History:

Brad and Brian were a folk duo from Vermont. The two joined forces at the University of Vermont where both were studying. Before forming the duo, Brian was in another group called The Thomas Trio. The trio covered folk and bluegrass territory and recorded two albums together. The first, “A Hootenanny Concert”, was released in 1964. The second was titled “The Thomas Trio Sings A Ramblin' Man (Can Never Find A Home)”. It was released in late 1965 before Brian most likely left the group to go to university. 

The duo was interested in a variety of genres, including folk, pop, blues, and rock. This interest eventually led them to recording a full length album during the summer off from university. The recording sessions lasted three days in August of 1966 at an empty Vermont high school auditorium. The sessions ended after a noise complaint and visit from the police.

The duo experimented with their onsite recording engineer Glenn Allen. Brian utilized overdubbing, which they referred to as “add-a-track”. The duo also decided to go electric on only (unfortunately) two songs. Both are Lennon-McCartney covers of “I Call Your Name” and “World Without Love”. They recruited local drummer Bob Russ to play on those garage rock-esque tunes. Brian played lead and rhythm acoustic guitars as well as bass. Brad played acoustic rhythm guitar and lead on a few tunes. He also possibly played percussion (there is some guitar or guitar case slapping on a few tunes). Both played electric lead guitar on the “electrified” tracks. 

The duo dishes out acoustic folk rock numbers, a couple blues tunes, and the two aforementioned garage rock tracks. Two originals courtesy of Brian are performed. Both were previously recorded with his group The Thomas Trio. 

The album was completed and released in 1966 to little fanfare and is thus scarce. Some copies ended up in Canada though so perhaps they played some coffeehouses there as well as in Vermont. Not quite sure what happened to these folkies after this album was released.