March 13, 2013 5:00 am by: Paul Carrubba

Photo By Jody Domingue
There've been a lot of real-life brothers in rock 'n' roll: Ray and Dave, Duane and Gregg, Angus and Malcolm, Eddie and Alex, Liam and Noel, and the list could go on. Even when they don't exactly get along, there's some ineffable musical connection that only blood allows. That's sure holds true for Texas's own
The Wheeler Brothers. The band is three brothers, two buddies, and together they make a sound that's part alt-country, part pop, part rock 'n' roll and all Texan.
The brothers Wheeler, Nolan (guitar, vocals and piano), Tyler (bass) and Patrick (drums), started jamming with friends Danny Matthews (guitar and vocals) and Danny Matthews (lap steel, guitar and vocals) in high school. But it wouldn't be after college, when the band regrouped in Austin, until they really started to gel. Ray Benson's Texas-roots imprint Bismeaux Records imprint scooped up the band, and released their debut full-length
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