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THE ISLANDER, NOVEMBER 3, 2008, PAGE 15
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They could be brothers, but they're not...
Mike Dyche and Patrick Saylor met
in the summer of 2006. “From the
beginning, we talked about music. It
eventually got to a point where we
were finishing each other’s sentences,”
Mike explained. “It was like we were
Twin sons of different moth
ers.’ When we began per
forming together, The Not
Brothers seemed like the
natural choice.”
“The joke is that we’re
not brothers, even though
we grew up listening to the
same music and having
many of the same experi
ences.’
Dyche, a native of Grif
fin, Ga., has worked as a
professional musician since
he was 18, when he began
recording with Bill Lowery’s
Southern Tracks Records in
Atlanta. He’s written songs
for Bertie Higgins, Doug
Stone, Ray Stevens and
when he was 13, and had his first pay
ing gig when he was 14. “We played
at the Eagle’s Club in Grand Island,
Ne.,” he explained. “We knew maybe
two or three songs, and we just played
them over and over. Later that sum-
The
Leroy VanDyke. He worked on projects
and sang with Billy Joe Royal, Tommy
Roe and Jerry Reed, and has been the
opening act for Three Dog Night, Joe
South and Myla Mason, and many
others.
His song, “A Christmas Card” is a
standard on holiday play lists around
the world.
Saylor began playing the bass guitar
Not Brothers - Mike Dyche and Patrick
mer I went on vacation and while I
was gone the singer sold his guitar to
buy a motorcycle. That was the end of
our band.”
During the past 30 years, Saylor
has played professionally in practically
every musical genre except bluegrass.
His musical resume includes stints
with a polka band, country bands,
rock & roll, jazz trios and big bands.
Locally, he was a member of the praise
bands at St. Simons United Methodist
and St. James Lutheran churches, and
he worked briefly with the “Good Old
Boys” at Blanche’s Courtyard on St.
Simons Island.
The Not Brothers formed in early
2007. “Patrick and I got
together at a Christmas
party and started playing
songs,” Dyche said. “That
went so well that we decid
ed to start performing as
a duet. We’ve played a lot
on St. Simons Island, and
the audiences have been
extremely supportive.”
According to Saylor, their
repertoire is “mostly singer-
songwriter stuff — songs by
The Beatles, Eagles, Jimmy
Buffet, Van Morrison, Jack-
son Browne and others — as
well as a bunch of stuff from
the 60s and 70s — the Tur
tles, Drifters, Youngbloods,
Gerry & The Pacemakers,”
he said. “Pretty much the
day Promenade in historic downtown
Brunswick.
For information, contact Mike at
506-2712 or Patrick at 230-5030. □
Saylor
stuff we grew up listening to.”
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