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More than three decades have passed since Kevin and Michael Bacon first performed as the Bacon Brothers. And as they reached that milestone, the brothers say they never envisioned this musical venture would last three decades or produce as much music as it has.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor me, I don\u2019t know, I didn\u2019t really have a grand plan in the same way that I did for my acting, you know what I mean? said Kevin Bacon \u2014 yes, the A-list actor known for roles in such hit movies as \u201cFootloose,\u201d \u201cMystic River\u201d and \u201cA Few Good Men\u201d \u2014 in a recent phone interview. \u201cIt was kind of like, well, let\u2019s do this show, and then that show turned into another show.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, I would love to have success and a hit record, and that would be really fun,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it\u2019s really been more kind of driven by, oh, we wrote this song. You want to play it for somebody. Oh yeah, we want to go to the studio. We played it for somebody. It feels like it\u2019s getting good. Let\u2019s go in. Let\u2019s record it, you know, and put out the record. Getting something played widely has always been sort of elusive, you know. So it\u2019s hard to say if it was what I envisioned it because I didn\u2019t really have that much of a wider vision for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kevin Bacon\u2019s answer makes sense, considering the idea of being the Bacon Brothers literally did start in the most modest of ways. The brothers had played music together since childhood without ever planning to do music together professionally. That began to change in 1995, when a longtime friend in the brothers\u2019 hometown of Philadelphia, who heard Kevin and Michael play, offered to book them for a one-off gig at the local venue.<\/p>\n

The show went well, and word got out about the brothers, who each had successful careers underway, with Kevin, of course, as an actor, and Michael as a songwriter, solo artist, and writer of scores for film and other projects. More offers to play shows came in, and eventually the brothers decided to continue writing music and performing as the Bacon Brothers. The duo will be performing at Ivan\u2019s House Live in Laguna Beach on Thursday, June 25.<\/p>\n

Their first album, \u201cForosoco,\u201d arrived in 1997, its title an acronym for the styles of music their songs encompassed \u2014 folk, rock, soul, and country. They\u2019ve gone on to release nine more albums since then, while building an audience that now enables them to play large clubs and theaters across America.<\/p>\n

Joining his brother for the interview, Michael Bacon said a few factors have helped give the Bacon Brothers the longevity they have enjoyed, beginning with a shared focus on writing good songs, as opposed to emphasizing solos or other elements of the music.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth of us are always in pursuit of writing a great song,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re not in pursuit of shredding (on guitar), you know, or of more octave range or whatever that happens to be. We\u2019re in pursuit of writing a great song and then trying to put those songs across. So that\u2019s the thing that\u2019s really similar in terms of both of us. We have different ideas about music, but we both love songs, yeah, well that\u2019s kind of the thing you\u2019ve always kept at the core.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As that last quote suggests, Kevin and Michael Bacon are not musical clones, which Michael Bacon said has given their songs contrasting qualities that seem to appeal to their fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that one of the differences that we\u2019ve talked about is Kevin tends to be a groove writer and finds a drum track or a percussion track and develop the song out of that, whereas I tend to be more music focused where I want to try to find some kind of a progression that is a little bit different and I\u2019m often accused of being too complicated \u2014 guilty as charged,\u201d Michael Bacon said. \u201cBut I think that\u2019s kind of the difference. I tend to look at songs more in terms of beauty and I think Kevin being nine years younger and even a half generation different, I think he tends to see it more in terms of the physical, like danceability or groove is the only way I can put it. That being said, there are examples of things that fly in the face of that. But I think if you want to make a generalization, that\u2019s probably what our differences are. And I think that as partners and also for the audience, being two brothers, I think that people appreciate how different we are as well as how similar we are. We\u2019re certainly not twins.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the reason we\u2019ve been able to keep this going is somehow we really can stay in a very wide (stylistic) spectrum, which is what I want to see when I go to a show,\u201d he added. \u201cThe songs are never going to be all the same. They\u2019re always going to be incredibly different because we\u2019re two writers, and we\u2019re also writing with other people and writing together. So I think that thing that I\u2019m really proud of the band is that you come to see us, you see some really rocking stuff, and then I\u2019m going to go over to the cello and play some intimate stuff, but then also some really rocking stuff on the cello. So it\u2019s what I like to see, and I think that\u2019s what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like their previous releases, their most recent album, 2024\u2019s \u201cBallad of the Brothers,\u201d showcases this musical diversity. Its range spans stripped back folk-centric material (\u201cDreams of the San Joaquin,\u201d), cello-laced pop balladry (\u201cAirport Bar\u201d), a country-flecked examination of aging (\u201cOld Bronco\u201d), a bouncy pop tune (\u201cPut Your Hand Up\u201d), full-bodied mid tempo tunes that split the difference between rock and folk (\u201cLosing The Night\u201d) and the bluesy standout (\u201cLive With The Lie\u201d). And that\u2019s not mentioning the album\u2019s boldest song, \u201cTake Off This Tattoo,\u201d which gets some EDM touches via the production from Kevin Bacon\u2019s son, Travis, while featuring a stinging violin solo that further energizes the song. Overall, \u201cBallad of the Brothers\u201d isn\u2019t soft and, in fact, is a bit more robust than the brothers\u2019 other albums.<\/p>\n

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With the Bacon Brothers back on tour, and with a new single \u201cPeople in the World\u201d having been released, fans will see the brothers front what they feel is a first-rate band. While the brothers have performed as a duo, Kevin Bacon said he prefers the band format.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes the pressure off of us a little bit when you can, let\u2019s say, concentrate on the vocal a little bit and not be trying to think so hard about what you\u2019re playing, or you can just kind of lie out and sing,\u201d he said. \u201cSo there\u2019s that consideration, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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