The Wearings

For those of you who don't know my family, I have some pretty talented brothers (and sister). All 3 of the boys play and write music, and like me, have mostly taught themselves. To give you an idea of the extent of their talent - I have been "working on" learning to play the guitar for 2 years now, and they all picked up a guitar and could play instantly! (And I am not talking about Guitar Hero...)

The other night my mom and I went to hear Mark, the middle of the 3, who is 19, play at the Oriental Theater downtown. It is one of those old movie houses that now allows the next generation of musicians to try out their stuff on people who are mostly too drunk to notice that most of the music is bad. Fortunately for us, there were only 3 HORRIBLE bands before Mark and The Wearings took to the stage. They played 5 or 6 songs, all of which they have written themselves. Mark plays piano and is lead vocals. They are awesome (and, no, I was not drunk)! I must say that I was one proud big sister!

Here's a couple of pics of Mark and the band...Check out their My Space page that includes demos of some of their songs - www.myspace.com/thewearings.

Mark on the piano

The Wearings

(Mark, Robbie, Harrison, Mike)