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October 14, 2010
The Wright Brothers, who will perform two free shows at Indiana Live! Casino on
Friday, October 22 and Saturday, October 23, have toured with some of the
biggest names in the entertainment industry, including Bob Hope, Dolly Parton,
and Willie Nelson.
Formed in 1972, The Wright Brothers are a high-energy band who will put their
musical talents on display when they perform for the first time at Indiana Live!
Casino. Both shows by the band will take place at Center Bar from 9PM to 1AM.
Fans must be at least 21 years old to attend.
"A fella who wrote an article recently called us ‘legendary' because we have
been together so long , done so much and performed in just about every county in
Indiana over the years and a lot of the United States. That word never crept
through my mind," said Tom Wright, self-appointed master of ceremonies for The
Wright Brothers.
"I guess if you have been around for so long and survived, there has to be key
elements to that survival. Not only is it the talent of the people in our band,
it's the fact that we appeal to such a wide variety of people that our following
stays up. We really count our blessings every day that we still get to do this
after all this time," he added.
Tom and his brother Tim are the only two original members of the band that has
developed a huge following by playing a variety of high-energy songs that date
from the 1950s to the present. They live in French Lick, Indiana. Tom keeps the
band's fans entertained between songs with jokes and ad-libs. Tim plays a
variety of guitars and the five-string banjo.
The Wright Brothers will be joined on stage at Indiana Live! Casino by John
McDowell, a Carmel, Indiana, resident who plays the base guitar; Frank Bradford
of Indianapolis who plays keyboard and lead guitar; and drummer Bryan Chrisman,
from Bismarck, Illinois. All five band members sing.
"We can perform for the young as well as people that are our parent's age
because we do such a wide variety of music, from Bluegrass to classic
rock-n-roll. We just cover it all," the 60-year-old Tom said. "We do music from
the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and even today's music. We cover all our bases."
Songs on The Wright Brothers' list of musical offerings include everything from
"Brown Eyed Girl" and "Some Kind of Wonderful" to "Friends in Low Places." The
band also recorded "Shot Down in Hot Blood," the soundtrack for the 1987 movie
"Overboard," which starred Goldie Hawn. The Wright Brothers even made a brief
appearance in the movie.
The group has performed on the "Grand Old Opry" and the "Today Show" and
appeared 12 times on "Nashville Now." They garnered national attention in 1982
with their song "Made in the U.S.A.," a patriotic piece that sparked pride in
products produced in the United States.
"People think we're a country group because we recorded in Nashville for Warner
Bros.," Tom said. "We do country music, of course. But it is contemporary and
progressive country music more than anything. We've never been what you would
call an ‘Alabama'-type act."
Tom called playing at Indiana Live! Casino a "real coup" for The Wright
Brothers.
"The material that we're going to be doing at Indiana Live! is not necessarily
our concert material that most people are accustomed to hearing from us," Tom
said. "It will be more like party time. It will be old classic, baby boomer
rock-n-roll."
The Wright Brothers first performed at a casino in 1979, when they put on a show
at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
"We love playing casinos because the atmosphere is party time," Tom said. "We've
been together 38 years. We've been around and done about everything you can
imagine. Casinos have been a mainstay for us. Out West, we've worked all the big
ones."
After so many years of success, Tom said he and his fellow band members are
content with their place in the music industry. Unlike a lot of performers
searching for a big break in the recording business, The Wright Brothers have no
illusions of touring as a national act again.
"My brother would still go out on the road. He's not married," Tom said. "I
wouldn't get back out on the road again. That's a young man's game. I'm a little
too old to be running around the country again."
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