forosoco, shows as much; the picture, taken in 1972, shows Kevin and Michael onstage playing congas and guitar, respectively. The look of communication between the two is telling: although the Bacon Brothers have only been a working band since 1995, they too, run decades deep.
This has been their hallmark; writing songs that, through bare self-expression and humor, echo the lives of others. It’s an art they’ve refined over three albums and in the 50 to 60 shows they play each year. And with each album and tour, the Bacon Brothers move further away from perceived “don’t tap on the glass” sideshow to a “raise your lighter and sing along” rock band, garnering fan after fan and shattering the obstacle of perception.
Kevin has appeared in such diverse, and award-winning, films as Apollo 13, Sleepers, and Murder in the First, for which he was voted Best Actor by the Broadcast Critics Association and received Best Supporting Actor nominations from both the Screen Actors Guild and the London Film Critics Circle. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his searing performance in The River Wild, opposite Meryl Streep and, over the years, has appeared in such diverse films as Animal House, Friday the 13th, Diner, Footloose, The Big Picture, JFK, A Few Good Men, Wild Things, Stir of Echoes, My Dog Skip, The Hollow Man and Novocaine. Kevin Bacon’s next big screen feature is the critically acclaimed Warner Brothers film MYSTIC RIVER, directed by Clint Eastwood, and co-starring Sean Penn and Tim Robbins. Kevin can also be seen in IN THE CUT, co-starring with Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo. Kevin recently completed filming THE WOODSMAN, where he stars with his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, Benjamin Bratt, and Mos Def.
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The Bacon Brothers are backed by Paul Guzzone on bass/vocals, Marshal Rosenberg on percussion, Frank Vilardi on drums, and Ira Siegel on electric guitar.
