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An evening with this quartet is an unforgettable time of pure, timeless music, warm memories and joyful entertainment.
Remembering John Paine
L to R: Mike Kirkland, Dick Foley, John Paine, Bob Flick
As The Brothers Four now prepare for a new season of touring, we are taking this time, these moments to remember and share thoughts of our original member John Paine who passed away peacefully in November of last year.
Flick recalls them being paid "mostly in beer."
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They've been featured on PBS Specials, played thousands of college concerts, appeared at countless Community Concerts, performed with chorales and symphony orchestras and have traveled the globe, teaching the world to sing. Lewis became their manager and later that year secured them a contract with Columbia Records. Their second single, "Greenfields," released in January 1960, hit #2 on the pop charts, and their first album, Brothers Four, released toward the end of the year, made the top 20.
John leaves behind countless friends and world-wide fans who will always remember his kindness, puns, great stories, music and loving smile, along with his signature vocal performances like this, captured live on stage in Tokyo in 1996: John Paine /"Early Morning Rain":
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Please click here for our thoughts and memories of John, along with those of his sons.
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Their first professional performances were the result of a prank played on them in 1958 by a rival fraternity, who had arranged for someone to call them, pretend to be from Seattle's Colony Club, and invite them to come down to audition for a gig. Even though they were not expected at the club, they were allowed to sing a few songs anyway, and were subsequently hired.
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He will be greatly missed, but forever in our hearts. Flick recalls them being paid "mostly in beer."
They left for San Francisco in 1959, where they met Mort Lewis, Dave Brubeck's manager. Their first professional performances were the result of a prank played on them in 1958 by a rival fraternity, who had arranged for someone to call them, pretend to be from Seattle's Colony Club, and invite them to come down to audition for a gig.
Even though they were not expected at the club, they were allowed to sing a few songs anyway, and were subsequently hired.